76ª Volta a Portugal 30 July -10 August 2014 (2.1)

[trevim]

Radio Popular has 3 on the break and is saving them for God knows what... It's a good time and place to go full gas in order to gain more time.

 

[jens_attacks]

still 70 km to go here. any idea what will finish first,poland or portugal?

 

[trevim]

still 70 km to go here. any idea what will finish first,poland or portugal?

Portugal still takes like 2h. Don't know about Poland...

 

[Arredondo]

still 70 km to go here. any idea what will finish first,poland or portugal?

In Poland they arrive around 18.30. Portugal too i think.

 

[Broth3r]

Probably next year...

I meant in the stage, not climbing through it to Torre.

 

[jens_attacks]

i know that the final climb (28,4 km@5,1%) was done in 1:07:08 by grande nuno ribeiro back in 2009. now that it's a long one helluva effort
if any of you have rtp live and a stopwatch you could give it a try (timing from a live internet stream is not reliable and on recordings there might be edited out the ads)

one of the greatest starts of a climb i know:

 

[Parrulo]

I will try to give it a try

Should i time the favourites or the breakaway?

 

[trevim]

Great job from Boavista: three guys sitting on a group with 2.30 minutes yet they do nothing and let the gap down to less than 1 minute. Sometimes I wonder if this DS knows anything about cycling. If they don't want to work just go back to the peloton to help Rui Sousa instead of being annoying trolls.

 

[Hugo87]

I will try to give it a try

Should i time the favourites or the breakaway?

The favourites.

 

[BigMac]

Great job from Boavista: three guys sitting on a group with 2.30 minutes yet they do nothing and let the gap down to less than 1 minute. Sometimes I wonder if this DS knows anything about cycling. If they don't want to work just go back to the peloton to help Rui Sousa instead of being annoying trolls.

It's frustrating.

 

[jens_attacks]

I will try to give it a try

Should i time the favourites or the breakaway?

the favourites if you can. it shouldn't be necessary that start(maybe it won't be even filmed) but a place near which you can remember. later i will compare to what i timed on live stream or from recording.

veloso did last year around 40 sec slower than nuno. normally should be a great race here but i know that a possible headwind might change it

 

[BigMac]

José Santos, Radio P. Boavista DS saying the reason they don't work is because they have their own interests. This is rubbish.

 

[BigMac]

Live here now: http://www.rtp.pt/play/direto/rtp1

 

[trevim]

José Santos, Radio P. Boavista DS saying the reason they don't work is because they have their own interests. This is rubbish.

It amazes me how a sponsor gives money to guys like this...

 

[trevim]

Lol @ César Fonte. Not even Marco Chagas can give a decent reason for this. Carlos Pereira will retire but the "stupid/lame/troll tactics mantle" will have a worthy inheritor in José Santos...

 

[BigMac]

Ad break while the climb is about to start. Going to be difficult to get a proper/accurate time.

Lol @ César Fonte. Not even Marco Chagas can give a decent reason for this. Carlos Pereira will retire but the "stupid/lame/troll tactics mantle" will have a worthy inheritor in José Santos...

Ayeh, Sousa and Fonte himself must have brung the Efapel Tactical Book with them.

 

[jens_attacks]

and we're on!

efapostal looking strong as hell

 

[Parrulo]

Started the clock for the peloton right after the church.

Hopefully they go all out on the toughest first part of the climb

 

[jens_attacks]

hugo sabido dropped again

 

[Parrulo]

A sprinter pushing the pace

 

[jens_attacks]

definitely not a big rhytm now
but i never saw such a small group at the foot of torre though

half is yellow

 

[trevim]

A sprinter pushing the pace

Precisely what I was going to write. OFM should be careful otherwise Veloso might fall asleep.

 

[jens_attacks]

cardoso wheelie!

 

[trevim]

Filipe Cardoso doing a Sagan

 

[jens_attacks]

poor belda at least won two