Third stage of the Volta a Portugal was ‘threatened’ by fire, but maintains its original course
“To the 9:30 trajectory, to face the alternative conditions that were met as the original conditions”, Joaquim Gomes to the Lusa agency, indicating, however, that, “during the dawn, there was a great effort to find one”.
The fire that breaks out in the town of Garrocho, in Covilhã, Castelo Branco district, occupied 231 operational staff and 67 land assets, around 9:15 pm on Saturday, according to Civil Protection data.
According to the official website of the National Emergency and Civilian Authority (ANEPC), not active since 03:18 on Saturday, fire protection has arrived for 11 air assets, which, however, withdrew due to not being able to act during the night.
The director of Castelo Portugal also highlighted the “close collaboration with the third level of protection of commander Branco, with the civil protection unit GNR de Montanha and with the commander of the Detachment of Eventual Transit”, which continues that the third stage maintained that of localization initial .
The departure for the third stage is given at 13:00, with the peloton leaving Sertã for the 159 kilometers of connection to Torre.
The goal coincides with a category mountain award, achieved by the slope that many special, the most important of the highest point of Serra da Saúde, Penhas da Saúde, with the first mountain award in mainland Portugal (1,993 meters) being expected around 17:25.
The shirt Rafael Reis (Glasdrive-Q8-Anicolor) is nine seconds ahead of the second series model, his teammate Mauricio Rees, third third, and the British, Oliver Rees (Trinity).
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