2025 Volta ao Algarve (2.Pro), Portugal

51st edition: February 19 - 23, 2025
Complete results

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

Map of the 2025 Volta ao Algarve

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Sunday, February 25: 5th & Final Stage, Salir - Alto do Malhao, Loulé 19.6 individual time trial

Stage 5 map & profile

Jonas Vingegaard wins the stage and the 2025 Volta ao Algarve.

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Weather at the finish city of Loulé at 1:20 PM, local time: 17C (63)F, sunny, with the wind from the southeast at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from stage and GC winner Jonas Vingegaard's Team Visma | Lease a Bike.

Jonas Vingegaard made his mark on the final day of the Volta ao Algarve. The Dane from Team Visma | Lease a Bike won the concluding time trial ahead of his teammate Wout van Aert. His stage victory proved more than enough to secure the overall win in the Portuguese stage race.

The final stage of the Volta ao Algarve was a race against the clock. The course, roughly twenty kilometers long, started on flat terrain but ended with a challenging climb of over two kilometers at an average gradient of nearly ten percent.

Van Aert was one of the early starters and immediately set a benchmark time for the rest of the field. The Belgian rode a strong opening section, switched bikes at the foot of the climb, and was several seconds faster than the best time at that moment.

Van Aert held the top spot for a long time, as rider after rider failed to match his time. Then came Vingegaard, who started his time trial convincingly. The 28-year-old Dane only lost a few seconds to the pure time trial specialists on the flat section. On the climb, he proved his excellent form by crushing the competition, securing both the stage victory and the overall title in his first race of the year. With this, Vingegaard—who embraced his teammate Van Aert after the finish—doubled his team’s season win tally from two to four in a single stroke.

“It was a great day for me and the whole team”, Vingegaard said after the finish. “I’m really happy with these victories. It’s my first time racing here, and to win straight away is an honor. This morning, my daughter told me it was a beautiful day to win. That gave me extra motivation, so these victories are a little bit for her.”

Vingegaard enjoyed the challenge of the time trial. “It was a great course—one that tells a fair story. Success depends heavily on having good legs, and I think I can say I had them today. This was also a bit of redemption for stage two, where I felt strong but didn’t get the result. It’s definitely a confidence boost for the rest of the season, which I’m really looking forward to. I’m also very happy for Wout. He showed that he’s in good shape. I would have loved to see him win the stage”, the overall winner concluded.

“The suffering was dominant today, but that often results in a good time trial for me”, Van Aert said in his first response. “I never really felt comfortable at any point. It was difficult to maintain a controlled pace. Still, I rode a strong time trial, and I’m very happy with my own result and with Jonas’s victory. I also feel like I’ve taken an important step this week towards the Spring Classics.”

Complete results:

19.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.384 km/hr

1	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	28min 25sec
2	Wout van Aert	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	@ 11sec
3	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	0:15
4	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	0:30
5	Max Schachmann	Soudal Quick-Step	0:31
6	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
7	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	0:37
8	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
9	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	0:39
10	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
11	Max Poole	Team Picnic PostNL	0:44
12	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	0:50
13	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	0:51
14	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	0:52
15	Ben Tulett	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:57
16	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	1:01
17	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	1:02
18	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	1:05
19	Oier Lazkano	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	1:08
20	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ	1:10
21	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	1:11
22	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:13
23	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:15
24	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
25	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
26	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
27	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:17
28	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:21
29	Dylan Teuns	Cofidis	s.t.
30	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	1:22
31	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	1:24
32	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:26
33	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:35
34	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:38
35	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:48
36	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	1:51
37	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	1:54
38	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	1:55
39	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:56
40	Callum Thornley	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	1:58
41	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	2:00
42	Brent Van Moer	Lotto	2:01
43	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	2:04
44	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	2:05
45	Alexis Guérin	Anicolor/Tien21	2:06
46	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:07
47	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	2:08
48	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
49	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	2:11
50	Tiago Antunes	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
51	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	2:15
52	Arjen Livyns	Lotto	2:17
53	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
54	Jakub Otruba	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:18
55	Rafael Reis	Anicolor/Tien21	2:19
56	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	2:20
57	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	2:21
58	Dries van Gestel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
59	Rui Costa	EF Education-EasyPost	2:33
60	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2:34
61	Gil Gelders	Soudal Quick-Step	2:35
62	Ruben Fernandez	Anicolor/Tien21	2:36
63	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
64	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	2:38
65	Artem Nych	Anicolor/Tien21	2:41
66	Madis Mihkels	EF Education-EasyPost	2:48
67	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	2:49
68	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:53
69	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
70	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	2:54
71	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	2:55
72	Jonas Rutsch	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
73	Cédric Beullens	Lotto	s.t.
74	Bryan Olivo	Bahrain Victorious	3:04
75	Duarte Domingues	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	3:05
76	Adrián Bustamante	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	3:11
77	Lucas Lopes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	3:13
78	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:15
79	Keegan Swirbul	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
80	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	3:16
81	Pedro Pinto	Efapel Cycling	3:17
82	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	3:21
83	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
84	Tomas Contte	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	3:22
85	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	3:25
86	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:27
87	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	3:28
88	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:30
89	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	3:31
90	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:34
91	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	3:40
92	Nicolas Tivani	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	s.t.
93	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	3:42
94	Emanuel Duarte	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	3:43
95	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	3:46
96	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
97	Casper van Uden	Team Picnic PostNL	3:47
98	Jorge Galvez Lopez	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	3:48
99	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3:54
100	Miguel Salgueiro	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	3:55
101	Harrison Wood	Anicolor/Tien21	3:57
102	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	4:08
103	Ivo Pinheiro	Feirense-Beeceler	4:12
104	Alexandre Montez	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	4:18
105	Goncalo Oliveira	Anicolor/Tien21	4:19
106	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	4:34
107	Afonso Silva	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	4:37
108	Tiago Leal	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
109	Carlos Oyarzun	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	4:40
110	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	4:45
111	Jesus Del Pino	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	4:50
112	Vlad Van Mechelen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
113	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:54
114	Helder Goncalves	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	4:57
115	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	4:58
116	David Domínguez	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	5:06
117	André Ribeiro	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
118	Warre Vangheluwe	Soudal Quick-Step	5:07
119	Victor De Paula	Feirense-Beeceler	5:12
120	Hugo Nunes	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
121	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	5:13
122	Alberto Bruttomesso	Bahrain Victorious	5:15
123	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	5:16
124	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:17
125	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	5:19
126	André Carvalho	Efapel Cycling	5:20
127	Diogo Barbosa	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	s.t.
128	Gonçalo Leaça	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	5:23
129	Goncalo Amado	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	5:25
130	Rafael Durães	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	5:31
131	Cesar David Guavita	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	5:35
132	Rui Carvalho	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	5:40
133	Bram Welten	Team Picnic PostNL	5:41
134	Francisco Campos	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	s.t.
135	Diogo Narciso	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	5:52
136	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	6:00
137	Artem Shmidt	INEOS Grenadiers	6:10
138	Antonio Ferreira	Efapel Cycling	6:11
139	Cesar Martingil	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
140	Noah Campos	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	6:14
141	Cesar Fonte	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	6:20
142	Claudio Leal	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	6:24
143	Fabio Costa	Anicolor/Tien21	6:30
144	João Martins	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	6:37
145	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:50
146	Jose Borges	Feirense-Beeceler	6:59

