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2024 Volta ao Algarve (2.Pro), Portugal

50th edition: February 14 - 18, 2024
Complete results

Map of the 2024 Volta ao Algarve

Sunday, February 18: 5th & Final Stage, Faro - Alto do Malhão, Loulé, 165.8 km

Daniel Martinez wins stage five ahead of Remco Evenepoel and Thomas Pidcock. Race organizer's photo

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Weather at Loulé, near the finish, at 12:50 PM, local time: 19C (67F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 13 km/hr (8 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from GC winner Remco Evenepoel's Team Soudal Quick-Step.

Remco Evenepoel sealed the overall victory at the Volta ao Algarve, becoming the first rider in four decades with three wins at the most important Portuguese race of the calendar and confirming his flying start to the season. The Belgian Champion, who triumphed here also at the 2020 and 2022 editions, racked up his 12th victory in a stage race and showed that he is on the right track for his first big rendez-vous of the year, next month’s Paris-Nice.

“I’m very happy with my win! I felt good today, I had a great team around me, strong legs, and I’m delighted I could bring it home. It means a lot to have such a great start to the season, with three victories in the space of a week”, said immediately after the race Remco, who before starting in Algarve soloed to a crushing win at the Figueira Champions Classic.

The final stage of the 50th edition was a lively and nervous one, due to the numerous attacks that came in the first hour, which made the pace really relentless. Evenepoel began the stage with the yellow jersey on his shoulders, following Saturday’s success in the individual time trial, and despite the fact that he and his Soudal Quick-Step teammates were put under pressure by a large 20-man breakaway, they didn’t panic and handled the situation with a lot of calm and confidence.

It's time to ride the 2024 Volta ao Algarve's final stage.

Our squad sent Mattia Cattaneo in the front group to keep an eye on things, while controlling the gap of the escapees. After a period of relative peace, more attacks followed the first time up the steep Malhão, where James Knox took over the reins in the bunch to make sure none of these would become a threat. Having dropped back from the break, Cattaneo too gave a hand on the descent, before Mikel Landa moved into the slot at the bottom of the final climb. The Basque whittled down the peloton to just a handful of riders, and from that small group Remco finished second after a powerful kick in the last 300 meters.

“It was a good week for us and we can be content with how things went. I’m proud of the guys, because they remained calm at all times and showed how strong we are mentally. We never panicked, regardless of the situation, and knew how to handle all things”, added Remco after the team’s seventh success of the season. “To have three overall victories here it’s nice and I hope to come back here one day and try to go for a fourth win.”

Complete results:

165.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.227 km/hr

1	Daniel Martinez	Bora-hansgrohe	3hr 55min 35sec
2	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
3	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 3sec
4	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	0:07
5	Jan Tratnik	Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
6	Sepp Kuss	Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
7	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	0:16
8	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
9	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
10	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates	0:24
11	Sergio Higuita	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	Gijs Leemreize	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	0:33
13	Wout van Aert	Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
14	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:42
15	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
16	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:46
17	Bob Jungels	Bora-hansgrohe	1:19
18	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	1:30
19	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	2:50
20	Helder Goncalves	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	2:53
21	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	3:37
22	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates	3:48
23	Per Strand Hagenes	Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
24	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
25	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	4:01
26	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
27	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	4:11
28	Afonso Silva	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	4:31
29	Abner González	Efapel Cycling	4:34
30	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
31	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Wanty	4:36
32	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
33	Max Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	4:46
34	Francisco Peñuela	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
35	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:48
36	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
37	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
38	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
39	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:52
40	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	4:57
41	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	5:01
42	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
43	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	5:58
44	Milan Vader	Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
45	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
46	Daniel Viegas	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
47	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	6:11
48	Hugo Nunes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	6:20
49	Jenthe Biermans	Arkea-B&B Hotels	6:57
50	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	7:12
51	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	7:50
52	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	8:00
53	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
54	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
55	John Degenkolb	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	s.t.
56	Fabio Costa	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
57	Rafael Reis	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
58	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
59	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
60	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
61	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
62	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:15
63	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
64	Max Walker	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
65	David Domínguez	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
66	Emanuel Duarte	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
67	Casper Van Uden	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	8:42
68	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	9:22
69	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X Mobility	9:24
70	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
71	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	10:04
72	Florian Sénéchal	Arkea-B&B Hotels	10:51
73	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
74	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	10:56
75	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	10:59
76	Sergio Garcia	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
77	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
78	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
79	Alexandre Montez	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	11:03
80	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
81	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	11:38
82	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	11:44
83	Henrique Casimiro	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
84	Cesar Fonte	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
85	Martijn Tusveld	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	s.t.
86	Ivo Pinheiro	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
87	Oliver Rees	Sabgal-Anicolor	12:03
88	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	13:34
89	Luís Gomes	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
90	Frederico Figueiredo	Sabgal-Anicolor	15:08
91	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
92	Francisco Guerreiro	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
93	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
94	Marc Sarreau	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
95	Tiago Leal	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
96	Carlos Oyarzun	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
97	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
98	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
99	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
100	Santiago Mesa	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
101	Oscar Cabedo	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
102	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
103	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
104	Pedro Silva	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
105	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
106	Julien Vermote	Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
107	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
108	Keegan Swirbul	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
109	Marco Haller	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
110	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
111	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
112	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
113	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
114	Diogo Barbosa	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
115	Bruno Silva	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
116	Luis Mendonça	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
117	Rui Carvalho	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
118	Duarte Domingues	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
119	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
120	Anton Kuzmin	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
121	Pavel Bittner	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	s.t.
122	Cesar Martingil	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	15:18
123	Goncalo Carvalho	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	15:22
124	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty	17:39
125	Tomás Martins	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	20:13
126	Daniel McLay	Arkea-B&B Hotels	20:37
127	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
128	Niklas Märkl	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	s.t.
129	Gonçalo Leaça	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
130	Tomas Contte	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	20:43
131	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	20:45
132	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
133	Bram Welten	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	s.t.
134	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	20:48
135	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	24:01
136	Warre Vangheluwe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
137	Joao Matias	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
138	João Martins	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	24:11
139	Gabriel Baptista	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
140	Miguel Salgueiro	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	27:41
141	Euclides Chingui	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
142	Jose Bicho	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	27:57
143	Noah Campos	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	28:36
144	André Ribeiro	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	28:48
145	Nicolas Tivani	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	29:02
146	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	29:34
147	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	29:56

Final GC after stage 5:

GC winner: Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step)
Mountains classification winner: Daniel Martinez (Bora-hansgrohe)
Points classification winner: Gerben Thijssen (Intermarché-Wanty)
Best young rider: António Morgado (UAE Team Emirates)
Teams classification winner: Visma | Lease a Bike

