Photos of ITT in Volta ao Algarve 2009.

by semprenaroda on Feb 22, 2009 2:43 PM EST

Yesterday was the decisive time trial in Volta ao Algarve and Alberto Contador keeps winning every race who starts. I leave Portimão in the morning and when i arrive in Tavira (the finish of the time trial), had time for lunch and see the bus of the teams. The place i choose for my pics, was behind the Garmin bus and i was near Julian Dean, Millar, Pate, Maaskjant (i think he didn’t the ITT). The mechanic was a nice guy and i had a little chat with him about the riders, Portugal, and the bikes... meanwhile i took this picture.

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I was a few hundreds of the finish and there was many people, more older guys who cycling is a tradition mainly in Tavira and of course when a home rider pass, everyone was shouting high. Sérgio Paulinho did a nice top20 and as you can see in the right side there was mens who bring his radio to listen the results.

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There was a lot of riders who overcome the rider, especially in the finalle. Here there was 3 guys finish almost the same moment. Many times the slipstream wasn’t respect...

Tony Martin? If was him he did the 6th best time.

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Monfort overcome a FdJeux rider in last meters, he was twelve in ITT.

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Was a nice day, and i didn’t took photos of the podium and Contador "arrow hand", because my baterry finished.But for the aussies and after i missed him in road, i had to take a "paparazzi" photo of McEwen.

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And Roger Hammond and his friends from the new Cervélo team.

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Today Henrich Haussler took his second stage beating Van Avermaet and Weylandt. Seems that the young german is taking the taste of wins.

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Nice, looks like you had a great day

Must say I like the Cervelo kits more and more. They’ve added a little old school/Rapha cap with the stripe in the middle. “Vaeh naice” as Borat would say.

by Jens on Feb 22, 2009 2:55 PM EST reply actions

+1

by swells on Feb 23, 2009 1:51 PM EST up reply actions

Nice pictures.

Looks like you had a good time. Thanks for posting.

Speed on the descent can easily be lost when you slam into a tree.

by flying dog on Feb 22, 2009 5:39 PM EST reply actions

Yeah these are great!

A beautiful day to watch a race!

by ursula on Feb 22, 2009 8:03 PM EST reply actions

I love the

“more older guys who cycling is a tradition mainly in Tavira” photo

by roadside on Feb 22, 2009 8:45 PM EST reply actions

Sweet

thanks for posting those pics!

by Le Comte on Feb 22, 2009 10:04 PM EST reply actions

Excellent job

Thanks for the post, I hope you can do more in the future for us.

by TC_ on Feb 22, 2009 10:05 PM EST reply actions

And here I thought the portuguese were a nice and proper people

Where does that nice looking podiumgirl have her hand to cause this reaction?

by Jens on Feb 23, 2009 5:53 AM EST reply actions

Thanks...

…for the photos, and thanks for telling us about it, semprenaroda.

by Steno on Feb 23, 2009 10:32 AM EST reply actions

Nice stuff

Monfort! Damn, this is going to be an interesting year.

CQRanking.com, you complete me.

by Chris Fontecchio on Feb 23, 2009 10:59 AM EST reply actions

Montfort?

Did you really say that? It’s gonna be interesting to see how he quietly gets al his top 10 finishes in one year without anyone noticing… Montfort winning? Naaaaah. He’s just missing something..

Some say the best things in life, are one the inside.

by Frinking on Feb 23, 2009 12:23 PM EST up reply actions