 

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Mountains classification winner: German Nicolas Tivani (Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé)
• Points classification winner: Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe)
• Best young rider: Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ)
• Teams classification winner: UAE Team Emirates-XRG

555.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.719 km/hr

1	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	13hr 19min 30sec
2	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	@ 15sec
3	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	0:24
4	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	0:36
5	Max Schachmann	Soudal Quick-Step	0:40
6	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	0:43
7	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	0:48
8	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	0:53
9	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	0:54
10	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:57
11	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:15
12	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	1:22
13	Max Poole	Team Picnic PostNL	1:27
14	Dylan Teuns	Cofidis	1:30
15	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:38
16	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	1:48
17	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	1:54
18	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2:00
19	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:09
20	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:37
21	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:56
22	Arjen Livyns	Lotto	2:57
23	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	3:00
24	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	3:07
25	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3:24
26	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	3:40
27	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	3:43
28	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	3:57
29	Alexis Guérin	Anicolor/Tien21	3:58
30	Tiago Antunes	Efapel Cycling	4:13
31	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	4:30
32	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	4:43
33	Ben Tulett	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	4:47
34	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	5:04
35	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	5:31
36	Ruben Fernandez	Anicolor/Tien21	s.t.
37	Rui Costa	EF Education-EasyPost	5:53
38	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	6:17
39	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	6:24
40	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	6:31
41	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty	6:43
42	Jakub Otruba	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:46
43	Harrison Wood	Anicolor/Tien21	6:54
44	Jonas Rutsch	Intermarché-Wanty	7:23
45	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	7:28
46	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	9:02
47	Afonso Silva	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	9:20
48	Tiago Leal	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	9:26
49	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	10:16
50	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	10:33
51	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	11:15
52	Lucas Lopes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	11:40
53	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ	11:43
54	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	11:47
55	Oier Lazkano	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	12:59
56	Brent Van Moer	Lotto	13:15
57	Gil Gelders	Soudal Quick-Step	13:31
58	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	14:01
59	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	14:03
60	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14:11
61	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14:23
62	Emanuel Duarte	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	14:45
63	Pedro Pinto	Efapel Cycling	15:07
64	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	15:23
65	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	15:24
66	Helder Goncalves	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	16:19
67	Wout van Aert	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	16:33
68	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	17:07
69	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	17:12
70	Dries van Gestel	Soudal Quick-Step	17:18
71	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	17:20
72	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	17:21
73	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	18:18
74	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	18:27
75	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	18:59
76	Madis Mihkels	EF Education-EasyPost	19:10
77	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
78	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	19:11
79	Rui Carvalho	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	19:22
80	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	19:54
81	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	19:59
82	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	20:01
83	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	20:04
84	Casper van Uden	Team Picnic PostNL	20:09
85	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	20:14
86	Duarte Domingues	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	20:21
87	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	20:25
88	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	20:38
89	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	20:53
90	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	21:16
91	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	21:23
92	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	21:25
93	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	21:35
94	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	21:45
95	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	21:49
96	Bryan Olivo	Bahrain Victorious	21:57
97	Cédric Beullens	Lotto	22:03
98	Jesus Del Pino	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	22:33
99	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ	22:39
100	Cesar Fonte	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	22:48
101	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	22:58
102	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	24:35
103	Nicolas Tivani	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	24:45
104	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	24:46
105	Callum Thornley	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	24:51
106	Hugo Nunes	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	25:05
107	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	25:09
108	Ivo Pinheiro	Feirense-Beeceler	25:19
109	Artem Nych	Anicolor/Tien21	25:31
110	Keegan Swirbul	Efapel Cycling	26:05
111	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	26:19
112	David Domínguez	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	28:17
113	Alexandre Montez	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	28:51
114	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	30:21
115	Vlad Van Mechelen	Bahrain Victorious	30:23
116	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	30:33
117	Rafael Durães	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	31:27
118	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	31:32
119	Bram Welten	Team Picnic PostNL	31:37
120	Warre Vangheluwe	Soudal Quick-Step	31:41
121	Adrián Bustamante	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	32:08
122	Diogo Barbosa	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	32:16
123	André Ribeiro	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	32:41
124	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	32:51
125	Alberto Bruttomesso	Bahrain Victorious	32:54
126	Artem Shmidt	INEOS Grenadiers	33:15
127	Jorge Galvez Lopez	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	33:38
128	Tomas Contte	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	35:45
129	Rafael Reis	Anicolor/Tien21	36:17
130	André Carvalho	Efapel Cycling	39:18
131	Cesar David Guavita	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	39:19
132	Cesar Martingil	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	39:52
133	Victor De Paula	Feirense-Beeceler	40:45
134	Gonçalo Leaça	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	40:54
135	Goncalo Amado	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	42:09
136	Carlos Oyarzun	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	45:12
137	Miguel Salgueiro	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	53:25
138	Fabio Costa	Anicolor/Tien21	53:34
139	Claudio Leal	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	54:07
140	Goncalo Oliveira	Anicolor/Tien21	1:00:05
141	Noah Campos	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	1:00:14
142	Diogo Narciso	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	1:05:46
143	Francisco Campos	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	1:11:00
144	Antonio Ferreira	Efapel Cycling	1:11:59
145	João Martins	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	1:13:19
146	Jose Borges	Feirense-Beeceler	1:20:46

 

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Saturday, February 22: Stage 4 Albufeira - Faro, 175.2 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Cofidis rider Milan Fretin was the day's fastest.

