Stage 1 : Thursday, August 6 2009, Caldas das Rainha - Castelo Branco, 228.7 km
1 Manuel Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 5.27.57
2 Candido Barbosa (Por) Palmeiras Resort / Tavira
3 Francisco Jose Pacheco (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo
4 Pedro Lopes (Por) Centro Cilismo De Loule - Louletano
5 Bruno Pires (Por) Barbot - Siper
6 Hector Guerra (Spa) Liberty Seguros
7 Filipe Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros
8 Luis Pinheiro (Por) Madeinox Boavista
9 Danilo Hondo (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author
10 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.
Changes in stage 1 compared to stage 0 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+69 Luis Pinheiro
+68 Celestino Pinho
+64 Rui Sousa
+61 Francisco Jose Pacheco
+59 Nelson Rocha
+57 Nuno Ribeiro
+55 Virgilio Santos
+51 Pedro Soeiro M.
+44 Sergio Ribeiro
+44 Geert Verheyen
Biggest losers by position :
-101 Dirk Bellemakers
-91 David Herrero
-90 Giairo Ermetti
-87 Alessandro Petacchi
-87 Eloy Teruel
-84 Claudio Cucinotta
-73 Jose Toribio
-69 Mario Costa
-69 Stanislav Kozubek
-68 Francesco Tomei
-62 Ivan Rana
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:01 Manuel Cardoso
Biggest losers by time :
-30:13 David Calatayud
-21:14 Dioni Galparsoro
-17:42 Frederic Amorison
-13:36 Hector Espasandin
-13:36 Ivan Rana
-13:03 Ricardo Mestre
-6:09 Alesandro Colo
-6:09 Bruno Sancho
-5:46 Sebastien Delfosse
-5:11 Dirk Bellemakers
-5:11 Krassimir Vasilev
Favourites by position :
+30 David Bernabeu
+28 Mauro Santambrogio
+16 Eladio Jimenez
+7 David Blanco
+1 Tiago Machado
+1 Ruben Plaza
+1 Hector Guerra
-2 Carlos Castano
-2 Candido Barbosa
-3 Damiano Cunego
-91 David Herrero
Favourites by time :
-0:03 Candido Barbosa
-0:09 Tiago Machado
-0:09 Ruben Plaza
-0:09 Mauro Santambrogio
-0:09 Hector Guerra
-0:09 David Blanco
-0:09 David Bernabeu
-0:17 Eladio Jimenez
-0:17 Damiano Cunego
-0:17 Carlos Castano
-1:07 David Herrero
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Manuel Cardoso 5.30.44
2 Danilo Hondo 0.02
3 Candido Barbosa 0.03
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5 Ruben Plaza 0.10
6 Hector Guerra 0.11
7 Tiago Machado 0.11
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9 David Blanco 0.15
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16 Mauro Santambrogio 0.19
17 David Bernabeu 0.19
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34 Damiano Cunego 0.25
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37 Carlos Castano 0.26
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65 Eladio Jimenez 0.30
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95 David Herrero 1.08
Retirements to date : Stage
Total retirements : 0