73ª Volta a Portugal 2.1 04/08 - 15/08

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Parrulo said:
we have been telling you how popular the volta is for a like a year and you never believed us (me and libertine mostly :p)
You both never talked about the popularity of the race but more about the quality of the race. The mocking of this race and David Blacno was more to annoy Libertine Seguros.:D
trevim said:
Traditionally, August is the holiday month in Portugal. All the emigrants come to spent the holidays with family here. Specially in the north where the race is mostly held. Add that to the fact that cycling is a popular sport (not close to football....) and we usually have a very crowded race!

Good to know.
 
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They don't mention any reason in particular, nor any previous accident, so I reckon it was a little bit too much for him. He was complaining a few days ago there were no flat roads in Portugal.
 
flat stages in the volta?

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Libertine Seguros said:
but if he's doing a Cândido Barbosa impression we can throw all that out the window.

When interviewed by RTP he said he was surprised and pleased to see people calling his name and cheering for him on the road. Portugal may have found his new cycling hero...we never learn, do we?:D

I will follow closely tomorrow's time trial. There's a lot at stake. Will Broco improve last year's TT performance? Which Sousa will head into Torre as team leader on Barbot? And on Prio?.
 
Neither Sousa will. Ribeiro will come top 5 in the ITT and we'll watch Sergio dragging the other Sergio's worthless hide up Serra da Estrela like Héctor Guerra or something.

That 2007 stage was the epitome of ridiculous, watching this 80kg sprinter outclimbing Sevilla, Pozzovivo, Ribeiro, Blanco, Bernabéu, Broco, Azevedo, a Pecharromán that tested positive just two weeks later and a doped-to-the-eyeballs Pedro Cardoso.
 
my guess is that ribeiro will make the top 3 in the itt,the barbot team's devotion says all:they are uber confident in ribeiro's form otherwise how the hell did the sousa's become his domestiques?
if this won't happen,at least i want a strong performance from the tavira guys.