2016 Volta ao Algarve (2.1), Portugal

42nd edition: February 17 - February 21, 2016

Volta ao Algarve podium history | 2015 edition | Start list

Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

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Sunday, February 21: 5th and Final Stage, Almodôvar - Malhão (Loulé), 169 km

Stage 5 profile

Looks like Il Pistolero is back. Alberto Contador wins Algarve stage 5

The Race: Here's the stage story as related by Alberto Contador's Tinkoff team.

Contador put on a climbing exhibition in the second ascent to Alto do Malhao with a late attack. Thanks to the committed effort of the squad to keep the race under control and position Contador for the climb, Tinkoff's leader took the stage win while securing the third place overall.

Despite a slow start to the Volta ao Algarve, Contador fired today his first warning shot of the season, on the fifth and final stage that took the peloton from Almodôvar to the famous climb of Alto do Malhão. After 169km and four climbs, it was on the second ascent of the 45km loop that Contador took matter into his own hands and staged his attack.

A group of nine escapees was formed in the early kilometers of the race and Tinkoff together with Movistar set a ferocious pace, working hard to haul back the breakaway. Paulinho, Trofimov and Kiserlovski then protected Contador until the final three kilometers in a compact group, when Contador staged a solo attack and powered ahead. Fabio Aru responded but Contador went on and crossed the finish line victorious, with 20-second lead over the Italian.

"There was a breakaway of nine riders early on," stated Sport Director Steven De Jongh "nothing really important for the GC. As a result, we decided to work together with Movistar and we each put one rider. First it was Jesús Hernández and then Michael Valgren, who did a lot of work, while the rest of the squad did their part. In the finale Sergio Paulinho, Yuri Trofimov and Roberts Kiserlovski took the reins to support Alberto and put him in a good position for the climb. Alberto showed his form and did one very good attack, which was enough to net him the stage win. He rode away and there was nobody that could follow him.”

"The mountain finish on the second stage was a little bit disappointing of course," continued de Jongh, "but it's also seven months since Alberto did his last race, which was the Tour de France. You can't expect him to be in excellent form from the start and today he showed he was really a lot better. I think this is surely promising for the upcoming races and I believe it is all good."

"I knew I was coming to Portugal in good form," commented Contador after today's stage win. "I hadn't raced since a number of months and on the second stage, I probably lacked a bit of energy in the final part, that's why I lost more time than I would have lost under normal conditions. For that reason, for me, today was an important day. I had the legs and I was feeling I could win. That's why the squad worked together with Movistar and we clinched the win. I'm very happy with this victory and I'd like to dedicate it to Oleg Tinkov and Tinkoff Bank for their backing and the trust they have shown through their sponsorship during the last four years. It's, obviously, easier to win when you have that kind of support. We will keep fighting, with our sights always set on the big goal of the year, the Tour de France.”

"I'd also like to thank the whole team for their hard work at the Volta ao Algarve, some days with no payout, but today we topped it off and grabbed the victory. I'm happy I stepped on the podium and as I said, the last time I raced was at the Tour de France last year, so it's always encouraging to debut with a victory. It boosts your confidence but at the same time we shouldn't rest on our laurels. We have to stay concentrated and deliver," continued Contador.

“My next goal is Paris-Nice, a race in which I last competed in 2010. I'll be back this year and I hope I'll be able to obtain a good result", concluded Contador.

And here's the story from overall winner Geraint Thomas' Sky team:

The five-day event came down to the final climb and the famed ascent of the Alto do Malhao. As the attacks started firing, Thomas stayed firmly in the mix to mark his rivals and secure another yellow jersey.

Crossing the line 28 seconds behind stage winner Alberto Contador (Tinkoff), the Welshman enjoyed support from his team-mates throughout the day to seal a third Algarve title for Team Sky.

After pressure from Team Sky and Movistar up front, overnight leader Tony Martin (Etixx - Quick-Step) lost contact with the peloton first time over the Alto do Malhao and slipped out of the GC picture heading into the finale.

With his three-second deficit over-turned, Thomas rode intelligently as Contador led home Fabio Aru (Astana) and Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) by 20 seconds. Lars-Petter Nordhaug was the next Team Sky rider home, 20th over the line.

Thomas topped the Portuguese podium by 19 seconds over Jon Izagirre (Movistar) and a further seven over a resurgent Contador.

After the stage Thomas admitted he was riding with his head on the final climb as attacks fired off around him. "Once Tony Martin got dropped first time up the climb the stage was all about defending that lead," he told TeamSky.com.

"Izagirre was the biggest threat after that and I just didn't get carried away when Contador and Rigo (Uran) attacked. I just followed Izagirre all the way until well into the last kilometre. I had a little dig myself but I kind of knew I had it by then. The worst thing that could happen was to follow Contador, blow up and then maybe lose the race overall. It was just about playing it safe and finishing the job off.

"I knew the climb from last year and we do it twice in the race. So I knew the effort it involved and I just didn't want to get carried away and go into the red until necessary. It's been a big team effort and all week the boys have been great and supporting me all the way through."

Replicating his victory of 12 months ago, Thomas will hope to build on that momentum as he heads into a key portion of his season. "It's always nice to be on the podium and get a win," he added. "I don't get to do it very often so I certainly enjoy that. It's definitely a good confidence booster now going into the last big block of training. I've got a big block of racing then with three big stage races and then three big one-days as well. Hopefully I can take something out of all that."

Complete Results:

169.0 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.295 km/hr

1	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF	4hr 24min 47sec
2	ARU Fabio	ASTANA	a 20sec
3	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	s.t.
4	ANTUNES Amaro	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	s.t.
5	THOMAS Geraint	SKY	a 28
6	ROGLIC Primoz	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
7	URÁN Rigoberto	CANNONDALE	s.t.
8	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM CYCLING	a 30
9	ARREDONDO Julián	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
10	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
11	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA	s.t.
12	IZAGUIRRE Ion	MOVISTAR	s.t.
13	CIESLIK Pawel	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 40
14	GESINK Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
15	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
16	SIMÓN Jordi	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 46
17	REICHENBACH Sebastien	FDJ	s.t.
18	BENTA João	LOULETANO	s.t.
19	CASIMIRO Henrique	EFAPEL	a 55
20	NORDHAUG Lars Petters	SKY	a 1:00
21	MEGÍAS Javier	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
22	LOSADA Alberto	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
23	SCHLECK Fränk	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
24	MACHADO Tiago	KATUSHA	a 1:04
25	PRADES Eduard	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
26	VILELA Ricardo	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
27	CARDOSO André	CANNONDALE	s.t.
28	HENAO GÓMEZ Sebastián	SKY	a 1:07
29	NOCENTINI Rinaldo	SPORTING/TAVIRA	s.t.
30	MESTRE Daniel	EFAPEL	a 1:13
31	OLIVEIRA Nelson	MOVISTAR	a 1:16
32	VINHAS Rui	W52/FC PORTO	s.t.
33	FIGUEIREDO Frederico	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	a 1:25
34	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	a 1:28
35	TIRALONGO Paolo	ASTANA	s.t.
36	CATALDO Dario	ASTANA	s.t.
37	TRUEBA Álvaro	EFAPEL	s.t.
38	PUCCIO Salvatore	SKY	s.t.
39	TROFIMOV Iurii	TINKOFF	s.t.
40	BENOOT Tiesj	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
41	KISERLOVSKI Robert	TINKOFF	a 1:41
42	MOLINA Antonio	CAJA RURAL	a 1:46
43	NAESEN Oliver	IAM CYCLING	a 1:48
44	STYBAR Zdenek	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 1:53
45	BELDA David	TEAM ROTH	a 1:59
46	LANGEVELD Sebastian	CANNONDALE	s.t.
47	FONTE César	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	a 2:02
48	ETXEBARRIA Victor	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	a 2:12
49	STANNARD Ian	SKY	a 2:18
50	ROJAS José Joaquín	MOVISTAR	a 2:20
51	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	MOVISTAR	a 2:30
52	PEREIRA Válter	SPORTING/TAVIRA	s.t.
53	MAMYKIN Matvey	KATUSHA	a 2:32
54	PIRES Bruno	TEAM ROTH	a 2:33
55	VERMOTE Julien	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 3:04
56	MORABITO Steve	FDJ	a 3:09
57	de la FUENTE David	SPORTING/TAVIRA	a 3:11
58	VAN BAARLE Dylan	CANNONDALE	a 3:17
59	MOSER Moreno	CANNONDALE	a 3:21
60	SAEZ Hector	CAJA RURAL	a 3:22
61	OFFREDO Yoann	FDJ	a 3:52
62	ROSA Diego	ASTANA	a 4:11
63	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	s.t.
64	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 5:04
65	PAULINHO Sérgio	TINKOFF	s.t.
66	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
67	BRANDÃO Joni	EFAPEL	a 5:51
68	SILVA Rafael	EFAPEL	s.t.
69	AFONSO Luís	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	s.t.
70	ALMEIDA Nuno	EFAPEL	s.t.
71	SEGOVIA José de	LOULETANO	s.t.
72	SANCHO Hugo	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	s.t.
73	RUBIO Diego	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
74	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
75	LASTRA Jonatan	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
76	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
77	HAUSSLER Heinrich	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
78	FERNANDES Luís	SPORTING/TAVIRA	s.t.
79	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE	s.t.
80	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
81	BRÜNGGER Nico	TEAM ROTH	s.t.
82	RODRIGUES David	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	s.t.
83	BÁRTA Jan	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
84	LAGUTIN Sergey	KATUSHA	s.t.
85	AMADOR Andrey	MOVISTAR	s.t.
86	GOLAS Michal	SKY	a 6:33
87	KOLOBNEV Alexandr	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 7:18
88	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE	a 7:26
89	MAS Luis	CAJA RURAL	a 8:15
90	DEVOLDER Stijn	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 8:38
91	CARDOSO Filipe	EFAPEL	s.t.
92	POPOVYCH Yaroslav	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
93	BONNET William	FDJ	a 9:16
94	LE BON Johan	FDJ	a 9:18
95	COURTEILLE Arnaud	FDJ	s.t.
96	LOZANO David	NOVO NORDISK	a 11:07
97	PLANET Charles	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
98	CALDEIRA Samuel	W52/FC PORTO	a 11:08
99	MESTRE Ricardo	W52/FC PORTO	s.t.
100	REYNES Vicente	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
101	REIS Rafael	W52/FC PORTO	s.t.
102	DEMPSTER Zakkari	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
103	KOCH Jonas	VERVA ACTIVEJET	s.t.
104	BROCO Hernâni	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	s.t.
105	FERREIRA Hélder	EFAPEL	s.t.
106	GUERRERO Pablo	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	s.t.
107	BAUHAUS Phil	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
108	EZQUERRA Jesús	SPORTING/TAVIRA	s.t.
109	PINTO Sandro	LOULETANO	s.t.
110	ERSHOV Artur	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
111	ROELANDTS Jürgen	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
112	KRIZEK Matthias	TEAM ROTH	s.t.
113	MEIRELES Nuno	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	s.t.
114	PASQUALON Andrea	TEAM ROTH	s.t.
115	SCHWARZMANN Michael	BORA-ARGON 18	a 12:02
116	VOROBYEV Anton	KATUSHA	a 12:04
117	TOSSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF	s.t.
118	ROVNY Ivan	TINKOFF	s.t.
119	ARCAS Jorge	MOVISTAR	s.t.
120	PELLAUD Simon	IAM CYCLING	a 12:45
121	VALGREN Michael	TINKOFF	a 12:47
122	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 12:58
123	MARTIN Tony	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 18:17
124	TERPSTRA Niki	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 18:19
125	RODRIGUES Rui	LOULETANO	a 19:46
126	FRANCZAK Pawel	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 21:53
127	GRADEK Kamil	VERVA ACTIVEJET	s.t.
128	PERON Andrea	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
129	JANORSCHKE Grischa	TEAM ROTH	s.t.
130	VERSCHOOR Martijn	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
131	KHOLER Martin	TEAM ROTH	s.t.
132	FISCHER Murilo	FDJ	s.t.
133	CANTERO Francisco	LOULETANO	s.t.
134	STACHOWIAK Adam	VERVA ACTIVEJET	s.t.
135	SABATINI Fabio	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
136	RODRIGUES João	W52/FC PORTO	s.t.
137	KITTEL Marcel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
138	BOONEN Tom	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
139	NYCH Artem	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
140	LEEZER Thomas	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
141	ALMEIDA Guillaume	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	s.t.
142	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
143	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
144	BODNAR Lukasz	VERVA ACTIVEJET	s.t.
145	VAN WINDEN Dennis	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
146	CAMPANAERTS Victor	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
147	SEROV Alexander	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
148	BRÄNDLE Matthias	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
149	MAIKIN Roman	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 22:01

Final GC after Stage 5:

• Final GC leader: Geraint Thomas (Sky)
• Final points classification leader: Marcel Kittel (Etixx-Quick Step)
• Final mountains classification leader: Alexandr Kolobnev (Gazprom-Rusvelo)
• Final young rider classification leader: Tiesj Benoot (Lotto-Soudal)
• Final team classification leader: Katusha

