Cycling: Bruno Pires, native of Redondo, puts an end to cycling career.
Bruno Pires, 35 year old, professional cyclist, native of Redondo, He decided early on Wednesday to end the career 14 year old, because of not finding team to the highest level, after the premature end of the Swiss team Team Roth.
In his facebook page, the Alentejo corridor reveals that "everything begins and everything ends, life is like sport and profession ", lamenting that "it was not the way I thought", recalling that his last race "was in the Tour of Portugal, the race that made me dream and fight ", concluded.
Resident in Povoa de Varzim, Bruno Pires (pictured with the deceased journalist Manuel Alentejo Madeira), recalls that started in cycling "by chance", explaining that "he did not like cycling", noting that under a holm, with 38/ 4 degrees looking upon Return to Portugal Alentejo or for his land said: "This is a profession that I will never say", recalls.
Making a retrospective of his career 14 year old, Where did you get it 10 victory, Saucer, recalls the importance that "friend Manuel Zeferino (director of Maia / Milaneza) had", recalling his first win as a professional in the Tour of Tras-os-Montes in 2006, year which would crowned National Champion Fund Road, title achieved in the "Sintra of the Alentejo, Castelo de Vide.
Bruno Pires became the first alentejano to win a stage in the Volta ao Alentejo. In 2007, in Portalegre, still wearing the jersey of national champion, beat stage. This achievement was repeated again in 2008 and 2010.
Bruno Pires, He became the first alentejano to win a stage in the Volta ao Alentejo. In 2007, in Portalegre, still wearing the champion's jersey, won the stage. This achievement was repeated again in 2008 and 2010.
At the time of farewell, Bruno does not forget the importance of his career abroad who had Ricardo Scheidecker, a man who has had the Portuguese Cycling Federation, PAD (organizer of the Tour of Portugal) and UCI, in recent years has performed the functions manager of Tinkoff, equipped with Alberto Contador.
Time to pack up the bike as a professional, the hall d Redondo remember the happiness of having shared team, meals, rooms and racing with some of the world's best cyclists, as the brothers Schleck, Cancela, O'Grady, Voigt, Benatti, Contador, mother, Sagan, Rogers and many others.
By way of summary, Bruno Pires, justifies "had a happy career, I could have done better, but it could also have made less. Looking back I am proud of the way I did ", ends.
WHO IS WHO
- Bruno Pires (Team Roth)- 2016: 0 wins
- (15-05-81*35 Redondo years * * Prof.: 2002*Win up 2015: 10)
victories: 0- 2002 (ASC/ Vila do Conde), 0-2004 (Milaneza/ MSS), 0-2005 (Milaneza/ Maia), 5-2006 (Maia/ Milaneza: 1Th, 2Nd and 3 rd stage and General of the Tour of Tras-os-Montes and National Road Championship), 2-2007 (LA / MSS: 4Th stage of the Volta ao Alentejo and 4th stage of the Grand Prix Walls / Route Furniture), 1-2008 (LA / MSS / Varzim: 4Th stage of the Volta ao Alentejo, 1- 2009 (Barbot / Above: 1Th stage of the Tour the Municipality of Albufeira), 1- 2010 (Barbot / Above: 2Th stage of the Volta ao Alentejo), 0-2011 (Leopard / Trek), 0-2012 (Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff), 0-2013 (Team Saxo / Tinkoff), 0-2014 (Team Tinkoff / Saxo) and 0-2015 (Team Tinkoff / Saxo)
Estrada National Championship:
National Championship Time Trial:
Ranking UCI / World Tour:
Cup of Portugal-Liberty Seguros:
APCP-Cyclist Ranking Year:
Ranking APCP filed there Ano:
victories (0):
other results (TOP TEN): 10º in Step 4 and 7 in the General Tour of Azerbaijan
secondary ratings:
Tour of the Algarve 2016: 30º in the Individual General
Volta a Portugal 2016: 39º in the Individual General
Ratings in VALGARVE (12): 17º 2006 (Maia/ Milaneza), 19º 2012 (Saxo Bank / Tinkoff), 26º 2009 (Barbot / Above), 30º 2011 (Leopard / Trek) and in 2016 (Team Roth), 39º 2016- Team Roth, 44º 2010 (Barbot / Above), 46º 2005 (Milaneza/ Maia), 91º 2007 (LA / MSS), 97º 2013 (Saxo / Tinkoff), 101º 2014 (Tinkoff / Saxo), 103º 2002 (ASC/ Vila do Conde),
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