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Weather at the finish city of Faro at 1:45 PM, local time: 17C (62F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west-southwest at 18 km/hr (11 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Third-place Filippo Ganna's Team INEOS Grenadiers posted this report:

Filippo Ganna lit the after burners and unleashed an incredible sprint from deep in the pack to claim third place in Portugal.

Stage four at the Volta ao Algarve was controlled well by the peloton ahead of a bunch sprint into Faro. After lead-out work from Sam Watson, Ganna quickly accelerated through his rivals.

Coming up fractions short behind winner Milan Fretin (Cofidis) and Jordi Meeus (Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe), it was a seriously impressive turn of speed from the Italian.

Finishing safely in the pack, Laurens De Plus retained third place overall heading into Sunday's decisive time trial finale.

Complete results:

175.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.167 km/hr

1	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	4hr 3min 31sec
2	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
3	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
4	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	s.t.
5	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
6	Madis Mihkels	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
7	Wout van Aert	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
8	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
9	Casper van Uden	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
10	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
11	Dries van Gestel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
12	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
13	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
14	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
15	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
16	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ	@ 6sec
18	Max Poole	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
19	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
20	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
21	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
23	Dylan Teuns	Cofidis	s.t.
24	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
25	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
26	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
27	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
28	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
29	Arjen Livyns	Lotto	s.t.
30	Alexis Guérin	Anicolor/Tien21	s.t.
31	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
32	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
33	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
34	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
35	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
36	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
37	Tiago Antunes	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
38	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
39	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
40	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
41	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
42	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
43	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
44	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
45	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	s.t.
46	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
47	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
48	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
49	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
50	Ben Tulett	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
51	Jonas Rutsch	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
52	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
53	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
54	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
55	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
56	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
57	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
58	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
59	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
60	Ruben Fernandez	Anicolor/Tien21	s.t.
61	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
62	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
63	Tiago Leal	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
64	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
65	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
66	Afonso Silva	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	s.t.
67	Max Schachmann	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
68	Harrison Wood	Anicolor/Tien21	s.t.
69	Gaspar Goncalves	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
70	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
71	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
72	Cesar Fonte	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
73	Jakub Otruba	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
74	Oier Lazkano	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
75	Bryan Olivo	Bahrain Victorious	0:20
76	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
77	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:22
78	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
79	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
80	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
81	Callum Thornley	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
82	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
83	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	0:27
84	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
85	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:29
86	Lucas Lopes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
87	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
88	Cédric Beullens	Lotto	s.t.
89	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
90	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
91	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
92	Rui Costa	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
93	Gil Gelders	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
94	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:35
95	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	0:42
96	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	0:48
97	Brent Van Moer	Lotto	0:51
98	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	s.t.
99	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	0:59
100	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	1:27
101	Nicolas Tivani	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	1:39
102	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	@ 6sec
103	David Domínguez	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	4:45
104	Ivo Pinheiro	Feirense-Beeceler	s.t.
105	Jorge Galvez Lopez	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	s.t.
106	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:14
107	Keegan Swirbul	Efapel Cycling	6:28
108	Pedro Pinto	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
109	Rui Carvalho	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
110	Rafael Durães	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
111	Hugo Nunes	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
112	Bram Welten	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
113	Warre Vangheluwe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
114	Helder Goncalves	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
115	Jesus Del Pino	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	s.t.
116	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
117	Artem Nych	Anicolor/Tien21	s.t.
118	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
119	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	8:11
120	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	s.t.
121	André Carvalho	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
122	Alberto Bruttomesso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
123	Emanuel Duarte	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
124	Adrián Bustamante	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
125	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
126	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
127	Rafael Reis	Anicolor/Tien21	s.t.
128	Alexandre Montez	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
129	André Ribeiro	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
130	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
131	Duarte Domingues	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	9:40
132	Vlad Van Mechelen	Bahrain Victorious	10:34
133	Diogo Barbosa	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	s.t.
134	Miguel Salgueiro	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	s.t.
135	Artem Shmidt	INEOS Grenadiers	10:43
136	Santiago Mesa	Efapel Cycling	10:45
137	Fabio Costa	Anicolor/Tien21	10:52
138	Tomas Contte	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	10:55
139	Antonio Ferreira	Efapel Cycling	14:58
140	Gonçalo Leaça	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	15:27
141	Claudio Leal	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	s.t.
142	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
143	Cesar David Guavita	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
144	Carlos Oyarzun	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	s.t.
145	Goncalo Oliveira	Anicolor/Tien21	s.t.
146	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
147	Victor De Paula	Feirense-Beeceler	17:16
148	Goncalo Amado	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
149	Bruno Silva	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
150	Miquel Valls Alemany	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
151	Noah Campos	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
152	Cesar Martingil	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	17:19
153	Diogo Narciso	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	27:46
154	João Martins	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
155	Jose Borges	Feirense-Beeceler	30:15
156	Pedro Andrade	Feirense-Beeceler	30:20
157	Francisco Morais	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	33:11
158	Diogo Pinto	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	s.t.
159	Francisco Campos	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	s.t.
160	João Nuno Oliveira	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.

 

GC after stage 4:

• GC leader: Jan Christen (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
• Mountains classification leader: German Nicolas Tivani (Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé)
• Points classification leader: Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe)
• Best young rider: Jan Christen (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
• Teams classification leader: UAE Team Emirates-XRG