743.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.016 km/hr

1	THOMAS Geraint	SKY	18hr 34min 15sec
2	IZAGUIRRE Ion	MOVISTAR	a 19sec
3	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF	a 26
4	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	a 32
5	ROGLIC Primoz	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 49
6	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL	a 50
7	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA	a 1:03
8	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM CYCLING	a 1:04
9	ARU Fabio	ASTANA	a 1:25
10	ANTUNES Amaro	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 1:27
11	MACHADO Tiago	KATUSHA	a 1:32
12	REICHENBACH Sebastien	FDJ	a 1:37
13	OLIVEIRA Nelson	MOVISTAR	a 1:54
14	SCHLECK Fränk	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 2:21
15	VILELA Ricardo	CAJA RURAL	a 2:34
16	BENOOT Tiesj	LOTTO SOUDAL	a 2:39
17	STYBAR Zdenek	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 2:45
18	SIMÓN Jordi	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 3:27
19	PRADES Eduard	CAJA RURAL	a 3:30
20	CARDOSO André	CANNONDALE	a 3:40
21	CATALDO Dario	ASTANA	a 3:43
22	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	a 3:53
23	TIRALONGO Paolo	ASTANA	a 4:28
24	MESTRE Daniel	EFAPEL	a 4:32
25	GESINK Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 4:35
26	BENTA João	LOULETANO	a 4:37
27	SAEZ Hector	CAJA RURAL	a 4:53
28	VAN BAARLE Dylan	CANNONDALE	a 5:01
29	NOCENTINI Rinaldo	SPORTING/TAVIRA	a 5:03
30	PIRES Bruno	TEAM ROTH	a 5:50
31	VINHAS Rui	W52/FC PORTO	a 6:10
32	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	a 6:30
33	MEGÍAS Javier	NOVO NORDISK	a 7:39
34	URÁN Rigoberto	CANNONDALE	a 8:14
35	PUCCIO Salvatore	SKY	a 9:32
36	CIESLIK Pawel	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 10:48
37	MOSER Moreno	CANNONDALE	a 10:53
38	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	MOVISTAR	a 11:04
39	NORDHAUG Lars Petters	SKY	a 11:13
40	LANGEVELD Sebastian	CANNONDALE	a 11:20
41	STANNARD Ian	SKY	a 11:42
42	ROJAS José Joaquín	MOVISTAR	a 11:43
43	FIGUEIREDO Frederico	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	a 11:46
44	MOLINA Antonio	CAJA RURAL	a 11:47
45	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM CYCLING	a 11:51
46	MORABITO Steve	FDJ	a 12:13
47	KISERLOVSKI Robert	TINKOFF	a 12:23
48	ROSA Diego	ASTANA	a 12:40
49	CASIMIRO Henrique	EFAPEL	a 12:47
50	FONTE César	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	a 12:56
51	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 13:28
52	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	s.t.
53	ETXEBARRIA Victor	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	a 13:49
54	HENAO GÓMEZ Sebastián	SKY	a 14:01
55	OFFREDO Yoann	FDJ	a 14:19
56	BELDA David	TEAM ROTH	a 14:30
57	AMADOR Andrey	MOVISTAR	a 14:38
58	PAULINHO Sérgio	TINKOFF	a 15:13
59	RUBIO Diego	CAJA RURAL	a 15:15
60	de la FUENTE David	SPORTING/TAVIRA	a 15:42
61	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	a 16:22
62	GOLAS Michal	SKY	a 16:42
63	MAMYKIN Matvey	KATUSHA	a 17:13
64	MARTIN Tony	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 17:46
65	FERNANDES Luís	SPORTING/TAVIRA	a 17:50
66	KOLOBNEV Alexandr	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 18:34
67	BRÜNGGER Nico	TEAM ROTH	a 18:52
68	AFONSO Luís	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 19:00
69	HAUSSLER Heinrich	IAM CYCLING	a 19:01
70	SANCHO Hugo	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 19:16
71	LAGUTIN Sergey	KATUSHA	a 19:30
72	ALMEIDA Nuno	EFAPEL	a 19:50
73	ROELANDTS Jürgen	LOTTO SOUDAL	a 20:38
74	COURTEILLE Arnaud	FDJ	a 20:48
75	EZQUERRA Jesús	SPORTING/TAVIRA	a 20:56
76	KRIZEK Matthias	TEAM ROTH	a 21:14
77	REYNES Vicente	IAM CYCLING	a 21:19
78	PASQUALON Andrea	TEAM ROTH	a 21:31
79	ARCAS Jorge	MOVISTAR	a 21:35
80	LOZANO David	NOVO NORDISK	a 21:39
81	ARREDONDO Julián	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 22:56
82	TROFIMOV Iurii	TINKOFF	a 24:22
83	TRUEBA Álvaro	EFAPEL	a 24:39
84	MAS Luis	CAJA RURAL	a 25:41
85	VOROBYEV Anton	KATUSHA	a 26:04
86	BÁRTA Jan	BORA-ARGON 18	a 26:59
87	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO SOUDAL	a 27:00
88	VERMOTE Julien	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 27:09
89	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE	a 27:44
90	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE	a 27:49
91	SEGOVIA José de	LOULETANO	a 28:02
92	NAESEN Oliver	IAM CYCLING	a 28:26
93	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 29:16
94	PEREIRA Válter	SPORTING/TAVIRA	a 30:34
95	RODRIGUES David	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	a 30:42
96	SILVA Rafael	EFAPEL	a 31:01
97	BONNET William	FDJ	a 31:09
98	POPOVYCH Yaroslav	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 31:18
99	BRANDÃO Joni	EFAPEL	a 31:19
100	DEVOLDER Stijn	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 32:53
101	DEMPSTER Zakkari	BORA-ARGON 18	a 32:55
102	CAMPANAERTS Victor	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 33:09
103	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 33:58
104	CARDOSO Filipe	EFAPEL	a 34:10
105	LE BON Johan	FDJ	a 34:15
106	CALDEIRA Samuel	W52/FC PORTO	a 34:26
107	MESTRE Ricardo	W52/FC PORTO	a 34:47
108	SCHWARZMANN Michael	BORA-ARGON 18	a 35:09
109	MEIRELES Nuno	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 35:19
110	TOSSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF	a 35:21
111	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 35:55
112	PELLAUD Simon	IAM CYCLING	a 36:11
113	REIS Rafael	W52/FC PORTO	a 36:12
114	BAUHAUS Phil	BORA-ARGON 18	a 36:53
115	LASTRA Jonatan	CAJA RURAL	a 37:50
116	VALGREN Michael	TINKOFF	a 38:04
117	GUERRERO Pablo	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	a 38:25
118	BROCO Hernâni	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 38:28
119	TERPSTRA Niki	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 39:15
120	PLANET Charles	NOVO NORDISK	a 39:19
121	RODRIGUES João	W52/FC PORTO	a 39:29
122	PINTO Sandro	LOULETANO	a 40:13
123	ROVNY Ivan	TINKOFF	a 40:48
124	ERSHOV Artur	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 41:08
125	BOONEN Tom	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 41:34
126	KITTEL Marcel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 43:03
127	FERREIRA Hélder	EFAPEL	a 43:10
128	JANORSCHKE Grischa	TEAM ROTH	a 44:15
129	STACHOWIAK Adam	VERVA ACTIVEJET	s.t.
130	KOCH Jonas	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 44:37
131	GRADEK Kamil	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 44:43
132	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas	IAM CYCLING	a 44:56
133	VAN WINDEN Dennis	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 45:04
134	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
135	FRANCZAK Pawel	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 45:25
136	SABATINI Fabio	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 46:00
137	FISCHER Murilo	FDJ	a 46:01
138	LEEZER Thomas	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 46:57
139	RODRIGUES Rui	LOULETANO	a 47:50
140	BRÄNDLE Matthias	IAM CYCLING	a 49:05
141	PERON Andrea	NOVO NORDISK	a 49:35
142	NYCH Artem	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 49:57
143	BODNAR Lukasz	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 50:15
144	KHOLER Martin	TEAM ROTH	a 50:31
145	ALMEIDA Guillaume	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	a 51:42
146	SEROV Alexander	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 56:26
147	VERSCHOOR Martijn	NOVO NORDISK	a 56:41
148	MAIKIN Roman	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 58:05
149	CANTERO Francisco	LOULETANO	a 59:19

Stage 5 profile:

Stage 5 profile

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Saturday, February 20: Stage 4, S. Bras de Alportel - Tavira, 194.0 km

Marcel Kittel nails his second 2016 Algave stage

The Race: Here is Etixx-Quick Step's explanation of the stage.

Three years after Tony Martin won in Tavira, his countryman matched that feat in the Portuguese town.

Volta ao Algarve continued on Saturday, when Marcel Kittel showed once again he is back to his best this season, by taking the victory on the penultimate stage (S. Bras de Alportel – Tavira, 194 km). Etixx – Quick-Step came to the front of the peloton right from the gun, and together with Lotto-Soudal controlled the four-man breakaway who took off at the start of the day: Guillaume De Almeida (Radio Popular), Charles Planet (Novo Nordisk), Ivan Savitskiy (Gazprom-Rusvelo) and Adam Stachowiak (Verva-ActiveJet). As the gap was being cut down, the peloton also witnessed two incidents involving André Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) and Geraint Thomas (Sky): the German sprinter hit the ground in a crash, while the Welshman – second in the general classification – punctured. Both were able to return to the main group, just as the peloton was bringing the four escapees back.

After being protected by his Etixx – Quick-Step teammates throughout the day, Marcel Kittel put on another big sprint and roared across the finish line with his arms up in celebration of his 5th victory of the season, following the three he scored in Dubai and the one he got at the start of the week in Portugal. The dominant win he landed ahead of Wouter Wippert (Cannondale) and Jens Debusschere (Lotto-Soudal) in Tavira – same town which witnessed a Tony Martin success three years ago – helped Marcel open a bigger gap in the points standings, which he leads, with just one stage left to go.

“I can’t find the words to express my happiness. We did a great race today and we showed again a fantastic team spirit. We can all be very proud of what we achieved”, Kittel said right after the finish, before going into a more detailed analysis of the last kilometers: “It was a pretty fast and chaotic finale. Fabio Sabatini risked a lot to bring me into a good position, and I can’t thank him enough for his effort. He took me to the front with one kilometer to go and did an incredible lead-out, leaving me to open my sprint in the final 200 meters and finish off the job.”

Today’s victory is of the entire team, because the boys looked after me all the time, controlled the race and made sure I’m in a safe position.
Not only Marcel Kittel was all smiles in Tavira, but also his teammate and countryman Tony Martin, who won the event in 2011 and 2013. Wearing the yellow jersey after the individual time trial in Sagres, the 30-year-old kept his lead and will now go into the last stage with a 3-second gap over Geraint Thomas.

“The stage was more or less relaxed, the riders weren’t nervous and everything was under control until the final 25 kilometers, when things became really hectic and many riders crashed. Even though the last kilometers weren’t easy, we did a perfect job and finished safely, which is equally important. Tomorrow it won’t be easy, but I will give my best and will try to stay with Geraint, although I’m sure attacks will come also from other riders. It’s going to be again a hard day, but I can count on a great team and we’ll see how things go”, Tony Martin said

The 42nd Volta ao Algarve will conclude on Sunday, when the overall rankings will be decided on the Alto de Malhão, a standard feature in the Portuguese race. The climb that comes at the end of stage 5 is short, just under 3 kilometers, but has an average gradient of 8.9%. Although the gaps are usually small on the Malhão, they could prove to be decisive, giving how close the race is.

Complete results:

194 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.616 km/hr

1	KITTEL Marcel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	4hr 46mi 35sec
2	WIPPERT Wouter	CANNONDALE	s.t.
3	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
4	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
5	ROJAS José Joaquín	MOVISTAR	s.t.
6	PASQUALON Andrea	TEAM ROTH	s.t.
7	BAUHAUS Phil	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
8	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
9	CALDEIRA Samuel	W52/FC PORTO	s.t.
10	STUYVEN Jasper	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
11	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
12	ROELANDTS Jürgen	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
13	SABATINI Fabio	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 5sec
14	FRANCZAK Pawel	VERVA ACTIVEJET	s.t.
15	PERON Andrea	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
16	IZAGUIRRE Ion	MOVISTAR	s.t.
17	COUTINHO Leonel	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	s.t.
18	PUCCIO Salvatore	SKY	s.t.
19	THOMAS Geraint	SKY	s.t.
20	REYNES Vicente	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
21	PRADES Eduard	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
22	MARTIN Tony	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
23	OLIVEIRA Nelson	MOVISTAR	s.t.
24	EZQUERRA Jesús	SPORTING/TAVIRA	s.t.
25	MAIKIN Roman	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
26	OFFREDO Yoann	FDJ	s.t.
27	FONTE César	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	s.t.
28	GARCÍA Vicente	LOULETANO	s.t.
29	JIMENEZ Carlos	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	s.t.
30	MACHADO Tiago	KATUSHA	s.t.
31	ANTUNES Amaro	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	s.t.
32	MESTRE Daniel	EFAPEL	s.t.
33	BENOOT Tiesj	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
34	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
35	VAN BAARLE Dylan	CANNONDALE	s.t.
36	PIRES Bruno	TEAM ROTH	s.t.
37	NOCENTINI Rinaldo	SPORTING/TAVIRA	s.t.
38	SEGOVIA José de	LOULETANO	s.t.
39	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
40	FERNANDES Luís	SPORTING/TAVIRA	s.t.
41	KRIZEK Matthias	TEAM ROTH	s.t.
42	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF	s.t.
43	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	s.t.
44	LAGUTIN Sergey	KATUSHA	s.t.
45	SILVA Rafael	EFAPEL	s.t.
46	REICHENBACH Sebastien	FDJ	s.t.
47	BENTA João	LOULETANO	s.t.
48	GRADEK Kamil	VERVA ACTIVEJET	s.t.
49	KOCH Jonas	VERVA ACTIVEJET	s.t.
50	ERSHOV Artur	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
51	CARDOSO André	CANNONDALE	s.t.
52	NAESEN Oliver	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
53	GUERRERO Pablo	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	s.t.
54	TERPSTRA Niki	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
55	MAS Luis	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
56	GONÇALVES Domingos	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
57	VERSCHOOR Martijn	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
58	SAEZ Hector	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
59	KISERLOVSKI Robert	TINKOFF	s.t.
60	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
61	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	s.t.
62	LASTRA Jonatan	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
63	VILELA Ricardo	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
64	RODRIGUES Rui	LOULETANO	s.t.
65	ALMEIDA Nuno	EFAPEL	s.t.
66	MESTRE Ricardo	W52/FC PORTO	s.t.
67	KOLOBNEV Alexandr	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
68	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA	s.t.
69	FIGUEIREDO Frederico	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	s.t.
70	ARU Fabio	ASTANA	s.t.
71	MOLINA Antonio	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
72	ROGLIC Primoz	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
73	SCHLECK Fränk	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
74	JANORSCHKE Grischa	TEAM ROTH	s.t.
75	STYBAR Zdenek	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
76	MORABITO Steve	FDJ	s.t.
77	AFONSO Luís	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	s.t.
78	VINHAS Rui	W52/FC PORTO	s.t.
79	STANNARD Ian	SKY	s.t.
80	REIS Rafael	W52/FC PORTO	s.t.
81	VALGREN Michael	TINKOFF	s.t.
82	HENAO Sebastián	SKY	s.t.
83	DEMPSTER Zakkari	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
84	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE	s.t.
85	RODRIGUES João	W52/FC PORTO	s.t.
86	CATALDO Dario	ASTANA	s.t.
87	PELLAUD Simon	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
88	ROSA Diego	ASTANA	s.t.
89	SEROV Alexander	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
90	TROFIMOV Iurii	TINKOFF	s.t.
91	VOROBYEV Anton	KATUSHA	s.t.
92	CIESLIK Pawel	VERVA ACTIVEJET	s.t.
93	SIMÓN Jordi	VERVA ACTIVEJET	s.t.
94	MEGÍAS Javier	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
95	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	s.t.
96	TIRALONGO Paolo	ASTANA	s.t.
97	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
98	CASIMIRO Henrique	EFAPEL	s.t.
99	de la FUENTE David	SPORTING/TAVIRA	s.t.
100	CARRALERO Cristian	LOULETANO	s.t.
101	PEREIRA Válter	SPORTING/TAVIRA	s.t.
102	GOLAS Michal	SKY	s.t.
103	MEIRELES Nuno	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	s.t.
104	BROCO Hernâni	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	s.t.
105	SANCHO Hugo	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	s.t.
106	ARREDONDO Julián	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
107	URÁN Rigoberto	CANNONDALE	s.t.
108	ARCAS Jorge	MOVISTAR	s.t.
109	BÁRTA Jan	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
110	ETXEBARRIA Victor	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	s.t.
111	PAULINHO Sérgio	TINKOFF	s.t.
112	TAARAMAE Rein	KATUSHA	s.t.
113	TRUEBA Álvaro	EFAPEL	s.t.
114	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
115	LOZANO David	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
116	MAMYKIN Matvey	KATUSHA	s.t.
117	SILVA Bruno	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	s.t.
118	AMADOR Andrey	MOVISTAR	s.t.
119	BONNET William	FDJ	s.t.
120	BELDA David	TEAM ROTH	s.t.
121	MANAKOV Viktor	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 27
122	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	MOVISTAR	s.t.
123	RODRIGUES David	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	s.t.
124	MOSER Moreno	CANNONDALE	s.t.
125	KHOLER Martin	TEAM ROTH	s.t.
126	SAVITSKII Ivan	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
127	CLANCY Stephen	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
128	NORDHAUG Lars Petters	SKY	s.t.
129	SCHWARZMANN Michael	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
130	HERNÁNDEZ Jesús	TINKOFF	s.t.
131	PINTO Sandro	LOULETANO	a 31
132	SILVA Joaquim	W52/FC PORTO	a 33
133	VAN WINDEN Dennis	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
134	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 35
135	LANGEVELD Sebastian	CANNONDALE	s.t.
136	DEVOLDER Stijn	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
137	COURTEILLE Arnaud	FDJ	s.t.
138	TOSSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF	s.t.
139	HAUSSLER Heinrich	IAM CYCLING	a 38
140	FISCHER Murilo	FDJ	a 41
141	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE	s.t.
142	POPOVYCH Yaroslav	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
143	BROECKX Stig	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
144	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
145	BODNAR Lukasz	VERVA ACTIVEJET	s.t.
146	BOONEN Tom	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 45
147	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
148	LEEZER Thomas	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
149	GREIPEL André	LOTTO-SOUDAL	a 53
150	MATZKA Ralf	BORA-ARGON 18	a 54
151	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM CYCLING	a 57
152	DE BIE Sean	LOTTO-SOUDAL	a 1:21
153	BRÄNDLE Matthias	IAM CYCLING	a 1:23
154	RUBIO Diego	CAJA RURAL	a 5
155	CANTERO Francisco	LOULETANO	a 1:38
156	VENTOSO Francisco	MOVISTAR	s.t.
157	LE BON Johan	FDJ	s.t.
158	ROVNY Ivan	TINKOFF	s.t.
159	ALMEIDA Guillaume	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	a 1:43
160	BRANDÃO Joni	EFAPEL	a 1:55
161	BRÜNGGER Nico	TEAM ROTH	s.t.
162	NYCH Artem	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 2:05
163	CARDOSO Filipe	EFAPEL	a 2:12
164	DOWSETT Alex	MOVISTAR	a 2:31
165	FERREIRA Hélder	EFAPEL	a 2:40
166	VERMOTE Julien	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 2:55
167	GESINK Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
168	LAMPAERT Yves	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
169	CAMPANAERTS Victor	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
170	STACHOWIAK Adam	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 3:09
171	PLANET Charles	NOVO NORDISK	a 3:12
172	BREA Óscar	SPORTING/TAVIRA	a 6:36

