2023 Volta ao Algarve (2.Pro), Portugal

49th edition: February 15 - 19, 2023
Complete results

Volta ao Algarve podium history | 2022 edition | 2024 edition
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

Map of the 2023 Volta ao Algarve

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Sunday, February 19: 5th & Final Stage, Lagoa 24.4 km individual time trial

Stage 5 map & profile

Stefan Küng on his way to winning the final stage. Photo: Getty Sport Images

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Weather at the race city of Lagoa at 12:30 PM, local time: 17C (63F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the east at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There is currently a 90% chance of rain with the first rider (Daniel Viegas, Team Aviludo) having started. By 3:00 the chances for rain drop to 1%.

The race: Here's the report from GC winner Daniel Martinez's Team INEOS Grenadiers.

Dani Martinez led home an INEOS Grenadiers 1-2 overall at the Volta ao Algarve after a superb and consistent week of racing.

The Colombian set the fourth fastest time in the decisive final time trial to finish the race two seconds ahead of team-mate Filippo Ganna.

Ganna continues to impress in stage races and his climbing performances in Portugal set him up for a brilliant GC finish. The Italian national TT champion finished third across the 24.4km course, 10 seconds back on stage winner Stefan Kung (Groupama-FDJ).

Tom Pidcock was the last rider down the ramp, taking a slender GC lead into the finale thanks to his victory on Saturday's queen stage. The Brit pushed hard, staying upright despite a brief off-road moment, and would eventually finish in seventh place on the GC.

There were some great performances in the TT with Thymen Arensman setting the sixth best time. Jonathan Castroviejo (12th) and Laurens De Plus (14th) also flirted with the top 10.

Just like their teammates in Spain, the riders in the Algarve also wrapped up victory in the team classification.

2023 Algarve winner Daniel Martinez

After the win Martinez said: "A lot of people thought this morning that Filippo was the favourite for the GC. Day by day my feeling has been better, but today is also a surprise for me."

Complete results:

24.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 49.515 km/hr

1	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	29min 34sec
2	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 4sec
3	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	0:10
4	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	0:16
5	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	0:29
6	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	0:32
7	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	0:49
8	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	0:56
9	Nils Politt	Bora-hansgrohe	1:03
10	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
11	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	1:07
12	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	1:11
13	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	1:12
14	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	1:14
15	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	1:18
16	Rui Costa	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:23
17	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	1:26
18	Oscar Onley	Team DSM	1:27
19	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
20	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	1:34
21	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	1:36
22	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	1:37
23	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	1:42
24	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	1:43
25	Sergio Higuita	Bora-hansgrohe	1:45
26	Jai Hindley	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
27	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	1:50
28	Frederik Wandahl	Bora-hansgrohe	1:56
29	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	1:58
30	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	2:04
31	Kobe Goossens	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:09
32	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	2:14
33	Pavel Bittner	Team DSM	2:16
34	Sebastien Reichenbach	Tudor Pro Cycling	2:25
35	Erik Resell	Uno-X	s.t.
36	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	2:29
37	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:36
38	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	2:39
39	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:40
40	Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:46
41	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
42	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	2:48
43	Jonas Koch	Bora-hansgrohe	2:51
44	Tiago Antunes	Efapel Cycling	2:52
45	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	2:53
46	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	2:54
47	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:57
48	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
49	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:02
50	Carlos Oyarzun	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	3:05
51	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
52	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:08
53	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	3:10
54	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	3:11
55	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
56	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	3:12
57	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:13
58	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	3:15
59	Marco Haller	Bora-hansgrohe	3:19
60	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	3:20
61	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	3:27
62	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
63	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	3:28
64	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
65	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
66	Artem Nych	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	3:30
67	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
68	Sergio Garcia	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	3:33
69	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
70	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:36
71	Luís Gomes	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
72	Emanuel Duarte	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
73	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-Samsic	3:39
74	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	3:40
75	Elie Gesbert	Arkéa-Samsic	3:46
76	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	3:47
77	Charles-Etienne Chrétien	Human Powered Health	3:48
78	Henrique Casimiro	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
79	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	3:50
80	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:53
81	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	3:54
82	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:02
83	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	4:03
84	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	4:07
85	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	4:14
86	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	4:17
87	Adrián Bustamante	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	4:21
88	Ivo Pinheiro	ABTF Betão-Feirense	4:25
89	Rafael Silva	Efapel Cycling	4:29
90	Casper Van Uden	Team DSM	4:31
91	Fabio Costa	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	4:32
92	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:33
93	Hugo Nunes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	4:39
94	Tom Bohli	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
95	Fabio Jakobsen	Soudal Quick-Step	4:41
96	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:43
97	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	4:49
98	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	4:55
99	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:56
100	Diogo Barbosa	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	4:59
101	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	5:00
102	Michael Mørkøv	Soudal Quick-Step	5:10
103	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	5:11
104	Pedro Silva	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	5:15
105	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:16
106	Jose Sousa	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	5:17
107	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
108	Afonso Eulalio	ABTF Betão-Feirense	5:22
109	Santiago Mesa	ABTF Betão-Feirense	5:26
110	Cesar Fonte	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	5:30
111	Leangel Linarez	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	5:32
112	Afonso Silva	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	5:34
113	Jesus Del Pino	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	5:38
114	Fabio Oliveira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	5:39
115	Rafael Lourenço	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	5:40
116	Tomas Contte	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	5:46
117	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	5:51
118	Samuel Blanco	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	5:53
119	Diogo Narciso	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	5:53
120	Gonçalo Leaça	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	6:00
121	Rodrigo Caixas	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
122	Pedro Andrade	ABTF Betão-Feirense	6:02
123	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	6:08
124	Ruben Simao	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	6:19
125	Antonio Ferreira	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	6:33
126	João Medeiros	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	6:38
127	Cesar Martingil	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	6:40
128	Goncalo Amado	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	6:41
129	Noah Campos	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	6:43
130	Venceslau Fernandes	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	6:53
131	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	6:55
132	Francisco Moreira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	6:56
133	Helder Goncalves	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	7:04
134	Luis Fernandes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	7:06
135	Francisco Morais	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	7:14

 

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Daniel Martinez (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Mountains classification winner: Kasper Asgreen (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Points classification winner: Magnus Cort (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Best young rider: Oscar Onley (Team DSM)
• Teams classification winner INEOS Grenadiers

