UAE Tour 2026, February 16-22

[Samamba]

Benji and Patrick saying yesterday he wouldn't lose more than 10s

 

[KoopaCycling]

42 seconds time gap, so 32 sec behind Remco after today.
More than expected for me (not for others on this forum), Del Toro also moved around more than expected for someone that has gotten good TT results before.

 

[Rou]

Remco putting everyone in the bin with a 12km ITT and some people suggested the TT to be longer.

 

[Cycling111]

Benji and Patrick saying yesterday he wouldn't lose more than 10s

Someone asked before why Visma was doing some things so badly. Perhaps the answer is there .

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Benji and Patrick saying yesterday he wouldn't lose more than 10s

One of those guys is picking visma's signings btw

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Benji and Patrick saying yesterday he wouldn't lose more than 10s

If you consider that the minute has 42 seconds, it's completely right.

 

[Rou]

Benji and Patrick saying yesterday he wouldn't lose more than 10s

Broe was the same dude who said Vingegaard will beat Pogacar on Hautacam with a sprint.

 

[Netserk]

Del Toro is objectively losing (a fair bit) more than the 10 bonus seconds he gained yesterday due solely to the wind and the bogus start order procedure.

thats not obvious to me

i dont think hed beat tiberi if they started at the same time

 

[KZD]

42 second time loss for Del Toro, so he defended himself well in the second part.

Its a big day for Remco but tomorrow its the first real test of the season for him.

 

[Cycling111]

42 second time loss for Del Toro, so he defended himself well in the second part.

Its a big day for Remco but tomorrow its the first real test of the season for him.

It's a test for both.

It's a shame Vingegaard isn't there; he was the ideal gauge to see if they've made any progress.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Tomorrow

View: https://youtu.be/SoCkPv0zz0I?si=EPkVa5qRfKCmJ3X-

 

[Cycling111]

So much waiting for Dunbar and nobody's commenting on his result.

76

Eddie Dunbar

Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team

1:11

51.429

Perhaps Benji and Patrick were referring against first Visma.

16

Kelderman Wilco

Team Visma | Lease a Bike

0:36

53.62

27

del Toro Isaac

UAE Team Emirates - XRG

0:42

53.236

 

[Salvarani]

He should be around the Cavagna time.

Eh, okay...

 

[KoopaCycling]

thats not obvious to me

i dont think hed beat tiberi if they started at the same time

I agree with the first part, i would need actual numbers to confirm that wind conditions got worse.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Evenepoel should be spending the night watching Primoz Roglic finest victories compilations, in fact I’m convinced it’s a big mistake not to bring the old man himself to some of these races to bequeath the ways in person to the kid.

 

[KoopaCycling]

It's a test for both.

It's a shame Vingegaard isn't there; he was the ideal gauge to see if they've made any progress.

We saw what happens to Vingegaard during EC last year when not in shape.
If he was ready, i think he would have ridden the UAE Tour. i mean he only has 3 races sheduled this year so far. Not like he is overextending himself. And with Vingegaard it's not a given he'll ride anything after the Tour.

 

[Berniece]

Evenepoel should be spending the night watching Primoz Roglic finest victories compilations, in fact I’m convinced it’s a big mistake not to bring the old man himself to some of these races to bequeath the ways in person to the kid.

Force him to rewatch Catalunya 2023

 

[Berniece]

For tomorrow, if I was UAE, I wouldn't set a high pace on the climb. You want to create chaos, give more riders from other teams the possibility to go for it. RBH doesn't have the team to control this, which means Evenepoel has to do it himself. Which makes room to make mistakes tactically, Paris-Nice 2024 is a great example of this.

Unless Evenepoel is much stronger and drops everyone himself with a high pace, but in that case tactics don't matter anyway.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Del Toro was beaten by the new and improved Vingegaard, Peter Øxenberg, or Sam Welsford as I assume Carlton Kirby will call him at some point this week.

 

[red_flanders]

42 seconds time gap, so 32 sec behind Remco after today.
More than expected for me (not for others on this forum), Del Toro also moved around more than expected for someone that has gotten good TT results before.

I definitely didn’t think he’d lose that much. Yikes.

 

[tobydawq]

A reminder that, after the MTF, they have three sprint stages from Thursday through Saturday, and could easily have switched one of those with today's TT to a) improve the pacing and b) ensure that all GC riders start around the same time and during the main broadcast. It's such an easy improvement and so stupid to do it this way.

Jebel Hafeet is Saturday, but yeah, I hate the way the TT is done too. And I really don't understand why it's not just reverse GC order.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Del Toro was beaten by the new and improved Vingegaard, Peter Øxenberg, or Sam Welsford as I assume Carlton Kirby will call him at some point this week.

Oxenberg one of those rare non-ai generated young Nordics who is apparently showing a good level in training and is their leader here, 11th a really good showing. I refuse to do a that O with a line through it.

That Swede doing well in Jaen yesterday was too far though, as was Johansen dropping the entire group in the crosswinds. We are one step away from Icelanders wining stuff, I don’t think anyone wants to see that.

 

[pelotonIQ]

Remco keep the jersey tidy, Toro will take it tomorrow. Why? How? Warm weather + double digit gradient is Remco's weakness and Toro strength.

 

[Berniece]

Might have forgotten some, but this is an extended GC list.

1	Evenepoel Remco	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe	2:43:59
6	Plapp Luke	Team Jayco AlUla	,,
8	Tiberi Antonio	Bahrain - Victorious	,,
10	del Toro Isaac	UAE Team Emirates - XRG	0:32
12	Van Wilder Ilan	Soudal Quick-Step	,,
13	Gee-West Derek	Lidl - Trek	0:35
15	Kelderman Wilco	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:36
16	Fisher-Black Finn	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe	,,
20	Tejada Harold	XDS Astana Team	0:39
24	O'Connor Ben	Team Jayco AlUla	0:42
27	Nordhagen Jørgen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:43
30	Storer Michael	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:47
43	Gaudu David	Groupama - FDJ United	,,
45	Gall Felix	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:57
52	Van Eetvelt Lennert	Lotto Intermarché	,,
59	Yates Adam	UAE Team Emirates - XRG	,,
68	Lecerf Junior	Soudal Quick-Step	1:09
72	Dunbar Eddie	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:11
73	Johannessen Tobias Halland	Uno-X Mobility	1:12
75	Caruso Damiano	Bahrain - Victorious	1:13
77	Higuita Sergio	XDS Astana Team	1:14
87	Konrad Patrick	Lidl - Trek	1:19
106	Quintana Nairo	Movistar Team	1:30

 

[tobydawq]

Artem Shmidt is the first Ineos rider when ranked alphabetically after surname. I wonder if that's a WT record for latest in the alphabet.