UAE Tour 2026, February 16-22

[Netserk]

i think the start of the stage will be broadcast here :

شبكة أبوظبي للإعلام - أبوظبي الرياضية

تعدّ قنوات أبوظبي الرياضية من أكثر القنوات التلفزيونية الرياضية شعبية في العالم العربي، لما تقدمه من برامج وتغطيات متميزة لأبرز البطولات والمنافسات العالمية عبر قنواتها الأربع.

www.admn.ae

live coverage has started

neutral start soon

 

[Samamba]

Wind seems fine, but the question is if some team really wants to try so early

Maybe too much of a tailwind

 

[Netserk]

Maybe too much of a tailwind

yeah

 

[Samamba]

yeah

There's gonna be small parts with crosswind later on then, but won't the spectacle we hoped for it seems

 

[Rob5091]

Diller all on his lonesome 2 minutes in front of everyone else at UAE. Not sure why but, what the heck!

 

[carolina]

FYI, it's also live on youtube, on the UAE Tour channel

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_Z-69SFaLE

 

[Salvarani]

Diller all on his lonesome 2 minutes in front of everyone else at UAE. Not sure why but, what the heck!

Getting some training for the classics at least

 

[Cycling111]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2023340614327095425

View: https://x.com/veloracycling/status/2023340614327095425?s=20

 

[Netserk]

 

[Samamba]

Apparently the road was just filled with sand.

Beneficial to the sprinter types, makes it significantly less hard

 

[Faserr]

Apparently the road was just filled with sand.

Beneficial to the sprinter types, makes it significantly less hard

Yes. Possibly just full of sand. Hopefully they didn't cancel it just because of the wind...

 

[Samamba]

Crashes happening

 

[Statze2]

Will it still be an uphill Sprint or a Flat Sprint?

 

[Faserr]

Will it still be an uphill Sprint or a Flat Sprint?

Uphill.

 

[Samamba]

Will it still be an uphill Sprint or a Flat Sprint?

Uphill, the part that's taken out was the hilly cycle path between km 80 and 116.

 

[KoopaCycling]

Same finish but shortened stage or different finish cause of shortened stage?
Nvm, seeing from the post above, it will be the same finish.

Fischer-Black will be sprinting, not Remco. Already we are seeing different approaches from switching to Red Bull.

 

[Berniece]

Is the distance to finish adjusted in the live coverage?

 

[Netserk]

Is the distance to finish adjusted in the live coverage?

yes

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Has the opportunity for echelons passed?

 

[Samamba]

I always find it so weird that peloton doesn't just talk to eachother and says let's slow down, let's be safe, there's no reason to go fast, it won't split due to the wind anyways

 

[Netserk]

sand on the road here

 

[Berniece]

Has the opportunity for echelons passed?

Yeah

 

[KoopaCycling]

I always find it so weird that peloton doesn't just talk to eachother and says let's slow down, let's be safe, there's no reason to go fast, it won't split due to the wind anyways

Maybe if there wasn't a breakaway rider (who is getting car draft). Now they need to catch him, and therefore ride fast on slippery roads

 

[Samamba]

It's definitely sketchy out there with the sand. I'm assuming it's way worse on the track they are are skipping as it's a way smaller road with higher dunes.

 

[Samamba]

Maybe if there wasn't a breakaway rider. Now they need to catch him, and therefore ride fast on slippery roads

You have 25km of headwind coming up, Dillier does not stand a single chance if they don't race to every roundabout like their life depends on it.