Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta 2011: Prologue Results

Hugo Sabido (LA - Antarte) mastered the technical though short opening prologue of the Volta a Portugal to take victory on day one, and with it the yellow leader's jersey.

"It's indescribable!" Sabido said after the race. "It's a feeling of euphoria which I hope to share with all my colleagues. I know they are already super happy. It's really too bad that the whole family isn't here. I am very, very happy."

"I was hoping to beat two riders, Filipe Cardoso (Barbot -Epafel), who has always been good here. The second was Thomas Dekker (Chipotle) - he's another expert of this kind of effort - and so I'm very pleased to win a prologue like this against some of the best in the business."

Sabido's time of 3:04 was six seconds faster than next best Cardoso. Teammate Bruno Silva came in third as Portuguese riders dominated the top 10. Dekker who is making his comeback in the race finished 16th, only 10 seconds off the pace.

Sergio Sousa nabbed the blue mountain jersey courtesy of being fastest at the intermediate time check. LA - Antarte also took the lead in the young rider's classification with Bruno Silva.

Tomorrow's opening road stage is 187.7km between Trofa and Oliveira do Bairro and has all the elements of a one-day classic with two categorised climbs and an uphill finish.

Full Results
1	Hugo Sabido (Por) LA - Antarte	0:03:04
2	Filipe Duarte Sousa Cardoso (Por) Barbot - Efapel	0:00:06
3	Bruno Silva (Por) LA - Antarte
4	Sergio Ferreira Sousa (Por) Barbot - Efapel	0:00:07
5	Ricardo Vilela (Por) Onda - Boavista
6	Hernani Broco (Por) LA - Antarte	0:00:08
7	Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	0:00:09
8	Virgilio Martins Dos Santos (Por) LA - Antarte
9	Samuel José Rodrigues Caldeira (Por) Tavira-Prio
10	Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
11	Edgar Miguel Lemos Pinto (Por) LA - Antarte
12	Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Lampre - ISD	0:00:10
13	Alejandro Marque Porto (Spa) Onda - Boavista
14	Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
15	Sergio Miguel Vieira Ribeiro (Por) Barbot - Efapel
16	Thomas Dekker (Ned) Chipotle Development Team
17	Timofey Kritskiy (Rus) Itera - Katusha
18	Carlos Baltazar (Por) Barbot - Efapel	0:00:11
19	Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Caja Rural
20	Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Onda - Boavista
21	Daniel Mestre (Por) Tavira-Prio
22	Jacob Rathe (USA) Chipotle Development Team
23	Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
24	Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - ISD
25	Marcio Barbosa (Por) LA - Antarte
26	Andrey Solomennikov (Rus) Itera - Katusha
27	Benjamin Giraud (Fra) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
28	Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Lampre - ISD
29	Diego Milán Jiménez (Spa) Caja Rural	0:00:12
30	Bruno Matos Sancho (Por) LA - Antarte
31	Daniel Diaz (Arg) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
32	Danail Petrov (Bul) Konya Torku Seker Spor - Vivelo
33	Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Caja Rural
34	Toms Skujins (Lat) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille	0:00:13
35	Pablo Lechuga Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
36	Ion Pardo Abarzuza (Spa) Onda - Boavista
37	Emanuel Vona (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
38	Jose Vicente Toribio Alcolea (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
39	Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
40	Alex Howes (USA) Chipotle Development Team
41	Thomas Tiozzo (Ita) Lampre - ISD	0:00:14
42	Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
43	Daniel Eduardo Moreira Silva (Por) Onda - Boavista
44	Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Itera - Katusha
45	Robert Bush (USA) Chipotle Development Team
