79ª Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta (4 a 15 de Agosto de 2017)

[Max Rockatansky]

Prologo - Lisboa › Lisboa (5.4k)

Stage 1 - Vila Franca de Xira › Setúbal (203k)

Stage 2 - Reguengos de Monsaraz › Castelo Branco (215k)

Stage 3 - F. C. Rodrigo › Bragança (163k)

Stage 4 - Macedo de Cavaleiros › Mondim de Basto (Sr.ª da Graça) (153k)

Stage 5 - Boticas › Viana do Castelo (180k)

Stage 6 - Braga › Fafe (183k)

Rest Day

Stage 7 - Lousada › St. Tirso (Monte N. Sr.ª da Assunção) (162k)

Stage 8 - Gondoma › Oliveira de Azeméis (160k)

Stage 9 - Lousã › Guarda (184k)

Stage 10 (ITT) - Viseu › Viseu (20.1k)

W52/FC PORTO
1 VINHAS Rui
2 ALARCON GARCIA Raul
3 MESTRE Ricardo
4 CARVALHO António
5 CESAR VELOSO Gustavo
6 SILVA Joaquim
7 CALDEIRA Samuel
8 ANTUNES Amaro

EFAPEL
11 PAULINHO Sérgio
12 MESTRE Daniel
13 SILVA Rafael
14 CASIMIRO Henrique
15 SILVA Bruno
16 BARBIO António
17 TRUEBA DIEGO Alvaro
18 DEL PINO Jesus

RP - BOAVISTA
21 SOUSA Rui
22 BENTA João
23 SILIN Egor
24 RODRIGUES David
25 GONCALVES Domingos
26 CARDOSO Filipe
27 GUERRERO BONILLA Pablo
28 GOMES Luís

LA / METALUSA BLACKJACK
31 PINTO Edgar
32 FONTE César
33 AFONSO Luis
34 MATIAS João
35 DE ALMEIDA Guillaume
36 VILLALOBOS SOLIS Roman
37 ANGULO SAMPEDRO Antonio
38 SANCHO Hugo

SPORTING TAVIRA
41 NOCENTINI Rinaldo
42 MARQUE PORTO Alejandro
43 EZQUERRA Jesús
44 FERNANDES Luis
45 FIGUEIREDO Frederico
46 PEREIRA Válter
47 SILVESTRE Fabio
48 GONZALEZ Mario

LOULETANO - HOSPITAL DE LOULE
51 GARCIA DE MATEOS RUBIO Vicente
52 DE LA FUENTE David
53 ALMEIDA Nuno
54 FERREIRA Hélder
55 MENDONÇA Luís
56 HERNÁNDEZ Óscar
57 RODRIGUES Rui
58 EVANGELISTA André

JLT CONDOR
61 BIBBY Ian
62 JONES Brenton
63 GULLEN James
64 LAMPIER Steven
65 SLATER Alistair
66 BRADBURY Edmund
67 FRAME Alex
68 DOWNING Russel

ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY
71 DEMPSTER Zakkari
72 DÍAZ GALLEGO José Manuel
73 GOLDSTEIN Roy
74 LOWNDES Jason
75 NEILANDS Krists
76 PERRY Benjamin
77 SAGIV Guy
78 SCHREURS Hamish

UNIEURO TREVIGIANI - HEMUS 1896
81 ZAHIRI Abderrahim
82 ALMEIDA João
83 MIHAYLOV Mihail
84 MOLTENI Marco
85 RAVANELLI Simone
86 SIDDIKOV Dilmurdjon
87 TIVANI German Nicolas
88 VEGA MERODIO Sergio

H&R BLOCK PRO CYCLING
91 SAMUEL Travis
92 CARTIER Alexis
93 LAVERY Philip
94 MACANALLY Ryan
95 NADON Marc-Antoine
96 O'BRIEN Conor
97 PRENDERGAST Christopher
98 RUPNIK Jure

METEC - TKH CONTINENTAL CYCLINGTEAM P/B MANTEL
101 ARIESEN Johim
102 EISING Tijmen
103 GMELICH MEIJLING Jarno
104 HAMELINK Jasper
105 KOUWENHOVEN Sjoerd
106 KRUL Stef
107 DE LAAT Jasper
108 LINDENBERG Jim

GM EUROPA OVINI
111 CANEPA Francesco
112 CANEPA Leonardo
113 DI SANTE Antonio
114 PACCHIARDO Davide
115 PARRINELLO Antonio Casimir
116 ROTONDI Matteo
117 RUSCETTA Andrea
118 TIZZA Marco

TEAM VORARLBERG
121 SCHELLING Patrick
122 BALDAUF Sébastian
123 HONIG Reinier
124 LIENHARD Fabian
125 DER Zsolt
126 FRIESECKE Gian
127 ZURITA MARTINEZ Francesc

EUSKADI BASQUE COUNTRY-MURIAS
131 BRAVO OIARBIDE Garikoitz
132 IRIZAR LASKURAIN Julen
133 GONZÁLEZ VELASCO Adrián
134 BIZKARRA ETXEGIBEL Mikel
135 LIZARRALDE DELGADO Eneko
136 UDONDO SANTAMARIA Gotzon
137 GONZÁLEZ PRIETO Aitor
138 OLABERRIA ARRUABARRENA Pello

