Volta a Portugal (2.1) 29/7 - 9/8

[Scarponi]

Guy in oranga etake it?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Davide Vigano wins, ahead of Manuel Cardoso and the camisola amarela of Gustavo César.

Edit: they're saying César just held on above Cardoso.
1 Davide Vigano (Team IDEA) ITA
2 Gustavo César Veloso (W52-Quinta da Lixa) ESP +mt
3 Manuel Cardoso (Team Tavira) POR +mt
4 Vicente García (Louletano-Ray Just Energy) ESP +mt
5 José Gonçalves (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) POR +mt
6 Alejandro Marque (Efapel-Glassdrive) ESP +1"
7 Gaëtan Bille (Verandas Willems) BEL +1"
8 Filipe Cardoso (Efapel-Glassdrive) POR +1"
9 Amaro Antunes (LA-Antarte) POR +2"
10 Ricardo Vilela (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) +2"

 

[TMP402]

Very impressive sprint by Davide Viganò, essentially going from 500m out and not tiring enough to be overtaken. Tricky finale too, a very narrow cobbled street.

 

[Jux1893]

On CQRanking it appears a lot of DQ's and DNF's. Did anything out of ordinary happened during the stage?

DQ NED HEREIJGERS Kobus RIJ 0
DQ GER WALSCHEID Maximilian TGA 0
DQ GER RAPPS Dario TKG 0
DQ UKR KRIVTSOV Dmytro ISD 0
DNF POR VALINHO Victor Silva LRJ 0
DNF NED SCHOONBROODT Bob PVC 0
DNF ITA PETTITI Alessandro IDE 0
DNF ITA TORTA Mirko IDE 0
DNF ECU GUAMA DE LA CRUZ Byron Patricio ECU 0
DNF ECU RAGONESSI GUZMAN Jose Carlos ECU 0
DNF ECU VELASCO CEVALLOS Henry Marcelo ECU 0
DNF RUS BOCHKOV Kirill LOK 0
DNF GER WALSLEBEN Max SGT 0
DNF GER FIEK Arnold SGT 0
DNF UKR UDOD Rinat ISD 0
DNF UKR KLEPIKOV Iliya ISD 0

 

[jens_attacks]

Apparently all the strangers were thrown out of the race lol lol
Probably they were hanging from their cars.
It's stupid anyway to come and race la grandissima if you are not in top shape. Cause these bad boys will ride like crazy fast

 

[BigMac]

We have this today

Battle of domestiques between António Carvalho and Fred Figueiredo. Joni Brandão do snatch the win after towing Marque for the last two k's. _O_

 

[Libertine Seguros]

If we're showing LA winning at Senhora da Graça, let's jump back a few years.

 

[Windsor1334]

Rui Sousa day, sky looking and offer a contract for next year.......

 

[BigMac]

Re:

If we're showing LA winning at Senhora da Graça, let's jump back a few years.

I was going to post that one. Aru's older brother, Hernâni Broccoli.

 

[BigMac]

Live: http://www.rtp.pt/play/direto/rtpinformacao

From 4pm: http://www.rtp.pt/play/direto/rtp1

 

[Scarponi]

Re:

Live: http://www.rtp.pt/play/direto/rtpinformacao

From 4pm: http://www.rtp.pt/play/direto/rtp1

In!

 

[BigMac]

Interesting cobbled section of Alvão. Could do damage in the peloton.

edit: yeah, destroyed.

 

[BigMac]

Sabido never got back to his prime.

 

[pedromiguelmartins]

Re:

Sabido never got back to his prime.

What happened to him? Injury? Ban?

Anyway, Samuel Caldeira doing his best to remind us of Cândido Barbosa. Hope Rui Sousa wins!

 

[BigMac]

Re: Re:

Sabido never got back to his prime.

What happened to him? Injury? Ban?

Anyway, Samuel Caldeira doing his best to remind us of Cândido Barbosa. Hope Rui Sousa wins!

He got old. Still it was quite the downgrade from pre-2012 to 2013 onwards.

 

[pedromiguelmartins]

Re: Re:

Sabido never got back to his prime.

What happened to him? Injury? Ban?

Anyway, Samuel Caldeira doing his best to remind us of Cândido Barbosa. Hope Rui Sousa wins!

He got old. Still it was quite the downgrade from pre-2012 to 2013 onwards.

Yes...

What??? Nuno Ribeiro is W52's DS? Who knew? I was still looking for him in the peloton.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Sadly, it's a bit late already for him to order a raid like the one that got him the camisola amarela in 2009.

 

[Scarponi]

Too many terrible Game of Thrones knockoff ads lol

 

[ILovecycling]

Im pissed I have to go in a few minutes
I hope there will be a decent video of mighty Senhora after the stage!

 

[pedromiguelmartins]

Re:

Im pissed I have to go in a few minutes
I hope there will be a decent video of mighty Senhora after the stage!

It's not that mighty. Excellent tarmac, few KM, not that extreme incline. AFAIK it was brutal, when it was in pave.

Too many terrible Game of Thrones knockoff ads lol

Do you speak PT? They are hilarious, actually. That guy is a genius.

 

[BigMac]

I think those ads are corny to be honest. Ricardo Araújo Pereira was never funny solo.

16km to go, gap at 4:40

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Cardoso's gap back to the péloton is starting to look quite solid, although he's not a great climber and there will surely be fireworks behind. It's been a long time since we've had a break triumph at Senhora da Graça though - and that would have been 2009 with João Cabreira, surely.

 

[BigMac]

Thank you Mondim. Chills.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I love Mondim. This is always the sign that the Volta starts for real here. Big crowds, a legendary if not brutal climb beginning here, and it's just annually a great moment in the race.

And it's just around the corner from João da Ega's hometown

 

[BigMac]

Re:

I love Mondim. This is always the sign that the Volta starts for real here. Big crowds, a legendary if not brutal climb beginning here, and it's just annually a great moment in the race.

And it's just around the corner from João da Ega's hometown

You read Os Maias?

Filipe Cardoso most combative of the day.