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Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, president of the Futebol Clube do Porto is in Lisbon to accompany the cycling team that, this Monday, has the possibility of winning the penta in the Volta a Portugal.
The leader of the dragons arrived at 12 noon in Ribeira das Naus, in the center of Lisbon, the starting point of the individual time trial that will decide the winner of this special edition of the Volta a Portugal by bicycle.
Pinto da Costa, who arrived accompanied by Adriano Teixeira de Sousa, the boss of W52, the team’s main sponsor, fulfilled a ritual adopted since the return to cycling at FC Porto, marking his presence in the last stage of the race each year to celebrate their triumphs. in “Portuguese”.
Amaro Antunes (W52 / FCPorto) is from the end of the second stage, which ended in Senhora da Graça, the yellow jersey, with 13 seconds ahead of Frederico Figueiredo (Tuna General / Tavira / Maria Nova Hotel) and 1.13 minutes over Your partner. Gustavo Veloso, already winning two laps.
W52 / FCPorto won the last four editions of the Volta a Portugal, with Rui Vinhas (2016), Raúl Alarcón (2017 and 2018) and João Rodrigues (2019).
The eighth and last stage of the 2020 edition of the Volta a Portugal, an individual time trial of 17.7 km, starting and finishing in Lisbon, starting from Ribeira das Naus and finishing at Praça do Comércio, after passing the historic Rua arch Augusta.
The first runner to hit the road will be Oscar Pelegri (Feirense) at 3:22 p.m. The yellow jersey, Amaro Antunes (W52 / FCPorto) must start at 17 hours.
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