2010 Volta ao Algarve

[krebs303]

40 kilometers left advantage 3m00s

 

[Publicus]

Hmm yes an odd thing, but maybe he wants to put down some serious power and see how it goes, and maybe a little competition will help to motivate himself? He should be training on his own though instead of messing around .

Maybe. Seems he could have gotten that going to Calpe with the rest of the team, but I'm just a cycling fan, not a professional cyclist so I assume he knows what he is doing.

 

[krebs303]

126km break at 2m15s

 

[krebs303]

KKM 140: Only Pedro Lopes in front of the race. peloton to 30 seconds.

 

[krebs303]

There was a fall a few miles back. Tomas Vaitkus (RadioShack) is one of the injured.

 

[*G*K*S*]

Km 149: Platoon compact. There was a fall a few miles. Tomas Vaitkus (RadioShack) is one of the injured

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Thanks for the updates folks.

 

[ravens]

Maybe. Seems he could have gotten that going to Calpe with the rest of the team, but I'm just a cycling fan, not a professional cyclist so I assume he knows what he is doing.

I am still staying with Plan A: LA in 2010 Tdf is a hoax ...but I hope I am wrong...I wanna see him get spanked.

 

[*G*K*S*]

Victory Benoit Vaugrenard

Benoit Vaugrenard (Française des Jeux) attacked from a distance and cut the risk with a few meters ahead of the pursuers

FdJ is off to a good start with their fourth win on the road. Good for them.

Classificações provisórias
Etapa
1º Benoit Vaugrenard (Française des Jeux), 4h10m42s
2º Joan Horrach (Katusha), a 3s
3º André Greipel (Team HTC-Columbia), a 5s
4º Mathiew Ladagnous (Française des Jeus), mt
5º Nick Nuyens (Rabobank), mt
6º Wouter Weylandt (Quick Step), mt
7º Rui Costa (Caisse D'Epargne), mt
8º Heinrich Haussler (Cervélo), mt
9º Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), mt
10º Jens Keukeleire (Cofidis), mt
11º Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil), mt
12º Alexander Botcharov (Katusha), mt
13º Graem Brown (Rabobank), mt
14º José Joaquín Rojas (Caisse D'Epargne), mt
15º Dries Devenyns (Quick Step), mt

 

[thingswelike]

Nice one - I like it when the sprinters get robbed
Hopefully we'll get to see it on video at some point.

 

[Publicus]

It looks like AC attacked on the lead in to test his strength. So much for him basically getting in a training ride.

 

[Publicus]

Here's Sammy Sanchez's bike. I consider it a fashion don't:

 

[BroDeal]

Here's Sammy Sanchez's bike. I consider it a fashion don't:

Now he just needs gold shoes and a gold helmet. Bettini might be able to lend the stuff to him...assuming that Bettini got over the idiocy of wearing gold all the time.

 

[hfer07]

Antonio Colom isn't riding the Volta due to his suspension from last year.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/volta-ao-algarve-2-1/preview

 

[Angliru]

Now he just needs gold shoes and a gold helmet. Bettini might be able to lend the stuff to him...assuming that Bettini got over the idiocy of wearing gold all the time.

It might be distasteful IYO but I know if I were Olympic champion I'd proudly deck my bike out in similar fashion. I don't know about the shoes though.

 

[lostintime]

Here's Sammy Sanchez's bike. I consider it a fashion don't:

A fashion don't? Hey ..... having grown up with bikes from the 70's and 80's with sleek lines, every pro bike today appears as a fashion don't to me. They look like they're straight out of a cartoon with the the fat molded tubes and high profile rims.

 

[BroDeal]

It might be distasteful IYO but I know if I were Olympic champion I'd proudly deck my bike out in similar fashion. I don't know about the shoes though.

I am pretty sure that Bettini has one of these suits. Sanchez should borrow it.

 

[Angliru]

I am pretty sure that Bettini has one of these suits. Sanchez should borrow it.

Actually I think this was Footon's intent but something went wrong (or more wrong) from drawing board to final product.

 

[lucybears]

Nice one - I like it when the sprinters get robbed
Hopefully we'll get to see it on video at some point.

El VIDEO de la llegada de la 1ª etapa de la Vuelta al Algarve
http://www.biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=22841

 

[issoisso]

Quite a few top placings by non-sprinters. Interesting.

 

[Bike Boy]

Quite a few top placings by non-sprinters. Interesting.

I noticed the same thing. Stage profils can be deceiving but It looks like the finish went slightly uphill.

I'm very impressed with Contador. Haven't been riding since july 26. Looking forward to see how well he will do.

 

[theswordsman]

If you don't have Eurosport and you don't mind Russian, you can see the highlight show here. It's actually a live Eurosport 2 feed, but you can click the back arrow on the bottom until the bar on the side is around 02:28.

http://tvali.ge/index.php?action=sat&channel=78149&lang=rus

 

[Publicus]

From Team Radio Shack's write up of the Stage 1:

. Defending champion Alberto Contador (Astana) attacked but Vaugrenard geared up and rolled over the champion to take the victory in the opening stage.

Every other article/summary I've seen of the stage seemed to suggest that Vaugrenard attacked after the peloton sucked AC back in, not that Vaugrenard personally rode him down. They really hate them some AC over at Radio Shack.

 

[Big GMaC]

Every other article/summary I've seen of the stage seemed to suggest that Vaugrenard attacked after the peloton sucked AC back in, not that Vaugrenard personally rode him down. They really hate them some AC over at Radio Shack.

I know.... see the winner's own view:

"On the penultimate little hill [about 1.5km from the finish] there was an attack and I could see that Contador had attacked on his own," said Vaugrenard. "He stayed clear for a bit but the group came together again just as we reached the roundabout at the foot of that hill with about a kilometre to go. But as they caught him the bunch's speed slowed a little and I realised that even though I was a little way back I had a chance for an attack of my own.

 

[ravens]

From Team Radio Shack's write up of the Stage 1:



Every other article/summary I've seen of the stage seemed to suggest that Vaugrenard attacked after the peloton sucked AC back in, not that Vaugrenard personally rode him down. They really hate them some AC over at Radio Shack.

Somewhere on this big ole message board, there are faux twitter posts by Lance's newest child,

one that I remember:

'when daddy gets drunk, he reeeeally hates that mexican guy'