Volta ao Algarve stage 1

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After 16km :-

Eduard Vorganov (Katusha), Sergio Paulinho (Saxo-Tinkoff), Amets Txuolombiarruka (Caja Rural), Marco Corti (Colombia) and Christopher Jones (UnitedHealthcare) have 40" on the peloton.

Sean Downey (An Post) in between at 26"

After 32.5km, the break of five have 2'48". That's the break of the day. Downey seems to have gone back to the peloton

Best name of the year award goes to:

Amets Txuolombiarruka

KoM 1 -
1 Txurruka (CJR),
2 Vorganov (KAT)
3 Corti (COL)

I had Txurruka in my team until this morning, transferred him out...

He was in my thoughts for my purist but went Kolobnev

I'm a bastard for a Basque, always try to get at least one in the team - seemingly picked the right one today.

Thought about Txurruka, Jones and Paulinho but went Leukemans in the end. We'll see; he came high on this stage last year.

Well im off to work, I will do the scores as soon as I get home, so I apologise for the delay today and tomorrow

I've not got any plans tonight, want me to do the scores? Can't tomorrow but definitely free tonight if that helps? Plus, I have Algrave access already.

According to Google translate, Vorganov is the first owner of the "goals sweater flywheels"

1.º Paul Martens (Blanco), 5h07m29s (Média: 38,792 km/h)
2.º Tiago Machado (RadioShack-Leopard), mt
3.º Theo Bos (Blanco), mt
4.º Giacomo Nizzolo (RadioShack-Leopard), mt
5.º Thomas Sprengers (Topspor Vlaanderen-Baloise), mt
6.º Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), mt
7.º Tom van Asbroeck (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise), mt
8.º Rui Costa (Movistar), mt
9.º Alessandro Bazzana (UnitedHealthcare), mt
10.º Samuel Caldeira (OFM-Quinta da Lixa), mt

GC :-
1.º Paul Martens (Blanco), 5h07m19s
2.º Tiago Machado (RadioShack-Leopard), a 4s
3.º Theo Bos (Blanco), a 6s
4.º Giacomo Nizzolo (RadioShack-Leopard), a 10s
5.º Thomas Sprengers (Topspor Vlaanderen-Baloise), mt
6.º Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), mt
7.º Tom van Asbroeck (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise), mt
8.º Rui Costa (Movistar), mt
9.º Alessandro Bazzana (UnitedHealthcare), mt
10.º Samuel Caldeira (OFM-Quinta da Lixa), mt

Points :-
1.º Paul Martens (Blanco), 25
2.º Tiago Machado (RadioShack-Leopard), 20
3.º Theo Bos (Blanco), 16

Mountains :-
1.º Sérgio Paulinho (Saxo-Tinkoff), 5
2.º Amets Txurruka (Caja Rural), 3

Sprints :-
1.º Eduard Vorganov (Katusha), 5
2.º Amets Txurruka (Caja Rural), 3
3.º Sérgio Paulinho (Saxo-Tinkoff), 2

Hmmm, 2, 3, 4, 6 & 8. An odd top 10 that for what is supposedly a flat stage. Wonder if I've made some stupid picks.

3,4,6,8 +10 so far, thats decent for a race I'm not interested in

3,4,6,8 +10 team mate bonus

2, 3, 4, 6, 8 + Paulinho for Purist Team

3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10 + Paulinho for Standard Team

there was a crash in the last 500 meters thats why its such a strange top 10 normaly cav would have won

3,4,6,9 in standardteam en 2.3,4,6,8 in puristteam

same as you plus Paulinho

so my team of

Mark Cavendish (OPQ)
Giacomo Nizzolo (RSN)
Rigoberto Uran (SKY)
Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (MOV)
Kris Boeckmans (VCD)
Theo Bos (BLA)
Jure Kocjan (EUS)
Manuel Antonio Cardoso (CJR)
Marc De Maar (UHC)

So 3,4,6,8 for me . . .

1 43 MARTENS Paul BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM 5:07:29 Palmarés completo

2 55 MACHADO Tiago RADIOSHACK LEOPARD 5:07:29 m.t.
3 48 BOS Theo BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM 5:07:29 m.t.
4 56 NIZZOLO Giacomo RADIOSHACK LEOPARD 5:07:29 m.t.
5 96 SPRENGERS Thomas TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE 5:07:29 m.t.
6 3 CAVENDISH Mark OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP CYCLING TEAM 5:07:29 m.t.
7 92 VAN ASBROECK Tom TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE 5:07:29 m.t.
8 32 COSTA Rui MOVISTAR TEAM 5:07:29 m.t.
9 141 BAZZANA Alessandro UNITEDHEALTHCARE PRO CYCLING TEAM 5:07:29 m.t.
10 191 CALDEIRA Samuel OFM - QUINTA DA LIXA 5:07:29 m.t.
11 82 BOECKMANS Kris VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM 5:07:29 m.t.
12 165 CARVALHO António LA ALUMINIOS - ANTARTE 5:07:29 m.t.
13 113 CARDOSO Manuel CAJA RURAL 5:07:29 m.t.
14 107 VEREECKEN Nicolas AN POST - CHAINREACTION 5:07:29 m.t.
15 195 PRADES REVERTE Eduard OFM - QUINTA DA LIXA 5:07:29 m.t.
16 148 REIJNEN Kiel UNITEDHEALTHCARE PRO CYCLING TEAM 5:07:29 m.t.
17 91 DE VREESE Laurens TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE 5:07:29 m.t.
18 44 LEEZER Thomas BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM 5:07:29 m.t.
19 183 MONTENEGRO Jorge LOULETANO - DUNAS DOURADAS 5:07:29 m.t.
20 23 TSATEVITCH Alexey KATUSHA 5:07:29 m.t.

2,3,4,6,8,11 plus 10 bonus for me

Scores are up

Well 170 pts for stage 1 is cracking and I'm delighted to say that I'm going to keep the same crew for stage 2!!