UAE Tour 2026, February 16-22

[Netserk]

dangerous now, uae needs to use more than one rider

 

[hayneplane]

Nice action and the are open highways make it very hard to bottle up the break action if riders want it.

 

[Netserk]

9 in the front group, tarling ensures they get a real gap

still action behind

 

[Netserk]

2 riders try to bridge, peloton slows down

 

[Samamba]

Will be hard for UAE to control but they'll have to. Very strong break.

 

[Netserk]

bissegger
huens
jacobs
tarling
øxenberg
stewart
gaffuri
doull
romele

 

[Netserk]

peloton keeps a leash on the break

lotto helps uae

 

[Samamba]

Lotto what we doing

Meeh, I guess Van Eetvelt has a very small chance at winning this, who knows

 

[Netserk]

Lotto what we doing

Meeh, I guess Van Eetvelt has a very small chance at winning this, who knows

7 seconds to podium

 

[canina82]

Lotto what we doing

Meeh, I guess Van Eetvelt has a very small chance at winning this, who knows

I wouldn't call a small chance. For me, he is the second favorite to win today.

 

[Samamba]

I wouldn't call a small chance. For me, he is the second favorite to win today.

Probably, but far off the first favorite imo

7 seconds to podium

That's a good point, it's better for him to have boni's in play

 

[Samamba]

For some reason I expect a good Remco today

 

[Netserk]

That's a good point, it's better for him to have boni's in play

i hope he makes it by the bonus second he took in stage 1

he needs to take 8 seconds today

 

[chickenlips]

So what happens if Remco has another bad day today? I hope he has a good one, just so his fans have hope for him winning the Tour.

 

[Salvarani]

Todays climbs suits Remco much better.

 

[Red Rick]

So what happens if Remco has another bad day today? I hope he has a good one, just so his fans have hope for him winning the Tour.

Not like bad results ever stopped that.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Remco pouring bottles all over himself like he's just ran out of a burning building, it's so over.

He will go to San Remo, won't be able to resist, Roglic will also be there.

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[Squire]

Slightly strange that Gaffuri is in the break. You'd think he'd like to test himself on the final climb, being only 4 minutes down in 30th.

 

[Red Rick]

Remco pouring bottles all over himself like he's just ran out of a burning building, it's so over.

He will go to San Remo, won't be able to resist, Roglic will also be there.

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Roglic/Remco both in Sanremo is the easiest scheduling choice to make. It benefits both, opportunity cost is 0, etc etc etc. Not doing it is like setting virtual money on fire

 

[Berniece]

So what happens if Remco has another bad day today? I hope he has a good one, just so his fans have hope for him winning the Tour.

If he has a good day, great everything is going as planned and Wednesday might have been a fluke. If he has a bad day we wait until Catalunya to draw conclusions. At least that’s my opinion

 

[Tim Cahill]

Roglic/Remco both in Sanremo is the easiest scheduling choice to make. It benefits both, opportunity cost is 0, etc etc etc. Not doing it is like setting virtual money on fire

It also provides an opportunity for them to give us the best gift of all, the gift of comedy. Who will work for who, decide it all on the road lads.

 

[RedheadDane]

Hold on... did they just ride out in the middle of the desert, just to do a U-turn, and are now heading back?

 

[Red Rick]

Hold on... did they just ride out in the middle of the desert, just to do a U-turn, and are now heading back?

Yes. Becuase why not.

 

[RedheadDane]

Yes. Becuase why not.

"Why not?" was definitely the first reason I could think of. The others were:

1. Adding more kms to the stage.
2. Something out in the desert the organisers really wanted to show people.

 

[Tim Cahill]

As Dennis Thatcher once said about the Falkland Islands, “it’s just miles and miles of *** all”.