791.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.581 km/hr

1	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	20hr 0min 26sec
2	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 2sec
3	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	0:15
4	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	0:22
5	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	0:26
6	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	0:40
7	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	0:48
8	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	0:49
9	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	0:55
10	Rui Costa	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:06
11	Sergio Higuita	Bora-hansgrohe	1:23
12	Oscar Onley	Team DSM	1:24
13	Jai Hindley	Bora-hansgrohe	1:27
14	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	1:47
15	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	1:50
16	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	2:30
17	Kobe Goossens	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:35
18	Frederik Wandahl	Bora-hansgrohe	2:41
19	Sebastien Reichenbach	Tudor Pro Cycling	2:46
20	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	3:08
21	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:13
22	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	3:48
23	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	3:51
24	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	3:56
25	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	4:45
26	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	4:49
27	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	5:18
28	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	5:20
29	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-Samsic	5:29
30	Elie Gesbert	Arkéa-Samsic	5:37
31	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	6:10
32	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	6:12
33	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	7:18
34	Adrián Bustamante	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	7:27
35	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	8:01
36	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	9:05
37	Artem Nych	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	9:27
38	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	9:34
39	Luís Gomes	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	9:38
40	Jonas Koch	Bora-hansgrohe	10:55
41	Henrique Casimiro	Efapel Cycling	11:12
42	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	11:16
43	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	12:48
44	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	13:19
45	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14:34
46	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	15:10
47	Tiago Antunes	Efapel Cycling	16:04
48	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	16:13
49	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	17:17
50	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	17:39
51	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	21:14
52	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	21:51
53	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	22:27
54	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	22:43
55	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	22:56
56	Nils Politt	Bora-hansgrohe	23:13
57	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	24:14
58	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	24:19
59	Marco Haller	Bora-hansgrohe	25:03
60	Sergio Garcia	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	25:03
61	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	25:14
62	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	25:32
63	Cesar Fonte	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	26:00
64	Carlos Oyarzun	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	26:05
65	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	27:25
66	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	27:28
67	Emanuel Duarte	Efapel Cycling	28:04
68	Erik Resell	Uno-X	28:33
69	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	29:37
70	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	30:18
71	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	30:19
72	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	30:42
73	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	31:29
74	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	31:55
75	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	32:38
76	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	32:40
77	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	33:21
78	Afonso Silva	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	33:27
79	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	33:30
80	Rafael Silva	Efapel Cycling	33:41
81	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	33:47
82	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	35:01
83	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	35:09
84	Pavel Bittner	Team DSM	36:24
85	Charles-Etienne Chrétien	Human Powered Health	37:37
86	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	37:53
87	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	37:54
88	Hugo Nunes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	39:15
89	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	39:32
90	Ivo Pinheiro	ABTF Betão-Feirense	39:58
91	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	40:02
92	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	40:22
93	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	41:04
94	Rafael Lourenço	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	42:15
95	Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	42:17
96	Ruben Simao	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	43:43
96	Goncalo Carvalho	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	43:01
97	Michael Mørkøv	Soudal Quick-Step	44:45
98	Helder Goncalves	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	44:54
98	Vicente Hernaiz	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	44:06
99	João Medeiros	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	44:59
100	Rodrigo Caixas	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	45:52
101	Pedro Silva	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	46:46
102	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	46:48
103	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	47:05
104	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	47:37
105	Afonso Eulalio	ABTF Betão-Feirense	47:40
105	Nicolas Saenz	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	47:01
106	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	48:04
107	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	48:13
108	Tom Bohli	Tudor Pro Cycling	48:39
109	Jesus Del Pino	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	49:16
110	Jose Sousa	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	49:17
111	Luis Fernandes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	49:19
112	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	49:53
113	Samuel Blanco	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	50:57
114	Casper Van Uden	Team DSM	52:13
115	Fabio Jakobsen	Soudal Quick-Step	55:21
116	Fabio Oliveira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	55:30
117	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	57:01
118	Venceslau Fernandes	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	57:05
119	Tomas Contte	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	1:00:37
120	Leangel Linarez	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	1:01:32
121	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	1:01:56
122	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:01:56
123	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:02:36
124	Diogo Barbosa	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	1:03:39
125	Gonçalo Leaça	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	1:04:40
126	Diogo Narciso	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	1:05:17
127	Santiago Mesa	ABTF Betão-Feirense	1:06:27
128	Goncalo Amado	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	1:08:07
129	Francisco Morais	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	1:10:33
130	Francisco Moreira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	1:10:43
131	Pedro Andrade	ABTF Betão-Feirense	1:12:19
131	Valter Pereira	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	1:07:02
132	Noah Campos	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	1:15:03
133	Cesar Martingil	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	1:19:38
134	Fabio Costa	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	1:20:15
135	Antonio Ferreira	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	1:22:10

 

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Saturday, February 18: Stage 4, Albufeira - Alto do Malhão, Loulé, 177.9 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Thomas Pidcock takes the stage and the GC lead.

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Weather at Loulé, on the route, 124 km from the finish at 12:45 PM, local time: 17C (63F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 24 km/hr (15 mph). Currently there is no rain, but the chances go up to 63% by 2:00 PM.

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage four summary:

Day to climb Alto do Malhão (twice), but with the final time trial in mind. In the fourth stage of the 49th Volta ao Algarve, two tactics were played between those who will bet heavily this Sunday in Lagoa and those who sought to gain precious seconds to better defend themselves on the last day of the race.

Malhão once again did not disappoint. There was a warm up on the first pass, and a decisive acceleration on the second. Thomas Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers), Ilan van Wilder (Soudal Quick-Step) and Kevin Vermaerke (DSM) took the lead and that’s when João Almeida appeared. The portuguese from UAE Team Emirates managed to join, tried to gain advantage, but Pidcock didn’t give a chance.

The British rider was fully concentrated on the wheel of Almeida and chose the perfect time do attack for win in Malhão, 150 meters from the finish line. Almeida was second (by one second), followed by Ilan van Wilder (by five). The winner at Malhão in 2022, Sergio Higuita (BORA-hansgrohe), was fourth. Magnus Cort Nielsen (EF Education-EasyPost) couldn’t keep up the pace this time around and handed the Yellow Jersey Turismo do Algarve to Pidcock.

“It’s really nice to finally win. I think as a team we didn’t do very well on two occasions where we could have won. Yesterday [Friday] Filippo [Ganna] was strong and could have won. On the second day, after the brilliant job we did in the last kilometre, we complicated on the approach to the finish line and ended up being surprised. Today [Saturday] was one of the decisive days and we had to make sure we got things right”, explain Pidckock.

The INEOS Grenadiers rider admitted that he didn’t know that the finish line was a little higher than the first time he passed through Malhão. “I attacked, thinking that the finish line was at the top of the climb, like the first pass, and I didn’t expect to turn left, about 70 meters to go. I even thought I could be overtaken. The important thing is to give everything until the end”, he stressed.

“Tomorrow is a time trial. There is no plan other than to go full gas from beginning to end,” he added.

In the GC, Pidcock has five seconds over Ilan van Wilder and seven over João Almeida. However, there are two cyclists who will be the center of attention.

Filippo Ganna (INEOS Grenadiers) and Tobias Foss (Jumbo-Visma) are 31 and 32 seconds behind, respectively. We are talking about a two-time time trial world champion and the current world champion. This Sunday in Lagoa, they will have 24.4 kilometers to try and get the first place of the Volta ao Algarve.

The points and mountain classifications were decided. Magnus Cort Nielsen, winner in Fóia and Tavira, won the Green Jersey Crédito Agrícola, while the Blue Cyclin’Portugal belongs to Kasper Asgreen (Soudal Quick-Step), who was in the breakaway of the day.

