Volta ao Algarve 2024 - 2.Pro (February 14-18)

[DNP-Old]

It were 10 great, unforgettable seconds.

 

[Tim Cahill]

This is what it's all about, cruising along and nothing happening for hours on some anonymous European roads, one for the real cycling fans, the purists amongst us.

 

[DNP-Old]

Madouas, Van Aert and what I believe was the bib of Tratnik involved in a crash.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Benoot, staying at the front worth it even in these sleepy stages

 

[Rob5091]

It was nearly deja vu all over again thinking about Besseges last year.

 

[DNP-Old]

Another attempt at echelons.

 

[RedheadDane]

Madouas, Van Aert and what I believe was the bib of Tratnik involved in a crash.

So, Tratnik himself avoided the crash

 

[Tim Cahill]

Echelon specialists like Luke Rowe and Mikel Landa meerkatting at the front

 

[Berniece]

Another attempt at echelons.

Not enough wind

 

[AmRacer]

Not enough wind

Headwind

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Not sure who is more stupid, WVA himself or his Belgian fanboys crying that he doesn't care for investing too much into a winter training race.

I agree with @Blanco as well. There is no good reason to skip MSR. Either go to altitude after omloop for a good 18 days, or skip these February races and do the 2021-23 spring schedule. The shape was good enough in those years

 

[Rob5091]

10 km left of this gentle jaunt. Are the peloton supporting the Spanish farmers with a go slow?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Demare hitting it on the front to try and dislodge Gaudu

Edit: not Gaudu, force of habit sorry

 

[Berniece]

I think there was a fall? Because Evenepoel doesn't seem to care there's a gap

 

[Salvarani]

Thijssen won easy peasy.

 

[KZD]

Thijssen wins, splits in the last kilometer or so.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Magnus Sheffield gaining lots of time on GC if the gaps stand

 

[Faserr]

I think there was a fall? Because Evenepoel doesn't seem to care there's a gap

Haller crashed

 

[Rob5091]

Good win by Thijseen and IWA - slalom sprinting, chapeau!

 

[postmanhat]

Magnus Sheffield gaining lots of time on GC if the gaps stand

Looks like everyone's been given the same now, according to First Cycling?

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

tip for the noobs. if the riders arent racing for it, assume they'll be given the same time.

 

[postmanhat]

tip for the noobs. if the riders arent racing for it, assume they'll be given the same time.

I missed it (un)fortunately. Was just reacting to what seemed like a very odd set of initial timings on PCS...which has been amended, but still showing a 25 second gap for most of the main GC contenders to Sheffield.

 

[Tim Cahill]

I missed it (un)fortunately. Was just reacting to what seemed like a very odd set of initial timings on PCS...which has been amended, but still showing a 25 second gap for most of the main GC contenders to Sheffield.

tip for the noobs. if the riders arent racing for it, assume they'll be given the same time.

It has has transpired before that gaps have occurred, been inflated by crashes with riders erroneously thinking everyone was going to get ST, some behind were still racing at the finish and some weren't so there was still uncertainty.

Can't actually see when it happened but the pace was being pushed by Arkea over the small rise so small splits before the crash would not have been out of the ordinary.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

You can see the peloton getting stretched thin because something happened as they cross the 3k banner. But there were no gaps of 1s yet. So i don't know how they'll deal with that. It's possible the gaps were caused by something before the 3K point, but only manifested as actual gaps later.

 

[Berniece]

You can see the peloton getting stretched thin because something happened as they cross the 3k banner. But there were no gaps of 1s yet. So i don't know how they'll deal with that. It's possible the gaps were caused by something before the 3K point, but only manifested as actual gaps later.

At 3km’s you could still see Evenepoel close to the front, it was between kilometer 2 and 1 that something happened that split the group