UAE Tour 2026, February 16-22

[Unchained]

Who UAE was so romantic, heart shaped lakes, heart shaped parks and heart shaped gardens.. Maybe Valentine's is a big deal

 

[Unchained]

Has Moscon been told to go get some km's into his legs, or something?

The guy looks like he is going to need to shave before the stage is over..his beard grows like a chia pet

 

[Unchained]

Has Moscon been told to go get some km's into his legs, or something?

Team Alpecin is going to be agro if they don't get sprint points

 

[Unchained]

I am watching on DSports channel and when I switched to Eurosport I hadn't noticed that they don't play the helicopter sound which is much better, 3 commentators are excellent.

 

[Samamba]

Some stress in the peloton, early for a UAE sprint stage without wind

This was the stage where Gall, Seixas, Rodriguez, etc. crashed hard last year with 4k to go. There was also a big crash in the last corner.

 

[Samamba]

Ah UAE is trying to split it, thats why there was stress, but there isn't even 20km/u wind I think

 

[Berniece]

Why was UAE riding so hard? For Molano?

 

[Berniece]

Ah UAE is trying to split it, thats why there was stress, but there isn't even 20km/u wind I think

15km/h of wind... Weird move

 

[Samamba]

7 lanes, who thinks of that

 

[Breh]

Thats a wide road. But I don't see any cars so perhaps one more lane does fix it.

 

[Unchained]

7 lanes, who thinks of that

These people know how to put on a race! A rolling enclosure on a major highway for hours.. Love to hear comments from drivers and truckers who are waiting behind a @40k per hour bike race

 

[Samamba]

Gap is getting bigger, interesting. But when the sprint trains come they'll probably still easily catch them

 

[Unchained]

Gap is getting bigger, interesting. But when the sprint trains come they'll probably still easily catch them

The 3 are really working great together

 

[Samamba]

Haha this looks hilarious

 

[Berniece]

Close win for Milan, didn't look that strong.

Don't understand what happened to INEOS and Lotto train. After the highway they were in the lead, and suddenly nowhere to be seen

 

[Samamba]

Second time this finish, second time a crash in that last corner. I appreciate the UAE Tour trying to do something different with some turns, but if you have 7 lane roads for 10kms straight coming into 2 smaller turns it's just asking for trouble

 

[Cycling111]

Will Jayco and Astana also be working on Sunday's stage?

 

[topcat]

Milan sans Remco

 

[Samamba]

Close win for Milan, didn't look that strong.

Don't understand what happened to INEOS and Lotto train. After the highway they were in the lead, and suddenly nowhere to be seen

Yeah both did insane work when they needed, then disappeared and lost even more spots because of that rider crashing

I just see Steffen and Welsford not anticipating well and losing wheels.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Dianese sure is a great backup for the Belgian horse at this race

 

[kingjr]

Close win for Milan, didn't look that strong.

Don't understand what happened to INEOS and Lotto train. After the highway they were in the lead, and suddenly nowhere to be seen

That was a 250 m sprint and he wins by almost a bike length, if that's not strong, I don't know what is. Credit to Ethan Vernon for leaving enough room on the left.

 

[tobydawq]

Second time this finish, second time a crash in that last corner. I appreciate the UAE Tour trying to do something different with some turns, but if you have 7 lane roads for 10kms straight coming into 2 smaller turns it's just asking for trouble

To me it looked like Matteo Milan's rear tyre exploded in the last bend. Hard to blame the route planners for that.

 

[Berniece]

That was a 250 m sprint and he wins by almost a bike length, if that's not strong, I don't know what is. Credit to Ethan Vernon for leaving enough room on the left.

Did he win by a bike length? I turned it off after the sprint so I didn't see from above. It looked like Blikra Erlend was quite close and if the door wasn't shut on him it would've been much closer. Could be wrong, because that was front view, not top view

 

[yaco]

Will Jayco and Astana also be working on Sunday's stage?

Jayco were only on the front in the last 15kms. They are trying desperately to get O'Connor into shape.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Credit to Ethan Vernon for leaving enough room on the left.

Rather less credit to Milan for the space he allowed the Decathlon rider (Bol?).