80ª Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta (1 a 12 de Agosto de 2018)

[Max Rockatansky]

Re: 80ª Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta (1 a 12 de Agosto de 2

Another super hot day and tomorrow temperature will rise even higher.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

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48 degrees being reported now. Joaquim Silva DNF'ed because of a heat stroke. The Volta keeps delivering.

‏Sad to leave Portugal. Dehydrated I was stuck at the Antidoping control for 3hours with no food but water. After just being able to hand in my pee sample, my body completely shut down and collapsed. Spent the night in the hospital suffering from a heat stroke and kidney failure

Louis Bendixen

Another complete UCI fail. This organization is more incapable then Fifa.

 

[luckyboy]

Extreme Weather Protocol only applies to WT and HC races btw. Obviously that's wrong in the first place

 

[burning]

I am all for ridiculous racing, but this is way too much even for Volta standards

 

[Laplaz]

They have to change position in the calendar, this is the hottest time in the year...

 

[burning]

De Mateos is back, and w52 was MIA

 

[luckyboy]

Where did Luis Mendonca come from? 32 years old and he only turned professional last year after years in amateurs, and then won Alentejo this season.

 

[DNP-Old]

Brandão nowhere to be found?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Without Antunes to be his right hand man, Alarcón is just biding his time, don't fret. Can't be going all out 11 days back to back without a trustworthy right hand man.

 

[afpm90]

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Where did Luis Mendonca come from? 32 years old and he only turned professional last year after years in amateurs, and then won Alentejo this season.

He was a model and a barman before turning pro in 2015.

 

[Robert5091]

Chapeau to all for riding in the heat - nasty crash at the end. Well done to the fireman spraying water on the riders - plus some opportunist spectators!

(Trondsen nearly got there at the line - Go Coop! )

 

[zlev11]

did Tartoletto-Isorex pull out of the race? I remember seeing them on the start list but they aren't in the results and I didn't see any of their riders in the little bit of TV coverage I saw today.

 

[Robert5091]

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did Tartoletto-Isorex pull out of the race? I remember seeing them on the start list but they aren't in the results and I didn't see any of their riders in the little bit of TV coverage I saw today.

They are not on the official start list even though they announced in April that they had been invited. The teams calander does not show the Volta so for some reason they DNS.

I see that they are at the Tour de Namur IC2.12 instead - see http://royalnamurvelo.be/index.php/.../liste-des-equipes-selectionnees-edition-2017

 

[Robert5091]

Team Coop lose Louis Bendixen
https://twitter.com/LouisBendixen/status/1025407658575183879

Sad to leave Portugal. Dehydrated I was stuck at the Antidoping control for 3hours with no food but water. After just being able to hand in my pee sample, my body completely shut down and collapsed. Spent the night in the hospital suffering from a heat stroke and kidney failure

 

[luckyboy]

Re: 80ª Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta (1 a 12 de Agosto de 2

They cancelled Torre tomorrow and will go to Penhas Douradas instead, making the stage 27km shorter. Shame, considering what happened last year, but you can understand it with this weather anyway.

https://www.facebook.com/voltaaportugal/photos/a.162455607136127.32604.134207593294262/1758814880833517/?type=3&theater

probable new profile from Lasterketa Burua

https://twitter.com/LasterketaBurua/status/1025750581372235776/

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Re: 80ª Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta (1 a 12 de Agosto de 2

They are passing Arganil today. Maybe the greatest achievement in the history of (motor) sport was done there.

 

[DNP-Old]

Balarcón is unleashed!

 

[DNP-Old]

W52 chasing after Alarcón. :lol:

 

[luckyboy]

fun tactics

 

[luckyboy]

Hopefully they still try something crazy on Penhas Douradas tomorrow

 

[Robert5091]

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W52 chasing after Alarcón. :lol:

I did scratch my head with that one - thought they might going for a 1-2 on the podium

 

[FilipeFD]

they were trying to catch the intermediate group that had their main opposer

 

[May0maniac]

Alarcón is on fire, with Bala's form still being a bit of a question mark they should probably bring him to Innsbruck.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Alarcon would probably roast the entire World Tour peloton Evenepoel style were he to compete in Innsbruck. Unfair. Best for Spain to keep the race exciting by not opting to select Alarcon

 

[jfazendeiro]

A portuguese newspaper reports that an anti-doping mega-operation is taking place at this moment. There are being tested 41 cyclists, all of portuguese teams.