GC after stage 4:

574.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.582 km/hr

1	MARTIN Tony	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	14hr 8min 57sec
2	THOMAS Geraint	SKY	a 3sec
3	IZAGUIRRE Ion	MOVISTAR	a 20
4	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO-SOUDAL	a 41
5	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	a 47
6	ROGLIC Primoz	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 52
7	MACHADO Tiago	KATUSHA	a 59
8	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA	a 1min 4sec
9	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM CYCLING	a 1:05
10	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF	a 1:07
11	OLIVEIRA Nelson	MOVISTAR	a 1:09
12	REICHENBACH Sebastien	FDJ	a 1:22
13	STYBAR Zdenek	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 1:23
14	ANTUNES Amaro	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 1:38
15	BENOOT Tiesj	LOTTO-SOUDAL	a 1:42
16	ARU Fabio	ASTANA	s.t.
17	SCHLECK Fränk	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 1:52
18	VILELA Ricardo	CAJA RURAL	a 2:01
19	SAEZ Hector	CAJA RURAL	a 2:02
20	VAN BAARLE Dylan	CANNONDALE	a 2:15
21	CATALDO Dario	ASTANA	a 2:46
22	PRADES Eduard	CAJA RURAL	a 2:57
23	CARDOSO André	CANNONDALE	a 3:07
24	SIMÓN Jordi	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 3:12
25	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	a 3:24
26	TIRALONGO Paolo	ASTANA	a 3:31
27	PIRES Bruno	TEAM ROTH	a 3:48
28	MESTRE Daniel	EFAPEL	a 3:50
29	BENTA João	LOULETANO	a 4:22
30	GESINK Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 4:26
31	NOCENTINI Rinaldo	SPORTING/TAVIRA	a 4:27
32	VINHAS Rui	W52/FC PORTO	a 5:25
33	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	a 5:33
34	MEGÍAS Javier	NOVO NORDISK	a 7:10
35	MOSER Moreno	CANNONDALE	a 8:03
36	URÁN Rigoberto	CANNONDALE	a 8:17
37	PUCCIO Salvatore	SKY	a 8:35
38	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 8:55
39	ROSA Diego	ASTANA	a 9:00
40	STUYVEN Jasper	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 9:03
41	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	MOVISTAR	a 9:05
42	AMADOR Andrey	MOVISTAR	a 9:18
43	MORABITO Steve	FDJ	a 9:35
44	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	a 9:48
45	TAARAMAE Rein	KATUSHA	a 9:51
46	LANGEVELD Sebastian	CANNONDALE	a 9:52
47	ROJAS José Joaquín	MOVISTAR	a 9:54
48	STANNARD Ian	SKY	a 9:55
49	RUBIO Diego	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
50	ROELANDTS Jürgen	LOTTO-SOUDAL	a 10:01
51	ARCAS Jorge	MOVISTAR	a 10:02
52	EZQUERRA Jesús	SPORTING/TAVIRA	a 10:19
53	MOLINA Antonio	CAJA RURAL	a 10:32
54	KRIZEK Matthias	TEAM ROTH	a 10:37
55	CIESLIK Pawel	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 10:39
56	GOLAS Michal	SKY	a 10:40
57	PAULINHO Sérgio	TINKOFF	s.t.
58	REYNES Vicente	IAM CYCLING	a 10:42
59	NORDHAUG Lars Petters	SKY	a 10:44
60	FIGUEIREDO Frederico	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	a 10:52
61	PASQUALON Andrea	TEAM ROTH	a 10:54
62	OFFREDO Yoann	FDJ	a 10:58
63	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	a 11:02
64	LOZANO David	NOVO NORDISK	a 11:03
65	KISERLOVSKI Robert	TINKOFF	a 11:13
66	FONTE César	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	a 11:25
67	BROECKX Stig	LOTTO-SOUDAL	a 11:28
68	CAMPANAERTS Victor	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 11:47
69	KOLOBNEV Alexandr	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 11:49
70	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM CYCLING	a 11:52
71	COURTEILLE Arnaud	FDJ	a 12:01
72	ETXEBARRIA Victor	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	a 12:08
73	CASIMIRO Henrique	EFAPEL	a 12:23
74	FERNANDES Luís	SPORTING/TAVIRA	a 12:30
75	BELDA David	TEAM ROTH	a 13:02
76	de la FUENTE David	SPORTING/TAVIRA	s.t.
77	HENAO Sebastián	SKY	a 13:25
78	BRÜNGGER Nico	TEAM ROTH	a 13:32
79	AFONSO Luís	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 13:40
80	HAUSSLER Heinrich	IAM CYCLING	a 13:41
81	SANCHO Hugo	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 13:56
82	LAGUTIN Sergey	KATUSHA	a 14:10
83	ALMEIDA Nuno	EFAPEL	a 14:30
84	VOROBYEV Anton	KATUSHA	a 14:36
85	MAMYKIN Matvey	KATUSHA	a 15:12
86	MAS Luis	CAJA RURAL	a 17:58
87	RODRIGUES João	W52/FC PORTO	a 18:07
88	GREIPEL André	LOTTO-SOUDAL	a 18:36
89	GONÇALVES Domingos	CAJA RURAL	a 19:02
90	BOONEN Tom	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 20:12
91	WIPPERT Wouter	CANNONDALE	a 20:27
92	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE	a 20:49
93	TERPSTRA Niki	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 21:27
94	BÁRTA Jan	BORA-ARGON 18	a 21:39
95	KITTEL Marcel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 21:41
96	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 21:48
97	DEMPSTER Zakkari	BORA-ARGON 18	a 22:18
98	BONNET William	FDJ	a 22:24
99	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO-SOUDAL	a 22:27
100	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE	a 22:29
101	SEGOVIA José de	LOULETANO	a 22:42
102	SILVA Bruno	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 22:51
103	JANORSCHKE Grischa	TEAM ROTH	a 22:53
104	STACHOWIAK Adam	VERVA ACTIVEJET	s.t.
105	ARREDONDO Julián	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 22:57
106	GARCÍA Vicente	LOULETANO	a 23:07
107	POPOVYCH Yaroslav	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 23:14
108	GRADEK Kamil	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 23:21
109	DOWSETT Alex	MOVISTAR	a 23:23
110	TROFIMOV Iurii	TINKOFF	a 23:25
111	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 23:28
112	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas	IAM CYCLING	a 23:34
113	SCHWARZMANN Michael	BORA-ARGON 18	a 23:38
114	VAN WINDEN Dennis	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 23:42
115	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
116	TRUEBA Álvaro	EFAPEL	s.t.
117	TOSSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF	a 23:48
118	CALDEIRA Samuel	W52/FC PORTO	a 23:49
119	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 23:56
120	PELLAUD Simon	IAM CYCLING	a 23:57
121	FRANCZAK Pawel	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 24:03
122	MESTRE Ricardo	W52/FC PORTO	a 24:10
123	VENTOSO Francisco	MOVISTAR	a 24:20
124	VERMOTE Julien	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 24:36
125	SABATINI Fabio	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 24:38
126	FISCHER Murilo	FDJ	a 24:39
127	MEIRELES Nuno	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 24:42
128	DEVOLDER Stijn	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 24:46
129	RODRIGUES David	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	a 25:22
130	LE BON Johan	FDJ	a 25:28
131	REIS Rafael	W52/FC PORTO	a 25:35
132	LEEZER Thomas	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
133	SILVA Rafael	EFAPEL	a 25:41
134	VALGREN Michael	TINKOFF	a 25:48
135	BRANDÃO Joni	EFAPEL	a 25:59
136	CARDOSO Filipe	EFAPEL	a 26:04
137	BAUHAUS Phil	BORA-ARGON 18	a 26:16
138	NAESEN Oliver	IAM CYCLING	a 27:09
139	DE BIE Sean	LOTTO-SOUDAL	a 27:32
140	SAVITSKII Ivan	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 27:42
141	BRÄNDLE Matthias	IAM CYCLING	a 27:43
142	GUERRERO Pablo	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	a 27:48
143	BROCO Hernâni	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 27:51
144	PERON Andrea	NOVO NORDISK	a 28:13
145	JIMENEZ Carlos	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	a 28:24
146	NYCH Artem	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 28:35
147	RODRIGUES Rui	LOULETANO	s.t.
148	PEREIRA Válter	SPORTING/TAVIRA	s.t.
149	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 28:38
150	CLANCY Stephen	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
151	PLANET Charles	NOVO NORDISK	a 28:43
152	BODNAR Lukasz	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 28:53
153	KHOLER Martin	TEAM ROTH	a 29:09
154	ROVNY Ivan	TINKOFF	a 29:15
155	PINTO Sandro	LOULETANO	a 29:36
156	ALMEIDA Guillaume	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	a 30:20
157	ERSHOV Artur	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 30:31
158	CARRALERO Cristian	LOULETANO	a 30:32
159	HERNÁNDEZ Jesús	TINKOFF	a 31:16
160	LASTRA Jonatan	CAJA RURAL	a 32:30
161	FERREIRA Hélder	EFAPEL	a 32:33
162	MATZKA Ralf	BORA-ARGON 18	a 33:05
163	KOCH Jonas	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 34:00
164	BREA Óscar	SPORTING/TAVIRA	a 34:08
165	SEROV Alexander	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 35:04
166	VERSCHOOR Martijn	NOVO NORDISK	a 35:19
167	LAMPAERT Yves	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 36:07
168	MAIKIN Roman	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 36:35
169	MANAKOV Viktor	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 37:11
170	CANTERO Francisco	LOULETANO	a 37:57
171	SILVA Joaquim	W52/FC PORTO	a 39:38
172	COUTINHO Leonel	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 42:22

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Friday, February 19: Stage 3, Sagres 18 km individual time trial

Stage 3 profile

Tony Martin on his way to winning the overall lead

The Race:

Here's the stage story as related by stage winner Fabian Cancellara's Trek-Segafredo team.

Fabian Cancellara claimed the win in the stage three 18-kilometer time trial in Volta ao Algarve Friday, crossing the line in 20:57 (51.551 km/h), five seconds quicker than Tony Martin (Etixx-Quick Step) and 28 seconds ahead of Geraint Thomas (Sky).

It was a tricky course with a technical start and windy conditions thrown in to make it a tough test against the clock. "I felt good and powered everything on the road," explained Cancellara. "The race was one-quarter technical in the first part and three-quarters with more power straights. A lot of wind, tail-wind and cross-wind; it was a really tough one.

"After yesterday's hard stage I did not have a huge crazy expectation of going for the win. I knew I started early, and with Martin and Thomas starting so late… so I just focused on myself, on my performance. I did my usual warm-up, and I had good feelings on the trainer, and in this situation, with my experience, I knew with these feelings that I was good, and mentally this helped me.

And then it was waiting, waiting on the hotseat. I am kind of surprised, but on the other hand super happy about the win."

At the 11.3-kilometer intermediate split, Martin was eight seconds ahead of Cancellara, and Thomas came across in the same time, but the final seven kilometers proved crucial. Both Martin and Thomas faded in the latter part of the course while Cancellara maintained his strong pace.

"I don't know, I really just powered everything out," answered Cancellara when asked if he had a planned his pace perfectly. "I was going 70km/h on certain parts of the course back to the finish. I don't know if you can say I calculated the pace; I knew it was going to be a 21-minute race, and I just gave it all knowing what the effort would be. When you have good feelings, and you know that you are going fast, then when you also hear from the car from Dirk [Demol, director] in the radio  – and they know me so well – that helped me to power out even more, and this is also what is important. I don't say I was flying home, but I was powering home."

It is the second victory for Cancellara this year, another positive sign ahead of the cobbled Classics where he will strive to finish his career on top and make amends for a crash-marred 2014 that caused him to miss the entire spring campaign.

"I don't say that today's win gives me more confidence because the confidence I need is more from races like Tirreno-Adriatico because this will show me that I am in the right way," added Cancellara. "There is still some work to do; next week I will take a small rest and move on again with Strade [Bianche] and Tirreno. I still need more, because I need to compete with the others who have been racing in Qatar and Oman. I am just enjoying riding my bike, riding the races, and this makes me feel relaxed. To take another win on top is super cool for myself and super nice for the team and for the motivation for everyone."

And here's the stage story from race leader Tony Martin's Etixx-Quick Step team:

The general classification leader of the Volta ao Algarve changed for the second time in as many days, following stage 3. After teammate Marcel Kittel and Luis Leon Sanchez, now Tony Martin was the one to go at the top of the overall standings, following a solid effort on Friday's 18 km-long individual time trial. Tony, triple world champion of the discipline, was runner-up in the stage won by Fabian Cancellara, missing on the victory for only 5 seconds, but his ride was very impressive, considering he was among the last 20 cyclists to start the stage, in a moment of the day when the wind had already changed its direction.

In the general classification, Tony Martin holds a 3-second advantage over Geraint Thomas (Sky), with Ion Izagirre (Movistar) in third, 20 seconds behind the Etixx – Quick-Step rider. Leader of the race at the start of the day, Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana) was the last to roll down the ramp, but crashed in a roundabout and because of the injuries sustained he retired and was taken to the hospital.

A regular at the Volta ao Algarve, a race he won on two occasions (2011 and 2013), Tony Martin talked at the finish about his ride and the goals he has for the remaining of the week: "I am happy with my performance, but not so content with the result. It was pretty hard today with the headwind, but I'm not looking for excuses. Fabian was stronger, and that's that. I now look towards tomorrow and helping Marcel. After that, we'll sit down and talk about the last day. Of course, I want to keep the yellow jersey now, but it won't be easy, because there are many top riders here. Still, I am confident, because I have a very strong team, and we'll just see how things will pan out on the final day."

On Saturday, the sprinters will fancy their chances of taking the victory, despite a rolling terrain, that could give the attackers some ideas. The penultimate stage (194 kilometers) will start in S. Bras de Alportel and conclude in Tavira, a city which will host a Volta ao Algarve finish for the first time in two years, the previous visit recording the win of Tony Martin, one of the most successful riders in the race's history.