752.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.113 km/hr

1	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	18hr 45min 53sec
2	Daniel Martinez	Bora-hansgrohe	@ 43sec
3	Jan Tratnik	Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:21
4	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	1:42
5	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	1:45
6	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	1:49
7	Wout Van Aert	Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:57
8	Sepp Kuss	Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:59
9	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	2:06
10	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates	2:09
11	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	2:23
12	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	2:27
13	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:46
14	Sergio Higuita	Bora-hansgrohe	2:57
15	Bob Jungels	Bora-hansgrohe	3:24
16	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	4:11
17	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	5:12
18	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	5:41
19	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	6:05
20	Gijs Leemreize	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	6:13
21	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	6:39
22	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	6:52
23	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	6:53
24	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Wanty	7:14
25	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	7:40
26	Helder Goncalves	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	8:24
27	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	9:19
28	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	9:21
29	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	9:23
30	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates	9:32
31	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	9:44
32	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	10:09
33	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates	10:34
34	Max Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	10:48
35	Milan Vader	Visma \| Lease a Bike	11:50
36	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	12:14
37	Abner González	Efapel Cycling	12:38
38	Afonso Silva	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	12:45
39	Per Strand Hagenes	Visma \| Lease a Bike	12:48
40	Francisco Peñuela	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	13:16
41	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	13:28
42	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	13:54
43	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	14:12
44	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	14:13
45	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	14:18
46	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	14:21
47	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	14:56
48	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	15:19
49	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	15:23
50	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	15:27
51	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	15:29
52	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	15:42
53	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	15:43
54	Max Walker	Astana Qazaqstan	16:05
55	Emanuel Duarte	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	16:12
56	Hugo Nunes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	16:17
57	Daniel Viegas	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	17:04
58	Jenthe Biermans	Arkea-B&B Hotels	17:10
59	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	17:58
60	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Wanty	18:12
61	Martijn Tusveld	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	18:18
62	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	19:33
63	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	20:27
64	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	21:03
65	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	22:35
66	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	22:44
67	Sergio Garcia	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	23:36
68	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	23:40
69	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	23:55
70	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	24:20
71	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	24:42
72	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X Mobility	25:01
73	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	25:55
74	Oliver Rees	Sabgal-Anicolor	25:57
75	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	26:00
76	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	26:36
77	John Degenkolb	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	27:01
78	Rafael Reis	Sabgal-Anicolor	27:05
79	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	27:14
80	David Domínguez	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	27:35
81	Frederico Figueiredo	Sabgal-Anicolor	27:49
82	Henrique Casimiro	Efapel Cycling	28:06
83	Casper Van Uden	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	28:20
84	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	28:21
85	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	28:22
86	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	28:53
87	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	29:10
88	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	29:42
89	Pavel Bittner	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	30:21
90	Oscar Cabedo	ABTF Betão-Feirense	30:22
91	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	30:48
92	Florian Sénéchal	Arkea-B&B Hotels	30:50
93	Luís Gomes	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	31:07
94	Ivo Pinheiro	ABTF Betão-Feirense	32:20
95	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
96	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	32:38
97	Bruno Silva	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	32:53
98	Cesar Fonte	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	32:55
99	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	33:11
100	Fabio Costa	ABTF Betão-Feirense	33:19
101	Alexandre Montez	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	33:45
102	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	33:52
103	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	34:12
104	Julien Vermote	Visma \| Lease a Bike	34:17
105	Carlos Oyarzun	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	34:21
106	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	34:31
107	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	34:42
108	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	35:10
109	Francisco Guerreiro	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	35:11
110	Luis Mendonça	Sabgal-Anicolor	35:21
111	Anton Kuzmin	Astana Qazaqstan	35:41
112	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	35:53
113	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	36:24
114	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty	37:52
115	Marc Sarreau	Groupama-FDJ	39:10
116	Niklas Märkl	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	40:34
117	Tiago Leal	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	41:14
118	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
119	Rui Carvalho	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	41:17
120	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Wanty	41:23
121	Daniel McLay	Arkea-B&B Hotels	42:12
122	Gonçalo Leaça	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	43:51
123	Marco Haller	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
124	Keegan Swirbul	Efapel Cycling	43:59
125	Duarte Domingues	Sabgal-Anicolor	46:29
126	Pedro Silva	ABTF Betão-Feirense	47:50
127	Santiago Mesa	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
128	Miguel Salgueiro	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	48:07
129	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	49:15
130	Cesar Martingil	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	49:58
131	Bram Welten	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	50:54
132	Goncalo Carvalho	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	50:58
133	Diogo Barbosa	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	52:00
134	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	52:10
135	Tomas Contte	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	52:36
136	Warre Vangheluwe	Soudal Quick-Step	52:56
137	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	55:31
138	Joao Matias	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	55:46
139	André Ribeiro	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	55:51
140	Gabriel Baptista	Sabgal-Anicolor	56:06
141	Jose Bicho	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	59:54
142	Noah Campos	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	1:00:44
143	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:01:31
144	Tomás Martins	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	1:01:45
145	Nicolas Tivani	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	1:02:16
146	João Martins	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	1:04:06
147	Euclides Chingui	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	1:33:52

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

Saturday, February 17: Stage 4, Albufeira 22 km individual time trial.

Stage 4 map & profile

World time trial champion Remco Evenepoel on his way to winning the stage and taking over the GC lead. Volta ao Algarve photo

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Weather at the race city of Albufeira at 12:45 PM, local time: 20C (68F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the northeast at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from winner Remco Evenepoel's Team Soudal Quick-Step.

Remco Evenepoel took his first victory as reigning Time Trial World Champion on the fourth day of the Portuguese race. The stage held around Albufeira was 22 kilometers in length and consisted of some short but sharp climbs and technical sections, the latter coming in the second part of the course, but none of these could slow down the Belgian on his quest to claim the win.

The penultimate rider to roll down the start ramp, produced a flying ride as soon as the opening kilometers, going quickest through the first checkpoint. The route was hillier than in the past years, but that didn’t seem to bother Evenepoel, who increased his lead by the time he arrived at the second split, which put him in firm control of the virtual general classification. The 24-year-old maintained the average speed close to 50km/h and concluded the ITT with the fastest time by a large margin.

“I was very motivated for this time trial, the first of the year in my beautiful rainbow jersey. There were a lot of strong guys at the start, but I immediately found my rhythm on the bike and produced a solid ride. The fact that I finished ahead of all of them makes me really proud. It’s nice to already have two victories from five days of racing”, said Remco after his fourth stage success at the Volta ao Algarve.

Saturday’s victory propelled him to the top of the overall standings with just one stage to go, which will finish on the Alto do Malhão, and the new leader of the race – who has a nice cushion over his opponents – believes in his chances of retaining the yellow jersey: “We have a very strong team and we’ll try to defend our position. I think that this result and what we showed two days ago serve as confirmation that we are ready. I love Portugal and it would be great to take this jersey home.”

Complete results:

22 kilometers raced at an average speed of 48.619 km/hr

1	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	27min 9sec
2	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 16sec
3	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	0:29
4	Isaac Del Toro	UAE Team Emirates	0:37
5	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	0:46
6	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	0:47
7	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:48
8	Daniel Martinez	Bora-hansgrohe	0:51
9	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Wanty	0:58
10	Jan Tratnik	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
11	Wout Van Aert	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:00
12	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	1:04
13	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	1:09
14	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
15	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates	1:13
16	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	1:14
17	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	1:15
18	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:17
19	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:19
20	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	1:20
21	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates	1:21
22	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	1:23
23	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:26
24	Bob Jungels	Bora-hansgrohe	1:27
25	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	1:30
26	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
27	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
28	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	1:31
29	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
30	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:32
31	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates	1:37
32	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:38
33	Max Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	1:39
34	Max Walker	Astana Qazaqstan	1:40
35	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	1:46
36	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:47
37	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	1:51
38	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
39	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	1:53
40	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
41	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	1:54
42	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
43	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
44	Martijn Tusveld	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	1:58
45	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
46	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
47	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
48	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	1:59
49	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:01
50	Gijs Leemreize	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	s.t.
51	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	2:04
52	Sergio Higuita	Bora-hansgrohe	2:15
53	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
54	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	2:16
55	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
56	Casper Van Uden	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	s.t.
57	John Degenkolb	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	2:18
58	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	2:21
59	Rafael Reis	Sabgal-Anicolor	2:22
60	Pavel Bittner	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	2:26
61	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
62	Carlos Oyarzun	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	2:30
63	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Wanty	2:31
64	Donavan Grondin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
65	Jenthe Biermans	Arkea-B&B Hotels	2:32
66	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:35
67	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
68	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:36
69	Florian Sénéchal	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
70	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	2:46
71	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	2:49
72	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X Mobility	2:50
73	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:51
74	Emanuel Duarte	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
75	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	2:54
76	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:56
77	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
78	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	2:58
79	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	2:59
80	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	3:06
81	Miguel Salgueiro	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	3:10
82	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
83	Anton Kuzmin	Astana Qazaqstan	3:11
84	Milan Vader	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
85	Niklas Märkl	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	3:14
86	Marc Sarreau	Groupama-FDJ	3:17
87	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Wanty	3:18
88	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3:19
89	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
90	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	3:26
91	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty	3:30
92	Keegan Swirbul	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
93	Luis Mendonça	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
94	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3:31
95	Henrique Casimiro	Efapel Cycling	3:35
96	Hugo Nunes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
97	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	3:36
98	Luís Gomes	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	3:37
99	Abner González	Efapel Cycling	3:41
100	Helder Goncalves	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
101	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	3:43
102	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:45
103	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	3:46
104	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:47
105	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
106	Afonso Silva	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	3:51
107	Ivo Pinheiro	ABTF Betão-Feirense	3:53
108	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
109	Warre Vangheluwe	Soudal Quick-Step	3:55
110	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	4:02
111	Oliver Rees	Sabgal-Anicolor	4:03
112	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	4:05
113	Francisco Peñuela	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	4:09
114	Duarte Domingues	Sabgal-Anicolor	4:13
115	Daniel Mclay	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
116	Raul Rota Rus	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	4:14
117	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	4:15
118	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:17
119	Rodrigo Caixas	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	4:20
120	Frederico Figueiredo	Sabgal-Anicolor	4:22
121	Francisco Guerreiro	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	4:23
122	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	4:26
123	Cesar Fonte	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	4:28
124	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:36
125	Joao Matias	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	4:37
126	David Domínguez	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
127	Sergio Garcia	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	4:42
128	Diogo Narciso	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	4:45
129	Leangel Linarez	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
130	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	4:46
131	Tomas Contte	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	4:47
132	Gabriel Baptista	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
133	João Martins	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	4:48
134	Oscar Cabedo	ABTF Betão-Feirense	4:49
135	Bruno Silva	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	4:51
136	Euclides Chingui	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	4:52
137	André Carvalho	Sabgal-Anicolor	4:53
138	Noah Campos	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	5:00
139	Bram Welten	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	5:09
140	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:12
141	Tiago Leal	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	5:13
142	Marco Haller	Bora-hansgrohe	5:16
143	Alexandre Montez	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	5:20
144	Rui Carvalho	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	5:23
145	Cesar Martingil	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	5:24
146	Pedro Silva	ABTF Betão-Feirense	5:27
147	Fabio Costa	ABTF Betão-Feirense	5:28
148	Francisco Morais	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	5:30
149	Gonçalo Leaça	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	5:31
150	Daniel Viegas	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	5:32
151	Santiago Mesa	Efapel Cycling	5:34
152	Diogo Barbosa	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	5:41
153	Luis Fernandes	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	5:58
154	Nicolas Tivani	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	6:01
155	Tomás Martins	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	6:02
156	André Ribeiro	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	6:18
157	Afonso Eulalio	ABTF Betão-Feirense	6:32
158	Jose Bicho	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	6:36
159	Antonio Ferreira	Efapel Cycling	6:37
160	François Vie	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	6:43
161	Goncalo Carvalho	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	6:45
162	Francisco Campos	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	7:09
163	Ruben Simao	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	7:10
164	Fabio Oliveira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	7:16
165	Tiago Vale Ferreira	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	7:24
166	Duarte Mixão	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	7:50
167	Aleksandr Grigoriev	Efapel Cycling	7:51
168	Diogo Oliveira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	8:36