536.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.749 km/hr

1	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	12hr 50min 45sec
2	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	@ 4sec
3	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	0:07
4	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:14
5	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:20
6	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
7	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	0:23
8	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
10	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	0:26
11	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
12	Dylan Teuns	Cofidis	0:29
13	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
14	Max Schachmann	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
15	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	0:40
16	Arjen Livyns	Lotto	1:00
17	Max Poole	Team Picnic PostNL	1:03
18	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
19	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:07
20	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	1:13
21	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:42
22	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	1:43
23	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	1:53
24	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	2:05
25	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	2:09
26	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
27	Alexis Guérin	Anicolor/Tien21	2:12
28	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	s.t.
29	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
30	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
31	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
32	Tiago Antunes	Efapel Cycling	2:22
33	Ruben Fernandez	Anicolor/Tien21	3:15
34	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:17
35	Harrison Wood	Anicolor/Tien21	s.t.
36	Rui Costa	EF Education-EasyPost	3:40
37	Ben Tulett	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	4:10
38	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty	4:27
39	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
40	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	4:33
41	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:48
42	Jonas Rutsch	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
43	Jakub Otruba	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
44	Afonso Silva	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	5:03
45	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
46	Tiago Leal	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	5:09
47	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	6:43
48	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	7:11
49	Lucas Lopes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	8:47
50	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	9:14
51	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
52	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
53	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
54	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	9:38
55	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	9:49
56	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	10:07
57	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	10:47
58	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ	10:53
59	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
60	Gaspar Goncalves	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
61	Gil Gelders	Soudal Quick-Step	11:16
62	Emanuel Duarte	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	11:22
63	Brent Van Moer	Lotto	11:34
64	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	11:35
65	Helder Goncalves	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	11:42
66	Pedro Pinto	Efapel Cycling	12:10
67	Oier Lazkano	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	12:11
68	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	13:24
69	Rui Carvalho	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	14:02
70	Dries van Gestel	Soudal Quick-Step	15:17
71	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
72	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	15:23
73	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	15:37
74	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	15:46
75	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	16:02
76	Madis Mihkels	EF Education-EasyPost	16:42
77	Casper van Uden	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
78	Wout van Aert	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
79	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
80	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
81	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Wanty	16:48
82	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
83	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
84	Cesar Fonte	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
85	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	16:49
86	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
87	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	17:04
88	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
89	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	17:09
90	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	17:24
91	Duarte Domingues	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	17:36
92	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
93	Jesus Del Pino	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	18:03
94	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	18:06
95	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	18:09
96	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	18:29
97	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	18:30
98	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	18:39
99	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	18:48
100	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	18:49
101	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ	19:13
102	Bryan Olivo	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
103	Cédric Beullens	Lotto	19:28
104	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	19:32
105	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	19:48
106	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	19:50
107	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	19:55
108	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	20:10
109	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
110	Hugo Nunes	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	20:13
111	Nicolas Tivani	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	21:25
112	Ivo Pinheiro	Feirense-Beeceler	21:27
113	Keegan Swirbul	Efapel Cycling	23:10
114	Artem Nych	Anicolor/Tien21	s.t.
115	Callum Thornley	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	23:13
116	David Domínguez	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	23:31
117	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	24:31
118	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	24:53
119	Alexandre Montez	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
120	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	25:02
121	Vlad Van Mechelen	Bahrain Victorious	25:53
122	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	26:07
123	Rafael Durães	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	26:16
124	Bram Welten	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
125	Warre Vangheluwe	Soudal Quick-Step	26:54
126	Diogo Barbosa	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	27:16
127	Artem Shmidt	INEOS Grenadiers	27:25
128	André Ribeiro	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	27:55
129	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	27:58
130	Alberto Bruttomesso	Bahrain Victorious	27:59
131	Adrián Bustamante	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	29:17
132	Jorge Galvez Lopez	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	30:10
133	Santiago Mesa	Efapel Cycling	30:33
134	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	32:09
135	Tomas Contte	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	32:43
136	Cesar Martingil	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	34:01
137	Cesar David Guavita	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	34:04
138	Rafael Reis	Anicolor/Tien21	34:18
139	André Carvalho	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
140	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	34:47
141	Gonçalo Leaça	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	35:51
142	Victor De Paula	Feirense-Beeceler	35:53
143	Miquel Valls Alemany	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
144	Goncalo Amado	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	37:04
145	Carlos Oyarzun	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	40:52
146	Bruno Silva	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	43:58
147	Fabio Costa	Anicolor/Tien21	47:24
148	Claudio Leal	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	48:03
149	Miguel Salgueiro	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	49:50
150	Noah Campos	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	54:20
151	Goncalo Oliveira	Anicolor/Tien21	56:06
152	Francisco Morais	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	59:47
153	Diogo Narciso	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	1:00:14
154	Francisco Campos	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	1:05:39
155	Antonio Ferreira	Efapel Cycling	1:06:08
156	João Nuno Oliveira	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	1:06:59
157	Diogo Pinto	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	1:06:59
158	João Martins	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	1:07:02
159	Jose Borges	Feirense-Beeceler	1:14:07
160	Pedro Andrade	Feirense-Beeceler	1:21:29

 

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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Friday, February 21: Stage 3, Vila Real de Santo Antonio - Tavira, 183.5 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Jordi Meeus takes stage three.

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Weather at the finish city of Tavira at 12:50 PM, local time: 18C (65F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the south at 23 km/hr (14 mph). There is a 7% chance of rain.

The race: Romain Bardet (Team Picnic-PostNL) crashed with teammate Romain Combaud with 23 km to go and did not finish.

Alberto Dainese (Tudor Pro Cycling) was releghated from second to 134th.

Here's the race report from stage winner Jordi Meeus' Team Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe:

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe sprinter Jordi Meeus has won today's third stage of the Volta ao Algarve. The 26-year-old Belgian stayed calm amid a hectic, crash-marred finale and and had the fastest legs in the bunch sprint after 183 kilometers. Italy’s Alberto Dainese finished second, with Eritrea’s Biniam Girmay taking third place.

With this triumph, Meeus secured his first victory of the year, while Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe already notched up their sixth win in this still-young season. The team’s best-placed rider in the overall standings of the Algarve Tour remains Primož Roglič. The Slovenian sits in seventh place, 23 seconds behind Swiss leader Jan Christen.

Jordi Meeus: “I’m super happy with this win. I was already second in my first race of the year, and I was really focused on the first stage here in Algarve which also didn’t work out as planned. Today was another opportunity, and I felt strong all day. It was a hectic day from start to finish but the team nailed the sprint preparation despite the many corners and roundabouts—a big thanks to my teammates for doing an amazing job.”

Results:

183.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.581 km/hr

1. Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) 4hr 18min 34sec
2. Alberto Dainese (Tutor Pro Cycling) s.t.
3. Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) s.t.
4. Arnaud De Lie (Lotto) s.t.
5. Casper Van Uden (Team Picnic-PostNL) s.t.
6. Milan Fretin (Cofidis) s.t.
7. Madis Mihkels (EF Education-EasyPost) s.t.
8. Wout van Aert (Visma | Lease a Bike) s.t.
9. Santiago Mesa (Efapel Cycling) s.t.
10. Samuel Watson (INEOS Grenadiers) s.t.