Complete Results:

18 kilometers raced at an average speed of 51.551 km/hr

1	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK-SEGAFREDO	20min 57sec
2	MARTIN Tony	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 5sec
3	THOMAS Geraint	SKY	a 28
4	IZAGUIRRE Ion	MOVISTAR	a 37
5	OLIVEIRA Nelson	MOVISTAR	s.t.
6	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	MOVISTAR	s.t.
7	DOWSETT Alex	MOVISTAR	a 40
8	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO-SOUDAL	a 51
9	CAMPANAERTS Victor	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
10	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE	a 55
11	BRÄNDLE Matthias	IAM CYCLING	a 57
12	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	a 1min 2sec
13	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF	a 1:03
14	VOROBYEV Anton	KATUSHA	a 1:05
15	LE BON Johan	FDJ	s.t.
16	PUCCIO Salvatore	SKY	a 1:06
17	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 1:07
18	STANNARD Ian	SKY	a 1:08
19	LAMPAERT Yves	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
20	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA	a 1:09
21	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM CYCLING	a 1:10
22	VERMOTE Julien	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 1:11
23	AMADOR Andrey	MOVISTAR	a 1:12
24	ROGLIC Primoz	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 1:13
25	MACHADO Tiago	KATUSHA	a 1:14
26	LANGEVELD Sebastian	CANNONDALE	a 1:16
27	TERPSTRA Niki	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
28	CATALDO Dario	KATUSHA	a 1:18
29	VALGREN Michael	TINKOFF	a 1:19
30	STYBAR Zdenek	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 1:21
31	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 1:22
32	BÁRTA Jan	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
33	GESINK Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 1:23
34	MAS Luis	CAJA RURAL	a 1:26
35	REICHENBACH Sebastien	FDJ	a 1:27
36	VAN BAARLE Dylan	CANNONDALE	s.t.
37	MORABITO Steve	FDJ	a 1:29
38	ROSA Diego	KATUSHA	a 1:31
39	HERKOLTZ Silvio	BORA-ARGON 18	a 1:33
40	SEROV Alexander	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 1:35
41	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	a 1:39
42	GREIPEL André	LOTTO-SOUDAL	a 1:40
43	KANGERT Tanel	KATUSHA	a 1:42
44	STUYVEN Jasper	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 1:43
45	BROECKX Stig	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
46	VENTOSO Francisco	MOVISTAR	a 1:44
47	TAARAMAE Rein	KATUSHA	a 1:45
48	DE BIE Sean	LOTTO-SOUDAL	a 1:47
49	ARU Fabio	KATUSHA	s.t.
50	NYCH Artem	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 1:48
51	BENOOT Tiesj	LOTTO-SOUDAL	a 1:49
52	BONNET William	FDJ	s.t.
53	ANTUNES Amaro	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	s.t.
54	RUBIO Diego	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
55	KITTEL Marcel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
56	KRIZEK Matthias	TEAM ROTH	a 1:50
57	GOLAS Michal	SKY	a 1:51
58	GRADEK Kamil	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 1:52
59	ROJAS José Joaquín	MOVISTAR	a 1:53
60	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE	a 1:54
61	SIMÓN Jordi	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 1:55
62	ARCAS Jorge	MOVISTAR	a 1:56
63	SCHLECK Fränk	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 1:57
64	VILELA Ricardo	CAJA RURAL	a 1:59
65	ROELANDTS Jürgen	LOTTO-SOUDAL	a 2:00
66	DEMPSTER Zakkari	BORA-ARGON 18	a 2:01
67	MOSER Moreno	CANNONDALE	a 2:02
68	TOSSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF	a 2:03
69	HAUSSLER Heinrich	IAM CYCLING	a 2:04
70	MESTRE Daniel	EFAPEL	a 2:05
71	STACHOWIAK Adam	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 2:07
72	SAEZ Hector	CAJA RURAL	a 2:09
73	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 2:10
74	OFFREDO Yoann	FDJ	a 2:11
75	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
76	EZQUERRA Jesús	SPORTING/TAVIRA	a 2:13
77	SABATINI Fabio	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 2:15
78	NORDHAUG Lars Petters	SKY	a 2:16
79	PAULINHO Sérgio	TINKOFF	a 2:17
80	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO-SOUDAL	a 2:19
81	ERSHOV Artur	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 2:20
82	PRADES Eduard	CAJA RURAL	a 2:21
83	NAESEN Oliver	IAM CYCLING	a 2:25
84	SEGOVIA José de	LOULETANO	s.t.
85	POPOVYCH Yaroslav	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
86	MOLINA Antonio	CAJA RURAL	a 2:26
87	PIRES Bruno	TEAM ROTH	s.t.
88	KOLOBNEV Alexandr	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 2:28
89	MANAKOV Viktor	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 2:30
90	TIRALONGO Paolo	KATUSHA	s.t.
91	CIESLIK Pawel	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 2:33
92	COURTEILLE Arnaud	FDJ	a 2:35
93	GONÇALVES Domingos	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
94	URÁN Rigoberto	CANNONDALE	a 2:36
95	JANORSCHKE Grischa	TEAM ROTH	s.t.
96	REYNES Vicente	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
97	HENAO Sebastián	SKY	a 2:40
98	NOCENTINI Rinaldo	SPORTING/TAVIRA	a 2:42
99	BREA Óscar	SPORTING/TAVIRA	a 2:45
100	MEGÍAS Javier	NOVO NORDISK	a 2:47
101	BODNAR Lukasz	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 2:50
102	LEEZER Thomas	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
103	GARCÍA Vicente	LOULETANO	s.t.
104	WIPPERT Wouter	CANNONDALE	a 2:51
105	PLANET Charles	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
106	PASQUALON Andrea	TEAM ROTH	a 2:53
107	SAVITSKII Ivan	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 2:54
108	LASTRA Jonatan	CAJA RURAL	a 2:55
109	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	a 2:56
110	FISCHER Murilo	FDJ	s.t.
112	WALLAYS Jelle	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
113	LOZANO David	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
114	SCHWARZMANN Michael	BORA-ARGON 18	a 2:59
115	BENTA João	LOULETANO	a 3:00
116	CASIMIRO Henrique	EFAPEL	a 3:02
117	KOCH Jonas	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 3:03
118	BROCO Hernâni	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 3:04
119	LAGUTIN Sergey	KATUSHA	a 3:05
120	BOONEN Tom	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
121	MAIKIN Roman	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 3:06
122	CARDOSO André	CANNONDALE	a 3:07
123	KISERLOVSKI Robert	TINKOFF	s.t.
124	TRUEBA Álvaro	EFAPEL	s.t.
125	TROFIMOV Iurii	TINKOFF	a 3:08
126	BAUHAUS Phil	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
127	DEVOLDER Stijn	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 3:09
128	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 3:10
129	MATZKA Ralf	BORA-ARGON 18	a 3:11
130	ROVNY Ivan	TINKOFF	a 3:13
131	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 3:16
132	GUERRERO Pablo	RADIO POPULAR - BOAVISTA	a 3:19
133	FONTE César	RADIO POPULAR - BOAVISTA	s.t.
134	BRÜNGGER Nico	TEAM ROTH	s.t.
135	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas	IAM CYCLING	a 3:22
136	PELLAUD Simon	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
137	FIGUEIREDO Frederico	RADIO POPULAR - BOAVISTA	a 3:23
138	REIS Rafael	W52/FC PORTO	a 3:26
139	KHOLER Martin	TEAM ROTH	a 3:28
140	VERSCHOOR Martijn	NOVO NORDISK	a 3:29
141	CLANCY Stephen	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
142	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM CYCLING	a 3:31
143	ETXEBARRIA Victor	RADIO POPULAR - BOAVISTA	a 3:34
144	FRANCZAK Pawel	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 3:36
145	CALDEIRA Samuel	W52/FC PORTO	a 3:37
146	ARREDONDO Julián	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 3:39
147	CARDOSO Filipe	EFAPEL	a 3:40
148	PERON Andrea	NOVO NORDISK	a 3:44
149	HENTTALA Joonas	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
150	RODRIGUES Rui	LOULETANO	a 3:48
151	MAMYKIN Matvey	KATUSHA	a 3:49
152	SILVA Rafael	EFAPEL	a 3:50
153	BRANDÃO Joni	EFAPEL	a 3:52
154	JIMENEZ Carlos	RADIO POPULAR - BOAVISTA	a 3:55
155	MESTRE Ricardo	W52/FC PORTO	a 3:56
156	ALMEIDA Guillaume	RADIO POPULAR - BOAVISTA	a 3:57
157	SILVA Bruno	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 3:59
158	AFONSO Luís	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 4:01
159	SANCHO Hugo	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 4:03
160	VINHAS Rui	W52/FC PORTO	s.t.
161	PEREIRA Válter	SPORTING/TAVIRA	a 4:06
162	MEIRELES Nuno	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 4:07
163	de la FUENTE David	SPORTING/TAVIRA	a 4:12
164	PINTO Sandro	LOULETANO	a 4:23
165	FERNANDES Luís	SPORTING/TAVIRA	a 4:24
166	RODRIGUES David	RADIO POPULAR - BOAVISTA	a 4:25
167	ALMEIDA Nuno	EFAPEL	a 4:29
168	RODRIGUES João	W52/FC PORTO	a 4:41
169	CANTERO Francisco	LOULETANO	a 4:43
170	FERREIRA Hélder	EFAPEL	a 4:51
171	SILVA Joaquim	W52/FC PORTO	s.t.
172	COUTINHO Leonel	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 4:55
173	BELDA David	TEAM ROTH	a 4:56
174	HERNÁNDEZ Jesús	TINKOFF	a 5:00
175	CARRALERO Cristian	LOULETANO	a 5:13
176	HNIK Karel	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 5:34
177	ALARCÓN Raul	W52/FC PORTO	a 5:42
178	LIVRAMENTO David	SPORTING/TAVIRA	a 6:34

GC after Stage 3:

380.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.570 km/hr

1	MARTIN Tony	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	9hr 22min 17sec
2	THOMAS Geraint	SKY	a 3sec
3	IZAGUIRRE Ion	MOVISTAR	a 20
4	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO-SOUDAL	a 46
5	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	a 47
6	ROGLIC Primoz	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 52
7	MACHADO Tiago	KATUSHA	a 59
8	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA	a 1min 4sec
9	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM CYCLING	a 1:05
10	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF	a 1:07
11	OLIVEIRA Nelson	MOVISTAR	a 1:09
12	REICHENBACH Sebastien	FDJ	a 1:22
13	STYBAR Zdenek	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 1:23
14	GESINK Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 1:36
15	ANTUNES Amaro	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 1:38
16	BENOOT Tiesj	LOTTO-SOUDAL	a 1:42
17	ARU Fabio	KATUSHA	s.t.
18	SCHLECK Fränk	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 1:52
19	VILELA Ricardo	CAJA RURAL	a 2:01
20	SAEZ Hector	CAJA RURAL	a 2:02
21	VAN BAARLE Dylan	CANNONDALE	a 2:15
22	CATALDO Dario	KATUSHA	a 2:46
23	PRADES Eduard	CAJA RURAL	a 2:57
24	CARDOSO André	CANNONDALE	a 3:07
25	SIMÓN Jordi	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 3:12
26	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	a 3:24
27	TIRALONGO Paolo	KATUSHA	a 3:31
28	PIRES Bruno	TEAM ROTH	a 3:48
29	MESTRE Daniel	EFAPEL	a 3:50
30	BENTA João	LOULETANO	a 4:22
31	NOCENTINI Rinaldo	SPORTING/TAVIRA	a 4:27
32	VINHAS Rui	W52/FC PORTO	a 5:25
33	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	a 5:33
34	MEGÍAS Javier	NOVO NORDISK	a 7:10
35	MOSER Moreno	CANNONDALE	a 7:41
36	URÁN Rigoberto	CANNONDALE	a 8:17
37	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 8:19
38	PUCCIO Salvatore	SKY	a 8:35
39	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	MOVISTAR	a 8:43
40	HERKOLTZ Silvio	BORA-ARGON 18	a 8:57
41	CAMPANAERTS Victor	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
42	ROSA Diego	KATUSHA	a 9:00
43	STUYVEN Jasper	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 9:08
44	AMADOR Andrey	MOVISTAR	a 9:18
45	LANGEVELD Sebastian	CANNONDALE	a 9:22
46	MORABITO Steve	FDJ	a 9:35
47	KANGERT Tanel	KATUSHA	a 9:48
48	TAARAMAE Rein	KATUSHA	a 9:51
49	STANNARD Ian	SKY	a 9:55
50	RUBIO Diego	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
51	ROJAS José Joaquín	MOVISTAR	a 9:59
52	ARCAS Jorge	MOVISTAR	a 10:02
53	ROELANDTS Jürgen	LOTTO-SOUDAL	a 10:06
54	EZQUERRA Jesús	SPORTING/TAVIRA	a 10:19
55	NORDHAUG Lars Petters	SKY	a 10:22
56	MOLINA Antonio	CAJA RURAL	a 10:32
57	KRIZEK Matthias	TEAM ROTH	a 10:37
58	CIESLIK Pawel	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 10:39
59	GOLAS Michal	SKY	a 10:40
60	PAULINHO Sérgio	TINKOFF	a 10:41
61	REYNES Vicente	IAM CYCLING	a 10:42
62	FIGUEIREDO Frederico	RADIO POPULAR - BOAVISTA	a 10:52
63	BROECKX Stig	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
64	OFFREDO Yoann	FDJ	a 10:58
65	PASQUALON Andrea	TEAM ROTH	a 10:59
66	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM CYCLING	a 11:00
67	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	a 11:02
68	LOZANO David	NOVO NORDISK	a 11:03
69	KISERLOVSKI Robert	TINKOFF	a 11:13
70	FONTE César	RADIO POPULAR - BOAVISTA	a 11:25
71	COURTEILLE Arnaud	FDJ	a 11:31
72	BRÜNGGER Nico	TEAM ROTH	a 11:42
73	KOLOBNEV Alexandr	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 11:49
74	ETXEBARRIA Victor	RADIO POPULAR - BOAVISTA	a 12:08
75	CASIMIRO Henrique	EFAPEL	a 12:23
76	FERNANDES Luís	SPORTING/TAVIRA	a 12:30
77	BELDA David	TEAM ROTH	a 13:02
78	de la FUENTE David	SPORTING/TAVIRA	s.t.
79	HAUSSLER Heinrich	IAM CYCLING	a 13:08
80	HENAO Sebastián	SKY	a 13:25
81	AFONSO Luís	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 13:40
82	SANCHO Hugo	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 13:56
83	LAGUTIN Sergey	KATUSHA	a 14:10
84	ALMEIDA Nuno	EFAPEL	a 14:30
85	VOROBYEV Anton	KATUSHA	a 14:36
86	MAMYKIN Matvey	KATUSHA	a 15:12
87	GREIPEL André	LOTTO-SOUDAL	a 17:48
88	MAS Luis	CAJA RURAL	a 17:58
89	RODRIGUES João	W52/FC PORTO	a 18:07
90	GONÇALVES Domingos	CAJA RURAL	a 19:02
91	BOONEN Tom	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 19:32
92	STACHOWIAK Adam	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 19:54
93	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE	a 20:13
94	WIPPERT Wouter	CANNONDALE	a 20:38
95	DOWSETT Alex	MOVISTAR	a 20:57
96	TERPSTRA Niki	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 21:27
97	BÁRTA Jan	BORA-ARGON 18	a 21:39
98	VERMOTE Julien	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 21:46
99	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 21:48
100	KITTEL Marcel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 21:56
101	DEMPSTER Zakkari	BORA-ARGON 18	a 22:18
102	BONNET William	FDJ	a 22:24
103	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE	a 22:29
104	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO-SOUDAL	a 22:36
105	POPOVYCH Yaroslav	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 22:38
106	SEGOVIA José de	LOULETANO	a 22:42
107	VENTOSO Francisco	MOVISTAR	a 22:47
108	SILVA Bruno	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 22:51
109	JANORSCHKE Grischa	TEAM ROTH	a 22:53
110	ARREDONDO Julián	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 22:57
111	GARCÍA Vicente	LOULETANO	a 23:07
112	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 23:12
113	VAN WINDEN Dennis	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 23:14
114	SCHWARZMANN Michael	BORA-ARGON 18	a 23:16
115	TOSSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF	a 23:18
116	GRADEK Kamil	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 23:21
117	TROFIMOV Iurii	TINKOFF	a 23:25
118	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 23:33
119	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas	IAM CYCLING	a 23:39
120	TRUEBA Álvaro	EFAPEL	a 23:42
121	CALDEIRA Samuel	W52/FC PORTO	a 23:54
122	LE BON Johan	FDJ	a 23:55
123	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 23:56
124	PELLAUD Simon	IAM CYCLING	a 23:57
125	CARDOSO Filipe	EFAPEL	s.t.
126	FRANCZAK Pawel	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 24:03
127	FISCHER Murilo	FDJ	s.t.
128	BRANDÃO Joni	EFAPEL	a 24:09
129	MESTRE Ricardo	W52/FC PORTO	a 24:10
130	DEVOLDER Stijn	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 24:16
131	SABATINI Fabio	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 24:38
132	MEIRELES Nuno	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 24:42
133	LEEZER Thomas	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 24:55
134	RODRIGUES David	RADIO POPULAR - BOAVISTA	a 25:00
135	REIS Rafael	W52/FC PORTO	a 25:35
136	SILVA Rafael	EFAPEL	a 25:41
137	PLANET Charles	NOVO NORDISK	a 25:43
138	VALGREN Michael	TINKOFF	a 25:48
139	DE BIE Sean	LOTTO-SOUDAL	a 26:16
140	BAUHAUS Phil	BORA-ARGON 18	a 26:21
141	BRÄNDLE Matthias	IAM CYCLING	a 26:25
142	NYCH Artem	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 26:35
143	NAESEN Oliver	IAM CYCLING	a 27:09
144	SAVITSKII Ivan	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 27:23
145	BREA Óscar	SPORTING/TAVIRA	a 27:37
146	ROVNY Ivan	TINKOFF	a 27:42
147	GUERRERO Pablo	RADIO POPULAR - BOAVISTA	a 27:48
148	BROCO Hernâni	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 27:51
149	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 27:58
150	PERON Andrea	NOVO NORDISK	a 28:13
151	CLANCY Stephen	NOVO NORDISK	a 28:16
152	BODNAR Lukasz	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 28:17
153	JIMENEZ Carlos	RADIO POPULAR - BOAVISTA	a 28:24
154	WALLAYS Jelle	LOTTO-SOUDAL	a 28:25
155	HENTTALA Joonas	NOVO NORDISK	a 28:31
156	RODRIGUES Rui	LOULETANO	a 28:35
157	PEREIRA Válter	SPORTING/TAVIRA	s.t.
158	ALMEIDA Guillaume	RADIO POPULAR - BOAVISTA	a 28:44
159	KHOLER Martin	TEAM ROTH	a 28:47
160	PINTO Sandro	LOULETANO	a 29:10
161	FERREIRA Hélder	EFAPEL	a 29:58
162	ERSHOV Artur	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 30:31
163	CARRALERO Cristian	LOULETANO	a 30:32
164	HERNÁNDEZ Jesús	TINKOFF	a 30:54
165	MATZKA Ralf	BORA-ARGON 18	a 32:16
166	LASTRA Jonatan	CAJA RURAL	a 32:30
167	LAMPAERT Yves	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 33:17
168	KOCH Jonas	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 34:00
169	SEROV Alexander	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 35:04
170	VERSCHOOR Martijn	NOVO NORDISK	a 35:19
171	CANTERO Francisco	LOULETANO	a 36:24
172	MAIKIN Roman	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 36:35
173	MANAKOV Viktor	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 36:49
174	SILVA Joaquim	W52/FC PORTO	a 39:10
175	COUTINHO Leonel	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 42:22

