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Last Updated: Aug 24th, 2008 - 19:48:10 |
Completing his final race in advance of this Wednesday’s start of the Tour of Ireland, Daniel Martin finished an excellent tenth overall and second in the best young rider classification in the Tour of Portugal.
The 2.HC-ranked race finished with a 31.2 kilometre individual time trial to Felgueiras. Hector Guerra Garcia (Liberty Seguros) was quickest, clocking a time of 43 minutes and 3 seconds, while Martin was three minutes one second back in eighteenth.
David Blanco Rodiguez (Palmeiras Resort – Tavira) placed second in the time trial and fended off Guerra Garcia’s general classification challenge, holding on to win the race. Martin finished eight minutes and four seconds back, dropping one place to tenth overall and also going from first to second in the young rider rankings.
However he can nevertheless be very satisfied by his performance in the twelve-day race. The first year professional has just turned 22 years of age and is one of the most promising young talents in the sport.
He will now travel to Ireland with his Garmin Cipotle squad for the Irish race, which starts in Dublin on Wednesday and concludes on Sunday in Cork.
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Volta a Portugal (2.HC), Portugal, August 13-24:
Stage 10 - August 24: Penafiel – Felgueiras:
1, Hector Guerra Garcia (Liberty Seguros) 31.2 kilometres in 43 mins 3 secs (43.484 km/h)
2, David Blanco Rodiguez (Palmeiras Resort – Tavira) at 28 secs
3, Ruben Plaza (Benfica) at 57 secs
4, Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Scott - American Beef) at 1 min 37 secs
5, Tiago Machado (Madeinox – Boavista) at 1 min 44 secs
6, David Bernabeu Armengol (Barbot – Siper) at 2 mins 18 secs
Irish:
18, Daniel Martin (Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30) at 3 mins 1 sec
Final General classification:
1, David Blanco Rodiguez (Palmeiras Resort – Tavira) 39 hours 49 mins 45 secs
2, Hector Guerra Garcia (Liberty Seguros) at 26 secs
3, Ruben Plaza (Benfica) at 3 mins 59 secs
4, Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Scott - American Beef) at 4 mins 42 secs
5, Koldo Gil Perez (Liberty Seguros) at 5 mins 39 secs
6, Francisco Mancebo Perez (Fercase - Rota dos Móveis) at 6 mins 36 secs
Irish:
10, Daniel Martin (Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30) at 8 mins 4 secs
Points classification:
1, Francisco Jose Pacheco Torres (Barbot – Siper) 130 pts
2, Hector Guerra Garcia (Liberty Seguros) 95
3, David Blanco Rodiguez (Palmeiras Resort – Tavira) 87
4, Candido Joaquim Venda Moreira Barbosa (Benfica) 81
5, Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Scott - American Beef) 65
6, Tyler Farrar (Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30) 63
Irish:
21, Daniel Martin (Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30) 11
Mountains classification:
1, Rui Miguel Sousa Barbosa (Liberty Seguros) 84 pts
2, Koldo Gil Perez (Liberty Seguros) 53
3, David Blanco Rodiguez (Palmeiras Resort – Tavira) 41
4, Hector Guerra Garcia (Liberty Seguros) 36
5, Hugo Manuel Vitor Izidoro (Centro Ciclismo de Loulé) 32
6, Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Benfica) 32
Young rider classification:
1, Tiago Machado (Madeinox – Boavista)
2, Daniel Martin (Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30)
3, José Herrada Lopez (Contentpolis – Murcia)
4, Julien El Farès (Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
5, Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Scott - American Beef
Teams classification:
1, Liberty Seguros, 119 hours 40 mins 42 secs
2, Benfica, at 13 mins 18 secs
3, Palmeiras Resort – Tavira, at 18 mins 9 secs
4, Scott-American Beef, at 28 mins 45 secs
5, Contentpolis – Murcia, at 44 mins 42 secs
6, Fercase - Rota Dos Móveis, at 45 mins 31 secs
Other:
8, Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30, at 58 mins 49 secs
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