Volta ao Algarve, 15-19/02 (2.HC)

[DNP-Old]

Castroviejo is in great position to win this race, not saying he's going to. Last year on the same course Castroviejo was 36 seconds quicker than Roglic in the ITT. Now that Roglic seems to be climbing like a maniac again, his time trial may have declined some, while it was the exact opposite last season.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

So who is leading the TT: Boom or (per that sheet before the ads) Dowsett?

 

[inacion]

Lars Boom (Team Lotto NL-Jumbo), 21m35s
Arnaud Démare (FDJ), 21m36s
Alex Dowsett (Movistar Team), 21m40s
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Dimension Data), 21m44s
Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segadredo), 21m53s

http://voltaaoalgarve.com/pt/direto-etapa-3/

 

[woodburn]

No live stream?

 

[Der Effe]

Demare

 

[inacion]

Re:

No live stream?

http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/direto

 

[Valv.Piti]

The *** @ Demare. Respect!

 

[inacion]

Tony Martin (Team Katusha Alpecin), 21m28s
Lars Boom (Team Lotto NL-Jumbo), 21m35s
Arnaud Démare (FDJ), 21m36s
Alex Dowsett (Movistar Team), 21m40s
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Dimension Data), 21m44s
Nelson Oliveira (Movistar Team), 21m44s
Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segadredo), 21m53s
Lukasz Wisniowski (Team Sky), 21m58s
Ryan Mullen (Cannondale Drapac), 21m59s
Gianni Moscon (Team Sky), 22m00s

 

[Valv.Piti]

Absolutely insane shape by Castro, beating these guys on a completely flat course..

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Roglic
Kwiat +22
Castrovieo + 36

 

[Valv.Piti]

Ok, Primoz is nuts. This guy seriously has potential to hit it in a GT sometime.

Edit: Whoops, I thought Rogliz won with 36 on Castro. :lol:

 

[del1962]

Re:

Roglic
Kwiat +22
Castrovieo + 36

Dan Martin finishes on the next day

 

[LaFlorecita]

Holy crap, Dan can't TT to save his life

 

[del1962]

Re:

Ok, Primoz is nuts. This guy seriously has potential to hit it in a GT sometime.

Especially if he gets motorpaced


Pleased for Castroviejo

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Dan will be about 1'30 off Roglic tonight.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Roglaaaa

 

[Orbit501]

Re: Re:

Ok, Primoz is nuts. This guy seriously has potential to hit it in a GT sometime.

Especially if he gets motorpaced


Pleased for Castroviejo

I wonder how long that police moto man had switched off for? Roglic already being paced by him when we saw it.

Having said that, not Roglic's fault and he was always likely to put in a top 3 ride on this stage anyway to be fair. I think Castroveijo would rightly have cause for complaint though if Roglic had won the stage.

 

[barmaher]

Re:

Holy crap, Dan can't TT to save his life

This. He is really, really bad. And after "working on his position over the winter".

 

[the asian]

Pleased for Primoz

Hope he can hold on !

 

[kingjr]

Re:

Absolutely insane shape by Castro, beating these guys on a completely flat course..

He's really aerodynamic

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Re: Re:

Ok, Primoz is nuts. This guy seriously has potential to hit it in a GT sometime.

Especially if he gets motorpaced


Pleased for Castroviejo

I wonder how long that police moto man had switched off for? Roglic already being paced by him when we saw it.

Having said that, not Roglic's fault and he was always likely to put in a top 3 ride on this stage anyway to be fair. I think Castroveijo would rightly have cause for complaint though if Roglic had won the stage.

I would prefer Roglic to win GC and obviously he didn't make the moto drive like that, but Kwiatkowski has every right to be very annoyed. A five, ten, fifteen second gap could in theory be overcome by a good Ardennes rider on the steep hill finish. 20 seconds plus, almost certainly not. Roglic would still be favourite, but being given a leg up from favourite to near certain winner is no small thing.

He has been a bit of a lucky boy with the motos. When he attacked Martin yesterday, he also got a very helpful slipstream, leading to Dan gesticulating at the motorbike to get lost. He'd still be in the lead now anyway, of course.

 

[rick james]

where did the tractor finish in the TT?

 

[JRanton]

Re:

where did the tractor finish in the TT?

15th. Not bad, not great.

 

[May0maniac]

Re: Re:

where did the tractor finish in the TT?

15th. Not bad, not great.

If we conssider the fact that he has been pretty bad on the 2 stages before the ITT it's actually a good result.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Re: Re:

I had thought that 14th at 35 seconds was a bit sub-par for Ryan Mullen. In fact he had a mechanical that forced him to stop and another that stopped his power meter from working.