The White Jersey IPDJ belongs now to Oscar Onley (DSM), leader of the youth classification.

The fourth stage had 177.9 kilometres, starting in Albufeira and being the day to climb Alto do Malhão, with two passages on the 2.6 kilometer climb, with an average slope of 9.2%.

Soudal Quick-Step, Trek-Segafredo and Groupama-FDJ played their cards right off the start, putting Kasper Asgreen, Mathias Vacek and Lewis Askey, respectively, in the lead. The trio got away, thinking about helping their leaders and not so much about winning the stage. The difference was at one point close to five minutes, but the three cyclists were caught just under 40 kilometers to go.

This presence at the front of the race made the pace very high, above 40 kilometers/hour. Kasper Asgreen was first in the third categories of Picota (47.1 kilometres), Vermelhos (111.1) and Alte (140.4). He took the lead in the mountain classification, thus “taking” the Cyclin’Portugal Blue Jersey from the portuguese António Ferreira (Kelly-Simoldes-UDO).

The Danish rider wasn’t even in the group when the first ascent of Malhão began, but what he did before earned him the public’s election as the most combative of the day. He was also the first in the intermediate sprint in São Brás de Alportel.

But what everyone wanted to see was how the double passage in Malhão would be faced. In the first, Rémi Cavagna (Soudal Quick-Step) and Kobe Goossens (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) stood out. The difference to the group that included, at that time, still included the yellow jersey Magnus Cort Nielsen (EF Education-EasyPost), was close to 40 seconds.

However, they would not resist, as teams such as UAE Team Emirates and INEOS Grenadiers worked to ensure that João Almeida and Thomas Pidcock would fight for the stage and the GC.

After four intense stages and with the general classification to be decided, the Lagoa time trial promises strong emotions.

Complete results:

177.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.732 km/hr

1	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	4hr 28min 39sec
2	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	@ 1sec
3	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	0:05
4	Sergio Higuita	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
5	Jai Hindley	Bora-hansgrohe	0:11
6	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Oscar Onley	Team DSM	0:14
8	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	0:20
9	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
11	Rui Costa	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
12	Sebastien Reichenbach	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:38
13	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
14	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	0:43
15	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
16	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
17	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
18	Kobe Goossens	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
19	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	0:50
20	Frederik Wandahl	Bora-hansgrohe	1:07
21	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	1:08
22	Elie Gesbert	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
23	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-Samsic	1:14
24	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	1:18
25	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	1:25
26	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:37
27	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	1:54
28	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	2:00
29	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
30	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
31	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	2:05
32	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	2:26
33	Artem Nych	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	2:29
34	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:40
35	Luís Gomes	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
36	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	2:55
37	Afonso Eulalio	ABTF Betão-Feirense	2:57
38	Adrián Bustamante	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	3:05
39	Jesus Del Pino	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	3:18
40	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	3:23
41	Henrique Casimiro	Efapel Cycling	3:38
42	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	3:41
43	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
44	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
45	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
46	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
47	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
48	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
49	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	4:03
50	Marco Haller	Bora-hansgrohe	4:21
51	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	4:42
52	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
53	Jonas Koch	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
54	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	5:06
55	Afonso Silva	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	5:10
56	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	5:11
57	Nicolas Saenz	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	5:21
58	Erik Resell	Uno-X	5:49
59	Sergio Garcia	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	6:40
60	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	6:49
61	Tiago Antunes	Efapel Cycling	7:33
62	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	7:55
63	Cesar Fonte	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	8:08
64	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	8:41
65	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	10:14
66	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	10:35
67	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
68	Carlos Oyarzun	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	10:50
69	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	11:00
70	Pavel Bittner	Team DSM	12:34
71	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
72	Rafael Silva	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
73	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
74	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
75	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
76	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
77	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
78	Aleksandr Grigoriev	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
79	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
80	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
81	Goncalo Carvalho	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
82	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	s.t.
83	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
84	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
85	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
86	Luis Fernandes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
87	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	13:04
88	Nils Politt	Bora-hansgrohe	16:00
89	Charles-Etienne Chrétien	Human Powered Health	s.t.
90	Rodrigo Caixas	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	18:18
91	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
92	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
93	Venceslau Fernandes	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
94	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
95	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
96	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
97	Rafael Lourenço	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
98	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
99	Emanuel Duarte	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
100	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
101	Helder Goncalves	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
102	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
103	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
104	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
105	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
106	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	s.t.
107	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	s.t.
108	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	20:03
109	Samuel Blanco	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	22:26
110	Fabio Jakobsen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
111	Michael Mørkøv	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
112	Casper Van Uden	Team DSM	s.t.
113	Hugo Nunes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
114	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
115	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	s.t.
116	Ruben Simao	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
117	Jose Sousa	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
118	Tomas Contte	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
119	Tom Bohli	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
120	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	s.t.
121	Ivo Pinheiro	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
122	João Medeiros	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
123	Pedro Silva	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	s.t.
124	Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
125	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	22:37
126	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	24:26
127	Diogo Barbosa	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
128	Gonçalo Leaça	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
129	Valter Pereira	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
130	Fabio Oliveira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	24:35
131	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	24:40
132	Fabio Costa	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	26:04
133	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	26:15
134	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
135	Vicente Hernaiz	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	27:34
136	Leangel Linarez	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	27:46
137	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	28:00
138	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	29:05
139	Guillermo Garcia	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
140	João Macedo	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
141	Diogo Narciso	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
142	Francisco Moreira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
143	Nuno Meireles	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
144	Daniel Viegas	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
145	Pedro Andrade	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
146	Francisco Morais	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
147	Goncalo Amado	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
148	Antonio Ferreira	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
149	Santiago Mesa	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
150	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	29:12
151	Noah Campos	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	30:21
152	Cesar Martingil	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.

 

GC after stage 4:

767.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.352 km/hr

1	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	19hr 30min 13sec
2	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 5sec
3	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	0:07
4	Sergio Higuita	Bora-hansgrohe	0:17
5	Jai Hindley	Bora-hansgrohe	0:21
6	Rui Costa	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:22
7	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	0:23
8	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	0:27
9	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	0:31
10	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	0:32
11	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
12	Oscar Onley	Team DSM	0:36
13	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:50
14	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	0:55
15	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
16	Sebastien Reichenbach	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:00
17	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	1:02
18	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	1:05
19	Kobe Goossens	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
20	Frederik Wandahl	Bora-hansgrohe	1:24
21	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	1:30
22	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	1:57
23	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	2:17
24	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	2:22
25	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	2:29
26	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
27	Elie Gesbert	Arkéa-Samsic	2:30
28	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	3:04
29	Adrián Bustamante	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	3:45
30	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	4:03
31	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
32	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
33	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	4:13
34	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	4:54
35	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	5:35
36	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	6:04
37	Artem Nych	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	6:36
38	Luís Gomes	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	6:41
39	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	7:05
40	Henrique Casimiro	Efapel Cycling	8:03
41	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	8:08
42	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	8:42
43	Jonas Koch	Bora-hansgrohe	8:43
44	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	9:54
45	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	10:30
46	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
47	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	13:16
48	Tiago Antunes	Efapel Cycling	13:51
49	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	13:54
50	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	14:06
51	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	14:38
52	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	16:35
53	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	17:24
54	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	19:13
55	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	19:16
56	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	19:19
57	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	20:25
58	Cesar Fonte	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	21:09
59	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	21:40
60	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	22:04
61	Sergio Garcia	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	22:09
62	Marco Haller	Bora-hansgrohe	22:23
63	Nils Politt	Bora-hansgrohe	22:49
64	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	22:59
65	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	23:16
66	Carlos Oyarzun	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	23:39
67	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	23:57
68	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	24:13
69	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	24:35
70	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	24:40
71	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	24:50
72	Emanuel Duarte	Efapel Cycling	25:07
73	Erik Resell	Uno-X	26:47
74	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	27:01
75	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	27:30
76	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	27:31
77	Afonso Silva	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	28:32
78	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	29:06
79	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	29:17
80	Rafael Silva	Efapel Cycling	29:51
81	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	29:55
82	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	29:57
83	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	30:33
84	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	30:38
85	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	30:42
86	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	30:44
87	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	31:15
88	Charles-Etienne Chrétien	Human Powered Health	34:28
89	Pavel Bittner	Team DSM	34:47
90	Hugo Nunes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	35:15
91	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	35:30
92	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	35:35
93	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
94	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	35:40
95	Goncalo Carvalho	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	35:56
96	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	36:06
97	Ivo Pinheiro	ABTF Betão-Feirense	36:12
98	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	36:51
99	Vicente Hernaiz	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	37:11
100	Rafael Lourenço	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	37:14
101	Ruben Simao	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	38:03
102	Helder Goncalves	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	38:29
103	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	38:31
104	João Medeiros	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	39:00
105	Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	40:10
106	Michael Mørkøv	Soudal Quick-Step	40:14
107	Nicolas Saenz	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
108	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	40:27
109	Rodrigo Caixas	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	40:31
110	Pedro Silva	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	42:10
111	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	42:25
112	Luis Fernandes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	42:52
113	Afonso Eulalio	ABTF Betão-Feirense	42:57
114	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	43:34
115	Jesus Del Pino	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	44:17
116	Tom Bohli	Tudor Pro Cycling	44:39
117	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
118	Jose Sousa	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
119	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	45:05
120	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	45:32
121	Samuel Blanco	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	45:43
122	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	46:14
123	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	47:59
124	Casper Van Uden	Team DSM	48:21
125	Fabio Oliveira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	50:30
126	Venceslau Fernandes	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	50:51
127	Fabio Jakobsen	Soudal Quick-Step	51:19
128	Aleksandr Grigoriev	Efapel Cycling	52:20
129	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	53:23
130	Tomas Contte	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	55:30
131	Leangel Linarez	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	56:39
132	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	57:19
133	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	57:46
134	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	57:58
135	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	58:05
136	Diogo Barbosa	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	59:19
137	Gonçalo Leaça	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
138	Diogo Narciso	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	1:00:03
139	Valter Pereira	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	1:00:13
140	Santiago Mesa	ABTF Betão-Feirense	1:01:40
141	Goncalo Amado	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	1:02:05
142	João Macedo	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	1:03:58
143	Francisco Morais	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
144	Francisco Moreira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	1:04:26
145	Pedro Andrade	ABTF Betão-Feirense	1:06:56
146	Noah Campos	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	1:08:59
147	Guillermo Garcia	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	1:10:28
148	Cesar Martingil	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	1:13:37
149	Nuno Meireles	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	1:15:22
150	Antonio Ferreira	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	1:16:16
151	Fabio Costa	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	1:16:22
152	Daniel Viegas	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	1:32:09

 

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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Friday, February 17: Stage 3, Faro - Tavira, 203.1 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Magnus Cort wins again. Getty Images

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Weather at the finish city of Tavira at 12:30 PM, local time: 17C (62F), fair, with the wind from the east at 21 km/hr (13 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner & GC leader Magnus Cort's Team EF Education-EasyPost.

Magnus Cort astonished the peloton with a staggering sprint to win stage three of the Volta ao Algarve and increase his overall lead in the Portuguese stage race.

With 450 meters to go, it looked like it was all over for the man in the yellow jersey. After winning yesterday’s race to top of the Alto da Fóia, Magnus had gone for the bonus seconds at the intermediate sprint today and found himself in front with a powerful group. They made the split-second decision to drive it to the line, riding a team-time-trial ahead of the charging peloton.

"I was not expecting that at all,” Magnus said afterwards. “The idea was just to get through the stage as easily as possible and not even try to sprint. Quickstep was keeping the break very, very close, and we came with the idea to go for the bonus sprint and see if I could get some bonus seconds for the classification, so we went there and they brought the breakaway back for the bonus sprint. It was a hard sprint on cobbles and suddenly we were a small group with a gap. I didn’t really think about it but especially the Ineos guys and Foss, they came straight away and said, “Hup, hup! Let’s go!” I was keen straight away to go on the attack there with those guys. It was a great group to ride the last 25 kilometers. It was the perfect team-time-trial teamwork.”

Heads down, on the long straight run to Tavira, Magnus’s group drag raced the sprinters’ teams, who were mounting a frantic chase behind them. Inside the final kilometer, the peloton caught up. Magnus looked back, tightened his shoes, and then surged to the front of the race to round the final right-hand turn at speed. He saw the finish line at the top of the hill—almost half a kilometer straight in front of him—and went for it.

The sprinters could only gasp as Magnus left them in his dust.

Magnus now leads the Volta ao Algarve by 18 seconds and also leads the points competition. Tomorrow, he will defend his yellow jersey on the hilly run from Albufeira to the summit of Alto do Malhão. The Volta ao Algarve will finish Sunday with a flat 24-km time trial in Lagoa.

Complete results:

203.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.924 km/hr

1	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	5hr 5min 14sec
2	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
3	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
5	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
6	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
7	Rui Costa	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
8	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
9	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
10	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
11	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
12	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
13	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
14	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
15	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
16	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
17	Pavel Bittner	Team DSM	s.t.
18	Fabio Jakobsen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
19	Tom Bohli	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
20	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
21	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
22	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	s.t.
23	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
24	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
25	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
26	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
27	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
28	Rodrigo Caixas	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
29	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
30	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
31	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	s.t.
32	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
33	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
34	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	s.t.
35	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	s.t.
36	Kobe Goossens	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
37	Adrián Bustamante	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
38	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
39	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
40	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
41	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
42	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
43	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
44	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
45	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
46	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
47	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
48	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
49	Tiago Antunes	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
50	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
51	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
52	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
53	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	s.t.
54	Jose Sousa	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
55	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
56	Leangel Linarez	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
57	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
58	Cesar Fonte	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
59	Diogo Narciso	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
60	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
61	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
62	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
63	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
64	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
65	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
66	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
67	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
68	Sebastien Reichenbach	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
69	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
70	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
71	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
72	Oscar Onley	Team DSM	s.t.
73	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
74	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
75	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
76	Artem Nych	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	s.t.
77	Rafael Silva	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
78	Joao Matias	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
79	Henrique Casimiro	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
80	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
81	Vicente Hernaiz	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
82	Elie Gesbert	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
83	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
84	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
85	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
86	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
87	Rafael Lourenço	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
88	Luís Gomes	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
89	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
90	Emanuel Duarte	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
91	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
92	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
93	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
94	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
95	Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	@ 22sec
96	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	0:24
97	Michael Mørkøv	Soudal Quick-Step	0:26
98	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
99	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
100	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
101	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	s.t.
102	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
103	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
104	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
105	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	s.t.
106	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
107	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	0:42
108	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
109	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	1:06
110	Charles-Etienne Chrétien	Human Powered Health	s.t.
111	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	1:30
112	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	2:18
113	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
114	Antonio Barbio	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
115	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	2:31
116	Erik Resell	Uno-X	2:42
117	Helder Goncalves	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
118	Casper Van Uden	Team DSM	3:42
119	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
120	Fabio Oliveira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
121	Santiago Mesa	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
122	Tomas Contte	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	4:13
123	Diogo Barbosa	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	6:00
124	Ruben Simao	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
125	Miguel Salgueiro	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
126	Valter Pereira	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
127	Samuel Blanco	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
128	João Medeiros	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
129	Nicolas Saenz	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
130	Nuno Meireles	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
131	Carlos Oyarzun	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
132	João Macedo	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
133	Afonso Silva	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
134	Pedro Silva	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	s.t.
135	Sergio Garcia	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	s.t.
136	Hugo Nunes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
137	Owen Geleijn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
138	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
139	Gaspar Goncalves	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
140	Pedro Miguel Lopes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
141	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
142	Venceslau Fernandes	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
143	Gonçalo Leaça	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
144	Luis Fernandes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
145	Francisco Moreira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
146	Francisco Morais	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
147	Aleksandr Grigoriev	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
148	Goncalo Carvalho	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
149	Ivo Pinheiro	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
150	Afonso Eulalio	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
151	Jesus Del Pino	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	6:52
152	Noah Campos	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	9:45
153	Antonio Ferreira	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	9:46
154	Guillermo Garcia	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	12:30
155	Cesar Martingil	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	12:35
156	Fabio Costa	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	13:32
157	Goncalo Amado	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	15:38
158	Daniel Viegas	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
159	Pedro Andrade	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.

 

GC after stage 3:

589.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.250 km/hr

1	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	15hr 1min 18sec
2	Rui Costa	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	@ 18sec
3	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	0:20
4	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	0:26
5	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
6	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	0:27
8	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	0:28
9	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
10	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
11	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
12	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
13	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
14	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	s.t.
15	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
16	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
17	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
18	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
19	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
20	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	0:33
21	Kobe Goossens	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:38
22	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
23	Sebastien Reichenbach	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
24	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
25	Oscar Onley	Team DSM	s.t.
26	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
27	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	0:45
28	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	0:48
29	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
30	Adrián Bustamante	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	0:56
31	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
32	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-Samsic	1:31
33	Elie Gesbert	Arkéa-Samsic	1:38
34	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	1:48
35	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	1:53
36	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:39
37	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:10
38	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	4:17
39	Luís Gomes	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
40	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
41	Artem Nych	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	4:23
42	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:41
43	Henrique Casimiro	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
44	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	4:43
45	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
46	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
47	Tiago Antunes	Efapel Cycling	6:34
48	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	6:37
49	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	6:58
50	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
51	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	7:05
52	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
53	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
54	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
55	Emanuel Duarte	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
56	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
57	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	7:15
58	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	8:07
59	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	9:22
60	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	9:48
61	Vicente Hernaiz	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	9:53
62	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	10:54
63	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	11:09
64	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	11:15
65	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
66	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
67	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
68	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
69	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	12:40
70	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	12:46
71	Hugo Nunes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	13:05
72	Carlos Oyarzun	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
73	Cesar Fonte	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	13:17
74	Ivo Pinheiro	ABTF Betão-Feirense	14:02
75	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	14:43
76	Sergio Garcia	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	15:45
77	Ruben Simao	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	15:53
78	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	16:48
79	João Medeiros	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	16:50
80	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	17:11
81	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
82	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	17:28
83	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	17:33
84	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
85	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
86	Rafael Silva	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
87	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	17:38
88	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
89	Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	18:00
90	Michael Mørkøv	Soudal Quick-Step	18:04
91	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
92	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
93	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	18:15
94	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	18:18
95	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	18:20
96	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	18:26
97	Charles-Etienne Chrétien	Human Powered Health	18:44
98	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	18:49
99	Rafael Lourenço	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	19:12
100	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	19:29
101	Pedro Silva	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	20:00
102	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	20:15
103	Helder Goncalves	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	20:27
104	Erik Resell	Uno-X	21:14
105	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	21:15
106	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	22:00
107	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	22:25
108	Pavel Bittner	Team DSM	22:29
109	Tom Bohli	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
110	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
111	Rodrigo Caixas	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
112	Jose Sousa	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
113	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	22:55
114	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	23:11
115	Samuel Blanco	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	23:33
116	Owen Geleijn	Jumbo-Visma	23:38
117	Afonso Silva	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
118	Goncalo Carvalho	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
119	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	25:32
120	Fabio Oliveira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	26:11
121	Casper Van Uden	Team DSM	s.t.
122	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	26:13
123	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	26:27
124	Gaspar Goncalves	Efapel Cycling	28:25
125	Miguel Salgueiro	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	28:29
126	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	28:59
127	Fabio Jakobsen	Soudal Quick-Step	29:09
128	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
129	Leangel Linarez	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
130	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	s.t.
131	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	29:35
132	Luis Fernandes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	30:34
133	Diogo Narciso	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	31:14
134	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	31:47
135	Joao Matias	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	31:53
136	Venceslau Fernandes	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	32:49
137	Santiago Mesa	ABTF Betão-Feirense	32:51
138	Goncalo Amado	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	33:16
139	Tomas Contte	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	33:20
140	Antonio Barbio	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	33:30
141	Diogo Barbosa	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	35:09
142	João Macedo	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
143	Francisco Morais	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
144	Nicolas Saenz	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
145	Gonçalo Leaça	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
146	Francisco Moreira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	35:37
147	Valter Pereira	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	36:03
148	Pedro Andrade	ABTF Betão-Feirense	38:07
149	Noah Campos	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	38:54
150	Aleksandr Grigoriev	Efapel Cycling	40:02
151	Afonso Eulalio	ABTF Betão-Feirense	40:16
152	Jesus Del Pino	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	41:15
153	Guillermo Garcia	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	41:39
154	Pedro Miguel Lopes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	43:04
155	Cesar Martingil	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	43:32
156	Nuno Meireles	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	46:33
157	Antonio Ferreira	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	47:27
158	Fabio Costa	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	50:34
159	Daniel Viegas	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	1:03:20

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Thursday, February 16: Stage 2, Sagres - Alto da Foia, Monchique, 186.3 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Magnus Cort (on left, throwing his bike) actually won the race.