TEAM DAUNER D&DQ AKKON
141 MAMOS Philipp
142 VAN PUYVELDE Jan
143 BACKOFEN Moritz
144 FIEGE Lorenz
145 BRENNER Nico
146 THURAU Sven

KUWAIT - CARTUCHO.ES
151 REBELLIN Davide
152 GUTIERREZ REVUELTA José Manuel
153 TORRES Edwin
154 SCHUMACHER Stefan
155 BOYS Matt
156 COSTA SORIA Axel
157 GRIJALBA PEREZ Fernando
158 MRAOUNI Salaheddine

BIKE AID
161 HOLLER Nikodemus
162 KANGANGI Suleiman
163 KIPKEMBOI Salim
164 SCHAFER Timo
165 RUGG Timothy
166 MENGIS GHEBREINDRIAS Amanuel
167 VAN ENGELEN Adne
168 HABTOM TEKLE Awet

ARMÉE DE TERRE
171 GAUDIN Damien
172 GUYOT Yann
173 LEBRETON Kevin
174 LEVASSEUR Jordan
175 MAINARD Jérôme
176 POULHIES Stéphane
177 ALAPHILIPPE Bryan
178 ROSTOLLAN Thomas

 

[carolina]

A shame Joni Brandão can't go

 

[classicomano]

That W52 team is insane. They would've smashed the Vuelta if they were allowed to start.

 

[DNP-Old]

The most beautiful time of the year.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

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The most beautiful time of the year.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

At least Monte Assunção is after Senhora da Graça so it should improve the racing there over the uphill sprints when it was stage 2 a few years back. Really hope Aitor González can nab a stage, maybe Fafe the best opportunity as the break may well go there. And also for Gaudin to be a beast in the stage with sterrato. Hard to see anybody outside of the national péloton appearing in the top 10 of GC, and quite possibly half of them from W52. However, they may yet implode like Efapel did a few years ago.

Can't see Vinhas being able to keep the team in line behind him, biggest lame duck defending champion since Cobo did the 2012 Vuelta with Valverde and a neo-pro Quintana with a free role and Intxausti and everybody else on the squad. The biggest question is going to be whether Antunes drops his team leaders on the climbs and whether Balarcón has his April/May form and falls out with César. Christ, then there's Radio Popular... the reanimated, mummified remains of Rui Sousa and João Benta as leaders. Shoot me now.

 

[jens_attacks]

rui sousa will finally win this bike race.

 

[lenric]

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rui sousa will finally win this bike race.

No, Candido Barbosa will...

 

[classicomano]

Damien Gaudin could pull a Candido Barbosa.

 

[BigMac]

Re: 79ª Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta (4 a 15 de Agosto de 2

Just now realised the prologue goes through my place lol.

That's how interested I am in this.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Re: 79ª Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta (4 a 15 de Agosto de 2

Just now realised the prologue goes through my place lol.

That's how interested I am in this.

I'll stop by for a coffee in September.

 

[May0maniac]

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Damien Gaudin could pull a Candido Barbosa.

Candido Barbosa, what a legend, they even named my hometown after him (ok, it's "only" The Italian name, but still).
The W52 team looks crazy, unstoppable war machines.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

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rui sousa will finally win this bike race.

Be strong. Just read it is his final race or final Volta.

 

[Forever The Best]

Hopefully Antunes, Alarcon and Vinhas will be stronger than Veloso.

 

[Brt147]

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That W52 team is insane. They would've smashed the Vuelta if they were allowed to start.

They have enough quality to be a PCT but the available money I think it is around half a million, which is not enough obvieously.. My favourite for the race is Antunes, this has been a fantastic year for him...Vinhas will not be able to lead the team I think... I will pay many attention to João Almeida, one of the biggest talents of his generation (not as a GC contender, ofc).

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Re: 79ª Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta (4 a 15 de Agosto de 2

Please make this sticky, mods. It's time for the circus to start.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Re: 79ª Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta (4 a 15 de Agosto de 2

Please make this sticky, mods. It's time for the circus to start.

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

Oh yes.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

let's go 500Watt average climbs

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Gaudin about to win the prologue.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Alarcon vs. Veloso will be legendary.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Re: 79ª Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta (4 a 15 de Agosto de 2

"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes.
Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production."

I'll refrain from quoting the descriptions of what's in the trunk in the opening scene :lol:

Found this on another forum

In interviews, Garcia de Mateos and Brandao (now out of the race) keep making cryptic references to how this year it'll be different because "some things have changed".

Looking at the prologue results it appears to be true. Veloso 12th.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

César was 18th in last year's prologue, so let's not count our chickens.

 

[GuyIncognito]

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César was 18th in last year's prologue, so let's not count our chickens.

The report I read says he was leading at the intermediate before having a mechanical and having to change bikes.
No such problem this year I assume.

I have no chickens in this cockfight in any case

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I actually used to really like Gustavo in the Xacobeo-Galicia days, but now I have little love lost for any of the W52 juggernaut apart from Antunes and Carvalho.

Might be rooting for Edgar Pinto here.

 

[classicomano]

Maybe they dialed it back this year after seeing the starting line up and realizing 6 w/kg will be more than enough to win.