46	Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
47	Alberto Morras Fernandez (Spa) Onda - Boavista	0:00:15
48	Rui Vinhas (Por) LA - Antarte
49	Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
50	José Luis Cano (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
51	Fabricio Ferrari (Uru) Caja Rural
52	Antonio Filipe Oliveira Amorim (Por) Barbot - Efapel
53	Ricardo Mestre (Por) Tavira-Prio
54	Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
55	Rui Miguel Sousa Barbosa (Por) Barbot - Efapel
56	Thomas Scully (NZl) Chipotle Development Team	0:00:16
57	Javier Chacon (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
58	Guilherme Lourenço (Por) Portugal
59	Henrique Casimiro (Por) Tavira-Prio
60	Raymond Kreder (Ned) Chipotle Development Team
61	Massimo Graziato (Ita) Lampre - ISD
62	Célio Sousa (Por) Onda - Boavista
63	André Fernando Santos Martins Cardoso (Por) Tavira-Prio
64	Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
65	Justin Jules (Fra) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille	0:00:17
66	Higinio Fernández (Spa) Caja Rural
67	Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Itera - Katusha
68	Paul Kneppers (Ned) Caja Rural
69	Bruno Saraiva (Por) Portugal
70	Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Barbot - Efapel
71	Andrei Krasilnikau (Blr) Chipotle Development Team	0:00:18
72	Bruno Antonio Ferreira Pinto (Por) Barbot - Efapel
73	Rubén Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural
74	Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Itera - Katusha
75	Domingos Gonçalves (Por) Portugal
76	Joao Cabreira (Por) Onda - Boavista
77	Nelson Victorino (Por) Tavira-Prio
78	Eloy Ruiz Pinto (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada	0:00:19
79	Luis Filipe Albino Silva (Por) Tavira-Prio
80	Vitaliy Kondrut (Ukr) Lampre - ISD
81	António Carvalho (Por) Portugal
82	David Da Silva Livramento (Por) Tavira-Prio
83	Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
84	Micael Isidoro (Por) Portugal
85	Mikhail Antonov (Rus) Itera - Katusha	0:00:20
86	Mustafa Sayar (Tur) Konya Torku Seker Spor - Vivelo
87	Yohan Cauquil (Fra) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
88	Hugo De Matos Sancho (Por) LA - Antarte
89	Andrea Guardini (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
90	Dmitry Kosyakov (Rus) Itera - Katusha	0:00:21
91	Otavio Didier Bulgarelli (Bra) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
92	Alexander Prishpetniy (Rus) Itera - Katusha
93	Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
94	Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Chipotle Development Team
95	Hélder Leal (Por) Portugal	0:00:22
96	Tomas Swift Metcalfe (GBr) Tavira-Prio
97	Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Itera - Katusha
98	Evgeni Gerganov (Bul) Konya Torku Seker Spor - Vivelo
99	Helder Oliveira (Por) Onda - Boavista
100	David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Caja Rural
101	Valter Coutinho (Por) Portugal	0:00:24
102	Joni Brandão (Por) Portugal
103	Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
104	Stanislav Zaraliev (Bul) Konya Torku Seker Spor - Vivelo
105	Selcuk Turkcetin (Tur) Konya Torku Seker Spor - Vivelo	0:00:25
106	Roberto De Patre (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
107	Luís Afonso (Por) Portugal
108	Robbie Squire (USA) Chipotle Development Team	0:00:26
109	Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Caja Rural	0:00:27
110	Muhammet Atalay (Tur) Konya Torku Seker Spor - Vivelo
111	Sergio Carrasco Garcia (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada	0:00:28
112	César Fonte (Por) Barbot - Efapel	0:00:29
113	Daniel Petrov (Bul) Konya Torku Seker Spor - Vivelo	0:00:31
114	Balint Szeghalmi (Hun) Lampre - ISD
115	Svetoslav Tchanliev Kirilov (Bul) Konya Torku Seker Spor - Vivelo
116	Serhat Sert (Tur) Konya Torku Seker Spor - Vivelo	0:00:42

