TMobile41 said:Amaro Antunes = Aru
A new favourite for Jens I imagine. Rocket fuelled.
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TMobile41 said:Amaro Antunes = Aru
JRanton said:Tony came in 18 minutes down. Illness? It seems there was a huge peloton the first time over Malhao so for Tony to get dropped he must have a problem.
Thomas only needed to mark Izagirre on final climb, who seemingly wasn't on a great day, so I imagine Thomas could have finished a bit higher up if needed. Maybe with the Pinot, Aru group. No need to worry about the Spanish outsider taking the stage win.
OK, didn't think there was bonus seconds but if that's the case, you're rightLaFlorecita said:If the gaps are correct Berto should beat Pinot by bonus seconds I think. Cause there was 20s between them before today.Hugo Koblet said:1. Contador
2. Aru + 20
3. Pinot st.
4. Amaro +21
5. Thomas +28
GC (by my calculations):
1. Thomas
2. Izagirre
3. Pinot/Contador
Jakub said:JRanton said:Tony came in 18 minutes down. Illness? It seems there was a huge peloton the first time over Malhao so for Tony to get dropped he must have a problem.
Thomas only needed to mark Izagirre on final climb, who seemingly wasn't on a great day, so I imagine Thomas could have finished a bit higher up if needed. Maybe with the Pinot, Aru group. No need to worry about the Spanish outsider taking the stage win.
Sure, as I wrote before, he doesn't want or is not allowed to make himself so obviously better than the others. He could have won all the sprintstages too, he only didn't care because he didn't need tge bonus seconds.
Yep there are, I did a preview for Algarve on another forum so I actually checked the road bookHugo Koblet said:OK, didn't think there was bonus seconds but if that's the case, you're rightLaFlorecita said:If the gaps are correct Berto should beat Pinot by bonus seconds I think. Cause there was 20s between them before today.Hugo Koblet said:1. Contador
2. Aru + 20
3. Pinot st.
4. Amaro +21
5. Thomas +28
GC (by my calculations):
1. Thomas
2. Izagirre
3. Pinot/Contador
Amaro Antunes is a pure climber and fans of Portuguese cycling have been waiting for him to back up his junior performances for a while. They included the mighty Alto de São Macário in the Volta do Futuro a few years ago, about 30-40km from the line, and Amaro just took the field to pieces, but hasn't been able to replicate that to date as an elite. LA-Antarte is one of the less suspicious Portuguese teams (although I am fully aware that's a relative measure) as well.JRanton said:TMobile41 said:Amaro Antunes = Aru
A new favourite for Jens I imagine. Rocket fuelled.
rei_da_montanha said:Thibaut Pinot: "Contador ha estado imbatible hoy".
rei_da_montanha said:Thibaut Pinot: "Contador ha estado imbatible hoy".
Red Rick said:Half of our reactions to G winning the whole thing right now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFZrzg62Zj0
Today, contador was unbeatableCampervan man said:rei_da_montanha said:Thibaut Pinot: "Contador ha estado imbatible hoy".
Excuse my ignorance but say what..?
Campervan man said:rei_da_montanha said:Thibaut Pinot: "Contador ha estado imbatible hoy".
Excuse my ignorance but say what..?
portugal11 said:Today, contador was unbeatableCampervan man said:rei_da_montanha said:Thibaut Pinot: "Contador ha estado imbatible hoy".
Excuse my ignorance but say what..?
jflemaire said:In his post race interview Pinot says Contador went about 500m into the climb and was unbeatable today. He later says he knew it was impossible to catch him so he just kept his rhythm to try to get back to the riders in front of him one by one.
It means "Alberto is a good friend, I let him win today".Campervan man said:rei_da_montanha said:Thibaut Pinot: "Contador ha estado imbatible hoy".
Excuse my ignorance but say what..?
Libertine Seguros said:Amaro Antunes is a pure climber and fans of Portuguese cycling have been waiting for him to back up his junior performances for a while. They included the mighty Alto de São Macário in the Volta do Futuro a few years ago, about 30-40km from the line, and Amaro just took the field to pieces, but hasn't been able to replicate that to date as an elite. LA-Antarte is one of the less suspicious Portuguese teams (although I am fully aware that's a relative measure) as well.JRanton said:TMobile41 said:Amaro Antunes = Aru
A new favourite for Jens I imagine. Rocket fuelled.
It's quite pleasing to see a Portuguese from a domestic team getting into the top 10 of this race, as the domestic pros never seem to be on form for it despite it being one of their few opportunities (if not their only opportunity) to compete in a field of this calibre all year. Antunes is 10th overall, which matches what Edgar Pinto managed two years ago (for the same team) and what he managed in the Volta a Portugal last year. It is very interesting (and probably a matter for another part of the forum if I'm honest) that LA-Antarte tend to get swamped by the likes of W52 and Efapel in August, but are the only national team to have success at the Volta ao Algarve since Liberty Seguros Continental went under back in 2009.
Tonton said:It means "Alberto is a good friend, I let him win today".Campervan man said:rei_da_montanha said:Thibaut Pinot: "Contador ha estado imbatible hoy".
Excuse my ignorance but say what..?
Libertine Seguros said:Even last year, Zakarin was anonymous until April. Patience.
Carols said:rei_da_montanha said:Thibaut Pinot: "Contador ha estado imbatible hoy".
So I guess they didn't just let him go . Sure would like to see the final climb!
pablopaul said:
What do you mean?Red Rick said:pablopaul said:
Just wanted to post that. They were generous with the 20s.
LaFlorecita said:What do you mean?Red Rick said:pablopaul said:
Just wanted to post that. They were generous with the 20s.