GC after stage 3:

• GC leader: Jan Christen (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
• Mountains classification leader: German Nicolas Tivani (Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé)
• Points classification leader: Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe)
• Best young rider: Jan Christen (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
• Teams classification leader: UAE Team Emirates-XRG
  

361.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.102 km/hr

1. Jan Christen (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 8hr 47min 8sec
2. Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) @ 4sec
3. Laurens De Plus (INEOS Grenadiers) 13sec
4. Antonio Morgado (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) @ 20sec
5. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike) s.t.
6. Luca Vergallito (Alpecin-DEceuninck) s.t.
7. Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) @ 23sec
8. Tao Geoghegan Hart (Lidl-Trek) s.t.
9. Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ) @ 26sec
10. Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) s.t.

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Thursday, February 20: Stage 2, Lagoa - Alto da Foia-Monchique, 177.6 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Jan Christen (right) and Joao Almeida finish together.

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Weather at the finish city of Monchique a PM, local time: 18C (64F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the south at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The stage: The Volta ao Algarve enters into a new phase this Thursday, one that smiles more on the men in the general classification. The mythical Alto da Foia hosts the finish of the second stage, after a journey of almost 178 kilometers from Lagoa.

It’s a traditional finish, but there are some new features for 2025. First of all, the final climb to the highest point in the Algarve will take place on the northern side of the mountain, where the gradient will be less constant and there will be some more difficult sections.

The climb to the finish line will now be 8.4 kilometers long, but the most demolishing part of the final section will be earlier, 3.5 kilometers from the finish line, where there will be a thousand meters with an average gradient of around ten percent.

That’s why all the ingredients are in place for this to be a day in which the sprinters don’t have much chance of getting on the podium, and in which the main candidates to wear the yellow jersey at Alto do Malhão, in the final stage, take a step forward.

Even so, the men in the sprint will have the chance to score points for the Green Jersey: 22,000 meters from the finish line, in Monchique, there will be an intermediate sprint.

The last few kilometers, as if the climb to Alto da Foia wasn’t enough, promise to be very exciting: in addition to the finish line, there will be two counts for the Mountain Prize. One at kilometer 141.5, third category, in Marmelete, and another just over ten kilometers from the end of the stage, second category, in Pomba.

The Volta ao Algarve is only in its second stage, but it’s on Thursday that some changes in the general classification could begin to emerge. It’s all to see from 12 noon, the start time of the race.

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

Jan Christen, of UAE Team Emirates XRG, is the first Visit Algarve Yellow Jersey in the Volta ao Algarve, after winning the second stage of the Algarvia on Thursday.

Portuguese João Almeida, Christen’s teammate, still threatened the win with an impressive final stretch, but the race didn’t get away from the Swiss rider.

Algarvia headed to Lagos this morning, from where a peloton of 173 riders set off for Alto da Foia, a 177.6-kilometer route that culminated at the highest point in the Algarve.

It didn’t take long to see the first attacks, even in the city in the district of Faro: at kilometer three there were already moves, but it wasn’t until km nine that a breakaway formed.

Four cyclists increased the pace, another five joined shortly after and a group was formed – with the exception of the Portuguese Iuri Leitão (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), who soon gave up on the idea – of eight elements that led the race for several kilometers.

Well into the second half of the stage, the breakaway began to crumble, while the top teams in the bunch set the pace to get to the front.

One by one, the riders fell behind, and the race broke up for good at the start of the climb to Marmelete, one of the three mountain passes in the last 50,000 meters of the race – and the last of the first three that were won by Nicolás Tivani (Aviludo – Louletano – Loulé), one of the breakaways who most animated the race before the final part.

As the slopes got steeper, the main contenders for victory in the General Classification went to the front, in a group that included names like João Almeida, Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) or Primož Roglič (Red Bull – Bora – Hansgrohe).

It was Jan Christen, however, who put on a show. The young Swiss rider’s attacks broke up this group, with Neilson Powless (EF Education-Easy Post), Lucas Vergallito (Alpecin-Deuceninck) and Laurens De Plus (INEOS Grenadiers) still following him for a few minutes, They couldn’t keep up, though.

Only João Almeida, in an impressive final run, managed to catch up with his teammate, in a finish full of fair play and dominated by UAE Team Emirates XRG.

“I’m very happy and very grateful to the team, especially João Almeida and António Morgado, who protected me in the last ten kilometers. It wouldn’t have been possible without the team. I know that António Morgado and João Almeida are very happy for me, we get on very well (…) We pull for each other and that’s what makes our team so strong,” said Christen after the stage.

On the second day of the Volta ao Algarve, Jan Christen is the owner of the Yellow Jersey, four seconds ahead of João Almeida in the GC. Laurens De Plus is in third place.

Christen also owns the other jerseys: the Crédito Agrícola Green Jersey – Points, the Save Water Blue Jersey – Mountain and the IPDJ White Jersey – Youth.

The Algarvia caravan heads to Vila Real de Santo António this Friday, where the third stage starts, on a 183.5-kilometer route that ends in Tavira.

Complete results:

177.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.653 km/hr

1	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4hr 28min 44sec
2	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
3	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 7sec
4	Romain Bardet	Team Picnic PostNL	0:08
5	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:10
6	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
7	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
8	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	0:13
9	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
10	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	0:16
11	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
12	Max Schachmann	Soudal Quick-Step	0:19
13	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
14	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
15	Dylan Teuns	Cofidis	s.t.
16	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	0:30
17	Arjen Livyns	Lotto	0:50
18	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:53
19	Max Poole	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
20	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:57
21	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:03
22	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
23	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	1:33
24	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	1:49
25	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	1:55
26	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	1:59
27	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
28	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	2:02
29	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
30	Alexis Guérin	Anicolor/Tien21	s.t.
31	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
32	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	s.t.
33	Tiago Antunes	Efapel Cycling	2:12
34	Ruben Fernandez	Anicolor/Tien21	3:05
35	Emanuel Duarte	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	3:07
36	Rui Costa	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
37	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
38	Harrison Wood	Anicolor/Tien21	s.t.
39	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	4:00
40	Ben Tulett	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
41	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty	4:17
42	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
43	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	4:24
44	Jesus Del Pino	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	4:30
45	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
46	Jakub Otruba	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:38
47	Jonas Rutsch	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
48	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
49	Afonso Silva	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	4:53
50	Tiago Leal	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	4:59
51	Helder Goncalves	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	5:10
52	Pedro Pinto	Efapel Cycling	5:38
53	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	6:33
54	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	7:01
55	Rui Carvalho	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	7:30
56	Duarte Domingues	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	7:52
57	Lucas Lopes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	8:14
58	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	9:04
59	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
60	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
61	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
62	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
63	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
64	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
65	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	9:12
66	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	9:16
67	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	10:33
68	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ	10:43
69	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
70	Gil Gelders	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
71	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
72	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
73	Gaspar Goncalves	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
74	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
75	Brent Van Moer	Lotto	s.t.
76	David Domínguez	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	11:54
77	Tomas Contte	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	s.t.
78	Oier Lazkano	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	12:01
79	Hugo Nunes	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	13:43
80	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	15:13
81	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
82	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
83	Dries van Gestel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
84	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
85	Vlad Van Mechelen	Bahrain Victorious	15:15
86	Madis Mihkels	EF Education-EasyPost	16:38
87	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
88	Ivo Pinheiro	Feirense-Beeceler	s.t.
89	Alexandre Montez	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
90	Diogo Barbosa	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	s.t.
91	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
92	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
93	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
94	Casper van Uden	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
95	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
96	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
97	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
98	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
99	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
100	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
101	Artem Shmidt	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
102	Artem Nych	Anicolor/Tien21	s.t.
103	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
104	Wout van Aert	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
105	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
106	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
107	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
108	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
109	Cesar Fonte	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
110	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
111	Keegan Swirbul	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
112	Cesar Martingil	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
113	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	16:49
114	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
115	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	17:59
116	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
117	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
118	Carlos Oyarzun	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	18:33
119	Jorge Galvez Lopez	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	s.t.
120	Claudio Leal	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	s.t.
121	Victor De Paula	Feirense-Beeceler	s.t.
122	Miquel Valls Alemany	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
123	Cesar David Guavita	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
124	Bryan Olivo	Bahrain Victorious	18:49
125	Cédric Beullens	Lotto	18:55
126	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	s.t.
127	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	s.t.
128	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ	19:09
129	André Ribeiro	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	19:40
130	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	19:44
131	Nicolas Tivani	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	s.t.
132	Iúri Leitão	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
133	Francisco Morais	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
134	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
135	Rafael Durães	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
136	Ailetz Lasa	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	s.t.
137	Antonio Carvalho	Feirense-Beeceler	s.t.
138	João Nuno Oliveira	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
139	Alberto Bruttomesso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
140	Bruno Silva	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
141	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
142	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
143	Goncalo Amado	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
144	Diogo Pinto	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	s.t.
145	Bram Welten	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
146	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	s.t.
147	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
148	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	s.t.
149	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
150	Callum Thornley	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
151	Santiago Mesa	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
152	Abner González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
153	Adrián Bustamante	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
154	Gonçalo Leaça	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	20:20
155	Warre Vangheluwe	Soudal Quick-Step	20:26
156	Rafael Reis	Anicolor/Tien21	26:03
157	André Carvalho	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
158	Ángel Sánchez	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
159	Miguel Salgueiro	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	32:24
160	Diogo Narciso	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
161	João Martins	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
162	Jose Bicho	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	s.t.
163	Francisco Campos	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	s.t.
164	Goncalo Oliveira	Anicolor/Tien21	33:47
165	Fabio Costa	Anicolor/Tien21	s.t.
166	Jose Borges	Feirense-Beeceler	37:00
167	Leangel Linarez	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
168	Noah Campos	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
169	Antonio Ferreira	Efapel Cycling	37:06
170	Pedro Andrade	Feirense-Beeceler	s.t.

 

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Jan Christen (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
• Mountains classification leader: Jan Christen (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
• Points classification leader: Jan Christen (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
• Best young rider: Jan Christen (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
• Teams classification leader: UAE Team Emirates-XRG

1	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4hr 28min 34sec
2	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	@ 4sec
3	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	0:13
4	Romain Bardet	Team Picnic PostNL	0:18
5	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:20
6	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
7	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
8	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	0:23
9	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
10	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	0:26
11	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
12	Max Schachmann	Soudal Quick-Step	0:29
13	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
14	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
15	Dylan Teuns	Cofidis	s.t.
16	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	0:40
17	Arjen Livyns	Lotto	1:00
18	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:03
19	Max Poole	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
20	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:07
21	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:13
22	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
23	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	1:43
24	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	1:59
25	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	2:05
26	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	2:09
27	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
28	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	2:12
29	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
30	Alexis Guérin	Anicolor/Tien21	s.t.
31	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
32	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	s.t.
33	Tiago Antunes	Efapel Cycling	2:22
34	Ruben Fernandez	Anicolor/Tien21	3:15
35	Emanuel Duarte	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	3:17
36	Rui Costa	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
37	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
38	Harrison Wood	Anicolor/Tien21	s.t.
39	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	4:10
40	Ben Tulett	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
41	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty	4:27
42	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
43	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	4:34
44	Jesus Del Pino	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	4:40
45	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
46	Jakub Otruba	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:48
47	Jonas Rutsch	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
48	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
49	Afonso Silva	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	5:03
50	Tiago Leal	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	5:09
51	Helder Goncalves	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	5:20
52	Pedro Pinto	Efapel Cycling	5:48
53	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	6:43
54	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	7:11
55	Rui Carvalho	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	7:40
56	Duarte Domingues	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	8:02
57	Lucas Lopes	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	8:24
58	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	9:14
59	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
60	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
61	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
62	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
63	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
64	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
65	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	9:22
66	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	9:26
67	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	10:43
68	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ	10:53
69	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
70	Gil Gelders	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
71	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
72	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
73	Gaspar Goncalves	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
74	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
75	Brent Van Moer	Lotto	s.t.
76	David Domínguez	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	12:04
77	Tomas Contte	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	s.t.
78	Oier Lazkano	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	12:11
79	Hugo Nunes	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	13:53
80	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	15:23
81	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
82	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
83	Dries van Gestel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
84	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
85	Vlad Van Mechelen	Bahrain Victorious	15:25
86	Madis Mihkels	EF Education-EasyPost	16:48
87	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
88	Ivo Pinheiro	Feirense-Beeceler	s.t.
89	Alexandre Montez	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
90	Diogo Barbosa	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	s.t.
91	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
92	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
93	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
94	Casper van Uden	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
95	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
96	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
97	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
98	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
99	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
100	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
101	Artem Shmidt	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
102	Artem Nych	Anicolor/Tien21	s.t.
103	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
104	Wout van Aert	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
105	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
106	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
107	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
108	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
109	Cesar Fonte	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
110	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
111	Keegan Swirbul	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
112	Cesar Martingil	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
113	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	16:59
114	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
115	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	18:09
116	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
117	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
118	Carlos Oyarzun	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	18:43
119	Jorge Galvez Lopez	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	s.t.
120	Claudio Leal	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	s.t.
121	Victor De Paula	Feirense-Beeceler	s.t.
122	Miquel Valls Alemany	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
123	Cesar David Guavita	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
124	Bryan Olivo	Bahrain Victorious	18:59
125	Cédric Beullens	Lotto	19:05
126	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	s.t.
127	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	s.t.
128	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ	19:19
129	André Ribeiro	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	19:50
130	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	19:54
131	Nicolas Tivani	Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé	s.t.
132	Iúri Leitão	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
133	Francisco Morais	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
134	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
135	Rafael Durães	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
136	Ailetz Lasa	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	s.t.
137	Antonio Carvalho	Feirense-Beeceler	s.t.
138	João Nuno Oliveira	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
139	Alberto Bruttomesso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
140	Bruno Silva	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
141	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
142	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
143	Goncalo Amado	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
144	Diogo Pinto	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	s.t.
145	Bram Welten	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
146	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	s.t.
147	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
148	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	s.t.
149	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
150	Callum Thornley	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
151	Santiago Mesa	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
152	Abner González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
153	Adrián Bustamante	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
154	Gonçalo Leaça	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	20:30
155	Warre Vangheluwe	Soudal Quick-Step	20:36
156	Rafael Reis	Anicolor/Tien21	26:13
157	André Carvalho	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
158	Ángel Sánchez	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
159	Miguel Salgueiro	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	32:34
160	Diogo Narciso	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car	s.t.
161	João Martins	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista	s.t.
162	Jose Bicho	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	s.t.
163	Francisco Campos	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense	s.t.
164	Goncalo Oliveira	Anicolor/Tien21	33:57
165	Fabio Costa	Anicolor/Tien21	s.t.
166	Jose Borges	Feirense-Beeceler	37:10
167	Leangel Linarez	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	s.t.
168	Noah Campos	GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO	s.t.
169	Antonio Ferreira	Efapel Cycling	37:16
170	Pedro Andrade	Feirense-Beeceler	s.t.