GC after stage 4:

GC leader: Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step)
Mountains classification leader: Daniel Martinez (Bora-hansgrohe)
Points classification leader: Gerben Thijssen (Intermarché-Wanty)
Best young rider: Magnus Sheffield (INEOS Grenadiers)
Teams classification leader: INEOS Grenadiers

586.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.549 km/hr

1	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	14hr 50min 24sec
2	Daniel Martinez	Bora-hansgrohe	@ 47sec
3	Jan Tratnik	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:12
4	Wout Van Aert	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:18
5	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
6	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	1:20
7	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	1:23
8	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	1:34
9	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates	1:39
10	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	1:44
11	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:46
12	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	1:58
13	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
14	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
15	Bob Jungels	Bora-hansgrohe	1:59
16	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	2:05
17	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	2:10
18	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	2:22
19	Sergio Higuita	Bora-hansgrohe	2:27
20	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Wanty	2:32
21	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	2:35
22	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	2:37
23	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	3:07
24	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	3:57
25	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	4:14
26	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:20
27	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	4:24
28	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:25
29	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	4:37
30	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	5:09
31	Helder Goncalves	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	5:25
32	Gijs Leemreize	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	5:34
33	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates	5:38
34	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	5:40
35	Milan Vader	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	5:46
36	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	5:49
37	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates	5:52
38	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	6:10
39	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	6:12
40	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	6:15
41	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
42	Martijn Tusveld	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	6:28
43	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	6:36
44	Isaac Del Toro	UAE Team Emirates	6:53
45	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	7:06
46	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
47	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	7:11
48	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	7:21
49	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	7:30
50	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	7:36
51	Max Walker	Astana Qazaqstan	7:44
52	Emanuel Duarte	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	7:51
53	Abner González	Efapel Cycling	7:58
54	Afonso Silva	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	8:08
55	Francisco Peñuela	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	8:24
56	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	8:26
57	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	8:31
58	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	8:54
59	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	8:59
60	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	9:06
61	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	9:33
62	Hugo Nunes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	9:51
63	Max Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
64	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	9:52
65	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	10:02
66	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Wanty	10:06
67	Jenthe Biermans	Arkea-B&B Hotels	10:07
68	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	10:25
69	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	10:41
70	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	10:49
71	Daniel Viegas	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	11:00
72	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	11:22
73	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	12:06
74	Sergio Garcia	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	12:31
75	Frederico Figueiredo	Sabgal-Anicolor	12:35
76	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	12:58
77	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	13:08
78	Oliver Rees	Sabgal-Anicolor	13:48
79	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	13:56
80	Pavel Bittner	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	15:07
81	Oscar Cabedo	ABTF Betão-Feirense	15:08
82	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X Mobility	15:31
83	Henrique Casimiro	Efapel Cycling	16:16
84	Luís Gomes	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	17:27
85	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	17:35
86	Bruno Silva	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	17:39
87	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	17:54
88	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	17:57
89	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	18:38
90	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
91	Luis Fernandes	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	18:46
92	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	18:53
93	John Degenkolb	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	18:55
94	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	18:58
95	Rafael Reis	Sabgal-Anicolor	18:59
96	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	19:03
97	Carlos Oyarzun	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	19:07
98	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	19:08
99	David Domínguez	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	19:14
100	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	19:23
101	Casper Van Uden	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	19:32
102	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	19:43
103	Niklas Märkl	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	19:51
104	Florian Sénéchal	Arkea-B&B Hotels	19:52
105	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	19:56
106	Francisco Guerreiro	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	19:57
107	Luis Mendonça	Sabgal-Anicolor	20:07
108	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
109	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	20:20
110	Miguel Salgueiro	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
111	Anton Kuzmin	Astana Qazaqstan	20:27
112	Ivo Pinheiro	ABTF Betão-Feirense	20:30
113	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Wanty	20:34
114	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	20:39
115	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	20:54
116	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	21:02
117	Cesar Fonte	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	21:05
118	Daniel Mclay	Arkea-B&B Hotels	21:29
119	André Carvalho	Sabgal-Anicolor	21:30
120	Alexandre Montez	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	22:36
121	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	22:41
122	Gonçalo Leaça	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	23:08
123	Donavan Grondin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	23:10
124	Marc Sarreau	Groupama-FDJ	23:56
125	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	24:24
126	Aleksandr Grigoriev	Efapel Cycling	24:28
127	Fabio Costa	ABTF Betão-Feirense	25:13
128	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	25:15
129	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	25:51
130	Tiago Leal	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	26:00
131	Rui Carvalho	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	26:03
132	André Ribeiro	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	26:57
133	Fabio Oliveira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	27:55
134	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	28:03
135	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	28:30
136	Keegan Swirbul	Efapel Cycling	28:45
137	Warre Vangheluwe	Soudal Quick-Step	28:49
138	Bram Welten	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	30:03
139	Duarte Domingues	Sabgal-Anicolor	31:15
140	Raul Rota Rus	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	31:21
141	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	31:29
142	Rodrigo Caixas	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	31:29
143	Joao Matias	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	31:39
144	Leangel Linarez	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	31:47
145	Diogo Narciso	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
146	Tomas Contte	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
147	Gabriel Baptista	Sabgal-Anicolor	31:49
148	Jose Bicho	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	31:51
149	Noah Campos	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	32:02
150	Ruben Simao	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	32:04
151	Marco Haller	Bora-hansgrohe	32:32
152	Santiago Mesa	Efapel Cycling	32:36
153	Pedro Silva	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
154	Nicolas Tivani	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	33:08
155	Cesar Martingil	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	34:34
156	Goncalo Carvalho	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	35:30
157	Diogo Barbosa	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	36:46
158	Afonso Eulalio	ABTF Betão-Feirense	37:21
159	João Martins	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	39:49
160	Francisco Campos	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	40:11
161	Tomás Martins	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	41:26
162	Francisco Morais	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	44:38
163	Tiago Vale Ferreira	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	44:59
164	Antonio Ferreira	Efapel Cycling	45:39
165	François Vie	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	46:24
166	Duarte Mixão	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	53:21
167	Euclides Chingui	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	1:06:05
168	Diogo Oliveira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	1:11:01

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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Friday, February 16: Stage 3, Vila Real de Santo António - Tavira, 192.2 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Wout van Aert wins stage three.

