2013 Volta ao Algarve (14th-17th February), 2.1

[gruppeto993]

Whats happening? Has zubeldia been caught or is he still at the front

 

[iZnoGouD]

km 78,3: Ordem de passagem na meta volante:
1.º Sérgio Sousa (Efapel-Glassdrive)
2.º Bruno Pires (Saxo-Tinkoff)
3.º Haimar Zubeldia (RadioShack-Leopard)

They have 38 seconds

 

[gruppeto993]

If they have 38s then they wont be getting anywhere.

 

[iZnoGouD]

45km left until first Malhão

 

[Kwibus]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nVxeBiD8ZE0#!


cav just posted this on facebook . . . .

lol. Nice

 

[Christian]

I'm not saying Nizzolo is going to win the overall. I'm saying he is going to win a sprint soon in a WT race.

I hope in the Giro, that would be fantastic. Last year he came in 3rd in one stage, but granted the finale was crash-marred so it was from a much smaller group. I think he can get over some hills as well, that's how he won Tour de Wallonie last year. I hope he will get even better results this year.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

nizzolo lacks the speed to win real massprints right now and perhaps ever. he needs to win smaller sprints from reduced groups as he can climb pretty well

 

[jens_attacks]

no tour du haut var thread?seems like we're gonna have a live stream

 

[iZnoGouD]

Look at this, everyone is hurting
Machado is so confortable he is even smiling

 

[iZnoGouD]

Zubeldia break is over

 

[iZnoGouD]

km 91: Ordem de passagem na meta volante:
1.º Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Stepe)
2.º Thomas de Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM)
3.º Omar Fraille (Caja Rural)

 

[iZnoGouD]

There's a new break with 3mins
km 98: A fuga ganha corpo: pelotão a 3m00s de Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), David López (Sky), José Herrada (Movistar), Maarten Wynants (Blanco), Nelson Oliveira (RadioShack-Leopard), Ricardo Mestre e Jorge Azanza (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Bruno Pires (Saxo-Tinkoff), Bjorn Leukemans e Bertjan Lindeman (Vacansoleil-DCM), Arkaitz Duran (Efapel-Glassdrive) e Christopher Jones (UnitedHealthcare).

 

[jens_attacks]

what a breakaway eh?

 

[iZnoGouD]

I'am not sure the peloton will see them again :S

 

[jens_attacks]

machado to make a gift to oliveira?

 

[iZnoGouD]

They have 5 mins now

 

[Pentacycle]

They have 5 mins now

Blanco is going mad. Do they think Wynants can win the stage/overall? He'd better drop back and help chasing imo, Machado needs some help as well.

 

[jens_attacks]

sky will chase. and that's enough

 

[iZnoGouD]

I was going to ask that, who is going to chase now?
Almost every team has a rider in the break and very strong riders

 

[iZnoGouD]

Ricardo Mestre and Bruno Pires try to get away from the break, they have 17 seconds , peloton is at 5min10sec

 

[Pentacycle]

Gap dropping back to 4'40''.

 

[iZnoGouD]

Caja Rural chasing and apparently doing a good job, gap down to 4min40sec

 

[iZnoGouD]

The break is almost in the first Alto Malhao pass

 

[iZnoGouD]

gap down to 4:30

 

[gruppeto993]

Which stream are you following?