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

[jens_attacks]

at least he has the stage win.
grande rui!

 

[Hugo87]

at least he has the stage win.
grande rui!

Yes, very classy ride, +- 20 km's doing the climb all alone.

 

[BigMac]

What a ride! Thanks Rui for making this stage interesting - one of the best in recent times. I imagine the other portuguese blokes here must be smashing their TV's by now.

 

[jens_attacks]

what time do you have for rui sousa, Parrulo?

 

[oliveira]

Rui Sousa's time from "Meta Volante" at Seia: 1h08m14s.

 

[Parrulo]

what time do you have for rui sousa, Parrulo?

I got "the call" and had to leave right after my last post so i had to stop the timer

But the Meta volante at the bottom from where Oliveira timed the climb was like 100 meters before the church, if that much so times should be pretty close.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

A massacre out there today. And a horrible result, why can't Sousa just go away?

And what the hell kind of tactical move was that with Délio Fernández? Weird to see Caja Rural's main names all just explode so early in the stage, and when Brôco formed a group on Penhas Douradas it made me think of the Ribeiro/Cabreira/Bernabéu/Cardoso/Victorino group from the 2009 Volta on O Barragem do Alvão. Sadly it wasn't to be, and Hernâni will be hard pushed to make the top 10 now. And yet Rui freaking Sousa is on the podium. Christ almighty.

 

[jens_attacks]

A massacre out there today. And a horrible result, why can't Sousa just go away?

And what the hell kind of tactical move was that with Délio Fernández? Weird to see Caja Rural's main names all just explode so early in the stage, and when Brôco formed a group on Penhas Douradas it made me think of the Ribeiro/Cabreira/Bernabéu/Cardoso/Victorino group from the 2009 Volta on O Barragem do Alvão. Sadly it wasn't to be, and Hernâni will be hard pushed to make the top 10 now. And yet Rui freaking Sousa is on the podium. Christ almighty.

how much did hernani train for this volta with his physio job?
sooner or later, you will arrive at the logical conclusion: rui sousa is a great rider.
i agree that it was a very very selfish move from veloso to get back delio. it's not like rui sousa will win the overall lol

about the time ascent, i think it's correct what i got from the live stream(it never blocked) by the way, chapeau RTP for their common sense, not like those other national tv stations geo-blocking boooooo

from the start of the climb:
rui sousa: 1:07:32, thanks oliveira and Parrulo. very fast for such a hard ridden stage i'd say and alone in the wind for many kms

 

[trevim]

Stage 7 (Alto da Torre)
SOUSA BARBOSA / Rui Miguel Rádio Popular / 05:06:39
2 BRANDÃO Joni / Efapel - Glassdrive / 0:39
3 PINTO Edgar / LA Aluminios - Antarte / ,,
4 CESAR VELOSO Gustavo / OFM - Quinta da Lixa / ,,
5 SILVA PINTO Sandro Filipe / Louletano - Dunas Douradas / 0:47
6 SANTOS Virgilio / Rádio Popular / 0:51
7 FERNANDEZ CRUZ Delio / OFM - Quinta da Lixa / 1:03
8 VILELA Ricardo / OFM - Quinta da Lixa / 2:01
9 MESTRE Ricardo / Efapel - Glassdrive / 2:17
10 DE LA PARTE GONZALEZ Víctor / Efapel - Glassdrive / ,,
11 GARCIA FERNANDEZ Marcos / Caja Rural - Seguros RGA / ,,
12 RIBEIRO Nuno / OFM - Quinta da Lixa / ,,
13 AMARO Manuel Antures / Banco BIC - Carmim / 4:12
14 GONÇALVES José / Portugal / 4:48
15 PARRA BUSTAMENTE Heiner Rodrigo / Caja Rural - Seguros RGA / 4:54
16 SOUSA Sérgio / Efapel - Glassdrive / ,,
17 FIGUEIREDO Federico / Rádio Popular / 4:58
18 RODRIGUES David Miguel Costa / Portugal / ,,
19 BROCO Hernani / Louletano - Dunas Douradas / ,,
20 SOUSA Célio Cristiano / Rádio Popular / 5:14

 

[trevim]

GC after stage 7:
1 (1) CESAR VELOSO Gustavo / OFM - Quinta da Lixa / 33:08:18
2 (9) SOUSA BARBOSA Rui Miguel / Rádio Popular / 0:28
3 (3) PINTO Edgar / LA Aluminios - Antarte / 0:30
4 (6) BRANDÃO Joni / Efapel - Glassdrive / 0:43
5 (4) FERNANDEZ CRUZ Delio / OFM - Quinta da Lixa / 1:03
6 (5) MESTRE Ricardo / Efapel - Glassdrive / 2:19
7 (15) SILVA PINTO Sandro Filipe / Louletano - Dunas Douradas / 2:43
8 (11) VILELA Ricardo / OFM - Quinta da Lixa / 2:54
9 (24) SANTOS Virgilio / Rádio Popular / 3:44
10 (19) DE LA PARTE GONZALEZ Víctor / Efapel - Glassdrive / 4:36
11 (20) RIBEIRO Nuno / OFM - Quinta da Lixa / 4:57
12 (10) BROCO Hernani / Louletano - Dunas Douradas / 5:30
13 (13) AMARO Manuel Antures / Banco BIC - Carmim / 5:32
14 (7) BELDA GARCIA David / Burgos-BH / 5:43
15 (14) GONÇALVES José / Portugal / 6:32
16 (17) SOUSA Sérgio / Efapel - Glassdrive / 6:58
17 (16) FERNANDEZ SUAREZ Higinio / Team Ecuador / 7:30
18 (22) SABIDO Hugo / LA Aluminios - Antarte / 8:18
19 (26) PARRA BUSTAMENTE Heiner Rodrigo / Caja Rural - Seguros RGA / 8:26
20 (27) RODRIGUES David Miguel Costa / Portugal / 8:32