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Weather at the finish city of Tavira at 12:45 PM, local time: 18C (65F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north-northwest at 13 km/hr (8 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Wout van Aert's Team Visma | Lease a Bike.

Wout van Aert has taken his first victory of the season at the Volta ao Algarve. The Belgian rider from Visma | Lease a Bike surprised many when he entered the bunch sprint and proved the fastest after an impressive acceleration.

Van Aert's decision to challenge for the stage win on the third stage came as a surprise. The Belgian had previously announced that he wanted to save himself for the weekend and stay out of trouble. However, once the breakaway was caught and the sprint teams prepared for the bunch sprint, Van Aert changed his mind.

"I decided to go for the sprint with ten kilometres to go. The run-up to the sprint was safe, and I was well-positioned with the team after the final intermediate sprint. It was easy to stay in front, and the finish was slightly uphill, which suited me. I felt my legs were good, and I thought: I'd better go for it", Van Aert said.

"It's nice to start the season with a win. The Volta ao Algarve is a prestigious race, and it's not easy to win a sprint here. It gives me a lot of confidence." According to Van Aert, the sprint went his way. "I had to take a little risk. I was quite far back in the last kilometre, but I ended up in the slipstream of the guys who came into the wind too early."

With the win, Van Aert moved up in the general classification. The Belgian is seventh, 22 seconds behind Martinez, and with the time trial still to come, anything is possible. "I haven't touched my time trial bike all winter, so I don't expect much from it. Anyway, it will be tough to beat Remco Evenepoel, but of course, I'll do everything I can to have a good time trial."

Complete results:

192.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.636 km/hr

1	Wout van Aert	Visma \| Lease a Bike	4:50:57
2	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
3	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
4	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
5	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
6	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
7	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
8	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
9	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
10	Santiago Mesa	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
11	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
12	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
13	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
14	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
15	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
16	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
18	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
19	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
20	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
21	Leangel Linarez	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
22	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
23	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
24	João Martins	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
25	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
26	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
27	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
28	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
29	Casper Van Uden	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	s.t.
30	Francisco Campos	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
31	Hugo Nunes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
32	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
33	Francisco Peñuela	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
34	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
35	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
36	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
37	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
38	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
39	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
40	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
41	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
42	Sergio Garcia	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
43	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
44	Anton Kuzmin	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
45	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
46	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
47	Carlos Oyarzun	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
48	Helder Goncalves	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
49	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
50	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
51	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
52	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
53	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
54	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
55	Alexandre Montez	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
56	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
57	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
58	Marc Sarreau	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
59	Noah Campos	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
60	Abner González	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
61	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
62	Per Strand Hagenes	Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
63	Aleksandr Grigoriev	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
64	Diogo Narciso	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
65	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
66	Afonso Silva	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
67	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
68	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
69	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
70	Jan Tratnik	Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
71	Milan Vader	Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
72	Tiesj Benoot	Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
73	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
74	Sergio Higuita	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
75	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
76	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
77	Oliver Rees	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
78	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
79	Pavel Bittner	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	s.t.
80	David Domínguez	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
81	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
82	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
83	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
84	Jose Bicho	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
85	Miguel Salgueiro	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
86	André Ribeiro	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
87	Ivo Pinheiro	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
88	Max Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
89	Bob Jungels	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
90	Bram Welten	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	s.t.
91	Daniel Martinez	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
92	Daniel Viegas	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
93	Emanuel Duarte	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
94	Francisco Guerreiro	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
95	Gijs Leemreize	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	s.t.
96	Sepp Kuss	Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
97	Rui Carvalho	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
98	Fabio Oliveira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
99	Isaac Del Toro	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
100	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
101	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
102	Florian Sénéchal	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
103	Donavan Grondin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
104	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
105	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
106	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
107	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
108	Cesar Fonte	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	@ 7sec
109	Keegan Swirbul	Efapel Cycling	@ 0sec
110	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	@ 0sec
111	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	@ 0sec
112	Julien Vermote	Visma \| Lease a Bike	@ 0sec
113	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	@ 0sec
114	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty	@ 0sec
115	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 0sec
116	Ruben Simao	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	@ 0sec
117	Jenthe Biermans	Arkea-B&B Hotels	@ 0sec
118	Joao Matias	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	@ 0sec
119	Niklas Märkl	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	@ 0sec
120	John Degenkolb	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	@ 0sec
121	Cesar Martingil	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	@ 0sec
122	Diogo Barbosa	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	0:07
123	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	@ 0sec
124	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	@ 0sec
125	Henrique Casimiro	Efapel Cycling	@ 0sec
126	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X Mobility	@ 0sec
127	Tiago Leal	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	0:07
128	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
129	Gonçalo Leaça	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
130	Luis Fernandes	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
131	Oscar Cabedo	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
132	Rodrigo Caixas	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
133	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	@ 0sec
134	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 0sec
135	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	0:07
136	Martijn Tusveld	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	@ 0sec
137	Marco Haller	Bora-hansgrohe	@ 0sec
138	Luís Gomes	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	0:07
139	Rafael Reis	Sabgal-Anicolor	@ 0sec
140	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	@ 0sec
141	Bruno Silva	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	0:07
142	Max Walker	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
143	Duarte Domingues	Sabgal-Anicolor	@ 0sec
144	André Carvalho	Sabgal-Anicolor	@ 0sec
145	Gabriel Baptista	Sabgal-Anicolor	@ 0sec
146	Warre Vangheluwe	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 0sec
147	Fabio Costa	ABTF Betão-Feirense	0:07
148	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
149	Frederico Figueiredo	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
150	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 0sec
151	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	@ 0sec
152	Pedro Silva	ABTF Betão-Feirense	0:07
153	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
154	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	@ 0sec
155	Goncalo Carvalho	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	0:07
156	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
157	Daniel Mclay	Arkea-B&B Hotels	@ 0sec
158	Tomas Contte	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	@ 0sec
159	Nicolas Tivani	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	0:07
160	Luis Mendonça	Sabgal-Anicolor	@ 0sec
161	François Vie	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	10:30
162	Raul Rota Rus	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
163	Francisco Morais	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
164	Duarte Mixão	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
165	Tomás Martins	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
166	Tiago Vale Ferreira	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	10:33
167	Antonio Ferreira	Efapel Cycling	10:35
168	Afonso Eulalio	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
169	Euclides Chingui	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	27:14
170	Diogo Oliveira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.

GC after stage 3:

GC leader: Daniel Martinez (Bora-hanagrohe)
Mountains classification leader: Daniel Martinez (Bora-hansgrohe)
Points classification leader: Gerben Thijssen (Intermarché-Wanty)
Best young rider: Daniel Martinez (Bora-hansgrohe)
Teams classification leader: Bora-hansgrohe

