the danish interrupted magnusfrom EF Education-NIPPO, prevailed again this Friday at Algarve tour and he achieved his second straight victory in the Portuguese event, comfortably boosting him to the top of the general classification.
On the third day of the competition, cut he led the pack for a long time and resisted the attacks of his rivals in the final sprint, thus retaining the yellow jersey won on Thursday. The 30-year-old Dane finished in 5 hours, 5 minutes and 14 seconds. The podium was completed by the Italian Filippo Ganna (INEOS Grenadiers) and the Belgians Jordi Meeus (BORA-Hansgrohe), second and third respectively.
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interrupted magnus Thus, he remains at the top of the general classification, followed by the Portuguese Rui Costa (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty), which climbed this Friday to second place, while the Belgian Some Van Wilder (Soudal Quick-Step) dropped to third.
Today was the longest stage of the “Algarvia”, as the race is known, with 203.1 kilometers that took the participants from Faro, the capital of the southern Portuguese region, to Tavira.
This third day started with a Norwegian tribute Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X), who received the Prestige Award from the Tour of the Algarve organization in recognition of his career. The 35-year-old veteran sprinter has been the main character in this edition of the Portuguese event, by proclaiming himself the winner of the opening round.
After the sprint stage, the race will return this Saturday to the mountains, and will start from the tourist town of Albufeira to Alto do Malhão, in the municipality of Loulé, which traditionally hosts the grand finale of this competition. The highlight of the 177.9 km is the tough second-category climb of Malhão, with a distance of 2.6 km and an average gradient of 9.3%. The 49th edition of the Tour of the Algarve will end on Sunday the 19th, this time not in Malhão, but in a time trial in Lagos.
Source: La Verdad
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