2025 Volta ao Algarve (2.Pro), Portugal

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

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

Map of the 2025 Volta ao Algarve

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Saturday, February 21: Stage 4 Albufeira - Faro, 175.2 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Weather at the finish city of Faro

The race:

 

Results:

 

GC after stage 4:

 

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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

Stage 3 map & profile

Jordi Meeus takes stage three.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Results:

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

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

GC after stage 3:

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

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

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

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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

Stage 2 map & profile

Jan Christen (right) and Joao Almeida finish together.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Complete results:

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

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

 

GC after stage 2:

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

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

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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

Stage1 map & profile

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ganna's INEOS Grenadiers posted this:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The peloton races through a Portuguese town.

Time to turn right.

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

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

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

GC after stage 1:

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

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

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

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