Back to Alentejo: On the road from this Wednesday in New Sales.
New sales receives this Wednesday the departure of the 1st Stage of the 36th Volta ao Alentejo whose final will take place in Serpa.
Begins this Wednesday in Vendas Novas 36th Volta ao Alentejo in Bicycle, which ends next Sunday, Evora, after covered 6 stages, including one Time Trial, after covering 751,9 kilometers and will go 31 of 47 Alentejo municipalities (Alto, Low and Litoral).
Starting lining 146 Runners (end subscribers list Р36 Volta Alentejo Credito Agricola 2018), representing 21 teams, 13 Portuguese and 8 foreign, most notably the presence of three Alentejo, Daniel Master and Henrique Casimiro, natural Almodovar and EFAPEL team and Jos̩ Fernandes, Time Trial National Champion U23, natural Evora and member of the W52 / FC Porto team.
It will be a race without bonuses goals in the fly and in the final stages of, and is marked by the dispute of two stages on Saturday, 17 March, in the morning the race returns to Cabeço do Mouro (Portalegre), where I was brushed off from 2004. In the afternoon contest was a CRI, the beautiful "Sintra of Alentejo", as it is known Castelo de Vide, with the rise of Penha da Senhora da Serra.
The W52 / FC Porto has in his team three winners of the Tour of Portugal, Raul Alarcon, Gustavo Veloso and Ricardo Mestre and presents itself as one of the strongest squads. The EFAPEL, David Arroyo, o Sporting/ Tavira, Check with Alexandro, Radio Popular / Boavista, with John Benta, They have arguments to dispute the victory mercy of the existence of the Time Trial.
The first steps, arriving Serpa and Sines, that joins the final drawn in Evora, They are meant to sprÃnteres, where foreigners, in particular, the Russian Lokosphinx, have a say.
To last year's edition the Volta ao Alentejo was the only international event in the world that had so many winners as disputed issues, but, Spaniard Carlos Barbero (Movistar), who had already won in 2014, "Stuck" tradition by being the first runner to win the "Alentejo" twice. Barbero made the feat of winning both editions of the Volta ao Alentejo without having won any stage.
Joaquim Gomes, the service of Louletano / Vale de Lobo, It was the winner of the Volta ao Alentejo there 30 year old, the issue that had more steps, ten in eight days, in total 1.217 kilometers, recalls that "the most direct opponent, Jorge da Silva Sicasal / Acral, I was more suited to the route of the race: If not for the Time Trial cronoescalada in Marvão, I had not had the chance to win this magnificent proof ", finished.
Stages of the Volta ao Alentejo-14 18 March (ALENTEJO route BACK 2018_21fev-1)
1Th stage- New-Serpa sales- 173,5 kms
Match: New sales-11:20. Flights to Montemor-o-Novo (PM 4ª cat-km 18,3), Alcáçovas (12h41), Viana do Alentejo (MV-km 69,1-13h11), Cuba (Pedestrian supply: km 94,6-13h48), Vidigueira (MV-km 105,6-14h04), Moura (MV-km 141,2-14h56) and Sinks (15h16). Arrival: Serpa- 15h43.
the teams
Continental Professionals (4): WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic (Belgium), Caja Rural / Seguros RGA, Burgos / BH and Euskadi / Murias (Spain)
Continental (12): Team Wiggins (Great Britain), Lokosphink (Russia), and Fundacion Euskadi (Spain) and the Portuguese W52 / FC Porto, Sporting/ Tavira, Popular radio / Boavista, Vito/ Feirense/ BlackJack, Aviludo / Louletano / Uli, LA Aluminios / Metalusa, Efapel, Liberty Seguros / Carglass and Miranda / Mortágua.
club teams (5): FGP/Cube/Bombarralense, Fortunna/Maia, Jorbi / Team José Maria Nicolau and Sicasal / Constantinos / Delta Cafés, All of Portugal and a broom (Spain).
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