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Weather at the city of Alferce, 112 kilometers into the stage, at 12:30 PM, local time: 17C (62F), sunny, with the wind from the northeast at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner & new GC leader Magnus Cort's Team EF Education-EasyPost.

Magnus Cort won stage two of the Volta ao Algarve today in Portugal.

The Dane fought his way all the way up the day’s final climb to the Alto da Fóia and then launched a powerful sprint through traffic from way back in the group. Magnus thrust his bike forward at the last moment to cross the line first by a tire length and take over the race’s leader’s jersey.

This win is a testament to Magnus’s tenacity and the confidence that his teammates had in him.

“For me, this is really amazing,” Magnus says. “At home, I was thinking about this stage and didn’t really know that I could tell the sports directors that I wanted to go for this climb—it’s an eight-kilometer mountain. But I came to this race, and they had the same idea that I should try today. Trying is one thing. I have won on mountain-top finishes before, but it has always been from the breakaway. I have never done that from the bunch of main GC favorites. It is really fun. The team here has a really big belief in me.”

Magnus knew he had the legs, but thought he had missed his chance until the very end. Boxed in, with riders in front and around him, he had to wait and wait and wait to see space. As soon as he saw an opening, he went. And when Magnus Cort sees an uncrossed finish line…no bike racer can push himself harder.

“I got really nervous in the end,” Magnus says. “I was always feeling on the climb that it was going okay. It was hard but I was still inside, I wouldn’t say my comfort zone, but I knew I had a sprint left. As we got closer, with four kilometers to go, I was thinking okay, if we keep this tempo it is perfect. And then, in the final 500 meters, obviously everyone wanted to be close to the front and there was a headwind. I was maybe a little bit afraid to touch the wind too early, and I really struggled to find my way out, but luckily I got there in the last five meters, and I got the win.”

Tomorrow, Magnus will defend the race leader’s yellow jersey, as the Volta ao Algarve heads from Faro to Tavira for a likely bunch sprint. Stage four will be a hilly run from Albufeira to the uphill finish on the Alto do Malhão. The Volta ao Algarve will finish Sunday with a flat 24-km time trial in Lagoa.

Complete results:

186.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.401 km/hr

1	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	5hr 7min 5sec
2	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
3	Rui Costa	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
4	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
5	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
6	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	@ 2sec
7	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
8	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
9	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	s.t.
10	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
11	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
12	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
13	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
14	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
15	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
16	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
17	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
18	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
19	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	0:07
20	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
21	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	0:12
22	Kobe Goossens	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
23	Sebastien Reichenbach	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
24	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
25	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
26	Oscar Onley	Team DSM	s.t.
27	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	0:19
28	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	0:22
29	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
30	Adrián Bustamante	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	0:30
31	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
32	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-Samsic	1:05
33	Elie Gesbert	Arkéa-Samsic	1:12
34	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	1:22
35	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	1:27
36	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:13
37	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:44
38	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	3:47
39	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	3:51
40	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
41	Luís Gomes	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
42	Artem Nych	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	3:57
43	Henrique Casimiro	Efapel Cycling	4:15
44	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
45	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	4:17
46	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
47	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
48	Tiago Antunes	Efapel Cycling	6:08
49	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
50	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	6:11
51	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
52	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	6:32
53	Carlos Oyarzun	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	6:39
54	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
55	Sergio Garcia	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	s.t.
56	Hugo Nunes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
57	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
58	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
59	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
60	Emanuel Duarte	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
61	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
62	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
63	Ivo Pinheiro	ABTF Betão-Feirense	7:36
64	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	8:56
65	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	s.t.
66	Ruben Simao	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	9:27
67	Helder Goncalves	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
68	Cesar Fonte	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
69	Vicente Hernaiz	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
70	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	10:02
71	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
72	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	10:23
73	João Medeiros	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	10:24
74	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	10:43
75	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	11:06
76	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	11:29
77	Pedro Silva	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	s.t.
78	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
79	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
80	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
81	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
82	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	12:14
83	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	13:51
84	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
85	Mauricio Moreira	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	14:14
86	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	16:45
87	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
88	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
89	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	17:07
90	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
91	Venceslau Fernandes	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
92	Rafael Silva	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
93	Samuel Blanco	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
94	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
95	Aleksandr Grigoriev	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
96	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
97	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
98	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	s.t.
99	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	17:12
100	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
101	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
102	Owen Geleijn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
103	Afonso Silva	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
104	Goncalo Amado	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
105	Goncalo Carvalho	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
106	Erik Resell	Uno-X	s.t.
107	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	s.t.
108	Michael Mørkøv	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
109	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	s.t.
110	Rafael Lourenço	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
111	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
112	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
113	Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
114	Charles-Etienne Chrétien	Human Powered Health	s.t.
115	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	21:34
116	Nuno Meireles	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
117	Pavel Bittner	Team DSM	22:03
118	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
119	Casper Van Uden	Team DSM	s.t.
120	Miguel Salgueiro	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
121	Tom Bohli	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
122	Rodrigo Caixas	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
123	Fabio Oliveira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
124	Pedro Andrade	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
125	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	s.t.
126	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
127	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	s.t.
128	Jose Sousa	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
129	Gaspar Goncalves	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
130	Luis Fernandes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
131	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	22:45
132	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	25:06
133	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	26:01
134	João Macedo	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	28:43
135	Guillermo Garcia Janeiro	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
136	Jesus Del Pino	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
137	Noah Campos	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
138	Daniel Viegas	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
139	Diogo Barbosa	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
140	Francisco Morais	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
141	Valter Pereira	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
142	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
143	Fabio Jakobsen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
144	Nicolas Saenz	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
145	Leangel Linarez	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
146	Diogo Narciso	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
147	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
148	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
149	Gonçalo Leaça	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
150	Tomas Contte	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
151	Santiago Mesa Pietralunga	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
152	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	s.t.
153	Francisco Moreira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
154	Pedro Miguel Lopes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
155	Tiago Leal	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
156	Afonso Eulalio	ABTF Betão-Feirense	28:47
157	Cesar Martingil	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
158	Antonio Ferreira	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	29:23
159	Antonio Barbio	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	30:46
160	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	31:21
161	Fabio Costa	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	31:33
162	Joao Matias	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
163	François Vie	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	34:54

 

GC after stage 2:

386.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 38.888 km/hr

1	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	9hr 56min 20sec
2	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 4sec
3	Rui Costa	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:06
4	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	0:10
5	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
6	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	0:12
7	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
8	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
9	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
10	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
11	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
12	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
13	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	s.t.
14	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
15	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
16	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
17	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
18	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
19	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	0:17
20	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
21	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	0:22
22	Kobe Goossens	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
23	Sebastien Reichenbach	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
24	Oscar Onley	Team DSM	s.t.
25	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
26	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
27	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	0:29
28	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	0:32
29	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
30	Adrián Bustamante	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	0:40
31	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
32	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-Samsic	1:15
33	Elie Gesbert	Arkéa-Samsic	1:22
34	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	1:32
35	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	1:37
36	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:23
37	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:54
38	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	3:57
39	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	4:01
40	Luís Gomes	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
41	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
42	Artem Nych	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	4:07
43	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:25
44	Henrique Casimiro	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
45	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	4:27
46	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
47	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
48	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	6:18
49	Tiago Antunes	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
50	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	6:21
51	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
52	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	6:42
53	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	6:49
54	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
55	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
56	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
57	Hugo Nunes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
58	Carlos Oyarzun	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
59	Emanuel Duarte	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
60	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
61	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
62	Ivo Pinheiro	ABTF Betão-Feirense	7:46
63	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	9:06
64	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	s.t.
65	Sergio Garcia	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	9:29
66	Vicente Hernaiz	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	9:37
67	Ruben Simao	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
68	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	10:12
69	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
70	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	10:33
71	João Medeiros	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	10:34
72	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	10:53
73	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	11:39
74	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
75	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
76	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
77	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	12:10
78	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	12:24
79	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	12:33
80	Cesar Fonte	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	13:01
81	Pedro Silva	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	13:44
82	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	14:01
83	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
84	Mauricio Moreira	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	16:29
85	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	16:55
86	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
87	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
88	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	17:12
89	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	17:17
90	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
91	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
92	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
93	Rafael Silva	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
94	Samuel Blanco	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
95	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
96	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	17:22
97	Owen Geleijn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
98	Michael Mørkøv	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
99	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
100	Charles-Etienne Chrétien	Human Powered Health	s.t.
101	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
102	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	s.t.
103	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
104	Goncalo Amado	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
105	Afonso Silva	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
106	Goncalo Carvalho	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
107	Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
108	Helder Goncalves	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	17:29
109	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	18:02
110	Erik Resell	Uno-X	18:16
111	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	18:53
112	Rafael Lourenço	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	18:56
113	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	21:44
114	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	22:09
115	Gaspar Goncalves	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
116	Pavel Bittner	Team DSM	22:13
117	Tom Bohli	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
118	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
119	Miguel Salgueiro	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
120	Rodrigo Caixas	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
121	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	s.t.
122	Jose Sousa	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
123	Fabio Oliveira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
124	Pedro Andrade	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
125	Casper Van Uden	Team DSM	s.t.
126	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	22:55
127	Luis Fernandes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	24:18
128	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	25:16
129	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	25:31
130	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	26:11
131	Venceslau Fernandes	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	26:33
132	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	28:47
133	Tomas Contte	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	28:51
134	Fabio Jakobsen	Soudal Quick-Step	28:53
135	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
136	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
137	Leangel Linarez	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
138	Santiago Mesa Pietralunga	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
139	Francisco Morais	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
140	João Macedo	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
141	Diogo Barbosa	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
142	Guillermo Garcia Janeiro	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
143	Noah Campos	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
144	Nicolas Saenz	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
145	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	s.t.
146	Gonçalo Leaça	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
147	Francisco Moreira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	29:21
148	Valter Pereira	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	29:47
149	Cesar Martingil	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	30:41
150	Antonio Barbio	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	30:56
151	Diogo Narciso	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	30:58
152	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	31:31
153	Joao Matias	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	31:37
154	Aleksandr Grigoriev	Efapel Cycling	33:46
155	Tiago Leal	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	33:56
156	Afonso Eulalio	ABTF Betão-Feirense	34:00
157	Jesus Del Pino	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	34:07
158	Fabio Costa	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	36:46
159	Pedro Miguel Lopes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	36:48
160	François Vie	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	37:09
161	Antonio Ferreira	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	37:25
162	Nuno Meireles	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	40:17
163	Daniel Viegas	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	47:26

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

Algarve stage 2 map

Algarve stage 2 profile

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Wednesday, February 15: Stage 1, Portimão - Lagos, 200.2 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Alexander Kristoff takes the first stage and the GC lead.

Plato's dialogue Crito is available both in audiobook and Kindle eBook versions. To get your copy, just click on the Amazon link on the right.

Weather at the finish city of Lagos at 12:30 PM, local time: 14C (58F), cloudy, with the wind from the east at 34 km/hr (21 mph). There is a 80% chance of rain

The race: Here's the report from second-place Jordi Meeus' Team Bora-hansgrohe.

With more than 200km but a fairly flat profile the opening stage of the Volta ao Algarve was one for the sprinters today. An early break of 7 riders went clear from the bunch but BORA – hansgrohe and Soudal-Quickstep took immediately control of the race for their sprinters. Frederik Wandahl did a great job in bringing back the remaining escapees already with over 10km to go. The rest of BORA – hansgrohe picked up the pace on the final kicker and in the bunch sprint Jordi Meeus just missed out on the win today being denied by A. Kristoff to the line.

“First of all congrats to the guys. All of them did a great job and they delivered our plan almost to perfection. Frederik pulled a lot to bring back the break, chapeau to him. We wanted to be in front on the last kicker because of positioning before the roundabouts and Jonas and Marco invested a lot there, but they did a great Job. Jordi was close, but unfortunately it wasn’t enough again. But I think we can be really happy with the performance of the team today.” – Torsten Schmidt, Sports Director

“Close, but no win - again. But there are more days to come. The team was amazing today and I am sorry I couldn't finish the job today. We pushed the pace on the last kicker and then it was some wheel surfing for me in the downhill and roundabouts. The sprint was a little chaotic because of the headwind but I was in a perfect position. I had good legs, but I wasn’t able to come around Waernskjold quickly enough because there was no space. I think I lost the sprint there.” – Jordi Meeus

Complete results:

