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  • February 21, 2019 at 4:35 pm #29385
    Condor Andy

    And so, onto the next stop in this season’s world tour! Welcome to the inaugural UAE Tour, an amalgamation of the Abu Dhabi Tour and the Dubai Tour, this new race encompasses the best of both. On paper there looks to be something for everyone, with a couple of sprint stages, two summit finishes, a TTT and a couple for the rouleurs.

    There are 2 PCT teams in Novo Nordisk and Gazprom-RusVelo to go along with the 18 WT teams, and no one is pulling any punches it seems. The classics men might be absent as stage 7 clashes with Omloop, but on the start list are defending champion Valverde, Dumoulin, Roglic, Nibali, Kwiatkowski, Porte, and many other contenders. And the sprinters field is stacked with Bennett, Viviani, Ewan, Gaviria, Kittel, and Kristoff all going along.

    So what are you looking forward to? Who are you looking to pick above all others? All I’m hoping for are some crosswinds and carnage!

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  • February 26, 2019 at 1:04 pm #936021
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    Condor Andy

    Wow! I got that super wrong!

    Wow! I got that super wrong! Rip my standard chances

    February 26, 2019 at 12:35 pm #936019
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    Condor Andy
    Condor Andy wrote:
     Stage 4 looks weird, but probably a sprint.

    Think I meant stage 5, oops

    February 26, 2019 at 10:08 am #936017
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    Condor Andy
    MinardiM189 wrote:
    My team for today

    ROGLIC
    MOSCON
    KELDERMAN
    VALVERDE
    MARTIN D.
    EVENEPOEL
    MARTENS
    MOSCHETTI

    I was tempted with Moscon, wasn’t sure who Sky were going for, but he’s up there in the young persons comp and probably should be able to take it.

    I share 4 riders with your team.

    February 26, 2019 at 10:02 am #936015
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    triccky100
    Condor Andy wrote:
    I’ve used quite a few. Hatta Dam is always a reduced bunch/puncheurs finish. If people like Kwiatkowski and Valverde want to make it hard for the sprinters then they probably can. Stage 4 looks weird, but probably a sprint. I might make a couple of transfers for it and leave them until the final summit. I’ve gone full GC for today.

     

    agree, I think Hatta Dam tomorrow will be harder than usual with Valverde etc, to push the pace…

    February 26, 2019 at 9:59 am #936013
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    MinardiM189

    My team for today

    My team for today

    ROGLIC
    MOSCON
    KELDERMAN
    VALVERDE
    MARTIN D.
    EVENEPOEL
    MARTENS
    MOSCHETTI

    February 26, 2019 at 9:39 am #936011
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    Condor Andy

    I’ve used quite a few. Hatta

    I’ve used quite a few. Hatta Dam is always a reduced bunch/puncheurs finish. If people like Kwiatkowski and Valverde want to make it hard for the sprinters then they probably can. Stage 4 looks weird, but probably a sprint. I might make a couple of transfers for it and leave them until the final summit. I’ve gone full GC for today.

    February 26, 2019 at 8:39 am #936009
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    triccky100

    now it starts to get

    now it starts to get interesting, first 3 changes used

    ALEJANDRO VALVERDE (MOV) 
    DANIEL MARTIN (UAD) 
    DAVID GAUDU (FDJ) 
    REMCO EVENEPOEL (QST) 
    PRIMOZ ROGLIC (TJB) 
    WILCO KELDERMAN (SUN) 
    MARCEL KITTEL (KAT) 
    MATTEO MOSCHETTI (TFS) 

    February 25, 2019 at 11:16 pm #936007
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    Dr Winston
    stevemarks wrote:
    Dr Winston wrote:
    stevemarks wrote:
    Dr Winston wrote:
    Some tough choices for tomorrow. Mainly…who the hell to pick.

    Dam Martin and Louis Meintjes or Nibs and Zakarin?

    I I could draw a picture of a finish for Dan Martin it would probably look a lot like tomorrow’s….but then the day after looks far more suited to Kwia…

    Who have you got so far Steve?

    I’ll use five transfers, always have Bala,  the Pole and Evenepole, probs Nibs and Zaks with Roglic Keldeman and Leezer from the TTT.

    really really not sure what I’ll do for stage 4. 5 & 7 look like sprints sandwiched by another summit finish Never going to find enough transfers now!

    Four looks like a great stage, short sting of a climb. Really hard to call…but Valverde and Kwiatkowski look good.

    February 25, 2019 at 10:51 pm #936005
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    stevemarks
    Dr Winston wrote:
    stevemarks wrote:
    Dr Winston wrote:
    Some tough choices for tomorrow. Mainly…who the hell to pick.

    Dam Martin and Louis Meintjes or Nibs and Zakarin?

    I I could draw a picture of a finish for Dan Martin it would probably look a lot like tomorrow’s….but then the day after looks far more suited to Kwia…

    Who have you got so far Steve?

    I’ll use five transfers, always have Bala,  the Pole and Evenepole, probs Nibs and Zaks with Roglic Keldeman and Leezer from the TTT.

    really really not sure what I’ll do for stage 4. 5 & 7 look like sprints sandwiched by another summit finish Never going to find enough transfers now!

    February 25, 2019 at 10:51 pm #936003
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    stevemarks
    Dr Winston wrote:
    stevemarks wrote:
    Dr Winston wrote:
    Some tough choices for tomorrow. Mainly…who the hell to pick.

    Dam Martin and Louis Meintjes or Nibs and Zakarin?

    I I could draw a picture of a finish for Dan Martin it would probably look a lot like tomorrow’s….but then the day after looks far more suited to Kwia…

    Who have you got so far Steve?

    I’ll use five transfers, always have Bala,  the Pole and Evenepole, probs Nibs and Zaks with Roglic Keldeman and Leezer from the TTT.

    really really not sure what I’ll do for stage 4. 5 & 7 look like sprints sandwiched by another summit finish Never going to find enough transfers now!

    February 25, 2019 at 10:21 pm #936001
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    Dr Winston
    stevemarks wrote:
    Dr Winston wrote:
    Some tough choices for tomorrow. Mainly…who the hell to pick.

    Dam Martin and Louis Meintjes or Nibs and Zakarin?

    I I could draw a picture of a finish for Dan Martin it would probably look a lot like tomorrow’s….but then the day after looks far more suited to Kwia…

    Who have you got so far Steve?

    February 25, 2019 at 10:20 pm #935999
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    Gecko-cyclist

    Hmmm. I had 6 sprinters like
    Hmmm. I had 6 sprinters like sniffer today for pretty average return so the lack of GC men from the start didn’t pay out. Maybe Minardi called it right and the crosswinds sapped some legs even if it ended up a full bunch sprint.

    Tough call Steve picking which of your cheaper riders can return to former glories this early in the season. I bet a few of us got burned with Aru last time out getting that one wrong. Good luck whichever way you go!

    February 25, 2019 at 9:31 pm #935997
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    stevemarks
    Dr Winston wrote:
    Some tough choices for tomorrow. Mainly…who the hell to pick.

    Dam Martin and Louis Meintjes or Nibs and Zakarin?

    February 25, 2019 at 9:31 pm #935995
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    stevemarks
    Dr Winston wrote:
    Some tough choices for tomorrow. Mainly…who the hell to pick.

    Dam Martin and Louis Meintjes or Nibs and Zakarin?

    February 25, 2019 at 8:26 pm #935993
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    Dr Winston

    Some tough choices for

    Some tough choices for tomorrow. Mainly…who the hell to pick.

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