The Portuguese cyclist Rafael Reis (Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor) is expected to lose this Friday the yellow card at the end of the second stage of the 84th Tour of Portugal, more favorable to the Venezuelan sprinter Leagel Linarez (Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua ), with whom it is tied in time.
Reis has the yellow card attached to his body for hundredths of a second and faces the bonuses distributed upon his arrival in Vila Franca de Xira, where Linarez must fight for victory in the sprint, after being the first to cross the Gol on Thursday in Ourem.
Another fast one, the Czech Daniel Babor (Caja Rural), second in the first stage, is third overall, one second behind Palmel of Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor, and is another of the candidates to ‘dethrone’ him at the end of the 177.2 kilometers from Abrantes.
It is in Rossio in Sul do Tejo where the runners will start running, starting at 12:55, the second stage, finding in Torres Novas (31.6) and Cartaxo (89.4) the first two flying targets of the day , who also distribute three , two and a second to the first three.
The fourth category of Alto da Agruela, located at kilometer 126.4, precedes the intermediate sprint of Arruda dos Vinhos (134.4), then the peloton heads to the third category of Carvalha (139.2).
The arrival of the second stage will take place next to the Praça de Touros in Vila Franca de Xira, where, at 5:35 p.m., it will be known if Reis manages to keep the yellow.
Source: TSF
