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

[Kwibus]

3 races i want to watch at the same time. . . . god damnit <_<

And all the TdF fanboys left the forum as well! Good times!

 

[shadowblue]

anyone have a ticker for portugal?

 

[trevim]

anyone have a ticker for portugal?

It hasn't started yet but at 16 (portuguese time) there will be live coverage in RTP. They will probably show it here: http://www0.rtp.pt/play/?tv=3#/?tv=1026&fbtitle=RTP Play - Volta a Portugal 2011%2C emissão online em direto%26fburl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Frtp.pt%2Fplay%2F%3Ftv%3D1026


Or somewhere in that webpage

 

[canyonball]

What happened to barbot efapel jersey? I liked the previous version so much. 4 portuguese teams and three of them have white jerseys.

Rtpn with live pictures already. Oh look, they interviewing the podium girls Must say they look better than what the picture shows. Still not living up to expectations though...

 

[shadowblue]

It hasn't started yet but at 16 (portuguese time) there will be live coverage in RTP. They will probably show it here: http://www0.rtp.pt/play/?tv=3#/?tv=1026&fbtitle=RTP Play - Volta a Portugal 2011%2C emissão online em direto%26fburl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Frtp.pt%2Fplay%2F%3Ftv%3D1026


Or somewhere in that webpage

yes, the player is easy to find. i'm trying to find the ticker.

 

[trevim]

yes, the player is easy to find. i'm trying to find the ticker.

here you go

http://www.abola.pt/cicnnh/noticias.aspx?etapa=29

 

[canyonball]

Not an easy course for the prologue. I like it.

 

[trevim]

Broco leading the prologue now with 3:12:96

 

[trevim]

And Sergio Sousa breaks the best time now. 3:11:15

 

[trevim]

3:04:83

Hugo Sabido leading now

 

[Rui Quinta]

What happened to barbot efapel jersey? I liked the previous version so much. 4 portuguese teams and three of them have white jerseys.

Rtpn with live pictures already. Oh look, they interviewing the podium girls Must say they look better than what the picture shows. Still not living up to expectations though...

Barbot-Efapel team have a new sponsor (Carglass). Look this pictures:
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/248339_2083088153763_1141865669_2497750_122144_n.jpg
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hpho...48481632_100001237766416_704733_4672252_n.jpg

Replace white by yellow and there is

Team manager (Carlos Pereira) also is Fullwear's owner, a cycling apparel enterprise.

 

[canyonball]

Felipe Cardoso fails to clinch the best time. That puts Sabido effort into perspective. Impressive.

A lot of people choosing a road bike for this course by te way. Hugo Sabido offering some interesting analysis. 1st part is technical with tight bends and some debris on the road. Second part offers the chance to put in some power. For that reason he decided to ride a TT machine. It paid off.

Barbot-Efapel team have a new sponsor (Carglass).

Thanks I did not know about the sponsor thing. It sucks. I believe it was a great kit.

 

[trevim]

Andre Cardoso 03:20:83

This guy is a natural time trialist

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

2.2km has nothing to do with time trial capabilities

 

[trevim]

2.2km has nothing to do with time trial capabilities

I'll give you that. But he's bad nonetheless

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

1 minute until the return of Thomas Dekker, the real return

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I think Dekkers time was 3:12

edit: 3:14 it is...

 

[l.Harm]

There he was.

 

[trevim]

Here comes Dekker. Looking a bit nervous on the bike. Comprehensible I would say.

Is he a good prologue rider or more of a long TT?

03:14:15

Very good time I would say!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Here comes Dekker. Looking a bit nervous on the bike. Comprehensible I would say.

Is he a good prologue rider or more of a long TT?

03:14:15

Very good time I would say!

Long ITT

He has never been good at technical prologues. If it has less corners he can do a good 2km (Romandie 08 prologue was 2km but only 1 corner)

This one had 12 corners.

 

[l.Harm]

More long TT I thought.

And I think he saw the road for the first time

 

[canyonball]

They could have put a moto with him. They actually highlighted his comeback a lot on the presentation. 03:14:15. Nothing to see there. I 'm just waiting to know where he stands at the end of the race. (performance and not placing-wise)

EDIT: Guardini on the road too.

 

[trevim]

So it's really was a good time for a first race after comeback.

Guardini just rolling through the line. Saving it for tomorrow.

 

[canyonball]

How many wheels does Bernabeu need? He's having a hard time fitting the equipment. Must be stressfull.