“I opened the sprint a little too early” - Casper van Uden self-critical after third place finish at the AlUla Tour
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After difficult day of racing on stage 3 of the AlUla Tour, Casper van Uden reclaimed the overall lead of the race from Søren Wærenskjold, as the Norwegian got caught out in a crosswind section before suffering an untimely mechanical, which made it impossible for him to return to the front of the race.
The Uno-X rider would eventually finish in 94th on the stage, more than five minutes down on the stage winner Tim Merlier. Van Uden finished third on the stage, opening up his sprint early before being passed by Merlier and Arvid de Kleijn in the final hundred metres. The Dutchman’s win on stage 1 and the four bonus seconds that he picked up at the finish meant that he would take back the leader’s green jersey that he had lost to Wærenskjold on the uphill finish the previous day.
In his post-race interview for the Team dsm–firmenich PostNL website, Van Uden said “the boys worked really hard to keep me in a good position today with the echelon stress and in the end Nils [Eekhoff] and I made the front split. At the finish Nils put me in a good position. I opened the sprint a little too early but we still managed to grab a third place which is nice, and we go back into the race lead”.
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- He is boring
leedorney08-11-2026 - To Twoje przemyślenia te bla, bla :)
Dariusz08-11-2026 - Uwielbiam patrzeć, jak wyjeżdża na czoło peletonu i zaczyna się rzeź...Dariusz08-11-2026
- Yeah, unreal.
parisbound0008-11-2026 - there needs to be space in life for pointless comments!Ketterechts08-11-2026
- That is a very lazy way of putting it but so far on this website it seems like everyone is happy to look at everything lazily, even things that annoy them intensely. All they want to do is state their feeling and position but ask most to analyse a problem or come up with solutions or improvements and you’re stunned by silence. Nobody even really knows how this all happens. It’s very simple and quick to just say the UCI did it but I bet you they didn’t, I bet you not more than 2 people were involved, more likely just 1. The UCI may be ultimately responsible but it is not their decision, this is about hierarchy, power and delegation. The fact that protest is possible also means it isn’t over and that MORE people could get involved for a thorough review which could throw up anything. It is highly likely it was a sole commissar who decided and has that power in a first round. Therein might lie the problem the UCI has to consider, is it acceptable to give so much authority to one single person when it is quite possible for them to have a natural bias or be too easily susceptible to imposed bias. Who is to say an individual in this position isn’t susceptible to collaboration with outside players with interests in the results, nations, families, teams, betting companies, etc. On the one hand we have sports where these problems have been worked on way more to reduce such problems, on the other hand we have sports with far stricter and more draconian rules not even concerning safety or obstruction that nobody really questions like false starts or stepping out of lane or zones in athletics. If cycling hastowork on itself, it would be good if protagonists (all kinds) would start doing a little more than just moaning over outcomes.Jumpyjohn08-11-2026
- Yes, so why not make comments less pointless?Jumpyjohn08-11-2026
- What a race! I didn't expect Vanthourenhout to collapse like that, and Wyseure did take the fight to Nys, but there was no doubt at the end. I also wonder what Aubin Sparfel would be capable of were he to race in the elites now. In the U23 ranks he is making good work of Giel Lejeune, who himself is among the better riders in the elites, and a top 10 contender in the big races (3rd at Kleebergcross, 8th at Berencross and 5th at Heerderstrand). In the French Cup, Sparfel is significantly better than Romain Debord (8th at Koppenbergcross and 10th at the Euros) and Rémi Lelandais (12th at Koppenbergcross and 19th at the Euros).
Rafionain-Glas08-11-2026 - There really was nothing in it. Schreiber was so much faster, and Brand was fighting to stay in the wheel in the sprint. Schreiber did move a bit, but to say she closed the door doesn't make sense because Brand couldn't enter it anyway, abd she wasn't impeded.Rafionain-Glas08-11-2026
- He should have been allowed to go to Movistar. Right now both arent a good fit for each other and are just wasting each other's time and effortabstractengineer08-11-2026
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💬"At the finish @nilseekhoff put me in a good position. I opened the sprint a little too early but we still managed to grab a 3rd place which is nice." - @caspervanuden Read up on today's #AlUlaTour🇸🇦 action where we took another strong podium result.👇🏻
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