72 Volta a Portugal Bicicleta- em, 2.1 August 04-15 (Kash in !)

[DAOTEC]

Hommage attacker of the week & Caja Rural

His lefty right on spot

 

[DAOTEC]

Today 06.08. Stage 2: Aveiro - Santo Tirso (N. Sra. Assunção) (152,4 k)

Start: 13.40
Finish: 17.22

Website: http://www.volta-portugal.com/

Stream: [www.myp2p.eu]

TickerStr.: http://ww1.rtp.pt/multimedia/emissaoTV.php?tv=4

GC top 10:
1 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Caja Rural 5:05:33
2 Candido Barbosa (Por) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 0:01:32
3 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) ISD - Neri 0:01:34
4 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur Sojasun 0:01:36
5 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team
6 Filipe Cardoso (Por) LA Aluminios – Rota dos Móveis
7 David Blanco (Spa) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira
8 Hugo Sabido (Por) LA Aluminios – Rota dos Móveis 0:01:38
9 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team 0:01:40
10 Alejandro Marque (Spa) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 0:01:41

 

[Mellow Velo]

I have finally caught up with yesterday's stage. Quite the chaotic chase.
Saur DS said JE was on a bad day, so they didn't want to work.
Epic solo, though, given the conditions.
A pretty tough final uphill km, too.
Good stuff.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Palmeiras were pretty stroppy about nobody helping them chase, but who wants to chase all day just so Barbosa can beat you, and furthermore, since Blanco will need those domestiques why not try and burn them up?

 

[Mellow Velo]

Indeed. Only Lampre made a token effort, when they sat up.
Looking forward to today's finish as we will get an idea as to who will be contesting the GC.
(even though I won't get to watch it until late)

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

is there any other stream than the one son my2p?? because I can't open mediaplayer via those links is there a stream on a website? thanks.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Recent winners on Monte Assunção:

2005 Cândido Barbosa
2007 Cândido Barbosa
2008 Nuno Ribeiro
2009 Rubén Plaza (after disqualification of Eladio Jiménez).

 

[Mellow Velo]

is there any other stream than the one son my2p?? because I can't open mediaplayer via those links is there a stream on a website? thanks.

I've been watching tv, but I've had a look and come up with this one, which works for me:
http://ww1.rtp.pt/multimedia/progVideo.php?tvprog=26587&idpod=

Should go to live cycling in 15 minutes.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I've been watching tv, but I've had a look and come up with this one, which works for me:
http://ww1.rtp.pt/multimedia/progVideo.php?tvprog=26587&idpod=

Should go to live cycling in 15 minutes.

thanks!

I can't get it on my satelite right now normally I also watch on tv

 

[Mellow Velo]

Uumm, now I'm not sure. That link appears to be on a loop and not live at all.
The my2p link that requires the realtime player is working.
RT is a good player and the basic free version is handy for video downloads.
I will check the others...........

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Some jolty live feeds with media player will play whatever they can live, and then when they stop working they just go back to the start of where they were picked up and re-play that. If that happens you can watch it till it cuts up, then refresh the page. It's annoying as all hell, but you do get live-ish coverage.

 

[Mellow Velo]

This one is working live cycling now up and running.
http://www.rtp.pt/volta2010helirtp/

RTPN is carrying the hour before, live, but that link is a toughie to crack.

 

[Ryaguas]

Today we have a MTF... I'm expecting some fireworks... Sella and Pardilla attacking to close the gap? or maybe David Blanco attacking to stamp his seal in La Volta???

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

how fare are we from final climb?

 

[Ryaguas]

55kms left... the breakaway at 03.38

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I say for today maybe sergio ribeiro or sinkewitz. I like sergio ribeiro sinc ehis win last year in the volta sao paolo and have been following him ever since he got kicked out of benfica team

 

[Libertine Seguros]

This isn't too different to the Gouveia climb that Sinkewitz soloed in on last year, but gaps here tend to be fairly small. However, the climbing GC riders who don't have such a good TT will need to open up hostilities here, since there's 30km of ITT to do later in the race. It's not such a difficult climb though, and Ribeiro and Barbosa could both stay with the front riders if the pace isn't too vicious. I expect one of the big teams, probably Loulé, to try and utilise multiple contenders to take this one, perhaps with Tino Zaballa.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Sinkewitz interviewed by RTP in English.
Very cagey about where, when, or even if, he will attack.
Close to 2 hours of racing left, if yesterday is anything to go by.......

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Your friends and mine, LA Aluminios-Paredes Rota dos Moveis on the front now.

The same LA Aluminios who co-sponsored Liberty when they were still a feeder for the 'big' Liberty squad, and the same LA Aluminios who took over Maia and made LA-MSS.

Different team, same perseverent sponsors.

They're my favourite of the native teams.

 

[jaylew]

Was just about to ask who that was on the front. I'm not too familiar with the Portuguese teams. What's up with this feed? I'm only getting these far away heli shots.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

That'll be the heli feed.

Portuguese teams still extant:

Barbot-Siper: look like yellow clowns with red white and blue trim
Boavista: orange top on chequerboard kit
LA: vermillion with white centre and black shorts
Loulé: hideous kit with purple fading to yellow, red and white candystripes, red and white shorts. Horrendous.
Palmeiras: classy white with navy trim and sleeves
Portuguese National Team/Liberty Seguros: White with green stripe and lower part red. Sponsored by everybody's favourite insurance firm, whose name, when attached to cycling, can only mean "honesty and integrity".

 

[jens_attacks]

What's up with this feed? I'm only getting these far away heli shots.

i think the feed you use is showing just helicopter shots

ok,30 km to go or the feed is a wrong one?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

how annoying when the climb starts you can't recorgnize too well then. no other feeds?

 

[jaylew]

I've been going back and forth with Poland, but I really wanted to see the mtf here. I'm hoping somehow we get better shots at the end.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Palmeiras now controlling the péloton again.