Points
1	Hugo Sabido (Por) LA - Antarte	10	pts
2	Filipe Duarte Sousa Cardoso (Por) Barbot - Efapel	8
3	Bruno Silva (Por) LA - Antarte	6
4	Sergio Ferreira Sousa (Por) Barbot - Efapel	4
5	Ricardo Vilela (Por) Onda - Boavista	2
6	Hernani Broco (Por) LA - Antarte	1

Teams
1	LA - Antarte	0:09:26
2	Barbot - Efapel	0:09:35
3	Onda - Boavista	0:09:40
4	Lampre - ISD	0:09:43
5	Chipotle Development Team	0:09:46
6	Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
7	Caja Rural	0:09:47
8	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
9	Tavira-Prio
10	Andalucia Caja Granada
11	Itera - Katusha
12	Portugal	0:10:03
13	Konya Torku Seker Spor - Vivelo	0:10:06

General classification after prologue
1	Hugo Sabido (Por) LA - Antarte	0:03:04
2	Filipe Duarte Sousa Cardoso (Por) Barbot - Efapel	0:00:06
3	Bruno Silva (Por) LA - Antarte
4	Sergio Ferreira Sousa (Por) Barbot - Efapel	0:00:07
5	Ricardo Vilela (Por) Onda - Boavista
6	Hernani Broco (Por) LA - Antarte	0:00:08
7	Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	0:00:09
8	Virgilio Martins Dos Santos (Por) LA - Antarte
9	Samuel José Rodrigues Caldeira (Por) Tavira-Prio
10	Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
11	Edgar Miguel Lemos Pinto (Por) LA - Antarte
12	Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Lampre - ISD	0:00:10
13	Alejandro Marque Porto (Spa) Onda - Boavista
14	Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
15	Sergio Miguel Vieira Ribeiro (Por) Barbot - Efapel
16	Thomas Dekker (Ned) Chipotle Development Team
17	Timofey Kritskiy (Rus) Itera - Katusha
18	Carlos Baltazar (Por) Barbot - Efapel	0:00:11
19	Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Caja Rural
20	Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Onda - Boavista
21	Daniel Mestre (Por) Tavira-Prio
22	Jacob Rathe (USA) Chipotle Development Team
23	Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
24	Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - ISD
25	Marcio Barbosa (Por) LA - Antarte
26	Andrey Solomennikov (Rus) Itera - Katusha
27	Benjamin Giraud (Fra) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
28	Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Lampre - ISD
29	Diego Milán Jiménez (Spa) Caja Rural	0:00:12
30	Bruno Matos Sancho (Por) LA - Antarte
31	Daniel Diaz (Arg) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
32	Danail Petrov (Bul) Konya Torku Seker Spor - Vivelo
33	Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Caja Rural
34	Toms Skujins (Lat) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille	0:00:13
35	Pablo Lechuga Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
36	Ion Pardo Abarzuza (Spa) Onda - Boavista
37	Emanuel Vona (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
38	Jose Vicente Toribio Alcolea (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
39	Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
40	Alex Howes (USA) Chipotle Development Team
41	Thomas Tiozzo (Ita) Lampre - ISD	0:00:14
42	Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
43	Daniel Eduardo Moreira Silva (Por) Onda - Boavista
44	Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Itera - Katusha
45	Robert Bush (USA) Chipotle Development Team
46	Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
47	Alberto Morras Fernandez (Spa) Onda - Boavista	0:00:15
48	Rui Vinhas (Por) LA - Antarte
49	Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
50	José Luis Cano (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
51	Fabricio Ferrari (Uru) Caja Rural
52	Antonio Filipe Oliveira Amorim (Por) Barbot - Efapel
53	Ricardo Mestre (Por) Tavira-Prio
54	Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
55	Rui Miguel Sousa Barbosa (Por) Barbot - Efapel
56	Thomas Scully (NZl) Chipotle Development Team	0:00:16
57	Javier Chacon (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
58	Guilherme Lourenço (Por) Portugal
59	Henrique Casimiro (Por) Tavira-Prio
60	Raymond Kreder (Ned) Chipotle Development Team
61	Massimo Graziato (Ita) Lampre - ISD
62	Célio Sousa (Por) Onda - Boavista
63	André Fernando Santos Martins Cardoso (Por) Tavira-Prio
64	Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
65	Justin Jules (Fra) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille	0:00:17
66	Higinio Fernández (Spa) Caja Rural
67	Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Itera - Katusha
68	Paul Kneppers (Ned) Caja Rural
69	Bruno Saraiva (Por) Portugal
70	Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Barbot - Efapel
71	Andrei Krasilnikau (Blr) Chipotle Development Team	0:00:18
72	Bruno Antonio Ferreira Pinto (Por) Barbot - Efapel
73	Rubén Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural
74	Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Itera - Katusha
75	Domingos Gonçalves (Por) Portugal
76	Joao Cabreira (Por) Onda - Boavista
77	Nelson Victorino (Por) Tavira-Prio
78	Eloy Ruiz Pinto (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada	0:00:19
79	Luis Filipe Albino Silva (Por) Tavira-Prio
80	Vitaliy Kondrut (Ukr) Lampre - ISD
81	António Carvalho (Por) Portugal
82	David Da Silva Livramento (Por) Tavira-Prio
83	Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
84	Micael Isidoro (Por) Portugal
85	Mikhail Antonov (Rus) Itera - Katusha	0:00:20
86	Mustafa Sayar (Tur) Konya Torku Seker Spor - Vivelo
87	Yohan Cauquil (Fra) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
88	Hugo De Matos Sancho (Por) LA - Antarte
89	Andrea Guardini (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
90	Dmitry Kosyakov (Rus) Itera - Katusha	0:00:21
91	Otavio Didier Bulgarelli (Bra) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
92	Alexander Prishpetniy (Rus) Itera - Katusha
93	Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
94	Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Chipotle Development Team
95	Hélder Leal (Por) Portugal	0:00:22
96	Tomas Swift Metcalfe (GBr) Tavira-Prio
97	Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Itera - Katusha
98	Evgeni Gerganov (Bul) Konya Torku Seker Spor - Vivelo
99	Helder Oliveira (Por) Onda - Boavista
100	David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Caja Rural
101	Valter Coutinho (Por) Portugal	0:00:24
102	Joni Brandão (Por) Portugal
103	Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
104	Stanislav Zaraliev (Bul) Konya Torku Seker Spor - Vivelo
105	Selcuk Turkcetin (Tur) Konya Torku Seker Spor - Vivelo	0:00:25
106	Roberto De Patre (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
107	Luís Afonso (Por) Portugal
108	Robbie Squire (USA) Chipotle Development Team	0:00:26
109	Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Caja Rural	0:00:27
110	Muhammet Atalay (Tur) Konya Torku Seker Spor - Vivelo
111	Sergio Carrasco Garcia (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada	0:00:28
112	César Fonte (Por) Barbot - Efapel	0:00:29
113	Daniel Petrov (Bul) Konya Torku Seker Spor - Vivelo	0:00:31
114	Balint Szeghalmi (Hun) Lampre - ISD
115	Svetoslav Tchanliev Kirilov (Bul) Konya Torku Seker Spor - Vivelo
116	Serhat Sert (Tur) Konya Torku Seker Spor - Vivelo	0:00:42