 

[trevim]

My hopes for the TT:
- David Rodrigues hanging on to the top20.
- Amaro Antunes to crack top10 or at least not dropping out of the top20.
- Frederico Figueiredo to crack the top20; very unlikely I know.
- Ricardo Mestre to top3.
- José Gonçalves to win the TT and crack top10.
- Joni Brandão to top3.
- Edgar Pinto to take GC.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

how much did hernani train for this volta with his physio job?
sooner or later, you will arrive at the logical conclusion: rui sousa is a great rider.
i agree that it was a very very selfish move from veloso to get back delio. it's not like rui sousa will win the overall lol

about the time ascent, i think it's correct what i got from the live stream(it never blocked) by the way, chapeau RTP for their common sense, not like those other national tv stations geo-blocking boooooo

from the start of the climb:
rui sousa: 1:07:32, thanks oliveira and Parrulo. very fast for such a hard ridden stage i'd say and alone in the wind for many kms

And from a guy who's only ever been there-or-thereabouts on it until his mid 30s (yea, I know he won it in 2008, but that was from the break when almost all the strongest climbers other than Blanco were his teammates). At least Nuno Ribeiro had the good grace to have been a great climber to begin with. Rui Sousa is just about the last remaining vestige of the bad old days of Portuguese cycling, having been a central figure in 2003's Milaneza chargers. And back in 2009 he was where in the Liberty hierarchy exactly? Guerra, Plaza and Ribeiro were all ahead of him to begin with, and he was dropped before Vitor Rodrigues in the key stages too. He's Portugal's Andreas Klöden in terms of his ability to somehow still be riding. He's like a stain you just can't get rid of. In his peak career he had good years and bad years at A Volta...

And it seems OFM are run by idiots and call back an almost certain stage win which helps him, of course.

 

[trevim]

And from a guy who's only ever been there-or-thereabouts on it until his mid 30s (yea, I know he won it in 2008, but that was from the break when almost all the strongest climbers other than Blanco were his teammates). At least Nuno Ribeiro had the good grace to have been a great climber to begin with. Rui Sousa is just about the last remaining vestige of the bad old days of Portuguese cycling, having been a central figure in 2003's Milaneza chargers. And back in 2009 he was where in the Liberty hierarchy exactly? Guerra, Plaza and Ribeiro were all ahead of him to begin with, and he was dropped before Vitor Rodrigues in the key stages too. He's Portugal's Andreas Klöden in terms of his ability to somehow still be riding. He's like a stain you just can't get rid of. In his peak career he had good years and bad years at A Volta...

And it seems OFM are run by idiots and call back an almost certain stage win which helps him, of course.

Come on there are lots of questionable characters riding in Portugal, not just Sousa.

 

[Rui Quinta]

Rui Sousa is the oldest winner at Torre in Volta a Portugal's history. 38 years old.

 

[trevim]

Today's stage is underway. Bunch sprint or breakaway?

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[trevim]

Breakaway:
- Alberto Galego (Rádio Popular)
- Raul de Mateus (Louletano)
- Fernando Orjuela (Colômbia)
- José Ragonessi (Team Ecuador)
- Carlos Ribeiro (Seleção Portuguesa)

 

[trevim]

Shilov wins in a sprint lead out by the yellow jersey Gustavo Veloso.

 

[trevim]

Stage 8 (Castelo Branco)
1. Sergey SHILOV. LOKOSPHINX 4:48:21
2. Samuel CALDEIRA. OFM - QUINTA DA LIXA ,,
3. Manuel CARDOSO. BANCO BIC - CARMIM ,,
4. Filipe CARDOSO. EFAPEL - GLASSDRIVE ,,
5. Davide VIGANO. CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA ,,
6. Maximilian WERDA. TEAM STÖLTING ,,
7. Jorge Martín MONTENEGRO. LOULETANO - DUNAS DOURADAS ,,
8. Delio FERNANDEZ. OFM - QUINTA DA LIXA ,,
9. Daniel FREITAS. LA ALUMINIOS - ANTARTE ,,
10. Edson CALDERON. 4-72 - COLOMBIA ,,

 

[trevim]

GC after stage 8:
1. Gustavo CESAR. OFM - QUINTA DA LIXA 37:56:39
2. Rui Miguel SOUSA BARBOSA. RÁDIO POPULAR ,,
3. Edgar PINTO. LA ALUMINIOS - ANTARTE ,,
4. Joni BRANDÃO. EFAPEL - GLASSDRIVE ,,
5. Delio FERNANDEZ. OFM - QUINTA DA LIXA 1:03
6. Ricardo MESTRE. EFAPEL - GLASSDRIVE 2:19
7. Sandro Filipe SILVA. LOULETANO - DUNAS DOURADAS 2:52
8. Ricardo VILELA. OFM - QUINTA DA LIXA 2:54
9. Virgilio SANTOS. RÁDIO POPULAR 3:44
10. Víctor DE LA PARTE. EFAPEL - GLASSDRIVE 4:36

 

[trevim]

9.ª etapa: Oleiros-Sertã, 28,9 km (CRI)
Final GC stage today in the Volta. I hope José Gonçalves takes the stage win today!

 

[Berlin Cyclingblog]

Schumacher to win today

 

[SM8000]

whats up with the downhill tt?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Schumacher to win today

not in a thousand years

 

[BigMac]

whats up with the downhill tt?

I think it's a very nice idea, though only the last ten kilometers are notably steep. We do need more downhill time trials.

 

[BigMac]

LuLu best time! Schumi with good time at intermediate (new best time there by de la Parte).

http://www.rtp.pt/play/direto/rtp1