Afonso Eulálio - honour the jersey

[Tim Cahill]

Reliably informed by the Portuguese Jihad that this guys TT is beyond poor, which only adds to his respectability.

 

[P4rthen0n]

Reliably informed by the Portuguese Jihad that this guys TT is beyond poor, which only adds to his respectability.

Yes, he's very poor at TTing.
To make matters worse, this is a long flat TT. It's tailor made against him.

One can hope that the pink jersey give him wings once again!

 

[BahamontesPhantom]

Is this guy the Portuguese Voeckler?

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Man @Ilmaestro99 should work as a scout for a WT team.
Hyped up Masnada long before his honorary quasi victory of Lombardia 2021 (because let's be honest, Pogacar got lucky there) and now the great Eulalio revelation! This guy doesn't miss.

Great to see him doing well, I've heard he's a *** TTler but to be honest, so is almost everyone else of the GC guys beside Arensmann so should still head into the Alps with a nice buffer. Since Almeida went to the Dark Empire and the annual Volta a Portugal "talent" well has run dry we've sorely been missing a Portuguese prospect to be enthusiastic about, let's gooo.

 

[Brullnux]

Yes, he's very poor at TTing.
To make matters worse, this is a long flat TT. It's tailor made against him.

It's impossible to know if this is a power thing or a TT bike issue, but since I hate TT bikes, I've decided the latter

 

[canina82]

He is really bad in TTs. The typical pure climber.

 

[jotafap]

Just hoping he can limit his losses, but he will probably lose the jersey tomorrow.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

He's a Portuguese Pantani. Tuesday will show whether he's already close to being the 1998 version or not.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

He will top 20 the time trial tomorrow.

 

[Netserk]

caruso will be important for pacing him on the big climbs , and when he loses pink he should more easily be able to stay calm with damiano

top5 will be hard , but with no implosion its not impossible . 7th would be great too

 

[Ilmaestro99]

He will top 20 the time trial tomorrow.

I hope for either top 20 or outside the top 100. Either would honor the jersey

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I hope for either top 20 or outside the top 100. Either would honor the jersey

How would he honour the jersey by being extremely bad? He also has a white jersey to defend.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

How would he honour the jersey by being extremely bad? He also has a white jersey to defend.

I don't make the rules

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I don't make the rules

You just misspell them.

 

[PetPaima]

Top3 is totally possible as no one outside Vingo & Gall has impressed the slightest nor clawed meaningful time back to Eulalio. Besides, there are several semi-mountain stages suitable for him to even drop few of purer diesel climbers for extra 20-30 secs.

Yes, Arensmann, Hindley, O'Connor and quite few others can still threaten. But while I wouldn't yet give Eulalio better than 1/3 odds for podium, it is still better odds than for anyone else for the 3rd spot amongst close to ten still-potential aspirants.

Interesting to see how him and Rondel do in their 1st-ever TT which matters.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

What a giro this boy is having. He can keep pink into the penultimate weekend

 

[tobydawq]

I don't make the rules

Yes you do.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Quietly building that lead

 

[RedheadDane]

Nevermind the GC.
He needs those two stage wins that'll get Caruso to extend.

 

[P4rthen0n]

Brave performance today once again, but I'm starting to feel like the top10 might not be possible if Visma decides to ride to win MTF stages.
The 3rd week will be pure pain.

 

[carolina]

I think he'll manage the top 10.

Also, kudos for Caruso. Insane amount of support for Eulálio. (How I wish Almeida had a Caruso in his life )

 

[Sciatic]

I think he'll manage the top 10.

Also, kudos for Caruso. Insane amount of support for Eulálio. (How I wish Almeida had a Caruso in his life )

Seems like Caruso is a great teammate to have, though we can only guess based on his actions on the road (after all, perhaps he steals teammates sandwiches from the fridge late at night )

 

[hayneplane]

Afonso would have honoured the jersey today and said let’s race if he was still in the Maglia Rosa today.

 

[Sciatic]

Afonso would have honoured the jersey today and said let’s race if he was still in the Maglia Rosa today.

Pretty darn cool he’s made it to the 3rd week still inn pink! 😊

 

[jotafap]

Lovely to see so many people cheering for Eulálio, because he truly deserves the praise!

What a warrior, he fell and was still almost the only one trying to make the stage interesting.

It’s already such a huge Giro for him. A top 10 now seems most likely, but a top 5 would be the cherry on the cake.