74ª Volta a Portugal 15/08 to 26/08

[jsem94]

Reinardt has to be picked up by a WT team at some point now, he's been too good this season.

 

[Lexman]

any webstream?

edit :
wil answer my own question : yes

http://sports-livez.blogspot.fr/

 

[canyonball]

As a rule of thumb, coverage starts at 15:00 on RTP Informação and at 16:00 at RTP1, London Time.

 

[FujiAnton]

Live stream - http://tvfree4.me/rtpn-online-direto

 

[iZnoGouD]

As a rule of thumb, coverage starts at 15:00 on RTP Informação and at 16:00 at RTP1, London Time.

why so late??

 

[canyonball]

why so late??

Dunno. But with Trittico Lombardo now on and the Vuelta starting in a few days, I think it makes perfect sense.

Stage 1. Termas de Monfortinho to Oliveira do Hospital

This stage should be fun. Rensburg is in yellow with an advantage of 0,2 seconds over Hugo Sabido. There are bonus seconds to be handed at the finish for the first three. 10", 6" and 4". Last 30 km are bumpy.

Luis Mas Bonet (98; Burgos) and Jay Thomson (128, United Healthcare) are on the break of the day with an advantage about 13:50 minutes. 83 km to go.

 

[trevim]

Is this a Vladimir Efimkin deja-vu? Can any of these guys climb?

 

[Mellow Velo]

Can't see the pelotao taking 10 minutes back in 40kms.....
.........uummm, unless the gps is dodgy.
2 minutes gained in 3 kms.

 

[jens_attacks]

how big the gap is?i can't see on this stream well

 

[canyonball]

Santa Ovaia at about 30 km. 2,8 km at 9,7%. Marco Chagas says the run in is wuite narrow, so positioning will be key.

Portuguese teams caught napping as per usual. Last 30 km aren't easy, but still. Efapel and Carmim working. The others are happy to wait and see. Apparently, Hugo Sabido (La -Antarte) has gathered bonification second(s) along the way and is now ahead of Rensburg.

Edit: Last time I checked it was 08:54 on the moto-bike. The time listed by RTP is more often than, not wrong.

 

[FujiAnton]

7.50min 35km to go, last 30km are the hardest part of the stage.

 

[Lexman]

around 7 minutes, they interviewed a DS in english who said they almost abandoned the yekkow jersey since they weren't goin' to ride after another south african ...

 

[jens_attacks]

ok thanks.....and go efapel!

 

[trevim]

around 7 minutes, they interviewed a DS in english who said they almost abandoned the yekkow jersey since they weren't goin' to ride after another south african ...

Even if they catch the break, Hugo Sabido has won some bonus seconds so RENSBURG has lost the jersey anyway

2.4km @ 11.8% for the next climb. Not bad Portugal

 

[jens_attacks]

super nice climb.hope nuno ribeiro gets the green light and attacks.and atapuma too

otherwise with the itt no chance

 

[trevim]

super nice climb.hope nuno ribeiro gets the green light and attacks.and atapuma too

otherwise with the itt no chance

An attack there can stay away. It's a very heavy road to the finish, not easy to chase.

 

[jens_attacks]

efapel preparing the sprint

hope they won't slow down on the climb

 

[trevim]

Marcio Barbosa on the attack. There's a positive side on the financial problems and reduced calendar in Portugal: they are willing to attack in every race.

Sergio Ribeiro dropping his team
Rafael Reis dropped.

 

[jens_attacks]

look at nuno climbing like an angel
beautiful for the eyes

 

[canyonball]

Rensburg 25 seconds back on the peloton.

I approve this climb.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

what happaned? what group is in front? I'm just home

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

it seems half coldeported has crashed at the base of the climb... idiots

 

[trevim]

what happaned? what group is in front? I'm just home

Jay Thompson ahead still from the early break. Then a peloton split to pieces on the 2nd category climb. All the main favourites are there I think on the 2nd group: Sabido, Blanco, Mestre, Ribeiro, Cabreira, David de la Cruz, De Maar...

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Jay Thompson ahead still from the early break. Then a peloton split to pieces on the 2nd category climb. All the main favourites are there I think on the 2nd group: Sabido, Blanco, Mestre, Ribeiro...

- the colombians

 

[Parrulo]

are amaro antunes and ricardo vilela on that first group?

if antunes is still there it is good to see carmin using vitoring first which means they trust him and he must be strong