2012 Volta ao Algarve

[Parrulo]

1. Porte
2. Machado
3. Costa
4. Hoogerland
5. Poels
6. Vandenbroeck

if porte's tt stays the same then he has this in the bag, still surprised by his climbing tho . . . .

 

[c&cfan]

1. Porte
2. Machado
3. Costa
4. Hoogerland
5. Poels
6. Vandenbroeck

what??? impossible

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

porte looks very light tho.
impressive ride.

poels

 

[Kvinto]

Sky put all their cards in one basket and it worked today
UK Postal is deserved nickname

 

[bassplayer88]

woop! great to see wiggo out of the saddle doing some work for the team, hopefully this will silence those who call him a wheel sucker

 

[Grzdylu]

So where is T. Martin?

 

[trevim]

Here comes Lu-Lu .. what a legend.

I think he was beaten by Devolder

 

[Carols]

Great job by Sky, chapeau Porte!

Sorry to see Tee Jay get dropped, oh well he is still very young.

 

[c&cfan]

So where is T. Martin?

sleeping..

 

[issoisso]

since when can porte climb?

2010 Giro d'Italia General Classification
Rider Team Time
1 Ivan Basso (Italy) Liquigas-Doimo 87h 44' 01"
2 David Arroyo (Spain) Caisse d'Epargne + 1' 51"
3 Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) Liquigas-Doimo + 2' 37"
4 Michele Scarponi (Italy) Androni Giocattoli + 2' 50"
5 Cadel Evans (Australia) BMC Racing Team + 3' 27"
6 Alexander Vinokourov (Kazakhstan) Astana + 7' 06"
7 Richie Porte (Australia) Team Saxo Bank + 7' 22"
8 Carlos Sastre (Spain) Cervélo TestTeam + 9' 39"
9 Marco Pinotti (Italy) Team HTC-Columbia + 14' 20"
10 Robert Kišerlovski (Croatia) Liquigas-Doimo + 14' 51"

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[trevim]

So where is T. Martin?

About 1min back I think

 

[goggalor]

Sky put all their cards in one basket and it worked today
UK Postal is deserved nickname

I like it.

Porte to win the Vuelta this year.

 

[woodenswan]

sky looked pretty impressive today
why is porte winning such a shock? he did show potential in the past

 

[Euskaltel!]

Wiggins actually getting out of his seat, ooh!

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

How many Sky riders to top 15 the TT then?

 

[Zam_Olyas]

I like it.

Porte to win the Vuelta this year.

Contador will be there, so i say top 5 at iL Giro

 

[Parrulo]

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considering he had a 15 minute head start on the eventual winner . . .

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

sky looked pretty impressive today
why is porte winning such a shock? he did show potential in the past

never climbing away from people, that just isn't true.

still this is early season, we'll see.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Porte in Portugal. How apt.
Hard to tell how well he was climbing, given its' Feb an all.

 

[Fidolix]

Well, this is an olympic year . . . .

Amazing how a rider can change during a winter break. Must be the sky magic.

 

[trevim]

After all the Malhao created bigger differences than some of the Tour, Giro mountain stages. It's all about how it's ridden it seems

 

[Trofinios]

Well, got to hand it to Team Sky, they set up Porte and he delivered.

 

[goggalor]

Porte should have this wrapped up. Machado will be going for it though.

Wiggo could still podium obviously.

 

[Kvinto]

funny that it was obviously Machado who provoked the attack

 

[Zam_Olyas]

congrats to eurosport ..they are very happy too. sky they are the peloton boss/