Points classification
1	Hugo Sabido (Por) LA - Antarte	10	pts
2	Filipe Duarte Sousa Cardoso (Por) Barbot - Efapel	8
3	Bruno Silva (Por) LA - Antarte	6
4	Sergio Ferreira Sousa (Por) Barbot - Efapel	4
5	Ricardo Vilela (Por) Onda - Boavista	2
6	Hernani Broco (Por) LA - Antarte	1

Young rider classification
1	Bruno Silva (Por) LA - Antarte	0:03:10
2	Jacob Rathe (USA) Chipotle Development Team	0:03:15
3	Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Lampre - ISD
4	Daniel Diaz (Arg) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille	0:03:16
5	Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Caja Rural
6	Toms Skujins (Lat) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille	0:03:17
7	Pablo Lechuga Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
8	Ion Pardo Abarzuza (Spa) Onda - Boavista
9	Alex Howes (USA) Chipotle Development Team
10	Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille	0:03:18
11	Robert Bush (USA) Chipotle Development Team
12	José Luis Cano (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada	0:03:19
13	Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
14	Thomas Scully (NZl) Chipotle Development Team	0:03:20
15	Guilherme Lourenço (Por) Portugal
16	Raymond Kreder (Ned) Chipotle Development Team
17	Massimo Graziato (Ita) Lampre - ISD
18	Higinio Fernández (Spa) Caja Rural	0:03:21
19	Andrei Krasilnikau (Blr) Chipotle Development Team	0:03:22
20	Domingos Gonçalves (Por) Portugal
21	Eloy Ruiz Pinto (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada	0:03:23
22	António Carvalho (Por) Portugal
23	Mustafa Sayar (Tur) Konya Torku Seker Spor - Vivelo	0:03:24
24	Andrea Guardini (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
25	Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Chipotle Development Team	0:03:25
26	Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Itera - Katusha	0:03:26
27	David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Caja Rural
28	Valter Coutinho (Por) Portugal	0:03:28
29	Joni Brandão (Por) Portugal
30	Stanislav Zaraliev (Bul) Konya Torku Seker Spor - Vivelo
31	Roberto De Patre (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	0:03:29
32	Luís Afonso (Por) Portugal
33	Robbie Squire (USA) Chipotle Development Team	0:03:30
34	Muhammet Atalay (Tur) Konya Torku Seker Spor - Vivelo	0:03:31

Teams classification
1	LA - Antarte	0:09:26
2	Barbot - Efapel	0:09:35
3	Onda - Boavista	0:09:40
4	Lampre - ISD	0:09:43
5	Chipotle Development Team	0:09:46
6	Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
7	Caja Rural	0:09:47
8	Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
9	Tavira-Prio
10	Andalucia Caja Granada
11	Itera - Katusha
12	Portugal	0:10:03
13	Konya Torku Seker Spor - Vivelo	0:10:06