Sprint Showdown In Dubai! | UAE Tour 2023 Highlights - Stage 4
Stage 4 is the first of three consecutive opportunities for the sprinters. At 173.9km in length, this stage takes place along Dubai’s metropolitan coastline. The threat of crosswinds isn't quite as apparent in this part of the country, but in the UAE there is always a need to be wary! The run into the finish is another straightforward one with an arrow-straight final 700m to the line.
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🤫Some teams have some sprint-train debriefing to do tonight…
Thanks for making these :)
Thank you for the coverage
Love to see Tudor as a sponsor! We see you Tudor! Stick around please
No mention of Gaviria hit in face by bystanders tuing
GNC is so biased
Wow, the crowds were almost 1 deep in a few places
Always watching from Georgetown Guyana south America 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾
This race needs some 1980s Giro podium girls. Those dudes in robes aren't cutting it.
😂😂
Volta ao Algarve has proper old school podium girls! Portugal keeps it real.
The quality of the roads in this race are 🤌🏻👌🏻
Just like Salford's roads . In my dreams
There's more quality on the roads than people besides them lol
Same as the quality of the Colombians ha
European “road furniture” has been a significant problem for the World Tour, not to mention the usual lack of safe “race furniture” (barriers, etc.) in some races.
Quite interesting, if you compare it to the roads seen in the Saudi Tour. Were multiple riders had 3 or more flat tires during a single stage.
another win indeed for the home team, unless windy tomorrow then i reckon it will be a fast race, and sprinters paradise.
Another?
This is the only win they had so far. What do you mean "another"?
Show the photo then
Bring on the monuments !
We can't wait!
So many fans! LOL At least UAE got something out of this race.
0:33 rider in the rear (Tonelli or Zoccarato?) could have used a longer stem😅
yow 1st
A few hours of dead flat riding on highways past tacky nouveau riche architecture to a straight field sprint. This might be the worst stage race out there?
Atleast its not dangerous. Thats the most important part.
Not racing at all is even less dangerous.
But what about the fan?
where was cav?
Mid pack
Van Poppel just outsprinting Bennet, my god this guy gets carried by him
So I suppose Van Poppel outsprinted Tim Merlier too? OBVIOUSLY it's because They're so far back it doesn't matter to them.
Q: Does Dubai have a domestic bicycle industry? When unionized camels tire, can they call a bicycle taxi?
Is Cavendish not there then..🤷♂️
He's struggled a little bit so far, not yet been in contention for a win.
@@gcnracing ty
Did Cav race? Didn't see him anywhere near the action. Were there that many speedbumps?
He was 18th. Not sure if he was out of position or saving his legs.
Lots of big names missing from the top 10.
he is there, not sure what his team was doing, he was really far back at the last corner and his teammates in random places whereas everyone else had a somewhat organized leadout train. He had 2 teammates infront and 1 rider a couple wheels back with 1.9km to go, then the next frame it's 0.9km to go and they've all split up and all 3 of them behind him and at that point if you're not in the top 10 into the last corner there's no chance in hell.
@@weltgeschichtliche saving his legs? For what, climbing?
@@albr4 i was being facetious. Wow, he had plenty of wheels to follow, about 18 of them. Was never a threat, just like Day 1, only ten more quick guys were there to contest this sprint. This is why nobody was willing to pay him and Merlier got his spot on Quivkstep.
He could have placed top 3
It's amazing the difference a script can make. Whilst Carlton's live commentary is irritatingly full of his well worn cliches, 1970s references and misidentified riders these 5 minute highlights are quite professional.
Wow the announcer made it so exciting. Made me want to ride my bike. 🙄🤦♂
😂😂😂
This commentator makes these stages very dull. There was so much going on that wasn't described: team dynamics, the composition of the breakaway, the use of team mates, a ballsy late attack by (I think) Mohoric. Not even mentioned! Could be so much better
Lantern Rouge will have a real video in a couple of hours. Wasted my time on this one.
It it bit borring, sprints every day
Home team most likely to win a photo finish---kinda don't care they put money into the sport---and you see a lovely country in the background
Molano won by about a quarter of a wheel. It was pretty clear, don't know why it didn't make it into the video.
Well that was pretty boring, I'm not one for the sprint stages.
Invite asian , african teams much better
Why do these videos always feel completely unscripted? It's like some guy is just rambling at you... Compare this to Lantern rouge - deep analysis of important moves, positioning, things that happened earlier that could affect end result, etc. There's no photo pauses to show exactly who they are speaking about. I get they want to churn this video out ASAP but it feels like the pacing of the narration is always a little off and that they have rushed to get it uploaded without thinking very much about it.
Look - I don't know that much about this sport but here's an example of what they could have done here: - talked about the movistar rider who deviated from his sprint line and ended up crashing into the flag. - The fact that the DSM rider may have had it if the movistar rider had not swung out to the left as he would have had a longer draft What they actually said is just observations of what is happening. There seems to be 0 analysis... maybe that's what they're going for, idk but seems an underwhelming way to speak about what his happening.
Its two different types of video. One is a highlight posted rather quickly after the stage has ended. The other is an analysis video that takes more time to do, edit and script and thus is also released later after the race. Both have their usecase.
@@brunospasta True! I guess I must just prefer the analysis one.
I hate it when every video isn’t tailored exactly to my specific wants and needs too.
This particular GCN presenter is the worst of the bunch. Tries to put you to sleep with his cadence. Has no idea of what is and is not important. Drones on about unimportant things to hype while missing obvious important stuff. He is, at least, marginally better than the dreck that is US cycling coverage (Phil Liggett and Bob Rolle need to be banished, post haste!)...but I prefer the other two commentators VASTLY more to this yawn fest.