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https://www.velonews.com/2018/08/news/riders-abandon-as-heat-wave-blasts-volta-a-portugal_474021

August 4, 2018  Riders abandon as heat wave blasts Volta a Portugal

"A scorching heat wave that’s rocketing temperatures above 110F is pushing racers to the limit in the opening days of the 80th Volta a Portugal.

Friday’s stage 2 ran 203km from Beja to Portalegre across central Portugal where temperatures reached crisis levels. One TV camera caught images of a thermometer at 47.5C — 117F — at one point of Friday’s stage.

“This stage should have never happened,” two-time winner Gustavo Veloso told the Portuguese daily O Jogo. “It was like cycling in a sauna.”

National health authorities recommended that the public not venture into the heat if possible, yet the race pushed on with plenty of controversy.

Firefighters sprayed down the Volta ao Portugal peloton to help the riders cool off in the extreme heat."

I bet the riders were very grateful to the firemen for the cool down.

 

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