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

[trevim]

so is de la parte that strong today?
or what is efapel thinking?
around 8 km and they hit the climb
pelotao compacto

Efapel has Ricardo Mestre so they can defend the jersey and have a solid option for the mountains at the same time.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

yeah that was the best
and grande rui sousa on cocaine !

lol so true

 

[Libertine Seguros]

de la Parte isn't a mug uphill himself either. Maybe not strong enough to win this race, but I wouldn't be surprised by him still in the top 10 in Lisboa.

 

[Parrulo]

Don't expect coverage all the way up, seems like the weather is pretty crappy

Always some nice crowds during the volta

 

[jens_attacks]

crosswinds!!!

 

[Arnout]

Echelons. That you don't expect in the Volta a Portugal.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Things breaking up big-style early on, some major hurt going on. Mountain echelons. That's something new! Gamito is gone. Byron Guama is gone.

 

[trevim]

What an entertaining stage: break, a solo from the break, a pair attacks from the peloton, sprints for KOM and points jersey, Efapel going solo for a while, crosswinds... What else? Ah yes a MTF as well!...

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Don't forget horrible weather higher up!

Dueñas is toast.

 

[theyoungest]

Things breaking up big-style early on, some major hurt going on. Mountain echelons. That's something new! Gamito is gone. Byron Guama is gone.

If you take the Vuelta out of consideration.

 

[Hugo87]

Filipe Cardoso trying to do a Kiryienka.

 

[trevim]

Filipe Cardoso doing his EBH role very well!

 

[Hugo87]

Nuno Ribeiro with bike problems, damn!

 

[jens_attacks]

no nunoooo

he will be back i hope

 

[Libertine Seguros]

If you take the Vuelta out of consideration.

For the Volta, it's something new. Apologies, I was responding to the "that's not something you see every day in the Volta a Portugal" post, but the thread of the discussion got a bit lost as I didn't quote or break my post down into what was responding to what.

 

[jens_attacks]

nuno should made it back
horrible weather though, lose major energy here

 

[Arredondo]

Parra looks really good and relax

 

[trevim]

Figueiredo leading the line for Boavista. They are probably working for Daniel Silva and Rui Sousa.

 

[jens_attacks]

ok nuno well done

 

[Hugo87]

nuno should made it back
horrible weather though, lose major energy here

Yes, he's back, but he's gonna pay this effort later in the climb.

 

[trevim]

Nuno Ribeiro back.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Gaps shouldn't be too big on this anyway, as a one climb stage with the group as big as this with 5km to go. Nothing that can't be won back on Farinha tomorrow.

 

[trevim]

David Rodrigues almost does a Menchov there

 

[Arredondo]

Chamorro drops

 

[Hugo87]

Chamorro is cooked.