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Wednesday, February 19: Stage 1, Portimao - Lagos, 192.2 km Stage annuled

Stage1 map & profile

Filippo Ganna wins in Lagos. But the stage was annuled. Getty Sport Images

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Weather at the finish city of Lagos at 1:00 PM, local time: 20C (68F), fair, with the wind from the east-southeast at 14 km/hr (9 mph). There is just a 2% chance of rain.

The race: The first stage of the 2025 Volta ao Algarve was annuled after the majority of the peloton took a wrong turn just before the finish. Though Filippo Ganna was first across the line, his win does not count.

Here's the race organizer's notice about the annulment:

The College of Commissaires of the 51st Volta ao Algarve has taken the decision to cancel the first stage of the race. On the approach to the finish line in Lagos, the peloton became divided and a large number of the riders took the wrong route, followed the detour of the support cars and missed the finish line.

“The College of Commissaires interpreted the regulations and, given what happened, decided to cancel the stage because they considered that sporting truth did not prevail in the end. All the technical information was clear that the runners should go left at the last roundabout. The fact is that some of them took the right, in a lane parallel to the finish line. It was a wrong decision by the peloton but it’s clear that we didn’t do enough to avoid this outcome, which we very much regret,” explained Sérgio Sousa, director of the Volta ao Algarve.

In view of the stage’s neutralization, the peloton will set off this Thursday for the 2nd stage of the Volta ao Algarve with the clock reset to zero. The stage links Lagoa to Alto da Fóia (Monchique), covering 177.6 kilometers.

Ganna's INEOS Grenadiers posted this:

Following the finish, the decision was made to cancel stage one of the Volta ao Algarve without a result.

Cycling is tough. Some days you win but most you lose.

We want to pay tribute to the incredible love and dedication that organisers and volunteers put into our sport, as well as its amazing fans.

We’re thankful that today everyone finished safely, but let’s use this opportunity to continue to shine a light on making the best sport in the world a safer one.

The stage: Portimão is hosting the start of the Volta ao Algarve cycling race for the fourth time in a row, in what is the 51st edition of the Portuguese event. This Wednesday, the city of Portimão is the venue for the first stage, which finishes in Lagos, over 192 kilometers.

It’s not expected to be a day in which there will be any major upheavals in the general classification, as the peloton is expected to finish in a sprint.

The peloton on its way to the finish city of Lagos.

That’s why, more than the GC men, this is a race that will interest strong names like Wout van Aert (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), Biniam Girmay (Intermarché – Wanty) or Filippo Ganna (INEOS Grenadiers), riders who will certainly be in the fight for the Green Jersey in the overall points classification.

It’s on Avenida dos Descobrimentos, in Lagos, that everything will be decided, in the first moment of the Algarve’s great spectacle, which should start to move at the last traffic circle before the finish, about 800 meters from the finish line.

Before that, however, there are more points to be collected. At kilometer 98, in Nave, the first count of the Mountain Prize takes place, on a third category climb that starts at kilometer 94.

Then, 30 kilometers from the finish line, there’s a warm-up for the sprinters, with a intermediate sprint in Vila do Bispo, counting towards the points classification. There, the aforementioned Van Aert, Girmay or Ganna are names to watch out for, but also cyclists such as Portugal’s Iuri Leitão (Caja Rural), Milan Fretin (Cofidis) or Arnaud de Lie (Lotto).

The peloton races through a Portuguese town.

Time to turn right.

Results: These results do not count. The stage was cancelled.

192.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.950 km/hr

1. Filippo Ganna (INEOS Grenadiers) 4hr 28min 30sec
2. Romain Grégroire (Groupama-FDJ) @ 1sec
3. Jan Christen (UAE Team Emirates) s.t.
4. Yves Lampaert (Soudal Quick-Step) s.t.
5. Stefan Kûng (Groupama-FDJ) s.t.
6. Gal Glivar (Alpecin-Deceuninck) s.t.
7. Xandro Meurisse (Alpecin-Deceuninck) @ 3sec
8. Ivo Oliveira (UAE team Emirates) s.t.
9. Gil Gelders (Soudal Quick-Step) @ 7sec
10. Jan Tratnik (Red Bull Bora-hansgorhe) s.t.

