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

[De Snelle Duif]

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They've done worse. The DQ of Julien Simon in 2010 to gift Cândido his last Volta stage was abysmal.

Wow, just looked that one up, horrible

 

[BigMac]

To be fair to Veloso he said after the race that he didn't feel like had won and that Gonçalves' change of trajectory didn't affect him.

 

[jens_attacks]

Ok volta nerds, can someone tell me when was the last time they climbed torre from covilha?

 

[jens_attacks]

Forca rui sousa!


Of course.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

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Veloso will storm Torre today like Indurain did with La Plagne in 1995.

I'm not sure, but I think this here is the last time from Covilhã.

http://www.edosof.com/portugal03/resulta/etapa051.htm
http://www.edosof.com/portugal03/rutometro5.htm

 

[Parrulo]

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Ok volta nerds, can someone tell me when was the last time they climbed torre from covilha?

Like Max said 03, with that epic Nuno Ribeiro raid to win the Volta.

 

[jens_attacks]

Excellent, thanks
What hour it goes live today?

 

[Parrulo]

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Excellent, thanks
What hour it goes live today?

3 GMT (4 CET) RTP informação and 4 GMT RTP 1

 

[classicomano]

I wont be happy with anything less than 7w/kg today.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

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

Final 30 km now!

Ouch...big Wildfire in the background.

 

[BigMac]

It wouldn't be Portugal if there wasn't a wildfire going on.

Anyway, as Max said. It's time to check in.

 

[BigMac]

Hugo Sabido drops early.

Zé Gonçalves gone too.

 

[Parrulo]

Joni!!!!

Fireworks very early

 

[BigMac]

Brandão on the attack 20km's away?

Marque confident or it's really the assault ont the lead.

 

[Arredondo]

Joni goes mentall!!

 

[Parrulo]

Amaro Antunes also going

This year they aren't leaving it for when it is too late

 

[Arredondo]

Mestre badly in form this Volta

 

[Parrulo]

Sky52 just chilling up the mountain and keeping everyting in check

Brandão drops Antunes

 

[BigMac]

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Mestre badly in form this Volta

Yeah.

Brandão not happy with the pace, goes.

 

[Parrulo]

Amaro either cracked spectacularly or decided this wasn't a winning move

 

[Arredondo]

Ockeloen still there. He's riding better and better.

 

[BigMac]

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Sky52 just chilling up the mountain and keeping everyting in check

Brandão drops Antunes

Really makes you wonder how things could have been if there wasn't always one strng team to control the race.

Anyway, that's just António Carvalho left with Délio and Veloso, right? He won't hang forever.

Célio and Horner attack.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Rui Sousa attack...of course

Vilela already cooked...

 

[Arredondo]

Vilela pops

 

[Parrulo]

Yup Amaro cracked. I guess a full volta at a high level is still too much for him.