Prologue

After months and months of speculation and high expectations ... the race coverage ... is ... well ... disappointing (so far). However the race did get underway yesterday and the teams completed a 7-8 hour prologue. The first part of the stage involved a score multisport rogaine (ala City Chase) followed by a rollerblade, trek, MTB, trek. It appears as though the score event was for a bonus CP and so from the race tracking that I could follow, half the teams set out straight on the rollerblade ignoring the stage, whereas the other half went for the bonus.

Haven't found any reports (ed. Sleepmonsters has just put up a story) or results from the stage, but the GPS tracker for the team was next to the finish line for the stage this morning. The teams then boarded a bus for the start of the non-stop stages that will continue for the rest of the week. Presently they should be asleep in a sports hall somewhere in Portugal awaiting the 8am restart local time (7pm AEDST).