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W52-FC Porto will start Sunday with an advantage in the Lisbon time trial, being able to win with the Algarve or with Gustavo Veloso
António Carvalho, from Efapel, won the 7th stage of the Volta a Portugal, with 161 kilometers between Loures and Setúbal, but Amaro Antunes kept the yellow jersey, which he will defend tomorrow, the last day of the race, in the 17.7 time trial km. in Lisbon. The attack by Carvalho and Luís Fernandes, from Rádio Popular-Boavista, in the Serra da Arrábida, which got the first two places on the stage, ended up not generating time differences between the favorites.
Although Rádio Popular-Boavista warmed up its riders before the stage, followed by Atum General-Tavira and António Carvalho, from Efapel, in a synonym that everyone thought to attack immediately, W52-FC Porto quickly controlled the first escape attempts, placing Ricardo Mestre in the first group to gain any advantage.
When Ángel Madrazo (Burgos-BH), Iol Irisarri (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Gavin Mannion (Rally Cycling), Anthony Delaplace (Team Arkéa-Samsic), Óscar Pelegrí (Feirense), Luís Gomes (Kelly-Simoldes-UDO) , Marvin Scheulen (LA Alumínios-LA Sport) and Joaquim Silva (Miranda-Mortágua) fled, 25 kilometers away, which was a group that interested the yellow jersey team, the pursuit did not exist and the escape quickly gained some advantage.
The getaway would end up canceled 24 km from the end, and after the first pass through Setúbal, while Luís Gomes took the opportunity to score points in the flying goals and secured the red jersey for Kelly-Simoldes-UDO, who will be on the podium tomorrow . from Lisbon.
With the rise of the Serra da Arrábida, and after a rhythm imposed by the Porto player Ricardo Mestre, the first attacks were made by RP-Boavista and Efapel, who isolated Luís Fernandes and António Carvalho, respectively. The pair won 25 seconds during the 6.5km climb and passed in isolation at the second-rate mountain count.
Further back, W52-FC Porto led a group of 12 pursuers, with João Rodrigues setting the pace ahead of Amaro Antunes and Gustavo Veloso with 13.4 km to go to the finish.
Initially the group approached the two fugitives on the descent, even keeping them in sight, but Carvalho and Fernandes ended up regaining the advantage, as Rodrigues chased alone and the pair did not affect the yellow jersey.
Already in the plan towards the goal of Setúbal, and with Carvalho and Fernandes again in sight, the Tuna General-Tavira attacked and Amaro Antunes and Gustavo Veloso led the chase, generating an emotional finish, won by António Carvalho, in a sprint very painful. with Luís Fernandes, for the group of leaders, Luís Gomes also jumped, who narrowly missed the accident goal.
Without significant changes in the general classification, Amaro Antunes will start tomorrow 13 seconds ahead of Frederico Figueiredo (Hotel Tuna General-Tavira-Maria Nova), being theoretically stronger in the 17.7 km time trial in Lisbon. The biggest threat to the Algarve leadership may even be from his colleague Gustavo Veloso. The Galician from W52-FC Porto is in third position, 1m13s behind the yellow jersey, being a specialist who won the “times” of the closing of the Volta to Portugal in 2017, 2016 and 2015.
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