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

[jens_attacks]

isaychev:dead

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Right, here we go, pelotão compacto!

Chuzhda is toast, unsurprisingly.

Couple of big attacks there - a CarmioOro guy and Sergio Sousa (Madeinox). They haven't identified the CMO guy but if it were Pardilla or Sella everybody would have followed, surely?

Ah yes, it's Andrea Tonti. Sousa and Marco Marzano dropping Tonti now. Palmeiras still control the péloton and stay calm.

Marzano now attacks, things are splintering at the front here. ISD are in charge of the péloton now.

Marzano now the sole escapee. Last kilometre!!! The péloton have him in sight, it's breaking up out there...

Sérgio Ribeiro (Barbot-Siper) wins the stage with a great late attack!

 

[DAOTEC]

Intermezzo

Top 5 finishers

Stage 2:
1. Sergio Ribeiro (Barbot) 4:30:37
2. David Blanco (Palmeiras) a 1
3. Cándido Barbosa (Palmeiras) m.t.
4. Sergio Pardilla (Carmiooro) m.t.
5. Vitor Rodrigues (Caja Rural) m.t.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Pardilla and Rodrigues were at 3" and 5" respectively.

Chuzhda came in far up enough to retain the camisola amarela.

 

[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

I guess I was right

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Interesting that in 2 stages so far Ribeiro has had the measure of Barbosa in both - could be that Cândido may not add to his points jersey collection (he has 8, I believe).

 

[Libertine Seguros]

From jornalciclismo:

Geral Individual
1º Oleg Chuzhda (Caja Rural)
2º Cândido Barbosa (Palmeiras Resort-Prio-Tavira), a 3s
3º David Blanco (Palmeiras Resort-Prio-Tavira), a 5s
4º Sérgio Ribeiro (Barbot-Siper), a 13s
5º Sergio Pardilla (CarmioOro-NGC), 18s
6º David Bernabéu (Barbot-Siper), a 27s

 

[DAOTEC]

Have you ever 'now that's a finish', Sergio Ribeiro (Barbot) after only 4:30:37


Today's complete results: http://www.volta-portugal.com/classifica_individual.php?etapa=2

GC after today 2nd stage; http://www.volta-portugal.com/classifica_geralindividual.php

 

[Ryaguas]

Was a really nice attack from Ribeiro... Poor Marzano cracked at 150m!!! He did a good attack but he didn't has enough gas for the last 150m! incredible... he must be devastated

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Everybody considering Emanuele Sella a factor should probably, well, not do so - he finished 4'24" down today.

 

[Ryaguas]

Everybody considering Emanuele Sella a factor should probably, well, not do so - he finished 4'24" down today.

Yeah also Kashechkin cracked big time in the middle of the climb

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I wouldn't be too worried about Kash. Lampre never send people to Portugal in big form. Generally they use it as a Vuelta preparation event; Cunego dropped 1'25" (though ahead of the second group with most of the favourites) on Sra da Graça and 1'47" on Torre last year, before DNSing the ITT from about 12th overall. He then went on to win two MTFs at the Vuelta. Tiralongo was 12th overall in the Volta, dropping 2'36" on Sra da Graça and Torre (same time both times!), though he was 4th on the stage to Monte Assunção, where they finished yesterday. He then went on to come 7th at the Vuelta.

Sella now has an unthreatening GC position, so it's quite likely he'll look for a stage win or help Pardilla, since Pardilla won't get to race his home Tour, this is close to it, and he's 5th overall AND a better time triallist than Lele.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Lele is in the break today!!!

The break consists of Hélder Oliveira (Barbot-Siper), Dmitro Grabovskyy (ISD-NERI), Emanuele Sella (CarmioOro-NGC), José de Segovia (Xacobeo-Galicia), Juan José Estrada (Andalucía-CajaSur) and Sergiy Grechyn (Amore e Vita-Conad). Pelotão a 6'24". So far Grabovskyy has been hoovering up the GPMs, but Sella has scored a point at both.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Finally caught up with yesterday's race. Hard luck Marco Mazano.
What happened to Paddy Sinkewitz?
Kash is definitely off the sauce!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Hélder Oliveira (Barbot-Siper) won the sprint at the top of the 2nd-category Extremo, and will take over the camisola verde. Barbot now have the points and mountains jerseys, though Ribeiro will have to defend his in the stage-finishing sprint. He has 10 points over Chuzhda and 13 points over Cândido.

 

[DAOTEC]

Peloton is passing right true the burning wilderness ... it's pandemic ...

Watch natural disaster live : http://www.rtp.pt/volta2010helirtp/

 

[Parrulo]

the peloton passed just a few km's away from my hometown.

too bad i was busy so couldn't be there :'(

 

[Parrulo]

laggyness
sorry for the double post =/

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Lelle and co.'s fugitive escapade is over. 50", 21km to go. It's going to be a sprint, and so Pacheco, Barbosa, Ribeiro, Casper and co. will want to get involved. Lelle's attacking his breakaway friends to be the last rider to get caught, which is kinda wtf.

 

[jens_attacks]

vai sella!!!i love this guy

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

sella lost more than 4 minutes yesterday.

 

[jens_attacks]

i know but he was in the break today and he's still in the front,grabovskyy slowed him down,sella should attack him now

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Sella and Grabovskyy have little chance. Pedro Lopes is attempting to leave the péloton but he's only got as far as the remainder of the breakaway. Saur have the train working for Casper, and Lampre are driving the pace too. 27", 7km. Nah.

 

[jens_attacks]

casper won.horrific crash

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Crazy finish, photo finish between Caspar and Cândido. Big crash, a CarmioOro, a Bbox, a Loulé, a Rabo and somebody else I couldn't quite see. Looked pretty nasty.

1º Jimmy Casper (Saur-Sojasun)
2º Cândido Barbosa (Palmeiras Resort-Prio-Tavira), mt
3º Juan José Lobato (Andalucía-CajaSur), mt
4º Bruno Sancho (LA-Paredes Rota dos Móveis), mt
5º Daniele Ratto (CarmioOro-NGC), mt
6º Joaquín Sobrino (Caja Rural), mt
7º Sérgio Ribeiro (Barbot-Siper), mt
8º Pedro Soeiro (CC Loulé-Louletano-Orbitur-Aquashow), mt
9º Marco Cunha (Madeinox-Boavista), mt
10º Denys Kostyuk (ISD-Neri), mt