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

[red_flanders]

You lose the a when you contract Rogla and stomp. It's roglstomp. The motion that moves the Earth.

That's the part that bugs.

 

[red_flanders]

Just watched yesterdays stage

Great to see Martínez free of the INEOS chains....he always was a quality cyclist
Hopefully he stay injury free for rest of the season

Interesting to watch Grumpy and Dopey in the same team..against Bora, JV and UAE cant see them winingn a GT

Traknik is looking good but so is Kuss the man 'awarded ' a GT by the experts on here ....he looks very good to me and the season is long

Good callout.

 

[red_flanders]

Very interesting approach from Martinez on yesterday's finish.

“But when he did I knew I had to get to that last corner in first place. So I made that my sprint, I went flat out for the corner, knowing that it’d be really difficult to get past afterwards.”

I mean it's no "Remco can't do well in the Tour because I beat him in the sprint on a short climb in early February", but quite interesting in terms of his approach to the finish.

 

[Lequack]

Why are they cycling so slow?

 

[DNP-Old]

Chute.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

So this was a GC stage then.

 

[RedheadDane]

So... he wanted avoid the chaos?
I suppose being ahead of the chaos is a way to avoid the chaos...

 

[DNP-Old]

I've seen enough, this effort will cost him victory in Vlaanderen.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Who crashed?

 

[DNP-Old]

Who crashed?

Some Caja guy.

Or DSM. They all look the same.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Some Caja guy.

Or DSM. They all look the same.

Yeah I saw a white jersey and thought Wanty tbh

The UCI need to do something about these colours

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Pozzato moment

 

[DNP-Old]

Yeah I saw a white jersey and thought Wanty tbh

The UCI need to do something about these colours

Based on standings I'm going to say it was Daniel Babor.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Let's hope Van Aert now loses GC on the final day with less seconds than he could have earned from bonis in stage 1.

 

[tobydawq]

Some Caja guy.

Or DSM. They all look the same.

Especially in this sunset light.

 

[RedheadDane]

Who crashed?

Definitely not Sabgal or Efapel.

 

[proffate]

EF "flamingos in space" EasyPost blighting another finish line pic...

 

[theyoungest]

Let's hope Van Aert now loses GC on the final day with less seconds than he could have earned from bonis in stage 1.

Luckily he took those bonus seconds on the climb yesterday.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Luckily he took those bonus seconds on the climb yesterday.

Him taking bonis in stage 1 would not have made it impossible to take bonis in stage 2 unless i'm missing something.

 

[theyoungest]

Him taking bonis in stage 1 would not have made it impossible to take bonis in stage 2 unless i'm missing something.

I mean that those bonus seconds aren't any use when you lose half a minute on the finish line. He'll probably lose a similar amount on Malhao (and he'll never close a 20 second gap on Evenepoel in the TT anyway).

 

[search]

Has Evenepoel been interviewed about this betrayal yet? If he knew WvA would go for the bonus seconds to threaten his virtual GC lead, he could have raced entirely different

 

[Andre]

...so Van Aert still is a fabulous sprinter...he's become a bit of a mystery to me; his versatility has made me lose track of his versatility. ..

 

[KZD]

Important win for Van Aert to get the motivation for the new season. Rui Oliveira with a really good effort too.

 

[Froome]

Pozzato moment

What a boring race with so many easy miles. Fortunately Tour de Rwanda will start very soon with the dawg.

 

[hayneplane]

Never knew Rui Oliveira could be so sprightly in a bunch gallop. He could snag a few wins in a smaller team with a favourable calendar but I imagine doing the domestique work for UAE pays well relative to his talent level.