UAE Tour 2026, February 16-22

[KZD]

While I don't like Tiberi, in a way its a good result for cycling that neither Remco or Del Toro won today, cycling needs more unpredictability.

Most impressive win of Tiberi's career and puts him a good position to take the overall. Del Toro is still a threat though, especially if he has a better day on Jebel Hafeet. Good stage from Van Eetvelt and Tejada too. Remco was truly disappointing, hopefully his climbing improves soon.

Hope to see Jebel Mobrah back in the next years, a real monster of a climb.

 

[James M]

Didn't he just do exactly what Froome used to do in the Vuelta and what Almeida always does?

But because it's Del Toro whom you don't like, it's the dumbest thing ever. Better do it like Gall and Remco.

Were in february and Pog hasnt even started just give him a vodoo doll to play with already and he'll be happy.

 

[KoopaCycling]

It would be a surprise if Red Bull lines up, launches remco at first uphill tomorrow and see where the ships strands, i don't see it happening, but it would be more fun than whatever the stage will bring tommorow and just safely go for a stage win on saturday and not trying for GC anymore. Not that it would have much of a chance, but it would be more entertaining, and i would love to see it.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Off topic but this reminded me of a story about him. There was a group ride in Florida a few of years back, one of those charity events I think, with Froome and some of the ISN/Sky guys. Geraint Thomas saw Froome going into the bushes for what he assumed was a bathroom break and was shocked to find an excited Froome running after an alligator and trying to wrestle with it.

Cavendish all the British kids wanted to emulate, Thomas boring but the grandma's here love him for some reason, Bradley Wiggins in 2012, whatever you might think of him, at that Olympics it was like David Beckham turned up. Froome? Our most successful cyclist, it's like he has zero public profile, it's like he's been completely eliminated from history, not positive, not negative, just not there. I still have no idea if he's really Kenyan, British, South African, Monégasque, Israeli. A nowhere man.

The sharp rise/fall and noise around Sky masked just what a weird person the man Chris Froome is, even without any clinic references, it's in a cyclists nature to bluff, to lie, so unfortunately I don't think his true story will ever be told.

Sorry gone off on a tangent here, yeah UAE Tour, Remco ftw tomorrow.

So if people say he's got the heart of a lion or the eye of the tiger it's because he's ripped them out himself?

Anyway, back to the racing. I hope Remco recovers and try to win on Hafeet from a long solo.
The GC's Tiberi's to lose now, but Del Toro only needs a gap and some bonifications to turn it around.

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