200.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.504 km/hr

1	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	4hr 49min 25sec
2	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
3	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	s.t.
4	Fabio Jakobsen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
5	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
6	Pavel Bittner	Team DSM	s.t.
7	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
8	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
9	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
10	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
11	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
12	Luis Mendonça	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	s.t.
13	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
14	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
15	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
16	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
17	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
18	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
19	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
20	Tom Bohli	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
21	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
22	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
23	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
24	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
25	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
26	Joao Matias	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
27	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
28	Kobe Goossens	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
29	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
30	Charles-Etienne Chrétien	Human Powered Health	s.t.
31	Michael Mørkøv	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
32	Owen Geleijn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
33	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
34	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
35	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
36	Elie Gesbert	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
37	Tomas Contte	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
38	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
39	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
40	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
41	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
42	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team DSM	s.t.
43	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
44	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
45	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
46	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
47	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
48	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
49	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
50	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
51	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
52	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	s.t.
53	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
54	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
55	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
56	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
57	Rui Costa	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
58	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
59	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
60	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
61	Oscar Onley	Team DSM	s.t.
62	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
63	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
64	Sebastien Reichenbach	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
65	Rafael Silva	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
66	Rodrigo Caixas	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
67	Miguel Salgueiro	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
68	Tiago Antunes	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
69	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
70	Vicente Hernaiz	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
71	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
72	Leangel Linarez	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
73	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	s.t.
74	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
75	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
76	Santiago Mesa	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
77	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
78	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
79	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
80	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
81	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
82	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
83	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
84	Jose Sousa	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
85	Adrián Bustamante	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
86	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	s.t.
87	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	s.t.
88	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	s.t.
89	Tobias Halland	Uno-X	s.t.
90	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
91	Francisco Morais	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
92	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
93	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
94	Artem Nych	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	s.t.
95	Hugo Nunes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
96	Goncalo Amado	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
97	Henrique Casimiro	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
98	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
99	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
100	Diogo Barbosa	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
101	João Medeiros	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
102	Fabio Oliveira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
103	Ivo Pinheiro	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
104	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
105	João Macedo	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
106	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
107	Guillermo Garcia	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
108	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
109	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
110	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
111	Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
112	Afonso Silva	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
113	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	s.t.
114	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
115	Emanuel Duarte	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
116	Luís Gomes	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
117	Antonio Barbio	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
118	Goncalo Carvalho	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
119	Gaspar Goncalves	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
120	Nicolas Saenz	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
121	Noah Campos	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
122	Carlos Oyarzun	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
123	Samuel Blanco	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
124	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
125	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
126	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
127	Ruben Simao	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
128	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
129	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
130	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
131	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
132	Pedro Andrade	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
133	Gonçalo Leaça	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
134	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
135	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
136	Francisco Moreira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	@ 28sec
137	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	0:40
138	Erik Resell	Uno-X	0:54
139	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
140	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
141	Valter Pereira	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
142	Rafael Lourenço	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	1:34
143	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	1:36
144	Casper Van Uden	Team DSM	1:38
145	Cesar Martingil	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	1:44
146	Mauricio Moreira	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	2:05
147	Frederico Figueiredo	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	s.t.
148	Luis Fernandes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
149	François Vie	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
150	Diogo Narciso	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
151	Pedro Silva	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	s.t.
152	Sergio Garcia	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	2:42
153	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	3:01
154	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	3:24
155	Cesar Fonte	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
156	Tiago Leal	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	5:03
157	Afonso Eulalio	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
158	Fabio Costa	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	s.t.
159	Jesus Del Pino	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	5:14
160	Helder Goncalves	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	7:52
161	Antonio Ferreira	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
162	Yesid Pira	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	7:55
163	Pedro Miguel Lopes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
164	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
165	Venceslau Fernandes	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	9:16
166	Barry Miller	ABTF Betão-Feirense	10:08
167	Andre Ramalho	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	12:32
168	Aleksandr Grigoriev	Efapel Cycling	16:33
169	Daniel Viegas	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	18:33
170	Nuno Meireles	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
171	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	19:12

 

GC after stage 1:

1	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	4hr 49min 15sec
2	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 4sec
3	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	0:06
4	Fabio Jakobsen	Soudal Quick-Step	0:10
5	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
6	Pavel Bittner	Team DSM	s.t.
7	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
8	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
9	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
10	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
11	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
12	Luis Mendonça	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	s.t.
13	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
14	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
15	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
16	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
17	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
18	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
19	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
20	Tom Bohli	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
21	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
22	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
23	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
24	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
25	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
26	Joao Matias	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
27	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
28	Kobe Goossens	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
29	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
30	Charles-Etienne Chrétien	Human Powered Health	s.t.
31	Michael Mørkøv	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
32	Owen Geleijn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
33	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
34	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
35	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
36	Elie Gesbert	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
37	Tomas Contte	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
38	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
39	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
40	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
41	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
42	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team DSM	s.t.
43	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
44	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
45	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
46	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
47	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
48	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
49	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
50	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
51	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
52	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	s.t.
53	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
54	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
55	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
56	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
57	Rui Costa	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
58	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
59	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
60	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
61	Oscar Onley	Team DSM	s.t.
62	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
63	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
64	Sebastien Reichenbach	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
65	Rafael Silva	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
66	Rodrigo Caixas	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
67	Miguel Salgueiro	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
68	Tiago Antunes	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
69	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
70	Vicente Hernaiz	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
71	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
72	Leangel Linarez	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
73	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	s.t.
74	Remi Cavagna	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
75	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
76	Santiago Mesa	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
77	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
78	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
79	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
80	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
81	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
82	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
83	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
84	Jose Sousa	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
85	Adrián Bustamante	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
86	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	s.t.
87	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	s.t.
88	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	s.t.
89	Tobias Halland	Uno-X	s.t.
90	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
91	Francisco Morais	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
92	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
93	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
94	Artem Nych	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	s.t.
95	Hugo Nunes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
96	Goncalo Amado	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
97	Henrique Casimiro	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
98	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
99	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
100	Diogo Barbosa	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
101	João Medeiros	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
102	Fabio Oliveira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
103	Ivo Pinheiro	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
104	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
105	João Macedo	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
106	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
107	Guillermo Garcia	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
108	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
109	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
110	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
111	Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
112	Afonso Silva	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
113	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	s.t.
114	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
115	Emanuel Duarte	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
116	Luís Gomes	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
117	Antonio Barbio	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
118	Goncalo Carvalho	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
119	Gaspar Goncalves	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
120	Nicolas Saenz	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
121	Noah Campos	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
122	Carlos Oyarzun	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
123	Samuel Blanco	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
124	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
125	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
126	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
127	Ruben Simao	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
128	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
129	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
130	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
131	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
132	Pedro Andrade	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
133	Gonçalo Leaça	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
134	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
135	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
136	Francisco Moreira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	0:38
137	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	0:50
138	Erik Resell	Uno-X	1:04
139	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
140	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
141	Valter Pereira	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
142	Rafael Lourenço	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	1:44
143	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	1:46
144	Casper Van Uden	Team DSM	1:48
145	Cesar Martingil	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	1:54
146	Mauricio Moreira	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	2:15
147	Frederico Figueiredo	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	s.t.
148	Luis Fernandes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
149	François Vie	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
150	Diogo Narciso	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
151	Pedro Silva	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	s.t.
152	Sergio Garcia	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	2:52
153	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	3:11
154	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	3:34
155	Cesar Fonte	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	3:34
156	Tiago Leal	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	5:13
157	Afonso Eulalio	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
158	Fabio Costa	Glassdrive-Q8-Anicolor	s.t.
159	Jesus Del Pino	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	5:24
160	Helder Goncalves	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	8:02
161	Antonio Ferreira	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
162	Yesid Pira	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:05
163	Pedro Miguel Lopes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
164	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
165	Venceslau Fernandes	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	9:26
166	Barry Miller	ABTF Betão-Feirense	10:18
167	Andre Ramalho	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	12:42
168	Aleksandr Grigoriev	Efapel Cycling	16:43
169	Daniel Viegas	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	18:43
170	Nuno Meireles	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
171	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	19:22

Stage 1 map & profile:

Algarve stage 1 map

Algarve stage 1 profile