2026 Races....Spoilers.

[Blazing Saddles]

So, they ride on in Portugal today. The race leader has swapped his yellow jersey for a black one.
Yesterday’s tragedy has been book ended by two terrific stages. The first had incredible cobbled sections. Today’s at the top of the first category climb, there are long, dusty dirt roads. This addition of the Volta a Portugal has served to show the extreme highs and lows of the sport.

 

[Dorset Boy]

It might be triathlon, but Daisy Davies who has been a club member of ours up to this year is live in the T100 Vancouver event on TNT/HBO. It's her T100 debut.
She had the fastest ever Ironman debut in South Africa earlier this year.

 

[wakemalcolm]

It might be triathlon, but Daisy Davies who has been a club member of ours up to this year is live in the T100 Vancouver event on TNT/HBO. It's her T100 debut.
She had the fastest ever Ironman debut in South Africa earlier this year.

Yup, we'll make the title more specific for next year.

 

[wakemalcolm]

Was looking at results and (as I frequently do) questionning my sanity.

The Czech tour stage 3 had the same 3 riders finishing in the same order as stage 2.....and we're in the middle of August. The GC does, of course mirror this. Got to be someone in the matrix phoning this in.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

It maybe a lowly 2.1 race, but the crowds in Oporto watching the final stage rival the Champs Elysees.
Incredible.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

It’s a fairytale ending too, as Rui Olivera finally gets his first pro race win at the age of 29.
Wild celebrations with family and friends to end this most wonderful and terrible edition of the Volta a Portugal.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Carl-Frederik Bévort of UNO-X MOBILITY won the Frederiksberg Criterium
Amalie Dideriksen of Cofidis Women Team won the women's edition

I think these are actually raced btw. Didn't make it out to see it as I only realised it was on at lunchtime

 

[mididoctors]

https://youtube.com/@tour.of.britain?si=s0GWzBfstVj--F4I

In case you have lost track .... Starts tomorrow

 

[wakemalcolm]

https://youtube.com/@tour.of.britain?si=s0GWzBfstVj--F4I

In case you have lost track .... Starts tomorrow

Still doesn't come past my house.

 

[mididoctors]

View: https://www.youtube.com/live/GtOP2eZrQNE?is=ReIXzMbz424MmxXD

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Still doesn't come past my house.

It doesn't come past my house, but it does get streamed into my house on Danish MAX

 

[mididoctors]

Subdued start on a gripy course

 

[Blazing Saddles]

She may be my niece’s bestie, but as soon as I switched on, Dani was spouting mucho hyperbole about the crowds, which are decent, but tiny compared to to the little Volta Portugal.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

I was going to post about the almost certain echelon action, due to a raging cross/tailwind.
Turns out it’s borderline at 20kph. (Both rider commentators think it’s a cert.)

 

[Pblakeney]

I was going to post about the almost certain echelon action, due to a raging cross/tailwind.
Turns out it’s borderline at 20kph. (Both rider commentators think it’s a cert.)

According to some TdF commentators that is strong winds.
Yes, I think they are silly too.