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

[Parrulo]

took them a hell of lot of time to drop malori . . .

 

[Libertine Seguros]

That's Balloni, not Malori. Alfredo Balloni won the best young rider last year so he's no slouch uphill.

Marque being dropped now.

 

[trevim]

Sergio Sousa driving the group

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

15 men left by the looks of it

 

[Parrulo]

That's Balloni, not Malori. Alfredo Balloni won the best young rider last year so he's no slouch uphill.

Marque being dropped now.

oic

ty for the correction. i was thinking that it was very strange to see malori there

 

[canyonball]

Ribeiro vs gavazzi round 2 unless someone goes for it?. Cabreira looks like he wants to try something. second in line.

 

[Parrulo]

sergio sousa doing his best szmyd impression

barnabeu getting dropped. that makes me a very happy man

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Great pacemaking by Sousa, dropping man after man

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Sergio Sousa driving the group

Stupid, stupid, stupid. He podiumed the Vuelta a Asturias overall, unless Santí Pérez is in really good form they shouldn't be wasting him there.

 

[trevim]

Sabido, Bernabeu getting dropped

 

[Parrulo]

Stupid, stupid, stupid. He podiumed the Vuelta a Asturias overall, unless Santí Pérez is in really good form they shouldn't be wasting him there.

indeed i agree with this.

 

[Parrulo]

mestre upping the pace

attacking actually

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Ribeiro beating Gavazzi again!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

What the hell happened to Gavazzi?

 

[Parrulo]

sergio ribeiro is in great shape.

lol the same guys as yesterday. lets see how he does on the real climbs tomorrow

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

3 Bisolti
4 Broco
5 A. Cardoso

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Another second for Broco over Cardoso and the others - he's again the best placed genuine GC man.

But Barbot's wasting of Sérgio Sousa is a huge disappointment.

 

[Kazistuta]

Sorry, Parullo....but this couldn't exactly be qualified as a MTF, could it?? You got my hopes up for nothing!

(At least Broco got 4th)

 

[Parrulo]

Another second for Broco over Cardoso and the others - he's again the best placed genuine GC man.

But Barbot's wasting of Sérgio Sousa is a huge disappointment.

lets see if broco can keep up with cardoso on the tougher mountains a battle btw the 2 would be pretty cool.

man ribeiro is obvious world tour material. . .

 

[canyonball]

Ribeiro! Good ride. Gavazzi must have been really hurting to stop like that or else I don't know what crossed his mind.

 

[Parrulo]

Sorry, Parullo....but this couldn't exactly be qualified as a MTF, could it?? You got my hopes up for nothing!

(At least Broco got 4th)

its a warm up MTF much like mercogliano was at this years giro. but still a MTF. tomorrow with Sr. da graça it will be another story tho

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Ribeiro! Good ride. Gavazzi must have been really hurting to stop like that or else I don't know what crossed his mind.

I've got a flashback, I've seen this somewhere before.

Who helps me? A rider stopping pedalling just before the finish in a sprint...

 

[canyonball]

I've got a flashback, I've seen this somewhere before.

Who helps me? A rider stopping pedalling just before the finish in a sprint...

Indeed. A certain italian from a certain italian team.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Indeed. A certain italian from a certain italian team.

The very same team as Gavazzi is from even

 

[Parrulo]

lol you guys

tomorrow's stage:

last climb:

sergio sousa just said that this wasn't a climb for him so he worked for ribeiro.
hinting at him being the co-leader with rui sousa from now on?

should be a battle btw cardoso, broco, mestre, sousa and cabreira.

btw sergio ribeiro would be teaching the kids in pologne who is the real boss if he was racing there