Stage profile:

Stage 3 profile

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Thursday, February 18: Stage 2, Lagoa - Alto da Fóia (Monchique), 198.6 km

Stage 2 profile

Luis Leon Sanchez wins stage 2 ahead of Geraint Thomas

The Race: This was a tough one. A look at the stage profile shows that was to be a day for the mountain goats.

Seven riders scooted off the front, but the teams with the good climbers had no intention of letting these fugitives win the day. With about sixty kilometers remaining, as the road began to point to the sky, the escapees were rounded up and it was game on.

There were numerous attacks, but no one was able to get any real distance.

On the final monster climb, Jon Izaguirre made a big move and only near the end did Geraint Thomas drop the hammer. But a stage win was not in the cards for the Sky rider. Luis Leon Sanchez blasted by him to take the day and the overall race lead.

After the race Sanchez had this to say, "I’m super happy for today victory in front of so many super strong rivals!"

"I knew my condition was good but I didn’t know how I could perform on an uphill finish like this" explained the European Champion of the Astana Pro Team "when Thomas attacked I was looking at Contador waiting for his reply. The wind was so strong on our left but I had good legs. Then I decided to reply myself and I had been able to overtake Thomas and win this difficult stage.

"I want to thank all my teammates who really helped my today. Also, a special dedication is for my family who is doing many sacrifice with me so many days away from home… this win is a way to say thanks" continued Sanchez.

"Tomorrow there is the individual time trial where normally I’m quite good… let’s see what will happen."

Complete Results:

198.6 km raced at an average speed of 38.636 km/hr

1	LEÓN SÁNCHEZ Luis	ASTANA	5hr 8min 25sec
2	THOMAS Geraint	SKY	a 1sec
3	ROGLIC Primoz	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 3
4	IZAGUIRRE Ion	MOVISTAR	s.t.
5	MACHADO Tiago	KATUSHA	a 5
6	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	s.t.
7	ANTUNES Amaro	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 9
8	SAEZ Hector	CAJA RURAL	a 13
9	BENOOT Tiesj	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
10	ARU Fabio	ASTANA	a 15
11	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
12	GESINK Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
13	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
14	SCHLECK Fränk	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
15	REICHENBACH Sebastien	FDJ	s.t.
16	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA	s.t.
17	MARTIN Tony	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
18	CARDOSO André	CANNONDALE	a 20
19	VILELA Ricardo	CAJA RURAL	a 22
20	STYBAR Zdenek	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
21	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF	a 24
22	OLIVEIRA Nelson	MOVISTAR	a 52
23	PRADES Eduard	CAJA RURAL	a 56
24	VAN BAARLE Dylan	CANNONDALE	a 1min 8sec
25	TIRALONGO Paolo	ASTANA	a 1:21
26	SIMÓN Jordi	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 1:37
27	VINHAS Rui	W52/FC PORTO	a 1:42
28	BENTA João	LOULETANO	s.t.
29	PIRES Bruno	TEAM ROTH	s.t.
30	CATALDO Dario	ASTANA	a 1:48
31	NOCENTINI Rinaldo	SPORTING/TAVIRA	a 2:05
32	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	s.t.
33	MESTRE Daniel	EFAPEL	s.t.
34	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	a 3:42
35	MEGÍAS Javier	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	a 4:43
36	MOSER Moreno	CANNONDALE	a 5:59
37	URÁN Rigoberto	CANNONDALE	a 6:01
38	HERKOLTZ Silvio	BORA-ARGON 18	a 7:44
39	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 7:49
40	STUYVEN Jasper	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
41	FIGUEIREDO Frederico	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	s.t.
42	ROSA Diego	ASTANA	s.t.
43	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
44	PUCCIO Salvatore	SKY	s.t.
45	CAMPANAERTS Victor	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 8:26
46	BROECKX Stig	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
47	MOLINA Antonio	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
48	REYNES Vicente	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
49	FERNANDES Luís	SPORTING/TAVIRA	s.t.
50	LOZANO David	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
51	BELDA David	TEAM ROTH	s.t.
52	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
53	ROJAS José Joaquín	MOVISTAR	s.t.
54	EZQUERRA Jesús	SPORTING/TAVIRA	s.t.
55	CIESLIK Pawel	VERVA ACTIVEJET	s.t.
56	AMADOR Andrey	MOVISTAR	s.t.
57	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	s.t.
58	TAARAMAE Rein	KATUSHA	s.t.
59	MORABITO Steve	FDJ	s.t.
60	KISERLOVSKI Robert	TINKOFF	s.t.
61	BRÜNGGER Nico	TEAM ROTH	s.t.
62	RUBIO Diego	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
63	PAULINHO Sérgio	TINKOFF	s.t.
64	PASQUALON Andrea	TEAM ROTH	s.t.
65	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	MOVISTAR	s.t.
66	NORDHAUG Lars Petters	SKY	s.t.
67	ROELANDTS Jürgen	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
68	ARCAS Jorge	MOVISTAR	s.t.
69	FONTE César	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	s.t.
70	HAUSSLER Heinrich	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
71	LANGEVELD Sebastian	CANNONDALE	s.t.
72	COURTEILLE Arnaud	FDJ	s.t.
73	ETXEBARRIA Victor	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	a 8:54
74	OFFREDO Yoann	FDJ	a 9:07
75	BOONEN Tom	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
76	KOLOBNEV Alexandr	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
77	STANNARD Ian	SKY	s.t.
78	KRIZEK Matthias	TEAM ROTH	s.t.
79	GOLAS Michal	SKY	a 9:09
80	de la FUENTE David	SPORTING/TAVIRA	a 9:10
81	CASIMIRO Henrique	EFAPEL	a 9:41
82	AFONSO Luís	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	s.t.
83	SANCHO Hugo	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 9:55
84	ALMEIDA Nuno	EFAPEL	a 10:03
85	HENAO Sebastián	SKY	a 11:05
86	HNIK Karel	VERVA ACTIVEJET	s.t.
87	LAGUTIN Sergey	KATUSHA	a 11:25
88	MAMYKIN Matvey	KATUSHA	s.t.
89	RODRIGUES João	W52/FC PORTO	a 13:28
90	VOROBYEV Anton	KATUSHA	a 13:51
91	PLANET Charles	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	a 15:51
92	GREIPEL André	LOTTO SOUDAL	a 16:34
93	MAS Luis	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
94	GONÇALVES Domingos	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
95	WIPPERT Wouter	CANNONDALE	a 18:07
96	TERPSTRA Niki	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
97	STACHOWIAK Adam	VERVA ACTIVEJET	s.t.
98	SILVA Bruno	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 18:55
99	POPOVYCH Yaroslav	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 19:37
100	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE	a 19:38
101	ARREDONDO Julián	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
102	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 19:58
103	TOSSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF	a 20:37
104	SEGOVIA José de	LOULETANO	s.t.
105	DOWSETT Alex	MOVISTAR	s.t.
106	MESTRE Ricardo	W52/FC PORTO	s.t.
107	VENTOSO Francisco	MOVISTAR	s.t.
108	CALDEIRA Samuel	W52/FC PORTO	s.t.
109	DEMPSTER Zakkari	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
110	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
111	BAUHAUS Phil	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
112	JANORSCHKE Grischa	TEAM ROTH	s.t.
113	GARCÍA Vicente	LOULETANO	s.t.
114	VERMOTE Julien	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
115	SABATINI Fabio	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
116	BRANDÃO Joni	EFAPEL	s.t.
117	TRUEBA Álvaro	EFAPEL	s.t.
118	KITTEL Marcel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
119	SCHWARZMANN Michael	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
120	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE	s.t.
121	BRÄNDLE Matthias	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
122	CARDOSO Filipe	EFAPEL	s.t.
123	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
124	FISCHER Murilo	FDJ	s.t.
125	PELLAUD Simon	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
126	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
127	TROFIMOV Iurii	TINKOFF	s.t.
128	BONNET William	FDJ	s.t.
129	LEEZER Thomas	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
130	VAN WINDEN Dennis	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
131	MEIRELES Nuno	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	s.t.
132	RODRIGUES David	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	s.t.
133	WALLAYS Jelle	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
134	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
135	DEVOLDER Stijn	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
136	BÁRTA Jan	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
137	GRADEK Kamil	VERVA ACTIVEJET	s.t.
138	FRANCZAK Pawel	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 20:47
139	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 20:50
140	REIS Rafael	W52/FC PORTO	a 22:11
141	SILVA Rafael	EFAPEL	s.t.
142	LE BON Johan	FDJ	a 22:20
143	VALGREN Michael	TINKOFF	a 24:49
144	DE BIE Sean	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
145	RODRIGUES Rui	LOULETANO	s.t.
146	HENTTALA Joonas	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
147	VERSCHOOR Martijn	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
148	CLANCY Stephen	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
149	ALARCÓN Raul	W52/FC PORTO	s.t.
150	PEREIRA Válter	SPORTING/TAVIRA	s.t.
151	PERON Andrea	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
152	BROCO Hernâni	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	s.t.
153	NAESEN Oliver	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
154	LAMPAERT Yves	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
155	FERREIRA Hélder	EFAPEL	s.t.
156	PINTO Sandro	LOULETANO	s.t.
157	HERNÁNDEZ Jesús	TINKOFF	s.t.
158	ROVNY Ivan	TINKOFF	s.t.
159	CARRALERO Cristian	LOULETANO	s.t.
160	SAVITSKII Ivan	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
161	ALMEIDA Guillaume	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	s.t.
162	NYCH Artem	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
163	LASTRA Jonatan	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
164	BODNAR Lukasz	VERVA ACTIVEJET	s.t.
165	GUERRERO Pablo	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	s.t.
166	JIMENEZ Carlos	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	s.t.
167	KHOLER Martin	TEAM ROTH	s.t.
168	BREA Óscar	SPORTING/TAVIRA	a 24:54
169	LIVRAMENTO David	SPORTING/TAVIRA	s.t.
170	MATZKA Ralf	BORA-ARGON 18	a 26:29
171	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 26:56
172	ERSHOV Artur	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 28:31
173	CANTERO Francisco	LOULETANO	a 31:11
174	KOCH Jonas *	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 31:17
175	MANAKOV Viktor	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 33:49
176	MAIKIN Roman	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
177	SEROV Alexander	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
178	SILVA Joaquim	W52/FC PORTO	s.t.
179	COUTINHO Leonel	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 35:05

GC after Stage 2:

362.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.182 km/hr

1	LEÓN SÁNCHEZ Luis	ASTANA	9hr 0min 50sec
2	THOMAS Geraint	SKY	a 5sec
3	ROGLIC Primoz	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 9
4	IZAGUIRRE Ion	MOVISTAR	a 13
5	MACHADO Tiago	KATUSHA	a 15
6	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	s.t.
7	ANTUNES Amaro	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 19
8	SAEZ Hector *	CAJA RURAL	a 23
9	BENOOT Tiesj *	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
10	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM CYCLING	a 25
11	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA	s.t.
12	MARTIN Tony	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
13	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
14	SCHLECK Fränk	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
15	REICHENBACH Sebastien	FDJ	s.t.
16	ARU Fabio	ASTANA	s.t.
17	CARDOSO André	CANNONDALE	a 30
18	STYBAR Zdenek	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 32
19	VILELA Ricardo	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
20	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF	a 34
21	GESINK Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 43
22	OLIVEIRA Nelson	MOVISTAR	a 1min 2sec
23	PRADES Eduard	CAJA RURAL	a 1:06
24	VAN BAARLE Dylan	CANNONDALE	a 1:18
25	TIRALONGO Paolo	ASTANA	a 1:31
26	SIMÓN Jordi	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 1:47
27	BENTA João	LOULETANO	a 1:52
28	PIRES Bruno	TEAM ROTH	s.t.
29	VINHAS Rui	W52/FC PORTO	s.t.
30	CATALDO Dario	ASTANA	a 1:58
31	NOCENTINI Rinaldo	SPORTING/TAVIRA	a 2:15
32	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	s.t.
33	MESTRE Daniel	EFAPEL	s.t.
34	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	a 3:52
35	MEGÍAS Javier	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	a 4:53
36	MOSER Moreno	CANNONDALE	a 6:09
37	URÁN Rigoberto	CANNONDALE	a 6:11
38	HERKOLTZ Silvio	BORA-ARGON 18	a 7:54
39	STUYVEN Jasper	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 7:55
40	PUCCIO Salvatore	SKY	a 7:59
41	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
42	FIGUEIREDO Frederico	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	s.t.
43	ROSA Diego	ASTANA	s.t.
44	CAMPANAERTS Victor	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 8:36
45	ROJAS José Joaquín	MOVISTAR	s.t.
46	CIESLIK Pawel	VERVA ACTIVEJET	s.t.
47	AMADOR Andrey	MOVISTAR	s.t.
48	EZQUERRA Jesús	SPORTING/TAVIRA	s.t.
49	MOLINA Antonio	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
50	PASQUALON Andrea	TEAM ROTH	s.t.
51	NORDHAUG Lars Petters	SKY	s.t.
52	TAARAMAE Rein	KATUSHA	s.t.
53	FERNANDES Luís	SPORTING/TAVIRA	s.t.
54	REYNES Vicente	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
55	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	s.t.
56	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	MOVISTAR	s.t.
57	LANGEVELD Sebastian	CANNONDALE	s.t.
58	RUBIO Diego	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
59	FONTE César	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	s.t.
60	LOZANO David	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
61	ROELANDTS Jürgen	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
62	MORABITO Steve	FDJ	s.t.
63	BELDA David	TEAM ROTH	s.t.
64	ARCAS Jorge	MOVISTAR	s.t.
65	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
66	KISERLOVSKI Robert	TINKOFF	s.t.
67	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 8:49
68	BRÜNGGER Nico	TEAM ROTH	a 8:53
69	PAULINHO Sérgio	TINKOFF	a 8:54
70	ETXEBARRIA Victor	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	a 9:04
71	KRIZEK Matthias	TEAM ROTH	a 9:17
72	OFFREDO Yoann	FDJ	s.t.
73	STANNARD Ian	SKY	s.t.
74	GOLAS Michal	SKY	a 9:19
75	de la FUENTE David	SPORTING/TAVIRA	a 9:20
76	COURTEILLE Arnaud	FDJ	a 9:26
77	BROECKX Stig	LOTTO SOUDAL	a 9:39
78	CASIMIRO Henrique	EFAPEL	a 9:51
79	KOLOBNEV Alexandr	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
80	AFONSO Luís	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 10:09
81	SANCHO Hugo	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 10:23
82	ALMEIDA Nuno	EFAPEL	a 10:31
83	HENAO Sebastián	SKY	a 11:15
84	HNIK Karel	VERVA ACTIVEJET	s.t.
85	HAUSSLER Heinrich	IAM CYCLING	a 11:34
86	LAGUTIN Sergey	KATUSHA	a 11:35
87	MAMYKIN Matvey	KATUSHA	a 11:53
88	RODRIGUES João	W52/FC PORTO	a 13:56
89	VOROBYEV Anton	KATUSHA	a 14:01
90	GREIPEL André	LOTTO SOUDAL	a 16:38
91	GONÇALVES Domingos	CAJA RURAL	a 16:57
92	BOONEN Tom	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
93	MAS Luis	CAJA RURAL	a 17:02
94	WIPPERT Wouter	CANNONDALE	a 18:17
95	STACHOWIAK Adam	VERVA ACTIVEJET	s.t.
96	SILVA Bruno	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 19:22
97	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE	a 19:48
98	ARREDONDO Julián	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
99	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 20:08
100	KITTEL Marcel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 20:37
101	TERPSTRA Niki	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 20:41
102	POPOVYCH Yaroslav	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 20:43
103	MESTRE Ricardo	W52/FC PORTO	a 20:44
104	DOWSETT Alex	MOVISTAR	a 20:47
105	SCHWARZMANN Michael	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
106	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
107	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
108	DEMPSTER Zakkari	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
109	CALDEIRA Samuel	W52/FC PORTO	s.t.
110	VAN WINDEN Dennis	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
111	GARCÍA Vicente	LOULETANO	s.t.
112	SEGOVIA José de	LOULETANO	s.t.
113	JANORSCHKE Grischa	TEAM ROTH	s.t.
114	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
115	TROFIMOV Iurii	TINKOFF	s.t.
116	BRANDÃO Joni	EFAPEL	s.t.
117	CARDOSO Filipe	EFAPEL	s.t.
118	BÁRTA Jan	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
119	FRANCZAK Pawel	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 20:57
120	TRUEBA Álvaro	EFAPEL	a 21:05
121	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE	s.t.
122	PELLAUD Simon	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
123	VERMOTE Julien	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
124	BONNET William	FDJ	s.t.
125	MEIRELES Nuno	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	s.t.
126	RODRIGUES David	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	s.t.
127	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	a 21:16
128	VENTOSO Francisco	MOVISTAR	a 21:33
129	FISCHER Murilo	FDJ	a 21:37
130	DEVOLDER Stijn	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
131	TOSSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF	a 21:45
132	GRADEK Kamil	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 21:59
133	SILVA Rafael	EFAPEL	a 22:21
134	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 22:35
135	LEEZER Thomas	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
136	REIS Rafael	W52/FC PORTO	a 22:39
137	SABATINI Fabio	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 22:53
138	LE BON Johan	FDJ	a 23:20
139	PLANET Charles	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	a 23:22
140	BAUHAUS Phil	BORA-ARGON 18	a 23:43
141	PERON Andrea	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	a 24:59
142	SAVITSKII Ivan	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
143	ROVNY Ivan	TINKOFF	s.t.
144	DE BIE Sean	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
145	VALGREN Michael	TINKOFF	s.t.
146	PEREIRA Válter	SPORTING/TAVIRA	s.t.
147	JIMENEZ Carlos	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	s.t.
148	GUERRERO Pablo	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	s.t.
149	LIVRAMENTO David	SPORTING/TAVIRA	a 25:04
150	NAESEN Oliver	IAM CYCLING	a 25:14
151	RODRIGUES Rui	LOULETANO	a 25:17
152	HENTTALA Joonas	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
153	CLANCY Stephen	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
154	ALMEIDA Guillaume	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA	s.t.
155	NYCH Artem	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
156	BROCO Hernâni	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	s.t.
157	PINTO Sandro	LOULETANO	s.t.
158	BREA Óscar	SPORTING/TAVIRA	a 25:22
159	FERREIRA Hélder	EFAPEL	a 25:37
160	CARRALERO Cristian	LOULETANO	a 25:49
161	KHOLER Martin	TEAM ROTH	s.t.
162	BODNAR Lukasz	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 25:57
163	BRÄNDLE Matthias	IAM CYCLING	a 25:58
164	WALLAYS Jelle	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
165	HERNÁNDEZ Jesús	TINKOFF	a 26:24
166	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	a 27:06
167	ALARCÓN Raul	W52/FC PORTO	a 27:41
168	ERSHOV Artur	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 28:41
169	MATZKA Ralf	BORA-ARGON 18	a 29:35
170	LASTRA Jonatan	CAJA RURAL	a 30:05
171	KOCH Jonas	VERVA ACTIVEJET	a 31:27
172	CANTERO Francisco	LOULETANO	a 32:11
173	VERSCHOOR Martijn	TEAM NOVO NORDISK	a 32:20
174	LAMPAERT Yves	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	a 32:39
175	MAIKIN Roman	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	a 33:59
176	SEROV Alexander	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
177	SILVA Joaquim	W52/FC PORTO	a 34:49
178	MANAKOV Viktor	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
179	COUTINHO Leonel	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE	a 37:57

Stage 2 profile:

Stage 2 profile

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Wednesday, February 17: Stage 1, Lagos - Albufeira, 163.6 km

Stage 1 profile

Marcel Kittel wins the first stage

The Race:

Here's the stage story as told by the team of stage winner Marcel Kittel.

Riding the Volta ao Algarve for the first time in his career, the German took stage 1 by the scruff of the neck and scored his fourth victory of the season.

Marcel Kittel is in scintillating form, and he proved this once again, by winning the inaugural stage (Lagos – Albufeira, 163.6 km) of the 42nd Volta ao Algarve, a race for which Etixx – Quick-Step assembled a very strong team, that also includes Tom Boonen, Yves Lampaert, Tony Martin, Fabio Sabatini, Zdenek Stybar, Niki Terpstra and Julien Vermote.

Only three men went into the breakaway on Wednesday – Domingos Gonçalves (Caja Rural), Kamil Gradek (Verva-ActiveJet) and Alexandr Kolobnev (Gazprom-Rusvelo) – but they managed to open a big gap of almost seven minutes, which meant the sprinters' teams had to pull hard in order to catch them. As a result, Etixx – Quick-Step and Lotto-Soudal shared duties at the front and brought the escapees back inside the last ten kilometers.

In a crash-marred finale, two of the team's riders hit the ground – Yves Lampaert, with 8 kilometers to go, and Fabio Sabatini, in the last roundabout – but fortunately both climbed back on the bike and completed the stage. In the first incident, also Tom Boonen was involved, while he was moving up to the front of the peloton following a flat tire. The 2005 world champion avoided the crash, but broke his front wheel and had to wait for a new bike, and after getting it, he arrived at the finish together with Lampaert.

Despite these setbacks, Etixx – Quick-Step kept its composure on the tricky last part of the course, which included an undulating terrain, and delivered Marcel Kittel in an excellent position, allowing the German to launch his powerful sprint and record his fourth win of the season, ahead of fellow countryman André Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) and Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo). The victory he scored in Albufeira came one year after another Etixx – Quick-Step rider, Gianni Meersman, won in the same city and donned the yellow jersey.

"It wasn't an easy day, and we were aware of that, but we took it as a challenge, because we wanted to prove that we can win also on such a finish. We stayed calm, came at the front before the last roundabout, and it all worked well in the end", said the 27-year-old, who's leading a race for the second time this season, following the Dubai Tour, which he won at the beginning of the month.

The German, who will wear the yellow jersey on Thursday, continued: "It's a good start for us here in Portugal. As a matter of fact, the overall picture makes us happy and proud, because we have enjoyed an excellent start to the season, and I am very grateful for that. My goal in Algarve was to take a stage and I did it against a quality field, which is very important for my confidence. Now, the team will be more relaxed, will take things day by day and we'll see if we will get another shot at a win".

Volta ao Algarve will continue with stage 2, that's going to include four categorized climbs, including the Alto da Foia (first category), which features at the finish. The 7.5 km-long ascent, averaging 5.8%, was first used in the races 14 years ago, and now returns on the course for the queen-stage that could lead to some big gaps in the general classification.

And here's more info from the race organizer:

Marcel Kittel (Etixx-QuickStep) and André Greipel (Lotto Soudal) confirmed the initial previews, and the first stage of the Tour of Algarve finished in Albufeira with a duel between the two best sprinters of the peloton.

The stage ended with a fast sprint that thrilled the large crowd in Albufeira at the end of the 163.6 km stage from Lagos. Both Kittel and Greipel reaffirmed their powerful start to the season, but it was Kittel to raise his arms and take the first Cyclin’Portugal yellow leader jersey. Greipel finished second leaving the third place for Belgian rider Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo).

Bonuses at the finish placed Marcel Kittel with a lead of 4 seconds over Greipel and with a margin of 6 seconds to Stuyven. Among the candidates to victory in the general classification, the Portuguese rider Tiago Machado (Katusha) was the best, cutting the line in seventh position.

Marcel Kittel, in his fourth success of the year, is also the leader in the points classification and thereby also earned the green Tourism of the Algarve jersey. The Polish rider Kamil Gradek (Verva ActiveJet) entered the podium to wear the blue Liberty Seguros jersey as the best climber. Gradek embarked on an attack along with Portuguese rider Domingos Gonçalves (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) and Alexandr Kolobnev (Gazprom-RusVelo) for more than 150 km. However, his initiative succumbed with 10 km to go due to the high chasing pace in the peloton, led by Lotto Soudal and Etixx-QuickStep.

Tomorrow, Colombian rider Sebastian Henao (Team Sky) will start the second stage wearing the white Fundação do Desporto jersey as the best young rider. The second stage is considered the Queen stage of the race, and the peloton will face 198.6 km, starting in Lagoa and finishing at the top of Foia, Monchique.

The finish line coincides with a first category climb, in the highest point in the Algarve, but the difficulties will begin much earlier. The first turning point of the race will be the ascent to Picota on a narrow and very steep road, meaning the General Classification contenders will have to fight for the right position on the climb in order to avoid losing too much time.

“It was a good start of the Tour of Algarve for our team. We were calm, we organized the sprint, and the final launch was perfect. ‘Chapeau’ to my companions. It´s February, it´s too early to analyze this win and predict the rest of the year. I can be confident, but it´s too early for the big tests. I know what it is to start the season poorly, so it´s very important to win early, especially with a new team. ” – Marcel Kittel, stage winner and leader of the race

“Going for a breakaway was the main goal. I felt good, and I managed to win all the sprints and the mountains classification. I like racing in Algarve, the weather is good, and the roads are good. Tomorrow is a new day, those who fight for the general classifications will be at the front. It won’t be easy, but I’ll try to get away again and defend this jersey ” – Kamil Gradek, mountains classification leader

Complete Results:

163.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.204 km/hr

1	KITTEL Marcel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP (BEL)	3hr 52min 35sec
2	GREIPEL André	LOTTO SOUDAL (BEL)	s.t.
3	STUYVEN Jasper	TREK-SEGAFREDO (USA)	s.t.
4	WIPPERT Wouter	CANNONDALE  (USA)	s.t.
5	CAMPANAERTS Victor	LOTTO NL-JUMBO (NED)	s.t.
6	PUCCIO Salvatore	SKY (GBR)	s.t.
7	MACHADO Tiago	KATUSHA (RUS)	s.t.
8	DOWSETT Alex	MOVISTAR (ESP)	s.t.
9	MAIKIN Roman	GAZPROM-RUSVELO  (RUS)	s.t.
10	CIESLIK Pawel	VERVA ACTIVEJET (POL)	s.t.
11	ROJAS José Joaquín	MOVISTAR (ESP)	s.t.
12	AMADOR Andrey	MOVISTAR (ESP)	s.t.
13	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM CYCLING (SUI)	s.t.
14	de la FUENTE David	SPORTING/TAVIRA (POR)	s.t.
15	FRANCZAK Pawel	VERVA ACTIVEJET (POL)	s.t.
16	ANTUNES Amaro	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE (POR)	s.t.
17	ARREDONDO Julián	TREK-SEGAFREDO (USA)	s.t.
18	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE  (USA)	s.t.
19	OLIVEIRA Nelson	MOVISTAR (ESP)	s.t.
20	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO SOUDAL (BEL)	s.t.
21	SCHWARZMANN Michael	BORA-ARGON 18 (GER)	s.t.
22	STYBAR Zdenek	ETIXX-QUICK STEP (BEL)	s.t.
23	EZQUERRA Jesús	SPORTING/TAVIRA (POR)	s.t.
24	URÁN Rigoberto	CANNONDALE  (USA)	s.t.
25	HENAO Sebastián	SKY (GBR)	s.t.
26	BENTA João	LOULETANO (POR)	s.t.
27	THOMAS Geraint	SKY (GBR)	s.t.
28	PASQUALON Andrea	TEAM ROTH (SUI)	s.t.
29	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF (RUS)	s.t.
30	SAEZ Hector	CAJA RURAL (ESP)	s.t.
31	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO (NED)	s.t.
32	VILELA Ricardo	CAJA RURAL (ESP)	s.t.
33	PRADES Eduard	CAJA RURAL (ESP)	s.t.
34	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA (RUS)	s.t.
35	NORDHAUG Lars Petters	SKY (GBR)	s.t.
36	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ (FRA)	s.t.
37	PIRES Bruno	TEAM ROTH (SUI)	s.t.
38	MARTIN Tony	ETIXX-QUICK STEP (BEL)	s.t.
39	KRIZEK Matthias	TEAM ROTH (SUI)	s.t.
40	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO (USA)	s.t.
41	LEÓN SÁNCHEZ Luis	ASTANA (KAZ)	s.t.
42	BENOOT Tiesj	LOTTO SOUDAL (BEL)	s.t.
43	MOLINA Antonio	CAJA RURAL (ESP)	s.t.
44	OFFREDO Yoann	FDJ (FRA)	s.t.
45	KOCH Jonas	VERVA ACTIVEJET (POL)	s.t.
46	TAARAMAE Rein	KATUSHA (RUS)	s.t.
47	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL (BEL)	s.t.
48	NOCENTINI Rinaldo	SPORTING/TAVIRA (POR)	s.t.
49	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO (NED)	s.t.
50	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA (RUS)	s.t.
51	SCHLECK Fränk	TREK-SEGAFREDO (USA)	s.t.
52	SIMÓN Jordi	VERVA ACTIVEJET (POL)	s.t.
54	LAGUTIN Sergey	KATUSHA (RUS)	s.t.
55	LANGEVELD Sebastian	CANNONDALE  (USA)	s.t.
56	VAN WINDEN Dennis	LOTTO NL-JUMBO (NED)	s.t.
57	SAVITSKII Ivan	GAZPROM-RUSVELO  (RUS)	s.t.
58	HNIK Karel	VERVA ACTIVEJET (POL)	s.t.
59	FONTE César	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA (POR)	s.t.
60	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	MOVISTAR (ESP)	s.t.
61	FERNANDES Luís	SPORTING/TAVIRA (POR)	s.t.
62	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM CYCLING (SUI)	s.t.
63	PERON Andrea	TEAM NOVO NORDISK (USA)	s.t.
64	VOROBYEV Anton	KATUSHA (RUS)	s.t.
65	RUBIO Diego	CAJA RURAL (ESP)	s.t.
66	MESTRE Daniel	EFAPEL (POR)	s.t.
67	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA (KAZ)	s.t.
68	DEMPSTER Zakkari	BORA-ARGON 18 (GER)	s.t.
69	STACHOWIAK Adam	VERVA ACTIVEJET (POL)	s.t.
70	VAN BAARLE Dylan	CANNONDALE  (USA)	s.t.
71	REYNES Vicente	IAM CYCLING (SUI)	s.t.
72	FIGUEIREDO Frederico	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA (POR)	s.t.
73	CATALDO Dario	ASTANA (KAZ)	s.t.
74	GARCÍA Vicente	LOULETANO (POR)	s.t.
75	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18 (GER)	s.t.
76	ROSA Diego	ASTANA (KAZ)	s.t.
77	REICHENBACH Sebastien	FDJ (FRA)	s.t.
78	CALDEIRA Samuel	W52/FC PORTO (POR)	s.t.
79	STANNARD Ian	SKY (GBR)	s.t.
80	IZAGUIRRE Ion	MOVISTAR (ESP)	s.t.
81	MESTRE Ricardo	W52/FC PORTO (POR)	s.t.
82	ROVNY Ivan	TINKOFF (RUS)	s.t.
83	ROELANDTS Jürgen	LOTTO SOUDAL (BEL)	s.t.
84	HERKOLTZ Silvio	BORA-ARGON 18 (GER)	s.t.
85	CARDOSO André	CANNONDALE  (USA)	s.t.
86	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas	IAM CYCLING (SUI)	s.t.
87	CASIMIRO Henrique	EFAPEL (POR)	s.t.
88	TROFIMOV Iurii	TINKOFF (RUS)	s.t.
89	ERSHOV Artur	GAZPROM-RUSVELO  (RUS)	s.t.
90	GOLAS Michal	SKY (GBR)	s.t.
91	ARCAS Jorge	MOVISTAR (ESP)	s.t.
92	JANORSCHKE Grischa	TEAM ROTH (SUI)	s.t.
93	SEGOVIA José de	LOULETANO (POR)	s.t.
94	MORABITO Steve	FDJ (FRA)	s.t.
95	ROGLIC Primoz	LOTTO NL-JUMBO (NED)	s.t.
96	SILVA Rafael	EFAPEL (POR)	s.t.
97	LOZANO David	TEAM NOVO NORDISK (USA)	s.t.
98	TIRALONGO Paolo	ASTANA (KAZ)	s.t.
99	ARU Fabio	ASTANA (KAZ)	s.t.
100	GONZÁLEZ Mario	SPORTING/TAVIRA (POR)	s.t.
101	BRANDÃO Joni	EFAPEL (POR)	s.t.
102	CARDOSO Filipe	EFAPEL (POR)	s.t.
103	SEROV Alexander	GAZPROM-RUSVELO  (RUS)	s.t.
104	BELDA David	TEAM ROTH (SUI)	s.t.
105	JIMENEZ Carlos	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA (POR)	s.t.
106	VINHAS Rui	W52/FC PORTO (POR)	s.t.
107	ETXEBARRIA Victor	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA (POR)	s.t.
108	DE BIE Sean	LOTTO SOUDAL (BEL)	s.t.
109	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18 (GER)	s.t.
110	BÁRTA Jan	BORA-ARGON 18 (GER)	s.t.
111	MOSER Moreno	CANNONDALE  (USA)	s.t.
112	GUERRERO Pablo	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA (POR)	s.t.
113	VALGREN Michael	TINKOFF (RUS)	s.t.
114	LIVRAMENTO David	SPORTING/TAVIRA (POR)	s.t.
115	PEREIRA Válter	SPORTING/TAVIRA (POR)	s.t.
116	KISERLOVSKI Robert	TINKOFF (RUS)	s.t.
117	SILVA Bruno	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE (POR)	a 17
118	BRÜNGGER Nico	TEAM ROTH (SUI)	s.t.
119	TRUEBA Álvaro	EFAPEL (POR)	a 18
120	REIS Rafael	W52/FC PORTO (POR)	s.t.
121	SANCHO Hugo	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE (POR)	s.t.
122	HENTTALA Joonas	TEAM NOVO NORDISK (USA)	s.t.
123	RODRIGUES Rui	LOULETANO (POR)	s.t.
124	ALMEIDA Guillaume	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA (POR)	s.t.
125	GONÇALVES Domingos	CAJA RURAL (ESP)	s.t.
126	NYCH Artem	GAZPROM-RUSVELO  (RUS)	s.t.
127	PELLAUD Simon	IAM CYCLING (SUI)	s.t.
128	RODRIGUES João	W52/FC PORTO (POR)	s.t.
129	CLANCY Stephen	TEAM NOVO NORDISK (USA)	s.t.
130	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE  (USA)	s.t.
131	CARVALHO António	W52/FC PORTO (POR)	s.t.
132	AFONSO Luís	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE (POR)	s.t.
133	SILVA Daniel	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA (POR)	s.t.
134	MAS Luis	CAJA RURAL (ESP)	s.t.
135	ALMEIDA Nuno	EFAPEL (POR)	s.t.
136	GESINK Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO (NED)	s.t.
137	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO (USA)	s.t.
138	BONNET William	FDJ (FRA)	s.t.
139	BREA Óscar	SPORTING/TAVIRA (POR)	s.t.
140	BROCO Hernâni	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE (POR)	s.t.
141	NAESEN Oliver	IAM CYCLING (SUI)	s.t.
142	LÓPEZ David	SKY (GBR)	s.t.
143	PINTO Sandro	LOULETANO (POR)	s.t.
144	VERMOTE Julien	ETIXX-QUICK STEP (BEL)	s.t.
145	PAULINHO Sérgio	TINKOFF (RUS)	s.t.
146	MEIRELES Nuno	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE (POR)	s.t.
147	RODRIGUES David	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA (POR)	s.t.
148	MAMYKIN Matvey	KATUSHA (RUS)	s.t.
149	FERREIRA Hélder	EFAPEL (POR)	a 38
150	KOLOBNEV Alexandr	GAZPROM-RUSVELO  (RUS)	s.t.
151	VENTOSO Francisco	MOVISTAR (ESP)	a 46
152	LE BON Johan	FDJ (FRA)	a 50
153	CANTERO Francisco	LOULETANO (POR)	s.t.
154	FISCHER Murilo	FDJ (FRA)	s.t.
155	SILVA Joaquim	W52/FC PORTO (POR)	s.t.
156	DEVOLDER Stijn	TREK-SEGAFREDO (USA)	s.t.
157	CARRALERO Cristian	LOULETANO (POR)	s.t.
158	COURTEILLE Arnaud	FDJ (FRA)	s.t.
159	MANAKOV Viktor	GAZPROM-RUSVELO  (RUS)	s.t.
160	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK-SEGAFREDO (USA)	s.t.
161	KHOLER Martin	TEAM ROTH (SUI)	s.t.
162	POPOVYCH Yaroslav	TREK-SEGAFREDO (USA)	a 56
163	STACH Mamyr	GAZPROM-RUSVELO  (RUS)	a 58
164	BODNAR Lukasz	VERVA ACTIVEJET (POL)	s.t.
165	TOSSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF (RUS)	s.t.
166	BROECKX Stig	LOTTO SOUDAL (BEL)	a 1:03
167	GRADEK Kamil	VERVA ACTIVEJET (POL)	a 1:21
168	HERNÁNDEZ Jesús	TINKOFF (RUS)	a 1:25
169	RODRÍGUEZ Joaquim	KATUSHA (RUS)	s.t.
170	LEEZER Thomas	LOTTO NL-JUMBO (NED)	a 1:48
171	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO (NED)	s.t.
172	SABATINI Fabio	ETIXX-QUICK STEP (BEL)	a 2:06
173	CHERBAL Corenti	TEAM NOVO NORDISK (USA)	a 2:09
174	TERPSTRA Niki	ETIXX-QUICK STEP (BEL)	a 2:24
175	COUTINHO Leonel	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE (POR)	a 2:42
176	ALARCÓN Raul	W52/FC PORTO (POR)	s.t.
177	BAUHAUS Phil	BORA-ARGON 18 (GER)	a 2:56
178	CECCHIN Alberto	TEAM ROTH (SUI)	s.t.
179	MATZKA Ralf	BORA-ARGON 18 (GER)	s.t.
180	HAUSSLER Heinrich	IAM CYCLING (SUI)	a 2:58
181	WALLAYS Jelle	LOTTO SOUDAL (BEL)	a 5:11
182	BRÄNDLE Matthias	IAM CYCLING (SUI)	s.t.
183	LASTRA Jonatan	CAJA RURAL (ESP)	s.t.
184	PAULINHO Pedro	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE (POR)	s.t.
185	MAGALHÃES Samuel	LOULETANO (POR)	s.t.
186	VERSCHOOR Martijn	TEAM NOVO NORDISK (USA)	a 7:21
187	PLANET Charles	TEAM NOVO NORDISK (USA)	s.t.
188	LAMPAERT Yves	ETIXX-QUICK STEP (BEL)	a 7:40
189	BOONEN Tom	ETIXX-QUICK STEP (BEL)	s.t.

GC after Stage 1:

1	KITTEL Marcel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP (BEL)	3hr 52min 25sec
2	GREIPEL André	LOTTO SOUDAL (BEL)	@ 4sec
3	STUYVEN Jasper	TREK-SEGAFREDO (USA)	a 6
4	WIPPERT Wouter	CANNONDALE  (USA)	a 10
5	CAMPANAERTS Victor	LOTTO NL-JUMBO (NED)	s.t.
6	PUCCIO Salvatore	SKY (GBR)	s.t.
7	MACHADO Tiago	KATUSHA (RUS)	s.t.
8	DOWSETT Alex	MOVISTAR (ESP)	s.t.
9	MAIKIN Roman	GAZPROM-RUSVELO  (RUS)	s.t.
10	CIESLIK Pawel	VERVA ACTIVEJET (POL)	s.t.
11	ROJAS José Joaquín	MOVISTAR (ESP)	s.t.
12	AMADOR Andrey	MOVISTAR (ESP)	s.t.
13	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM CYCLING (SUI)	s.t.
14	de la FUENTE David	SPORTING/TAVIRA (POR)	s.t.
15	FRANCZAK Pawel	VERVA ACTIVEJET (POL)	s.t.
16	ANTUNES Amaro	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE (POR)	s.t.
17	ARREDONDO Julián	TREK-SEGAFREDO (USA)	s.t.
18	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE  (USA)	s.t.
19	OLIVEIRA Nelson	MOVISTAR (ESP)	s.t.
20	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO SOUDAL (BEL)	s.t.
21	SCHWARZMANN Michael	BORA-ARGON 18 (GER)	s.t.
22	STYBAR Zdenek	ETIXX-QUICK STEP (BEL)	s.t.
23	EZQUERRA Jesús	SPORTING/TAVIRA (POR)	s.t.
24	URÁN Rigoberto	CANNONDALE  (USA)	s.t.
25	HENAO Sebastián	SKY (GBR)	s.t.
26	BENTA João	LOULETANO (POR)	s.t.
27	THOMAS Geraint	SKY (GBR)	s.t.
28	PASQUALON Andrea	TEAM ROTH (SUI)	s.t.
29	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF (RUS)	s.t.
30	SAEZ Hector	CAJA RURAL (ESP)	s.t.
31	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO (NED)	s.t.
32	VILELA Ricardo	CAJA RURAL (ESP)	s.t.
33	PRADES Eduard	CAJA RURAL (ESP)	s.t.
34	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA (RUS)	s.t.
35	NORDHAUG Lars Petters	SKY (GBR)	s.t.
36	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ (FRA)	s.t.
37	PIRES Bruno	TEAM ROTH (SUI)	s.t.
38	MARTIN Tony	ETIXX-QUICK STEP (BEL)	s.t.
39	KRIZEK Matthias	TEAM ROTH (SUI)	s.t.
40	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO (USA)	s.t.
41	LEÓN SÁNCHEZ Luis	ASTANA (KAZ)	s.t.
42	BENOOT Tiesj	LOTTO SOUDAL (BEL)	s.t.
43	MOLINA Antonio	CAJA RURAL (ESP)	s.t.
44	OFFREDO Yoann	FDJ (FRA)	s.t.
45	KOCH Jonas	VERVA ACTIVEJET (POL)	s.t.
46	TAARAMAE Rein	KATUSHA (RUS)	s.t.
47	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL (BEL)	s.t.
48	NOCENTINI Rinaldo	SPORTING/TAVIRA (POR)	s.t.
49	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO (NED)	s.t.
50	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA (RUS)	s.t.
51	SCHLECK Fränk	TREK-SEGAFREDO (USA)	s.t.
52	SIMÓN Jordi	VERVA ACTIVEJET (POL)	s.t.
53	MEGÍAS Javier	TEAM NOVO NORDISK (USA)	s.t.
54	LAGUTIN Sergey	KATUSHA (RUS)	s.t.
55	LANGEVELD Sebastian	CANNONDALE  (USA)	s.t.
56	VAN WINDEN Dennis	LOTTO NL-JUMBO (NED)	s.t.
57	SAVITSKII Ivan	GAZPROM-RUSVELO  (RUS)	s.t.
58	HNIK Karel	VERVA ACTIVEJET (POL)	s.t.
59	FONTE César	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA (POR)	s.t.
60	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	MOVISTAR (ESP)	s.t.
61	FERNANDES Luís	SPORTING/TAVIRA (POR)	s.t.
62	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM CYCLING (SUI)	s.t.
63	PERON Andrea	TEAM NOVO NORDISK (USA)	s.t.
64	VOROBYEV Anton	KATUSHA (RUS)	s.t.
65	RUBIO Diego	CAJA RURAL (ESP)	s.t.
66	MESTRE Daniel	EFAPEL (POR)	s.t.
67	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA (KAZ)	s.t.
68	DEMPSTER Zakkari	BORA-ARGON 18 (GER)	s.t.
69	STACHOWIAK Adam	VERVA ACTIVEJET (POL)	s.t.
70	VAN BAARLE Dylan	CANNONDALE  (USA)	s.t.
71	REYNES Vicente	IAM CYCLING (SUI)	s.t.
72	FIGUEIREDO Frederico	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA (POR)	s.t.
73	CATALDO Dario	ASTANA (KAZ)	s.t.
74	GARCÍA Vicente	LOULETANO (POR)	s.t.
75	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18 (GER)	s.t.
76	ROSA Diego	ASTANA (KAZ)	s.t.
77	REICHENBACH Sebastien	FDJ (FRA)	s.t.
78	CALDEIRA Samuel	W52/FC PORTO (POR)	s.t.
79	STANNARD Ian	SKY (GBR)	s.t.
80	IZAGUIRRE Ion	MOVISTAR (ESP)	s.t.
81	MESTRE Ricardo	W52/FC PORTO (POR)	s.t.
82	ROVNY Ivan	TINKOFF (RUS)	s.t.
83	ROELANDTS Jürgen	LOTTO SOUDAL (BEL)	s.t.
84	HERKOLTZ Silvio	BORA-ARGON 18 (GER)	s.t.
85	CARDOSO André	CANNONDALE  (USA)	s.t.
86	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas	IAM CYCLING (SUI)	s.t.
87	CASIMIRO Henrique	EFAPEL (POR)	s.t.
88	TROFIMOV Iurii	TINKOFF (RUS)	s.t.
89	ERSHOV Artur	GAZPROM-RUSVELO  (RUS)	s.t.
90	GOLAS Michal	SKY (GBR)	s.t.
91	ARCAS Jorge	MOVISTAR (ESP)	s.t.
92	JANORSCHKE Grischa	TEAM ROTH (SUI)	s.t.
93	SEGOVIA José de	LOULETANO (POR)	s.t.
94	MORABITO Steve	FDJ (FRA)	s.t.
95	ROGLIC Primoz	LOTTO NL-JUMBO (NED)	s.t.
96	SILVA Rafael	EFAPEL (POR)	s.t.
97	LOZANO David	TEAM NOVO NORDISK (USA)	s.t.
98	TIRALONGO Paolo	ASTANA (KAZ)	s.t.
99	ARU Fabio	ASTANA (KAZ)	s.t.
100	GONZÁLEZ Mario	SPORTING/TAVIRA (POR)	s.t.
101	BRANDÃO Joni	EFAPEL (POR)	s.t.
102	CARDOSO Filipe	EFAPEL (POR)	s.t.
103	SEROV Alexander	GAZPROM-RUSVELO  (RUS)	s.t.
104	BELDA David	TEAM ROTH (SUI)	s.t.
105	JIMENEZ Carlos	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA (POR)	s.t.
106	VINHAS Rui	W52/FC PORTO (POR)	s.t.
107	ETXEBARRIA Victor	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA (POR)	s.t.
108	DE BIE Sean	LOTTO SOUDAL (BEL)	s.t.
109	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18 (GER)	s.t.
110	BÁRTA Jan	BORA-ARGON 18 (GER)	s.t.
111	MOSER Moreno	CANNONDALE  (USA)	s.t.
112	GUERRERO Pablo	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA (POR)	s.t.
113	VALGREN Michael	TINKOFF (RUS)	s.t.
114	LIVRAMENTO David	SPORTING/TAVIRA (POR)	s.t.
115	PEREIRA Válter	SPORTING/TAVIRA (POR)	s.t.
116	KISERLOVSKI Robert	TINKOFF (RUS)	s.t.
117	GONÇALVES Domingos	CAJA RURAL (ESP)	a 23
118	SILVA Bruno	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE (POR)	a 27
119	BRÜNGGER Nico	TEAM ROTH (SUI)	s.t.
120	TRUEBA Álvaro	EFAPEL (POR)	a 28
121	REIS Rafael	W52/FC PORTO (POR)	s.t.
122	SANCHO Hugo	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE (POR)	s.t.
123	HENTTALA Joonas	TEAM NOVO NORDISK (USA)	s.t.
124	RODRIGUES Rui	LOULETANO (POR)	s.t.
125	ALMEIDA Guillaume	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA (POR)	s.t.
126	NYCH Artem	GAZPROM-RUSVELO  (RUS)	s.t.
127	PELLAUD Simon	IAM CYCLING (SUI)	s.t.
128	RODRIGUES João	W52/FC PORTO (POR)	s.t.
129	CLANCY Stephen	TEAM NOVO NORDISK (USA)	s.t.
130	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE  (USA)	s.t.
131	CARVALHO António	W52/FC PORTO (POR)	s.t.
132	AFONSO Luís	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE (POR)	s.t.
133	SILVA Daniel	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA (POR)	s.t.
134	MAS Luis	CAJA RURAL (ESP)	s.t.
135	ALMEIDA Nuno	EFAPEL (POR)	s.t.
136	GESINK Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO (NED)	s.t.
137	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO (USA)	s.t.
138	BONNET William	FDJ (FRA)	s.t.
139	BREA Óscar	SPORTING/TAVIRA (POR)	s.t.
140	BROCO Hernâni	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE (POR)	s.t.
141	NAESEN Oliver	IAM CYCLING (SUI)	s.t.
142	LÓPEZ David	SKY (GBR)	s.t.
143	PINTO Sandro	LOULETANO (POR)	s.t.
144	VERMOTE Julien	ETIXX-QUICK STEP (BEL)	s.t.
145	PAULINHO Sérgio	TINKOFF (RUS)	s.t.
146	MEIRELES Nuno	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE (POR)	s.t.
147	RODRIGUES David	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA (POR)	s.t.
148	MAMYKIN Matvey	KATUSHA (RUS)	s.t.
149	KOLOBNEV Alexandr	GAZPROM-RUSVELO  (RUS)	a 44
150	FERREIRA Hélder	EFAPEL (POR)	a 48
151	VENTOSO Francisco	MOVISTAR (ESP)	a 56
152	LE BON Johan	FDJ (FRA)	a 1:00
153	CANTERO Francisco	LOULETANO (POR)	s.t.
154	FISCHER Murilo	FDJ (FRA)	s.t.
155	SILVA Joaquim	W52/FC PORTO (POR)	s.t.
156	DEVOLDER Stijn	TREK-SEGAFREDO (USA)	s.t.
157	CARRALERO Cristian	LOULETANO (POR)	s.t.
158	COURTEILLE Arnaud	FDJ (FRA)	s.t.
159	MANAKOV Viktor	GAZPROM-RUSVELO  (RUS)	s.t.
160	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK-SEGAFREDO (USA)	s.t.
161	KHOLER Martin	TEAM ROTH (SUI)	s.t.
162	POPOVYCH Yaroslav	TREK-SEGAFREDO (USA)	a 1:06
163	STACH Mamyr	GAZPROM-RUSVELO  (RUS)	a 1:08
164	BODNAR Lukasz	VERVA ACTIVEJET (POL)	s.t.
165	TOSSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF (RUS)	s.t.
166	BROECKX Stig	LOTTO SOUDAL (BEL)	a 1:13
167	GRADEK Kamil	VERVA ACTIVEJET (POL)	a 1:22
168	HERNÁNDEZ Jesús	TINKOFF (RUS)	a 1:35
169	RODRÍGUEZ Joaquim	KATUSHA (RUS)	s.t.
170	LEEZER Thomas	LOTTO NL-JUMBO (NED)	a 1:58
171	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO (NED)	s.t.
172	SABATINI Fabio	ETIXX-QUICK STEP (BEL)	a 2:16
173	CHERBAL Corenti	TEAM NOVO NORDISK (USA)	a 2:19
174	TERPSTRA Niki	ETIXX-QUICK STEP (BEL)	a 2:34
175	COUTINHO Leonel	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE (POR)	a 2:52
176	ALARCÓN Raul	W52/FC PORTO (POR)	s.t.
177	BAUHAUS Phil	BORA-ARGON 18 (GER)	a 3:06
178	CECCHIN Alberto	TEAM ROTH (SUI)	s.t.
179	MATZKA Ralf	BORA-ARGON 18 (GER)	s.t.
180	HAUSSLER Heinrich	IAM CYCLING (SUI)	a 3:08
181	WALLAYS Jelle	LOTTO SOUDAL (BEL)	a 5:21
182	BRÄNDLE Matthias	IAM CYCLING (SUI)	s.t.
183	LASTRA Jonatan	CAJA RURAL (ESP)	s.t.
184	PAULINHO Pedro	LA  ALUMINIOS/ANTARTE (POR)	s.t.
185	MAGALHÃES Samuel	LOULETANO (POR)	s.t.
186	VERSCHOOR Martijn	TEAM NOVO NORDISK (USA)	a 7:31
187	PLANET Charles	TEAM NOVO NORDISK (USA)	s.t.
188	LAMPAERT Yves	ETIXX-QUICK STEP (BEL)	a 7:50
189	BOONEN Tom	ETIXX-QUICK STEP (BEL)	s.t.

Stage 1 profile:

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Start list with back numbers, February 16, 2016:

	SKY
	Director: Gabriel Rasch
1	THOMAS Geraint
2	GOLAS Michal
3	HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian
5	LOPEZ GARCIA David
6	NORDHAUG Lars Petter
7	PUCCIO Salvatore
8	STANNARD Ian
	ASTANA
	Director: Gorazd Stangeli
11	ARU Fabio
12	SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon
13	CATALDO Dario
14	KANGERT Tanel
16	MALACARNE Davide
17	ROSA Diego
18	TIRALONGO Paolo
	CANNONDALE
	Director: Andreas Klier
21	CARDOSO Andre Fernando S. Martins
22	KOREN Kristjan
23	LANGEVELD Sebastian
24	MOSER Moreno
25	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas
26	URAN Rigoberto
27	VAN BAARLE Dylan
28	WIPPERT Wouter
	ETIXX-QUICK STEP
	Director: Jan Schaffrath
31	BOONEN Tom
32	KITTEL Marcel
33	LAMPAERT Yves
34	MARTIN Tony
35	SABATINI Fabio
36	STYBAR Zdenek
37	TERPSTRA Niki
38	VERMOTE Julien
	FDJ
	Director: Yvon Madiot
41	PINOT Thibaut
42	BONNET William
43	FISCHER Murilo Antonio
44	COURTEILLE Arnaud
45	MORABITO Steve
46	OFFREDO Yohan
47	REICHENBACH Sébastien
48	LE BON Johan
	IAM CYCLING
	Director: Kjell Carlstrom
51	BRANDLE Matthias
52	DEVENYNS Dries
53	HAUSSLER Heinrich
54	REYNES MIMO Vicente
55	NAESEN Oliver
56	PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson
57	PELLAUD Simon
58	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas
	LOTTO-SOUDAL
	Director: Herman Frison
61	BENOOT Tiesj
62	BROECKX Stig
63	DEBUSSCHERE Jens
64	GALLOPIN Tony
65	GREIPEL André
66	ROELANDTS Jurgen
67	DE BIE Sean
68	WALLAYS Jelle
	MOVISTAR
	Director: Jose Luis Jaimerena
71	AMADOR Andrey
72	ARCAS PEÑA Jorge
73	CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan
74	DOWSETT Alex
75	IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Jon
76	SANTOSNelson Filipe
77	ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin
78	VENTOSO ALBERDI Francisco José
	KATUSHA
	Director: Jose Azevedo
81	MACHADO Tiago
82	RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin
83	LAGUTIN Sergey
84	LOSADA ALGUACIL Alberto
85	MAMYKIN Matvei
86	TAARAMAE Rein
87	VOROBYEV Anton
88	ZAKARIN Ilnur
	LOTTO NL-JUMBO
	Director: Merijn Zeeman
91	CAMPENAERTS Victor
92	GESINK Robert
93	GROENEWEGEN Dylan
94	TANKINK Bram
95	LEEZER Tom
96	ROGLIC Primoz
97	VANMARCKE Sep
98	VAN WINDEN Dennis
	TINKOFF
	Director: Steven de Jongh
101	CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
102	HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ Jesus
103	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael
104	PAULINHO Sergio Miguel Moreira
105	TOSATTO Matteo
106	ROVNY Ivan
107	KISERLOVSKI Robert
108	TROFIMOV Yury
	TREK-SEGAFREDO
	Director: Dirk Demol
111	ARREDONDO MORENO Julian
112	CANCELLARA Fabian
113	DEVOLDER Stijn
114	POPOVYCH Yaroslav
115	RAST Grégory
116	SCHLECK Frank
117	STUYVEN Jasper
118	THEUNS Edward
	BORA-ARGON 18
	Director: Christian Pomer
121	BARTA Jan
122	HERKLOTZ Silvio
123	DEMPSTER Zakkari
124	BENEDETTI Cesare
125	BAUHAUS Phil
126	MATZKA Ralf
127	SCHWARZMANN Michael
128	VOSS Paul
	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA
	Director: Jose Miguel Fernandez
131	VILELA Ricardo
132	GONCALVES DOMINGOS Andre Maciel
133	PRADES REVERTE Eduard
134	MAS BONET Luis
135	MOLINA CANET Antonio
136	SÁEZ BENITO Hector
137	RUBIO HERNANDEZ Diego
138	LASTRA MARTINEZ Jonathan
	GAZPROM-RUSVELO
	Director: Aliaksandr Kuchynski
141	KOLOBNEV Alexandr
142	MAIKIN Roman
143	STASH Mamyr
144	SAVITSKY Ivan
145	NYCH Artem
146	SEROV Alexander
147	ERSHOV Artur
148	MANAKOV Victor
	NOVO NORDISK
	Director: Vassili Davidenko
151	CLANCY Stephen
152	CHERHAL Corentin
153	LOZANO RIBA David
154	MEJIAS LEAL Javier
155	PERON Andrea
156	PLANET Charles
157	HENTTALA Joonas
158	VERSCHOOR Martijn
	TEAM ROTH
	Director: Mirco Lorenzetto
161	PIRES Bruno
162	BELDA GARCIA David
163	BRUNGGER Nico
164	CECCHIN Alberto
165	JANORSCHKE Grischa
166	KOHLER Martin
167	KRIZEK Matthias
168	PASQUALON Andrea
	VERVA ACTIVEJET
	Director: Piotr Kosmala
171	BODNAR Lukasz
172	FRANCZAK Pawel
173	GRADEK Kamil
174	STACHOWIAK Adam
175	CIESLIK Pawel
176	HNIK Karel
177	KOCH Jonas
178	SIMON CASULLERAS Jordi
	EFAPEL
	Director: Americo Silva
181	SILVA BRANDÃO Jóni
182	CARDOSO Filipe Duarte Sousa
183	SILVA Rafael
184	FERREIRA Hélder Fernandes
185	MESTRE Daniel
186	CASIMIRO Henrique
187	FERREIRA DE ALMEIDA Nuno Alexandre
188	TRUEBA DIEGO Alvaro
	LA ALUMINIOS-ANTARTE
	Director: Mario Rocha
191	AFONSO Luis
192	AMARO ANTUNES Manuel
193	BROCO Hernani
194	COUTINHO Leonel Sousa
195	MEIRELES Nuno
196	PAULINHO Pedro
197	DE MATOS SANCHO Hugo
198	DUARTE FERREIRA SILVA Bruno
	LOULETANO-HOSPITAL DE LOULE
	Director: Jorge Piedade
201	SILVA PINTO Sandro Filipe
202	CAÑADA CARRALERO Cristian
203	BENTA Joao
204	GARCIA DE MATEOS RUBIO Vicente
205	DE SEGOVIA BATELLA Jose Antonio
206	CANTERO GOMEZ Francisco Javier
207	MAGALHÃES Samuel
208	RODRIGUES Rui
	RADIO POPULAR-BOAVISTA
	Director: Jose Santos
211	GUERRERO BONILLA Pablo
212	FIGUEIREDO Federico
213	SILVA Daniel Eduardo Moreira
214	DE ALMEIDA Guillaume
215	ETXEBARRIA CARRASCO Victor
216	JIMENEZ LOZANO Carlos Anton
217	FONTE César
218	RODRIGUES David Miguel Costa
	SPORTING TAVIRA
	Director: Vidal Fitas
221	NOCENTINI Rinaldo
222	DE LA FUENTE RASILLA David
223	PEREIRA Válter
224	GONZALEZ Mario
225	EZQUERRA MUELA Jesús
226	FERNANDES Luis
227	GONZÁLEZ BREA Óscar
228	LIVRAMENTO David Da Silva
	W52/FC PORTO
	Director: Nuno Rebeiro
231	CALDEIRA Samuel José Rodrigues
232	CARVALHO Antonio
233	ALARCON GARCIA Raul
234	REIS Rafael Ferreira
235	RODRIGUES Joao
236	SILVA Joaquim
237	VINHAS Rui
238	MESTRE Ricardo