564.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.266 km/hr

1	Daniel Martinez	Bora-hansgrohe	14hr 23min 11sec
2	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 4sec
3	Sepp Kuss	Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:12
4	Sergio Higuita	Bora-hansgrohe	0:16
5	Jan Tratnik	Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:18
6	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
8	Wout Van Aert	Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:22
9	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	0:23
10	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
11	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	0:28
12	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates	0:30
13	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
14	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	0:32
15	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
16	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:36
17	Bob Jungels	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
18	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	0:42
19	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	0:53
20	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
21	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:19
22	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	1:22
23	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Wanty	1:38
24	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	1:40
25	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:48
26	Helder Goncalves	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
27	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	2:15
28	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	2:24
29	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
30	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	2:25
31	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	2:31
32	Milan Vader	Visma \| Lease a Bike	2:39
33	Gijs Leemreize	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	3:37
34	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:16
35	Francisco Peñuela	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	4:19
36	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
37	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
38	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	4:21
39	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
40	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
41	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
42	Afonso Silva	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
43	Abner González	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
44	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
45	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
46	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	4:25
47	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	4:27
48	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
49	Martijn Tusveld	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	4:34
50	Emanuel Duarte	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	5:04
51	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	5:32
52	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
53	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
54	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
55	Daniel Viegas	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
56	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	6:01
57	Max Walker	Astana Qazaqstan	6:08
58	Hugo Nunes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	6:20
59	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
60	Isaac Del Toro	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
61	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
63	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	6:27
64	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	7:33
65	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	7:39
66	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
67	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
68	Per Strand Hagenes	Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
69	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
70	Jenthe Biermans	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
71	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	7:46
72	Sergio Garcia	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	7:53
73	Max Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	8:16
74	Frederico Figueiredo	Sabgal-Anicolor	8:17
75	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:23
76	Oliver Rees	Sabgal-Anicolor	9:49
77	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	10:16
78	Oscar Cabedo	ABTF Betão-Feirense	10:23
79	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	10:27
80	Pavel Bittner	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	12:45
81	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
82	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
83	Henrique Casimiro	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
84	Bruno Silva	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	12:52
85	Luis Fernandes	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
86	Luís Gomes	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	13:54
87	David Domínguez	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	14:41
88	Francisco Guerreiro	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	15:38
89	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	16:30
90	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	16:37
91	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	16:41
92	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
93	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
94	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
95	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
96	Aleksandr Grigoriev	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
97	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
98	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
99	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
100	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
101	Carlos Oyarzun	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
102	Luis Mendonça	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
103	Ivo Pinheiro	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
104	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
105	Rafael Reis	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
106	Tiesj Benoot	Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
107	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
108	Niklas Märkl	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	s.t.
109	Cesar Fonte	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
110	John Degenkolb	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	s.t.
111	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
112	André Carvalho	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
113	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	16:49
114	Miguel Salgueiro	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	17:14
115	Casper Van Uden	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	17:20
116	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
117	Florian Sénéchal	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
118	Alexandre Montez	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
119	Anton Kuzmin	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
120	Daniel Mclay	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
121	Julien Vermote	Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
122	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	17:40
123	Gonçalo Leaça	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	17:41
124	Fabio Costa	ABTF Betão-Feirense	19:49
125	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	20:43
126	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
127	Marc Sarreau	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
128	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
129	Donavan Grondin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
130	André Ribeiro	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
131	Fabio Oliveira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
132	Rui Carvalho	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	20:44
133	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	20:50
134	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	20:51
135	Tiago Leal	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
136	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	23:21
137	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	24:48
138	Bram Welten	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	24:58
139	Ruben Simao	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
140	Warre Vangheluwe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
141	Jose Bicho	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	25:19
142	Keegan Swirbul	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
143	Tomas Contte	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	27:04
144	Santiago Mesa	Efapel Cycling	27:06
145	Leangel Linarez	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
146	Noah Campos	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
147	Diogo Narciso	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
148	Duarte Domingues	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
149	Joao Matias	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
150	Gabriel Baptista	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
151	Raul Rota Rus	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	27:11
152	Nicolas Tivani	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
153	Rodrigo Caixas	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	27:13
154	Pedro Silva	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
155	Marco Haller	Bora-hansgrohe	27:20
156	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	27:40
157	Goncalo Carvalho	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	28:49
158	Cesar Martingil	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	29:14
159	Afonso Eulalio	ABTF Betão-Feirense	30:53
160	Diogo Barbosa	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	31:09
161	Francisco Campos	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	33:06
162	João Martins	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	35:05
163	Tomás Martins	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	35:28
164	Tiago Vale Ferreira	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	37:39
165	Antonio Ferreira	Efapel Cycling	39:06
166	Francisco Morais	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	39:12
167	François Vie	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	39:45
168	Duarte Mixão	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	45:35
169	Euclides Chingui	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	1:01:17
170	Diogo Oliveira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	1:02:29

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

Thursday, February 15: Stage 2, Lagoa - Alto da Foia, Monchique, 171.9 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Daniel Martinez wins the stage and the GC lead. Race organizer photo

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Weather at the city of Monchique, on the route, near the finish at 1:05 PM, local time: 16C (60F), rain showers, with the wind from the west at 23 km/hr (13 mph). The rain is expeted to end about 1:30.

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage two summary.

Volta ao Algarve was once again synonymous of happiness for Daniel Martinez (BORA-hansgrohe). In the second stage of the 50th edition, the Colombian cyclist triumphed over Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) at the top of Foia and took the lead overall.

“I am very happy, we wanted to win the stage here and with me and with Sergio we did quite well in the end. Remco started his sprint, and I was waiting for him. When he left, I knew we had a headwind and that i had to enter the curve first. I went all out on the last curve and knew that it would be difficult for him to pass me. I know there are very good time trialists, like Remco or Van Aert, but I will try as well”, explained Daniel Martinez at the end of the stage.

The 171.9-kilometer stage had an exciting finish at Alto da Fóia, in Monchique, but also a lively start in Lagoa. The first breakaway emerged early on, with an attack by five riders – Max Walker (Astana Qazaqstan Team), Martin Urianstad Bugge (Uno-X Mobility), Pedro Silva (ABTF Betão – Feirense), Aleksandr Grigorev (Efapel Cycling) and César Martingil (Tavfer-Ovos-Matinados-Mortágua) – who were joined shortly after by Rúben Simão (AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense), Oliver Rees (Sabgal-Anicolor) and Gonçalo Amado (Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua).

The fugitives continued to increase their lead, which reached more than five minutes with around 87 kilometers to go. At 70 kilometers from the finish line, and after Gonçalo Amado had left the group and the race, Andreas Leknessund and Jonas Ambrahamsen, both from Uno-X Mobility, broke away from the peloton and reached the front of the race, in an excellent move by the Norwegian team, which added three cyclists and started to impose the pace.

As the kilometers rolled by, it got tougher and tougher and the group got smaller and smaller, until Andreas Leknessund took the opportunity to attack and isolate himself at the front of the race with around 16 kilometers to go. The Uno-X Mobility rider had a lead of more than a minute, but was also caught, 6 kilometers from the finish line and shortly after having won the Meta Volante Crédito Agrícola.

From then on, James Knox (Soudal Quick-Step) set the pace on uphill, in a group of just 12 riders at the start of the last kilometer. Then came a spectacular finish, highlighted by a lot of wind and emotion, in which Daniel Martinez overtook second-placed Remco Evenepoel to win the stage in 4h40m20s. Sepp Kuss (Team Jumbo-Visma) was third, six seconds behind.

Daniel Martinez took over the Turismo do Algarve yellow jersey with a time of 9:32:14, six seconds ahead of Remco Evenpoel and 12 ahead of Sepp Kuss, second and third respectively. The Colombian is now also the owner of the Water is Life mountain jersey. Gerben Thijssen (Intermarché-Wanty) lost his yellow jersey, but kept the Crédito Agrícola Green points jersey, and Portuguese rider António Morgado became the new youth leader, taking over the IPDJ White Jersey. Among the teams, BORA – hansgrohe is the new leader.

Daniel Martinez will start stage three in Yellow. Volta Algarve photo

The 50th Volta ao Algarve continues this Friday with the third stage, a 192.2-kilometer journey between Vila Real de Santo António and Tavira. The start is scheduled for 11:55 and the finish is expected at 16:35.

Complete Results:

171.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.792 km/hr

1	Daniel Martinez	Bora-hansgrohe	4hr 40min 20sec
2	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
3	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	@ 6sec
4	Sergio Higuita	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
5	Jan Tratnik	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:08
6	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
8	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	0:13
9	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
10	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	0:18
11	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates	0:20
12	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
13	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	0:22
14	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
15	Bob Jungels	Bora-hansgrohe	0:26
16	Wout van Aert	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:27
17	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
18	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	0:32
19	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	0:43
20	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
21	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:09
22	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	1:12
23	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Wanty	1:28
24	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	1:30
25	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:38
26	Helder Goncalves	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
27	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	2:05
28	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	2:10
29	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	2:14
30	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
31	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	2:21
32	Milan Vader	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	2:29
33	Gijs Leemreize	Dsm-firmenich PostNL	3:27
34	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:06
35	Francisco Peñuela	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	4:09
36	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
37	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
38	Max Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	4:11
39	Abner González	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
40	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
41	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
42	Afonso Silva	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
43	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
44	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
45	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
46	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
47	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	4:17
48	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
49	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	4:21
50	Martijn Tusveld	Dsm-firmenich PostNL	4:24
51	Emanuel Duarte	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	4:47
52	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	5:22
53	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
54	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
55	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
56	Daniel Viegas	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
57	Luís Gomes	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	5:38
58	Max Walker	Astana Qazaqstan	5:51
59	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
60	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	6:10
61	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	Isaac Del Toro	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
63	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
64	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
65	Hugo Nunes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
66	Rui Costa	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
67	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	7:29
68	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
69	Jenthe Biermans	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
70	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
71	Francisco Guerreiro	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
72	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
73	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
74	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
75	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
76	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
77	Sergio Garcia	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	7:43
78	Frederico Figueiredo	Sabgal-Anicolor	8:04
79	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:13
80	Cesar Fonte	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	8:29
81	Oliver Rees	Sabgal-Anicolor	9:39
82	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	10:06
83	Oscar Cabedo	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
84	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	10:17
85	Afonso Eulalio	ABTF Betão-Feirense	12:09
86	Rui Carvalho	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	12:35
87	Tiago Leal	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
88	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
89	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
90	Luis Fernandes	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
91	Henrique Casimiro	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
92	Pavel Bittner	Dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
93	Bruno Silva	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
94	David Domínguez	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	14:31
95	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	16:20
96	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	16:31
97	Luis Mendonça	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
98	Ivo Pinheiro	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
99	Niklas Märkl	Dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
100	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
101	Carlos Oyarzun	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
102	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
103	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
104	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
105	John Degenkolb	Dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
106	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
107	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
108	Raul Rota Rus	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
109	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
110	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
111	Fabio Costa	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
112	André Carvalho	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
113	Rafael Reis	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
114	Aleksandr Grigoriev	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
115	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
116	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
117	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
118	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
119	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
120	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	16:39
121	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	17:10
122	Florian Sénéchal	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
123	Miguel Salgueiro	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
124	Alexandre Montez	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
125	Anton Kuzmin	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
126	Jose Bicho	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
127	Daniel McLay	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
128	Casper Van Uden	Dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
129	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
130	Keegan Swirbul	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
131	Gonçalo Leaça	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	17:24
132	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	17:36
133	Antonio Ferreira	Efapel Cycling	20:22
134	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	20:33
135	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
136	Francisco Morais	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
137	Goncalo Carvalho	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
138	Fabio Oliveira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
139	André Ribeiro	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
140	Donavan Grondin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
141	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
142	Marc Sarreau	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
143	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
144	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	20:41
145	Francisco Campos	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	22:53
146	Diogo Barbosa	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
147	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	23:15
148	Marco Haller	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
149	Tomás Martins	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	24:48:00
150	Ruben Simao	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
151	Bram Welten	Dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
152	Warre Vangheluwe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
153	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
154	Euclides Chingui	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	25:54
155	João Martins	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	26:56
156	Diogo Narciso	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
157	Duarte Domingues	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
158	Rodrigo Caixas	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
159	Pedro Silva	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
160	Nicolas Tivani	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
161	Santiago Mesa	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
162	Leangel Linarez	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
163	Joao Matias	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
164	Tiago Vale Ferreira	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
165	Gabriel Baptista	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
166	Noah Campos	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
167	Duarte Mixão	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
168	Tomas Contte	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
169	Diogo Oliveira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
170	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	27:01
171	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	27:23
172	Cesar Martingil	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	29:04
173	François Vie	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	29:04

GC after stage 2:

GC leader: Daniel Martinez (Bora-hansgrohe)
Mountains classification leader: Daniel Martinez (Bora-hansgrohe)
Points classification leader: Gerben Thijssen (Intermarché-Wanty)
Best young rider: António Morgando (UAE Team Emirates)
Teams classification leader: Bora-hansgrohe

372.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.079 km/hr

1	Daniel Martinez	Bora-hansgrohe	9hr 32min 14sec
2	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 4sec
3	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:12
4	Sergio Higuita	Bora-hansgrohe	0:16
5	Jan Tratnik	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:18
6	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
7	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
8	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	0:23
9	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
10	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	0:28
11	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates	0:30
12	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
13	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	0:32
14	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
15	Wout Van Aert	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:33
16	Bob Jungels	Bora-hansgrohe	0:36
17	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:37
18	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	0:42
19	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	0:53
20	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
21	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:19
22	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	1:22
23	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Wanty	1:38
24	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	1:40
25	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:48
26	Helder Goncalves	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
27	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	2:15
28	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	2:18
29	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	2:24
30	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
31	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	2:31
32	Milan Vader	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	2:39
33	Gijs Leemreize	Dsm-firmenich PostNL	3:37
34	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:16
35	Francisco Peñuela	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	4:19
36	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
37	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
38	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	4:21
39	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
40	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
41	Afonso Silva	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
42	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
43	Abner González	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
44	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
45	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
46	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	4:25
47	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	4:27
48	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
49	Martijn Tusveld	Dsm-firmenich PostNL	4:34
50	Emanuel Duarte	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	4:57
51	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	5:32
52	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
53	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
54	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
55	Daniel Viegas	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
56	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	6:01
57	Max Walker	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
58	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	6:20
59	Hugo Nunes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
60	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
61	Isaac Del Toro	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
62	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
63	Rui Costa	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
64	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
65	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	7:33
66	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
67	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	7:39
68	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
69	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
70	Jenthe Biermans	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
71	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
72	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
73	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
74	Sergio Garcia	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	7:53
75	Frederico Figueiredo	Sabgal-Anicolor	8:14
76	Max Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	8:16
77	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:23
78	Oliver Rees	Sabgal-Anicolor	9:49
79	Oscar Cabedo	ABTF Betão-Feirense	10:16
80	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
81	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	10:27
82	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X Mobility	12:45
83	Pavel Bittner	Dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
84	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
85	Henrique Casimiro	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
86	Bruno Silva	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
87	Luis Fernandes	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
88	Luís Gomes	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	13:47
89	David Domínguez	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	14:41
90	Francisco Guerreiro	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	15:38
91	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	16:30
92	Cesar Fonte	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	16:34
93	Luis Mendonça	Sabgal-Anicolor	16:41
94	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
95	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
96	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
97	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
98	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
99	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
100	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
101	Aleksandr Grigoriev	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
102	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
103	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
104	Rafael Reis	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
105	Raul Rota Rus	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
106	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
107	Ivo Pinheiro	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
108	Carlos Oyarzun	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
109	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
110	Niklas Märkl	Dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
111	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
112	John Degenkolb	Dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
113	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
114	André Carvalho	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
115	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
116	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	16:49
117	Casper Van Uden	Dsm-firmenich PostNL	17:20
118	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
119	Florian Sénéchal	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
120	Daniel McLay	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
121	Miguel Salgueiro	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
122	Alexandre Montez	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
123	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
124	Anton Kuzmin	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
125	Gonçalo Leaça	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	17:34
126	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	17:46
127	Fabio Costa	ABTF Betão-Feirense	19:42
128	Afonso Eulalio	ABTF Betão-Feirense	20:18
129	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	20:43
130	Marc Sarreau	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
131	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
132	Donavan Grondin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
133	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
134	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
135	André Ribeiro	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
136	Fabio Oliveira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
137	Tiago Leal	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	20:44
138	Rui Carvalho	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
139	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	20:51
140	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
141	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	24:48
142	Bram Welten	Dsm-firmenich PostNL	24:58
143	Ruben Simao	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
144	Warre Vangheluwe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
145	Tomás Martins	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
146	Jose Bicho	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	25:19
147	Keegan Swirbul	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
148	Tomas Contte	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	27:04
149	Santiago Mesa	Efapel Cycling	27:06
150	Leangel Linarez	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
151	Rodrigo Caixas	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
152	Noah Campos	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
153	Duarte Domingues	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
154	Gabriel Baptista	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
155	Diogo Narciso	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
156	Pedro Silva	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
157	Tiago Vale Ferreira	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
158	Nicolas Tivani	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
159	Joao Matias	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
160	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	27:11
161	Marco Haller	Bora-hansgrohe	27:20
162	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	27:33
163	Antonio Ferreira	Efapel Cycling	28:31
164	Francisco Morais	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	28:42
165	Goncalo Carvalho	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
166	François Vie	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	29:14
167	Cesar Martingil	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
168	Diogo Barbosa	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	31:02
169	Francisco Campos	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	33:06
170	Euclides Chingui	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	34:03
171	João Martins	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	35:05
172	Diogo Oliveira	ABTF Betão-Feirense	s.t.
173	Duarte Mixão	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage two map

Stage 2 profle

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Wednesday, February 14: Stage 1, Portmao - Lagos, 200.8 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Gerben Thijssen takes the first stage. Volta Algarve photo

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Weather at the finish city of Lagos at 1PM, local time: 19C (67F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the east at 29 km/hr (18 mph). There is a two percent chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from the race organizer.

Gerben Thijssen (Intermarché-Wanty) won the first stage of the 50th Volta ao Algarve. The Belgian exploded to victory with a powerful sprint in the final meters, overtaking Marijn van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost) and Jordi Meeus (BORA-hansgrohe), second and third respectively.

