2010 Volta ao Algarve

[theswordsman]

What a great start to the year. Congratulation to Alberto & Luis Leon.

 

[moi123]

I'm very happy to see this!!

 

[Publicus]

I'm just looking forward to the post explaining how Team Radio Shack finishing higher on the Team Classification is a bigger prize than winning the overall.

 

[taiwan]

Bert wins Overall, LL Sanchez the TT.

 

[reyan12]

WOW another win for Contador!LL Sanchez is also great.Poor RS they have only 1 man at the podium.

 

[Mellow Velo]

I'm just looking forward to the post explaining how Team Radio Shack finishing higher on the Team Classification is a bigger prize than winning the overall.

You beat me to it. I was going to post the same thing!
Lets hope that person will be happy with a similar result, come July.
RS: A team og high spec diesels, without Contador's supercharger.
Thought I'd pop my winning avatar in here.

WOW another win for Contador!LL Sanchez is also great.Poor RS they have only 1 man at the podium.

Another failure.

 

[Publicus]

You beat me to it. I was going to post the same thing!
Lets hope that person will be happy with a similar result, come July.
RS: A team og high spec diesels, without Contador's supercharger.
Thought I'd pop my winning avatar in here.

Nice win for Lulu. It must have been a heck of ride. I'm looking forward to the highlights.

 

[Big GMaC]

What you gonna say now Cranky? Step off and go home

edit: oh and solid by AC, would have liked to see something faster from Samu with his legendary descending skills... I know there was a climb in the middle but the finish was lower than the start...

 

[cyclopeon]

Lulu just posted a new best time 21:32. He was 43 seconds back on AC at the start of the day.

Levi just posted 21:54.

Samu posted 22:07

Machado 22:02

AC 21:45. Two time champion. And Lulu jumps up to second and kicks Levi off the podium.

Thanks for posting that.
Good rides by all, and pretty close...
Good podium too, especially the top step!

But Alberto being second on ITT leaves me confused, a bit: is it, or is it not, "about the bike"?

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Contador enters another stage race and wins. Well done.
The Astana team is rock solid this year.

 

[BYOP88]

What you gonna say now Cranky? Step off and go home

I'm guessing it will be along the lines of The Shack were just using it for a training ride/the 1st race of the year for Levi/at least they took a sprinter or who cares about 1st on GC it's all about the team doing well etc etc etc etc

 

[Anonymous]

I am sure that Lance will be twittering "great ride #levi, we all know I am faster than him so I should be the Tour favorite now and you can all forget the backwoods spanish guy who still has a lot to learn"

 

[Potomac]

It is a pity this race didn't get more media coverage, because judging from this thread it was of great interest to cycling fans.

 

[UpTheRoad]

I am sure that Lance will be twittering "great ride #levi, we all know I am faster than him so I should be the Tour favorite now and you can all forget the backwoods spanish guy who still has a lot to learn"

Please. Give it a rest. He won't say that at all. He will say that his training TT against Lieto and his uphill battle against a cow are far better indicators of TdF success.

 

[Publicus]

It is a pity this race didn't get more media coverage, because judging from this thread it was of great interest to cycling fans.

I agree. There supposed live coverage was a joke and often the live text updates were slow in coming (with 10 and 20 minutes breaks between updates). That being said, how much of this excitement is likely to carry over next year?

 

[hammt34]

I am glad Versus didnt cover the event can you imagine the excuses for radioshack or the brilliance of Johan Brunyeel tactics used by Alberto i really do have to mute versus coverage to enjoy the race.

 

[patricknd]

What a great start to the year. Congratulation to Alberto & Luis Leon.

and machado, a nice result for him as well.

 

[Publicus]

Apparently Graham Watson showed up at the last minute to photograph the TT (wasn't part of the list of races he was covering). Methinks Radio Shack thought they had a potential victory in the making.

 

[Anonymous]

I agree. There supposed live coverage was a joke and often the live text updates were slow in coming (with 10 and 20 minutes breaks between updates). That being said, how much of this excitement is likely to carry over next year?

There may be highlights later, but dont hold your breath..

 

[ravens]

How can you say that?

I am glad Versus didnt cover the event can you imagine the excuses for radioshack or the brilliance of Johan Brunyeel tactics used by Alberto i really do have to mute versus coverage to enjoy the race.

You can say whatever you like about versus, but a cycling fan living in the US must find shoddy internet video coverage like a rat sneaking around in a giant warehouse searching for a morsel of moldy Government cheese.

My TV has a volume control for when Lig/Wen get to be insufferable, but same day highlights would be nirvana compared to what we get now.

 

[hammt34]

You can say whatever you like about versus, but a cycling fan living in the US must find shoddy internet video coverage like a rat sneaking around in a giant warehouse searching for a morsel of moldy Government cheese.

My TV has a volume control for when Lig/Wen get to be insufferable, but same day highlights would be nirvana compared to what we get now.

u r right i take it back tv does have a volume

 

[Potomac]

I agree. There supposed live coverage was a joke and often the live text updates were slow in coming (with 10 and 20 minutes breaks between updates). That being said, how much of this excitement is likely to carry over next year?

The excitement (based on thread content) was Lance (Shack as his proxy) vs Contador. So if any half of that is gone then I bet the excitement will go go down considerably.

 

[BroDeal]

Did Garmin forget to bring their stash?

133 David Millar (GBr) Garmin -Transitions 0:05:47
DNS Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin -Transitions

Millar lost 20 secs per kilometer.

 

[joy118118]

Did Garmin forget to bring their stash?

133 David Millar (GBr) Garmin -Transitions 0:05:47
DNS Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin -Transitions

Millar lost 20 secs per kilometer.

cyclingweekly's twitter

Britain's David Millar crashed during the Algarve TT and finished with his skinsuit in tatters

 

[theswordsman]

Did Garmin forget to bring their stash?

133 David Millar (GBr) Garmin -Transitions 0:05:47
DNS Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin -Transitions

Millar lost 20 secs per kilometer.

Millar crashed, as did Karpets. Cycling Weekly said on twitter that Millar's skinsuit was ripped to shreds.