2010 Volta ao Algarve

[theswordsman]

Alberto Contador alone in front of the race. Tiago Machado in pursuit.

 

[Publicus]

AC out front by 12 seconds alone. Machado chasing.

Only 7 seconds now. Entering final km

 

[Pedaaldanser]

I bet he's gonna make it!

It's not too hard to translate that portuguese with babelfish fortunately

 

[Publicus]

Make that 14 seconds.

You can bag this one for AC. 300 meters to go and 15 seconds.

 

[Race Radio]

Impressive.

 

[krebs303]

Vitória de Contador

 

[Publicus]

AC wins!

This was a big day for Astana. Big day.

Controlled the peloton from the beginning to the end.

 

[krebs303]

Leipheimer third

 

[Publicus]

Leipheimer third

Im curious what the gap was, because it will be crucial

 

[Delicato]

We can expect the ITT showdown between Contador, Sanchez and Leipheimer.

Kudos to Van Garderen.

 

[Race Radio]

Tejay van Garderen in 4th! nice ride by the young guy.

Looks like Machado was a good pick up for Radio Shack. Levi riding well too

 

[franciep10]

Im curious what the gap was, because it will be crucial

from the text updates he's in the lead, as publicus has said huge day for astana controlling the peloton.

 

[Publicus]

Tejay van Garderen in 4th! nice ride by the young guy.

Looks like Machado was a good pick up for Radio Shack. Levi riding well too

Machado did well at this race last year, so I am not surprised. He is an excellent climber.

 

[Publicus]

from the text updates he's in the lead, as publicus has said huge day for astana controlling the peloton.

That was me who asked that question. I'm curious how much time AC has over Levi. Not worried about Machado in the final TT.

 

[Race Radio]

Etapa
1º Alberto Contador (Astana), 5h02m55s
2º Tiago Machado (RadioShack), a 11s
3º Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack), a 22s
4º Peter Velts (HTC-Columbia), a 25s
5º Tejay van Garderen (HTC-Columbia), a 25s
6º Jean Christophe Peraud (Omega Pharma-Lotto), a 29s
7º Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), a 31s
8º Rui Costa (Caisse D'Epargne), a 33s
9º Luis Leon Sánchez (Caisse D'Epargne), mt
10º Andreas Kloden (RadioShack), mt

 

[theswordsman]

Etapa
1º Alberto Contador (Astana), 5h02m55s
2º Tiago Machado (RadioShack), a 11s
3º Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack), a 22s
4º Peter Velts (HTC-Columbia), a 25s
5º Tejay van Garderen (HTC-Columbia), a 25s
6º Jean Christophe Peraud (Omega Pharma-Lotto), a 29s
7º Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), a 31s
8º Rui Costa (Caisse D'Epargne), a 33s
9º Luis Leon Sánchez (Caisse D'Epargne), mt
10º Andreas Kloden (RadioShack), mt

Geral Individual
1º Alberto Contador (Astana), 15h20m17s
2º Tiago Machado (RadioShack), a 15s
3º Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack), a 28s
4º Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), a 35s
5º Tejay van Garderen (HTC-Columbia), mt
6º Rui Costa (Caisse D'Epargne), a 43s
7º Luis Leon Sánchez (Caisse D'Epargne), mt
8º Matthew Lloyd (Omega Pharma-Lotto), mt
9º Andreas Kloden (RadioShack), mt
10º Joaquín Rodríguez (Katusha), mt

You can see text for the whole stage here if you pop it into your favorite translator:
http://www.biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=22908

 

[theswordsman]

Alberto's post-race tweet via Google Translate:

I managed to win, but this victory is not mine but from my team that has thrown the whole stage from km0.Gracias TEAM

 

[BYOP88]

Looks like from reading the updates, Astana did a good job on today's stage.

Just wondering what the view will be on today's stage from the Radio Shack forum

 

[hfer07]

Looks like from reading the updates, Astana did a good job on today's stage.

Just wondering what the view will be on today's stage from the Radio Shack forum

pffff- they'll say it's due to Johann and the Shack's "teamwork"

 

[Carboncrank]

3 in the top ten is not bad for radioshack either.

 

[issoisso]

Don't think Levi can take 22 seconds from Contador in only 17kms. He'll pass Machado, though. He should be second overall when all is said and done

 

[kurtinsc]

Looks like from reading the updates, Astana did a good job on today's stage.

Just wondering what the view will be on today's stage from the Radio Shack forum

It will be this:

If Levi and Machado can come that close to Contador, then Lance will easily beat him.

 

[kurtinsc]

Don't think Levi can take 22 seconds from Contador in only 17kms. He'll pass Machado, though. He should be second overall when all is said and done

This may be a stupid question... but are there ever time bonuses for winning the stage or being first in an intermdiate point in TT's? Are there any in this one?

22 is a lotfor 17km... but if he can win it and only need to to 17... maybe it's possible.

 

[issoisso]

This may be a stupid question... but are there ever time bonuses for winning the stage or being first in an intermdiate point in TT's? Are there any in this one?

22 is a lotfor 17km... but if he can win it and only need to to 17... maybe it's possible.

Time trials haven't had time bonuses in big races since the "winner gets one minute" TTs of the late 70s

This isn't a big race, but it's 2.1, so the same should apply, I think

 

[hfer07]

This may be a stupid question... but are there ever time bonuses for winning the stage or being first in an intermdiate point in TT's? Are there any in this one?

22 is a lotfor 17km... but if he can win it and only need to to 17... maybe it's possible.

it is indeed