“Last year I didn’t manage to start the season well, so it was very important to get off to a good start this year. I’ve already got two wins in the middle of February. That’s incredible! And at this level, it proves that I’ve worked hard over the winter to get in this shape”, said Gerben Thijssen at the end of the stage.

“It was a difficult sprint because of the headwind and also because of the very steep climb two kilometers from the finish. The team did an extraordinary job. I had all six of my teammates fighting for me throughout the stage. Tomorrow we’ll work for our overall man, Rune Herregodts”, he added.

The longest stage of this edition, a total of 200.8 kilometers between Portimão and Lagos, had the first breakaway at kilometer 11, with Tobias Bayer (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Fábio Costa (ABTF Betão-Feirense), Tomás Contte (Aviludo- Louletano-Loulé Concelho), Diogo Narciso (Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car), Noah Campos (Kelly-Simoldes-UDO), César Fonte (Rádio Popular-Paredes-Boavista) and Gonçalo Amado (Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua) escaping from the peloton.

The peloton never allowed the fugitives to reach the four-minute mark, but it was enough for Tomas Contte to secure the first Água é Vida jersey of this Volta ao Algarve. Involved in the escape, the Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho rider was the fastest in the mountain passes at Aldeia dos Matos (kilometer 37.6, 4th category) and Nave (kilometer 96.5, 3rd category).

This scenario continued until about 50.5 kilometers to the finish line, when Tobias Bayer attacked in the front group and isolated himself at the head of the race. The Alpecin-Deceuninck rider, who was voted the most combative of the stage, was the last to resist the peloton’s pursuit, but was eventually caught with 22 kilometers to go.

From that point on, the peloton remained cohesive and avoided any risks until the final kilometers. The moves, in fact, only energized the race in the final three kilometers, with Akea-B&B Hotels leading the peloton. However, only the Intermarché-Wanty men were able to put Gerben Thijssen in a position to explode to victory in this first stage, after 4h52m04s.

When all was said and done, Gerben Thijssen took the lead in the overall standings with 4h51m54s, four seconds less than second-placed Marijn van den Berg and six less than third-placed Jordi Meeus. In addition to the Turismo do Algarve yellow jersey, the Belgian is also the owner of the Crédito Agrícola green jersey in the points.

Gerben Thijssen will start stage two in the GC leader's yellow jersey. Organizer's photo

In the remaining standings, in addition to the aforementioned mountain leader, Magnus Sheffield (INEOS Grenadiers) won the youth race, taking over the IPDJ White Jersey, and INEOS Grenadiers secured the lead among the teams.

The second stage of Volta ao Algarve takes to the road this Thursday, on a 171.9-kilometer ride from Lagoa to Alto da Fóia, in Monchique. An early selection of candidates for the final triumph is expected, as the stage finish will be a first category mountain prize.

Complete results:

200.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.251 km/hr

1	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	4hr 52min 4sec
2	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
3	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
5	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
6	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
7	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
8	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
9	Luis Mendonça	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
10	Casper Van Uden	dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
11	Santiago Mesa	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
12	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
13	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
14	Marc Sarreau	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
15	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
16	Milan Vader	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
17	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
18	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
19	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
20	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
21	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
22	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
23	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
24	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
25	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
26	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
27	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
28	Florian Sénéchal	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
29	Daniel McLay	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
30	Pavel Bittner	dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
31	Francisco Peñuela	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
32	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
33	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
34	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
35	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
36	Bram Welten	dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
37	Aleksandr Grigoriev	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
38	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
39	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
40	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
41	Jan Tratnik	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
42	Donavan Grondin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
43	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
44	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
45	Sergio Garcia	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
46	Miguel Salgueiro	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
47	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
48	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
49	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
50	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
51	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
52	Hugo Nunes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
53	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
54	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
55	Oliver Rees	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
56	Jenthe Biermans	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
57	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
58	Max Walker	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
59	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
60	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
61	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
62	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
63	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
64	Rafael Reis	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
65	Gijs Leemreize	dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
66	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
67	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
68	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
69	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
70	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
71	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
72	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
73	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
74	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
75	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
76	Helder Goncalves	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
77	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
78	Afonso Silva	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
79	Leangel Linarez	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
80	Isaac Del Toro	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
81	Daniel Martinez	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
82	Rui Costa	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
83	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
84	Raul Rota Rus	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
85	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
86	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
87	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
88	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
89	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
90	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
91	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
92	Alexandre Montez	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
93	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
94	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
95	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
96	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
97	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
98	Abner González	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
99	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
100	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
101	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
102	Noah Campos	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
103	Rodrigo Caixas	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
104	Bob Jungels	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
105	Emanuel Duarte	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
106	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
107	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
108	Ivo Pinheiro	ABTF Betão - Feirense	s.t.
109	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
110	Carlos Oyarzun	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
111	Bruno Silva	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
112	Henrique Casimiro	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
113	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
114	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
115	Duarte Domingues	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
116	David Domínguez	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
117	André Ribeiro	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
118	Sergio Higuita	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
119	Oscar Cabedo	ABTF Betão - Feirense	s.t.
120	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
121	Frederico Figueiredo	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
122	Alexander Hajek	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
123	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
124	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
125	François Vie	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
126	Gabriel Baptista	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
127	Gonçalo Leaça	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
128	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
129	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
130	Anton Kuzmin	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
131	Fabio Oliveira	ABTF Betão - Feirense	s.t.
132	Ruben Simao	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
133	John Degenkolb	dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
134	Niklas Märkl	dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
135	Wout Van Aert	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
136	Tiago Vale Ferreira	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
137	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
138	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
139	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
140	Martijn Tusveld	dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
141	Pedro Silva	ABTF Betão - Feirense	s.t.
142	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
143	Diogo Narciso	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
144	Warre Vangheluwe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
145	André Carvalho	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
146	Cesar Martingil	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
147	Joao Matias	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
148	Daniel Viegas	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
149	Tomás Martins	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
150	Nicolas Tivani	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
151	Tomas Contte	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
152	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
153	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
154	Luis Fernandes	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
155	Fabio Costa	ABTF Betão - Feirense	@ 3min 1sec
156	Max Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	3:55
157	Marco Haller	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
158	Francisco Morais	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	7:59
159	Diogo Oliveira	ABTF Betão - Feirense	s.t.
160	Francisco Guerreiro	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
161	Antonio Ferreira	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
162	Duarte Mixão	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
163	João Martins	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
164	Tiago Leal	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
165	Cesar Fonte	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
166	Jose Bicho	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
167	Euclides Chingui	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
168	Rui Carvalho	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
169	Afonso Eulalio	ABTF Betão - Feirense	s.t.
170	Goncalo Carvalho	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
171	Keegan Swirbul	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
172	Diogo Barbosa	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
173	Luís Gomes	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
174	Francisco Campos	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	10:03
175	Goncalo Amado	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	15:13

GC after stage 1:

GC leader: Gerben Thijssen (Intermarché-Wanty)
Mountains classification leader: Tomas Contte (Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho)
Points classification leader: Gerben Thijssen (Intermarché-Wanty)
Best young rider: Magnus Sheffield (INEOS Grenadiers)
Teams classification leader: INEOS Grenadiers

