Antunes nearly falls off the ramp at the start of the TT like Bernhard Kohl
Now let's see if GCV can steal a march on these puny grimpeurs...
...now only 5" gap on GC between Antunes and Figueiredo. You never know, W52 might need Gustavo to salvage their honour! Could we be set for our first non-W52-lineage Volta vencedor since David Blanco? They've won the last 7 with 5 different riders (Marque, César Veloso, Vinhas, Alarcón and Rodrigues)...
Looks like Figueiredo has fallen apart on the second half of the TT however and losing 1'10" to César means he falls behind the veteran Galician on the GC. Antunes has saved it, giving W52 8 straight with 6 different riders.
It's also the 6th time in the last 8 years that W52 and its predecessors have put two riders on the podium, and with César passing Figueiredo, it's also the 4th time in the last 8 years that they've done a 1-2.
5 W52s in the top 10 in the TT too, we've graduated from the 90s to the early 00s in Portugal it seems
Congratulations also to Cristián Rodríguez of Caja Rural for winning the prestigious prize of best rider on an estrangeiro team, 9th overall at +3'16", 33" ahead of the runaway favourite for the title, Volta stalwart Délio Rodríguez.