LIVEBLOG | UAE 6/ Algarve 4/ Andalucia 4 - Remco bounce back? del Toro take the lead from Tiberi? Visma, Pinarello & UAE in a tug-of-war
CyclingSaturday, 21 February 2026 at 09:25
Welcome to the Liveblog of the 2026 UAE Tour, Volta ao Algarve and Vuelta a Andalucia. After an emotion-filled friday, we have another day of racing ahead. From the Middle East to the Iberian Peninsula, there will be more than eight hours of pure, thrilling cycling, drawing crowds to the roadside to cheer on the riders and bring colour to every stage. Join us and keep us company by following all the day’s action live and minute by minute.
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- The problem is when riders' excuses cross the line from stating the cause to blaming those responsible. For someone like Remco, who routinely gives such excuses (with the WCh and the mechanic being the biggest recent one) anything he says can and will be interpreted as blaming those responsible (in this case that'd be RBH and their hotel). That's something he's brought upon himself. Also, pros are more affected (assuming you are not a pro) by stuff like this, for obvious reasons. And on that matter, the next time Roger de Vlaeminck (who is most definitely senile) goes on rant, Remco might get a bashing or two because of this.
Rafionain-Glas21-02-2026 - Aren’t you guys overdoing this aircon stuff? I guess (hope) most of you have done a decent amount of sport? You don’t always perform as you want or expect, isn’t it completely normal then to introspectively ask what could have been the cause? Sometimes it’s something you’re aware is detrimental, sometimes it’s something new you didn’t expect could affect things. A bad nights’ sleep is one of the more complicated cases ( both for next day or multiple days) it won’t necessarily affect performance but can, in more than one way (I ran my fastest marathon without sleep, maybe due to raised aggressive hormones from prolonged anger at people being noisy, which still wouldn’t mean everyone reacts that way). I don’t see what the big deal is with riders asking themselves those kind of questions out loud, post race interviews are already so boring and predictable as it is, even non-fans should be happy when this kind of info is introduced.Mistermaumau21-02-2026
- Of all the riders, I can’t think of anyone less likely to accept a room with a malfunctioning Air Con. He would be straight on to the team and the hotel would undoubtedly have pulled out all the stops to get it working. I wonder if the hotel has read his comments about their Air Con?GregT21-02-2026
- Yes, it was his best year but the level of riders he’s up against from now on is higher too.Mistermaumau21-02-2026
- UAE doping...I'm shocked.
parisbound0020-02-2026 - Total scandal how long this is taking and the resistance to it. I said something like this could happen and very luckily it was more a scare than ANOTHER tragedy. Not sure it will change many people’s minds but I will be blaming them if tragedy does happen. FFS there’s ZERO disadvantage to carrying one of these, especially if its weight gets incorporated into the minimum allowed. NOBODY questions the wearing of helmets anymore and few remember the pointless resistance to that.Mistermaumau20-02-2026
- Time will tell. He did have his best year by far last year, so I am a bit reluctant to call him yesterday's man quite yet.mobk20-02-2026
- complete joke with the lead motorcycles on this TT, Jaun had the best driver for first 2 minutes maybe more at 10 bike lengths ahead.jad2920-02-2026
- Another unbelievable excuse came during the Giro dell'Emilia'24. He claimed something got in his eye, then he couldn't finish. My friend from Bologna was in the crowd and told me he was crying with frustration (Pogacar dropped him on the climb to San Luca). Remco's problem is that he refuses to be "just" a great champion; he wants to be Mertz or more than Mertz
maria2024202420-02-2026 - I’m afraid Almeida’s time has come, and gone. He’s had chances to win more but with the strength of the new crop of youngsters, there’ll be little left for him to pick up. He’s just a slightly more aggressive Sepp Kuss, born to assist.Mistermaumau20-02-2026
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