1	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	4hr 51min 54sec
2	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 4sec
3	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
4	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	0:06
5	Tomas Contte	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	0:08
6	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:10
7	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
8	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
9	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
10	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
11	Luis Mendonça	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
12	Casper Van Uden	dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
13	Santiago Mesa	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
14	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
15	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
16	Marc Sarreau	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
17	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
18	Milan Vader	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
19	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
20	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
22	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
23	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
24	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
25	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
26	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
27	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
28	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
29	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
30	Florian Sénéchal	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
31	Daniel McLay	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
32	Pavel Bittner	dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
33	Francisco Peñuela	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
34	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
35	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
36	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
37	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
38	Bram Welten	dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
39	Aleksandr Grigoriev	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
40	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
41	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
42	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
43	Jan Tratnik	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
44	Donavan Grondin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
45	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
46	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
47	Sergio Garcia	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
48	Miguel Salgueiro	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
49	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
50	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
51	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
52	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
53	Hugo Nunes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
54	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
55	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
56	Oliver Rees	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
57	Jenthe Biermans	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
58	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
59	Max Walker	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
60	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
61	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
62	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
63	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
64	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
65	Rafael Reis	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
66	Gijs Leemreize	dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
67	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
68	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
69	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
70	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
71	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
72	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
73	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
74	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
75	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
76	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
77	Helder Goncalves	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
78	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
79	Afonso Silva	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
80	Leangel Linarez	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
81	Isaac Del Toro	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
82	Daniel Martinez	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
83	Rui Costa	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
84	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
85	Raul Rota Rus	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
86	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
87	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
88	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
89	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
90	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
91	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
92	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
93	Alexandre Montez	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
94	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
95	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
96	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
97	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
98	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
99	Abner González	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
100	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
101	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
102	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
103	Noah Campos	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
104	Rodrigo Caixas	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
105	Bob Jungels	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
106	Emanuel Duarte	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
107	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
108	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
109	Ivo Pinheiro	ABTF Betão - Feirense	s.t.
110	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
111	Carlos Oyarzun	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
112	Bruno Silva	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
113	Henrique Casimiro	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
114	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
115	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
116	Duarte Domingues	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
117	David Domínguez	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
118	André Ribeiro	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
119	Sergio Higuita	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
120	Oscar Cabedo	ABTF Betão - Feirense	s.t.
121	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
122	Frederico Figueiredo	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
123	Alexander Hajek	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
124	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
125	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
126	François Vie	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
127	Gabriel Baptista	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
128	Gonçalo Leaça	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
129	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
130	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
131	Anton Kuzmin	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
132	Fabio Oliveira	ABTF Betão - Feirense	s.t.
133	Ruben Simao	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
134	John Degenkolb	dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
135	Niklas Märkl	dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
136	Wout Van Aert	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
137	Tiago Vale Ferreira	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
138	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
139	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
140	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
141	Martijn Tusveld	dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
142	Pedro Silva	ABTF Betão - Feirense	s.t.
143	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
144	Diogo Narciso	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
145	Warre Vangheluwe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
146	André Carvalho	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
147	Cesar Martingil	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
148	Joao Matias	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
149	Daniel Viegas	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
150	Tomás Martins	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
151	Nicolas Tivani	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho	s.t.
152	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
153	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
154	Luis Fernandes	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
155	Fabio Costa	ABTF Betão - Feirense	s.t.
156	Max Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	4:05
157	Marco Haller	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
158	Cesar Fonte	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	8:05
159	Francisco Morais	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	8:09
160	Diogo Oliveira	ABTF Betão - Feirense	s.t.
161	Francisco Guerreiro	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
162	Antonio Ferreira	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
163	Duarte Mixão	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
164	João Martins	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
165	Tiago Leal	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
166	Jose Bicho	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
167	Euclides Chingui	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
168	Rui Carvalho	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
169	Afonso Eulalio	ABTF Betão - Feirense	s.t.
170	Goncalo Carvalho	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
171	Keegan Swirbul	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
172	Diogo Barbosa	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	s.t.
173	Luís Gomes	Kelly-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
174	Francisco Campos	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira	10:13
175	Goncalo Amado	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	15:23

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2024 Volta ao Algarve start list with back numbers, February 13, 2024:

175 numbers assigned

	Bora-hansgrohe
1	Daniel Martinez
2	Alexander Hajek
3	Bob Jungels
4	Marco Haller
5	Sergio Higuita
6	Maximilian Schachmann
7	Jordi Meeus
	Alpecin-Deceuninck
11	Quinten Hermans
12	Lars Boven
13	Tobias Bayer
14	Edward Planckaert
15	Xandro Meurisse
16	Stan Van Tricht
17	Luca Vergallito
	Arkea-B&B Hotels
21	Arnaud Démare
22	Jenthe Biermans
23	Donavan Grondin
24	Thibault Guernalec
25	Daniel Mclay
26	Florian Sénéchal
27	Martin Tjøtta
	Astana Qazaqstan Team
31	Samuele Battistella
32	Igor Chzhan
33	Yevgeniy Fedorov
34	Anton Kuzmin
35	Cristian Scaroni
36	Simone Velasco
37	Max Walker
	Ef Education-EasyPost
41	Stefan Bissegger
42	Rui Costa
43	Ben Healy
44	Mikkel Honore
45	James Shaw
46	Michael Valgren
47	Marijn Van Den Berg
	Groupama-FDJ
51	Stefan Küng
52	Lewis Askey
53	Enzo Paleni
54	Olivier Le Gac
55	Valentin Madouas
56	Clément Russo
57	Marc Sarreau
	INEOS Grenadiers
61	Thymen Arensman
62	Filippo Ganna
63	Kim Heiduk
64	Tom Pidcock
65	Luke Rowe
66	Magnus Sheffield
67	Geraint Thomas
	Intermarché-Wanty
71	Vito Braet
72	Rune Herregodts
73	Hugo Page
74	Adrien Petit
75	Laurenz Rex
76	Mike Teunissen
77	Gerben Thijssen
	Lidl-Trek
81	Andrea Bagioli
82	Tao Geoghegan Hart
83	Daan Hoole
84	Sam Oomen
85	Jasper Stuyven
86	Edward Theuns
87	Mathias Vacek
	Soudal Quick-Step
91	Mattia Cattaneo
92	Remco Evenepoel
93	James Knox
94	Mikel Landa
95	Pieter Serry
96	Warre Vangheluwe
97	Louis Vervaeke
	Team dsm-firmenich-Postnl
101	John Degenkolb
102	Pavel Bittner
103	Gijs Leemreize
104	Niklas Märkl
105	Martijn Tusveld
106	Casper Van Uden
107	Bram Welten
	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike
111	Wout Van Aert
112	Sepp Kuss
113	Tiesj Benoot
114	Strand Hagenes Per
115	Jan Tratnik
116	Milan Vader
117	Julien Vermote
	UAE Team Emirates
121	Isaac Del Toro
122	Filippo Baroncini
123	Jan Christen
124	Marc Hirschi
125	António Morgado
126	Rui Oliveira
127	Nils Politt
	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
131	Daniel Babor
132	Julen Arriola-Bengoa
133	Tomas Barta
134	Jaume Guardeño
135	Gorka Sorarrain
136	Eduard Prades
137	Michal Schlegel
	Tudor Pro Cycling Team
141	Alberto Dainese
142	Robin Froidevaux
143	Arthur Kluckers
144	Marius Mayrhofer
145	Florian Stork
146	Matteo Trentin
147	Yannis Voisard
	Uno-X Mobility
151	Magnus Cort
152	Markus Hoelgaard
153	Andreas Leknessund
154	Erik Resell
155	Rasmus Tiller
156	Jonas Abrahamsen
157	Urianstad Bugge Martin
	ABTF Betão-Feirense
161	Antonio Carvalho
162	Afonso Eulalio
163	Oscar Cabedo
164	Pedro Andrade
165	Ivo Pinheiro
166	Fabio Costa
167	Pedro Silva
	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense
171	Ruben Simao
172	Afonso Silva
173	Miguel Salgueiro
174	Diogo Barbosa
175	Jose Bicho
176	Francisco Campos
177	Euclides Chingui
	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho
181	Daniel Viegas
182	Nicolas Tivani
183	Sergio Garcia
184	Tomas Contte
185	Carlos Oyarzun
186	David Domínguez
187	Tomás Martins
	Credibom-La Alumínios-Marcos Car
191	Emanuel Duarte
192	Luis Fernandes
193	Alexandre Montez
194	Rodrigo Caixas
195	Diogo Narciso
196	João Macedo
197	Gonçalo Leaça
	Efapel Cycling
201	Henrique Casimiro
202	Aleksandr Grigoriev
203	Antonio Ferreira
204	Santiago Mesa
205	Pedro Pinto
206	Joaquim Silva
207	Keegan Swirbul
	Kelly-Simoldes-Udo
211	Luís Gomes
212	Rui Carvalho
213	Francisco Guerreiro
214	Tiago Vale Ferreira
215	Duarte Mixão
216	Noah Campos
217	André Ribeiro
	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista
221	Cesar Fonte
222	Hugo Nunes
223	Raul Rota Rus
224	Tiago Leal
225	Daniel Dias
226	Helder Goncalves
	Sabgal/Anicolor
231	Frederico Figueiredo
232	Artem Nych
234	Jose Sousa
235	Luis Mendonça
236	Rafael Reis
237	Oliver Rees
	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua
241	Bruno Silva
242	Antonio Barbio
243	Joao Matias
244	Francisco Morais
245	Leangel Linarez
246	Cesar Martingil
247	Ángel Sánchez

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