GC after stage 1:

1. Filippo Ganna (INEOS Grenadiers) 4hr 28min 20sec
2. Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ) @ 5sec
3. Jan Christen (UAE team Emirates) @ 7sec
4. Yvers Lampaert (Soudla Quick-Step) @ 11sec
5. Gal Glivar (Alpecin-Deceuninck) s.t.
6. Stefan Kûng (Groupama-FDJ) s.t.
7. Xandro Meurisse (Alpecin-Deceuninck) @ 13sec
8. Ivo Oliveira (UAE team Emriates) @ 14sec
9. Carlos Salgueiro (AP Hotels & Resorts) @ 15sec
10. Gil Gelders (Soudal Quick-Step) @ 17sec

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

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2024 Volta ao Algarve start list with back numbers, February 18, 2025:

	UAE Team Emirates-XRG
1	Joao Almeida
2	Jan Christen
3	Felix Grossschartner
4	António Morgado
5	Ivo Oliveira
6	Rui Oliveira
7	Nils Politt
	Team Visma | Lease a Bike
11	Wout van Aert
12	Loe van Belle
13	Tiesj Benoot
14	Sepp Kuss
15	Ben Tulett
16	Jonas Vingegaard
17	Wilco Kelderman
	Soudal Quick-Step
21	Mattia Cattaneo
22	Gil Gelders
23	Yves Lampaert
24	Max Schachmann
25	Dries van Gestel
26	Ilan Van Wilder
27	Warre Vangheluwe
	Lidl-Trek
31	Tao Geoghegan Hart
32	Sam Oomen
33	Jasper Stuyven
34	Mathias Vacek
35	Carlos Verona
36	Jakob Söderqvist
37	Jacopo Mosca
	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
41	Jonas Koch
42	Oier Lazkano
43	Jordi Meeus
44	Primoz Roglic
45	Callum Thornley
46	Jan Tratnik
47	Frederik Wandahl
	INEOS Grenadiers
51	Laurens De Plus
52	Salvatore Puccio
53	Filippo Ganna
54	Artem Shmidt
55	Sam Watson
56	Geraint Thomas
57	Thymen Arensman
	Alpecin-Deceuninck
61	Tobias Bayer
62	Gal Glivar
63	Quinten Hermans
64	Juri Hollmann
65	Xandro Meurisse
66	Stan Van Tricht
67	Luca Vergallito
	Lotto
71	Arnaud De Lie
72	Jasper De Buyst
73	Cédric Beullens
74	Jarrad Drizners
75	Sébastien Grignard
76	Arjen Livyns
77	Brent Van Moer
	Groupama-FDJ
81	Lewis Askey
82	Remi Cavagna
83	Romain Grégoire
84	Johan Jacobs
85	Stefan Küng
86	Rémy Rochas
87	Brieuc Rolland
	EF Education-EasyPost
91	Neilson Powless
92	Michael Valgren
93	James Shaw
94	Mikkel Honore
95	Rui Costa
96	Madis Mihkels
97	Kasper Asgreen
	Intermarché-Wanty
101	Vito Braet
102	Biniam Girmay
103	Alexander Kamp
104	Laurenz Rex
105	Lorenzo Rota
106	Jonas Rutsch
107	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk
	Team Picnic PostNL
111	Romain Bardet
112	Frank van den Broek
113	Romain Combaud
114	John Degenkolb
115	Max Poole
116	Casper van Uden
117	Bram Welten
	Bahrain Victorious
121	Antonio Tiberi
122	Alberto Bruttomesso
123	Nicolò Buratti
124	Damiano Caruso
125	Afonso Eulalio
126	Bryan Olivo
127	Vlad Van Mechelen
	Cofidis
131	Ion Izagirre
132	Piet Allegaert
133	Emanuel Buchmann
134	Milan Fretin
135	Jesus Herrada
136	Dylan Teuns
137	Benjamin Thomas
	Tudor Pro Cycling Team
141	Julian Alaphilippe
142	Alberto Dainese
143	Robin Froidevaux
144	Marco Haller
145	Fabian Lienhard
146	Florian Stork
147	Yannis Voisard
	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
151	Iúri Leitão
152	Joan Bou
153	Abner González
154	Calum Johnston
155	Jakub Otruba
156	Gorka Sorarrain
157	Javier Ibanez
	Anicolor / Tien21
161	Artem Nych
162	Rafael Reis
163	Ruben Fernandez
164	Harrison Wood
165	Alexis Guérin
166	Goncalo Oliveira
167	Fabio Costa
	Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua
171	Leangel Linarez
172	Antonio Barbio
173	Bruno Silva
174	Ángel Sánchez
175	Francisco Morais
176	Cesar Martingil
177	Guilherme Lino
	Efapel Cycling
181	Joaquim Silva
182	Tiago Antunes
183	André Carvalho
184	Antonio Ferreira
185	Santiago Mesa
186	Pedro Pinto
187	Keegan Swirbul
	Feirense-Beeceler
191	Antonio Carvalho
192	Jose Borges
193	Victor De Paula
194	Diogo Gonçalves
195	Ivo Pinheiro
196	Pedro Andrade
197	Byron Munton
	AP Hotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense
201	Diogo Barbosa
202	Miguel Salgueiro
203	Afonso Silva
204	Francisco Campos
205	Ailetz Lasa
206	Diogo Pinto
207	Jose Bicho
	Gi Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO
211	Adrián Bustamante
212	David Guavita Cesar
213	Rui Carvalho
214	Gaspar Goncalves
215	Miquel Valls Alemany
216	Noah Campos
217	André Ribeiro
	Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car
221	Emanuel Duarte
222	Gonçalo Leaça
223	Alexandre Montez
224	Diogo Narciso
225	Duarte Domingues
226	Nuno Oliveira João
227	Hugo Nunes
	Aviludo-Louletano
231	Nicolas Tivani
232	Tomas Contte
233	David Domínguez
234	Jesus Del Pino
235	Carlos Oyarzun
236	Claudio Leal
237	Jorge Galvez Lopez
	Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista
241	Lucas Lopes
242	Tiago Leal
243	Helder Goncalves
244	João Martins
245	Cesar Fonte
246	Goncalo Amado
247	Rafael Durães