@Sara Mushtaq Khan Thank You!

The volunteers brush the road to make the path more comfortable for the cyclists.

Веера смотрятся, конечно, красиво, но делать в пустыне на велосипеде совершенно нечего. На фэтбайки бы их посадить.

lol a climbing bike is more aero in this situation

Have the crosswinds whittled the GC riders down to two? Poga and Yates.

The UAE is doing heavy efforts to control the spread of covid, even though we CAN add the audience in a socially distanced manner, do you really think the people would stand in that EXACT spot? We are not taking the risks!

I think $$$ plays a role... and it's probably always good weather So if they don't catch covid, the chance of getting sick is much lower a month before the most important classics

Cycling not so big in your country

Yes, agreed. As a fan, Regardless of who you are supporting, it's vital for fairness and the safety of all that sprinters hold their line.

you don't have to hold anything, unless your going through a corner. These are pro cyclist's they know how to handle a bike.

This sprint was about clear Compared to some others. The last two kilometers brains are off .only Mad pitbulls are sprinting. Good luck and God for all.

$$$$

@Rainers Reißzahn pathetic or not. Imagine the top speed these guys produce

Pathetic

@Kyle Swanton cycling is extremely popular in the UAE. Spectators were not allowed.

@Joe Harney I don't think the lack of spectators has anything to do with COVID. You can search for footage of the 2019 edition of this race to compare. Still no spectators. Even at the finish line there is no one there hardly. I see more people at the finish line of my amateur, uninteresting races.

No spectators allowed because of Covid.

I think not because he didn't push anyone to the barrier or touch someone the sprint wasn't with a lot of rider so...🤷‍♂️

Imagine a peloton flighing by

Crowds/gatherings are not allowed in UAE due to covid-19. Hence no crowd.

Every Middle East race ever, even Worlds.

Yeah had 2 teammates but 1 dropped of after doing a lot of work

Do you even watch

uhm his teammate was there and closed an important gap in the finale. On other races he also relies om them a lot, it's just that he has an agressive racing style so when most people start watching the broadcast he is already on the attack. But I have seen many races where his teammates did a lot of hard work for him and stayed until the finale. His team is world tour level.

He had a teammate in the front split all the time?

@Dana Black You certainly can, and should! Anyone winning sprints repeatedly would do the same.

If someone was going faster than him on that side, he would have been cutting them off. But since nobody was coming up on that side, he didn't do anything wrong. He didn't endanger anyone because there was nobody coming up on that side.

@Whistler4u lol u sound stupid buddy maybe you should watch last year tour de france than come back correct

@Dana Black You have not seen much cycling

@Jordan Frazin lol dude I know but how tf do u know if someone decides to go for it while he is cutting in, what he did is block others from going for it ! Look at Julian Alaphilippe was like 10 yards away and still lost u can't make that decision to cut the line just cuz your ahead by a bike length 🤯

MVDP WIN

@Bjorn Santens Sagan partiparticipated in mtb and cx in his youth. Has crazy mtb skills and is a legend on his own. MvdP is well on his way but no Sagan yet. He is a countryman of mine and we are proud to have such a rider in the Netherlands. But Sagan was 3 time World champion, won classics and 12 TdF races. That is crazy. And something like 5 green jerzies?

@Bjorn Santens that’s what I was implying 😉

@David Parrott that's why I also think MVDP's career on the road will be even better than sagan's Although Sagan already started winning on the road at a very young age, MVDP is already 25years old I think.

@David Parrott I agree...tough he has the skills (not as many as MVDP of course) That was my point Sagan also had of silver or bronze medal in cyclo cross when he was a junior (again, the cx talent/results/titles of MVDP are much greater)

I think he’s got even more potential.

But they call it "sports washing".

@QrankChannel oil money? Oil makes 20% of the UAE’s Economy as of 2020, oil prices are nothing these days. We have the world’s largest sovereign fund and own most of the stakes in any country of the world 🌍 and in fact we control the worlds commodities and trade, do your research 🧐 before trash talking about a county that reached Mars.

@Daniel Lassche Did you ever watched the Giro or Tour de France? Ronde van Vlaanderen? These races are breathing cycling. I really don’t why this is fun to watch or even being part of this as a rider (beside the oil money)

so the scenery qualifies whether something is cycling? whats your point..,peleton check / bycicle check / tarmac / check.. bike race check/ camels / chexk

good thing there are lots of those

@Matthew Song I too saw some riders using puppy paws. That reg isn't effective yet.

@Ho Timothy yes he didn’t harm anyone and nobody was going to pass him anyway, but that’s not how UCI rules work. UCI rules clearly say that you can’t deviate from your line in a sprint, even if the other riders aren’t next to you. I don’t care, and the riders here don’t care since he didn’t hinder any of them, but it’s stupid to have rules you’ll only apply when something goes bad or if there’s a crash. The UCI should either change their rules (re-phrase them), or apply sanctions every time (so here also) and not only when a crash happens

that does only apply when the sprinter is side by side with someone, not when he is an entire bike length or so in the lead.

Yes no one is complaining..

@Matthew Song I think it was Fernando Gaviria in the last few KMs - I saw it too and wondered the same.

*MVDP