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

[icefire]

Try firstrowsports. They usually have something up.

Cycling will be in the "other" category.

Thanks!

http://www.firstrowsports.eu/watch/77295/1/watch-volta-a-portugal.html

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Sigh, at this point they should be going over Alvão or Campanhó. Instead it's just an 8km shootout at the end of the day

Maybe Sérgio Ribeiro has a chance to be the new Cândido.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Really, really painful and awkward conversation going on with Chipotle Development Team atm.

 

[Reuell]

Care to enlighten us?

 

[Mellow Velo]

Less than 30 kms left? That went quick. Think I'll wait for the full recording.
I haven't seen the GP Camaiore, yet, either.

Care to enlighten us?

Eeengleeesh.

 

[janraaskalt]

I haven't seen the GP Camaiore, yet, either.

Is that online somewhere?

 

[Parrulo]

Less than 30 kms left? That went quick. Think I'll wait for the full recording.
I haven't seen the GP Camaiore, yet, either.



Eeengleeesh.

but recording is like nowhere near as fun as watching live while on the forum. . .

 

[canyonball]

The problem is Chipotle DS, who's wife is brazilian, thought he could establish a conversation in portuguese. But then he really couldn't

Step aside peloton. it's Cardoso time to shine!

 

[Parrulo]

poor guardini he would prolly finish outside the limit today anyway but a mechanical can't be helping his chances

 

[Libertine Seguros]

The problem is Chipotle DS, who's wife is brazilian, thought he could establish a conversation in portuguese. But then he really couldn't

Step aside peloton. it's Cardoso time to shine!

Haha, never make the mistake of underestimating the differences between Portuguese Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Portuguese sounds like Polish/Russian to me

 

[Parrulo]

Step aside peloton. it's Cardoso time to shine!

should be fun to watch him trying to gain enough time to stay away on the ITT

TD already at the back of the pack ready to get dropped around the same time as guardini

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Portuguese sounds like Polish/Russian to me

I've heard people make that comparison a lot. Probably to do with the massive amount of palatal and fricatives.

Russian doesn't have nasal vowels, but Polish and Portuguese do share that feature.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

should be fun to watch him trying to gain enough time to stay away on the ITT

D_T already at the back of the pack ready to get dropped around the same time as guardini

How much do we reckon he needs? I'm thinking somewhere in the region of 7 minutes, since there's an uphill bit on the TT so he'll save time there.

 

[Parrulo]

How much do we reckon he needs? I'm thinking somewhere in the region of 7 minutes, since there's an uphill bit on the TT so he'll save time there.

i would say around 4 minutes or so. broco isn't the best ITT'r in the world either . . .

funny enough portugal used to produce mostly guys like cardoso, great climbers and horrible ITT'rs, but the lately seems to have changed a bit. costa, machado, and oliveira are all pretty good itt riders. machado already is well above the average GC rider and oliveira is already getting extremely good results.

 

[Parrulo]

the break only has 1:30 over the peloton. . . no way can they make it to the finish

 

[Parrulo]

nice crowds atm

*feels slightly alone in this thread*

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Stop hitting on TD expecting him to pown in the mountains, jebus for crying out loud. The only goal is finishing

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Mondim de Basto... right, time for things to get serious.

 

[canyonball]

They're almost there. Barbot bossing the peloton. Out of the portuguese teams I lke their atitude the most. Not afraid of picking the race if they feel like it.

Let's hope for some action. Cardoso has to take something from here.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

The last two years, the rider who takes yellow on Monte Farinha has carried it to the end.

 

[Parrulo]

Stop hitting on TD expecting him to pown in the mountains, jebus for crying out loud. The only goal is finishing

and miss the chance to pick on you? no way

 

[Libertine Seguros]

It's quite a step to make, to go from a couple of regional crits to the Volta.

Maybe I hype the Volta up too much, maybe others deride it too much, but either way it's a very hard race to start your comeback with.

 

[canyonball]

Sabido already dropped ? Not that I expected him to win but he shouldn't be left behind so soon.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

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