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

[Pentacycle]

Rui Costa: 46m56s exact same time as Machado

GC
1.Tony Martin
2.Lieuwe Westra
3.Rui Costa

Where's Kwiatkowski ended up?

 

[Parrulo]

this race had new organizers this year and they proved to be complete idiots that know nothing about cycling as was to be expected . . .

this time trial is way too long for the climbing we had

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Rui Costa: 46m56s exact same time as Machado

GC
1.Tony Martin
2.Lieuwe Westra
3.Rui Costa

nice podium. Brutal performance by Martin.

 

[iZnoGouD]

Where's Kwiatkowski ended up?

i forgot about him, so this is probably wrong

 

[iZnoGouD]

4.ª Etapa: Castro Marim – Tavira, 34,8 km (C/R)
1.º Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), 45m09s
2.º Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 46m16s
3.º Jesse Sergent (RadioShack-Leopard), 46m24s
4.º Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM), 46m25s
5.º Jonathan Castroviejo (Movistar), 46m39s
6.º Denis Menchov (Katusha), 46m41s
7.º Tiago Machado (RadioShack-Leopard), 46m56s
8.º Rui Costa (Movistar), 46m56s
9.º Andreas Klöden (RadioShack-Leopard), 47m13s
10.º Rigoberto Urán (Sky), 47m51s

Let's wait for Gc result, what i posted above is wrong

 

[jens_attacks]

radioshack best team?

 

[iZnoGouD]

They are specialists in that area

 

[Dazed and Confused]

4.ª Etapa: Castro Marim – Tavira, 34,8 km (C/R)
1.º Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), 45m09s
2.º Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 46m16s
3.º Jesse Sergent (RadioShack-Leopard), 46m24s
4.º Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM), 46m25s
5.º Jonathan Castroviejo (Movistar), 46m39s
6.º Denis Menchov (Katusha), 46m41s
7.º Tiago Machado (RadioShack-Leopard), 46m56s
8.º Rui Costa (Movistar), 46m56s
9.º Andreas Klöden (RadioShack-Leopard), 47m13s
10.º Rigoberto Urán (Sky), 47m51s

Let's wait for Gc result, what i posted above is wrong

So the boys from Radioshack still knows a thing or two about TT'ing. Do we know what team they will send to T-A?

 

[iZnoGouD]

i think GC is
1.Martin
2.Michal Kwiatkowski
3.Lieuwe Westra

 

[Parrulo]

so podium is martin, westra and Kwiatkowski. . . .

as expected the podium was entirely decided by the itt, algarve officially rated as pathetic this year.

 

[wwabbit]

this race had new organizers this year and they proved to be complete idiots that know nothing about cycling as was to be expected . . .

this time trial is way too long for the climbing we had

Should have just renamed the race Contrarrelógio ao Algarve...

 

[Parrulo]

Should have just renamed the race Contrarrelógio ao Algarve...

indeed, they didn't even tried to give the climbers a chance as they made the malhão stage easier then on previous years . . .

 

[gruppeto993]

what a stupid race. Might as well do a race with only an ITT. The rest of the stages proved to be completely irrelevant to the GC.
Good performance from Michal K.
As far as radioshack go, they are specialists in winning team GCs that no-one apart from their PR seem to care about. I don't know what's it with this team. THEY SIMPLY CANT WIN.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

lol, Martin destroyed everyone.

Westra 2nd again in a classification?

 

[Miburo]

lol, Martin destroyed everyone.

Westra 2nd again in a classification?

i hope 3th, will make him feel better

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

i hope 3th, will make him feel better

Ah that fits, Kwiat then 2nd

 

[Dazed and Confused]

what a stupid race. Might as well do a race with only an ITT. The rest of the stages proved to be completely irrelevant to the GC.
Good performance from Michal K.
As far as radioshack go, they are specialists in winning team GCs that no-one apart from their PR seem to care about. I don't know what's it with this team. THEY SIMPLY CANT WIN.

Team could go in with a very strong TT team at T-A and try and wheelsuck their way to a win.

 

[MatParker117]

What was the bleeding point in the other three days?

 

[gruppeto993]

Team could go in with a very strong TT team at T-A and try and wheelsuck their way to a win.

no need to put it this way "wheelsuck their way to a win." If you're a strong time trialer then you win in the time trials. Its not that you don't want to attack in the mountains. You simply don't need to or you don't have the ability to. And anyway they will get beaten in the TTT by some other team anyway since they can't win anything be it a TTT,ITT,GC, sprint etc.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

very good itt by uran, very happy, henao's itt improvement truly is incredible

 

[Bavarianrider]

very good itt by uran, very happy, henao's itt improvement truly is incredible

Loosing 3 minutes on a hilly 35km isn't really "very good" i'd say

 

[theyoungest]

very good itt by uran, very happy, henao's itt improvement truly is incredible

It doesn't seem to be a TT where too many riders bothered, given the huge gaps in the top-10 already. Uran is 10th, a minute down on no. 8...

 

[caricas]

GC

1.º Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), 15h36m26s
2.º Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), a 58s
3.º Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM), a 59s
4.º Denis Menchov (Katusha), a 1m21s
5.º Rui Costa (Movistar), a 1m26s
6.º Tiago Machado (RadioShack-Leopard), a 1m30s
7.º Jesse Sergent (RadioShack-Leopard), a 1m40s
8.º Jonathan Castroviejo (Movistar), a 1m45s
9.º Andreas Klöden (RadioShack-Leopard), a 1m53s
10.º Rigoberto Urán (Sky), a 2m31s

 

[BlenJones2]

Just a pointless parcours when the race leader can finish 14th on the final day tt and completely drop out of the top 10

 

[LaFlorecita]

Just a pointless parcours when the race leader can finish 14th on the final day tt and completely drop out of the top 10

Indeed, just ridiculous