Wyman wrote:

He won't win the vuelta, doubt he could top 10 if his forms like the Giro, the only vuelta he could win would be the voelta portugal which he is down to ride...

rovven7 wrote:
If he's close to 100% in La Vuelta, then he's good enough for top five.

rovven7 wrote:


I just hope he doesn't screw up two GTs a year. Last year he sucked in the Tour and had bad luck on La Vuelta, while having a very good form. If he's close to 100% in La Vuelta, then he's good enough for top five.

I_Mayo wrote:

But i dont know good climbers from Portugal. ....... ?

Sherpa wrote:


Good climbers racing on Portugal are: Hector Guerra-Liberty Seguros (best rider in my opinion, though, maybe not the best climber), Ruben Plaza-Liberty Seguros and David Blanco-Duja Tavira.

Portuguese climbers: I think you know Rui Costa-Caisse d'Epargne and Sérgio Paulinho-Astana, we still have Tiago Machado-Madeinox Boavista, João Cabreira-CC Loulé, Vítor Rodrigues-Liberty Seguros and finally Henrique Casimiro-Duja Tavira and Filipe Cardoso-Liberty Seguros (these last two are personal favorite riders, I hope they do well in the future...).

I think none of them are pure climbers, except maybe, João Cabreira, this guy can climb...