The line-up for the 50th Volta ao Algarve has been finalised and will include 25 teams. Visma | Lease a Bike, number two in the world ranking, INEOS Grenadiers, fourth in the international hierarchy, and Intermarché-Wanty, 14th at the end of the 2023 season, join the 13 previously announced teams and the nine Portuguese continental teams. The only Portuguese stage … Read More
From Portimão to Malhão with a new time trial on the way
The 50th edition of the Volta ao Algarve, on the road from 14 to 18 February 2024, will start in Portimão, with the winners crowned at the top of Malhão, Loulé. There’s a completely new time trial in Albufeira on the way. The only Portuguese stage race on the UCI ProSeries circuit will cover 752.9 kilometres and have an elevation … Read More
Old players don’t miss the Algarve
These are two of the foreign teams with the most participations in the Volta ao Algarve and they won’t miss the 50th edition, from 14 to 18 February. We’re talking about Belgium’s Soudal Quick-Step and Spain’s Caja Rural-Seguros RGA. The WorldTour team, third in the 2023 world rankings, will be taking part in the Volta ao Algarve for the 18th … Read More
The world’s best teams continue to add quality to the Volta ao Algarve
UAE Team Emirates, the best team in the world in 2023, and Lidl-Trek, fifth in the international ranking, are two more WorldTeams with confirmed participation in the Volta ao Algarve. They are joined by Tudor Pro Cycling Team, one of the leading ProTeams. The organisation of the UCI ProSeries stage race, which will take place between 14 and 18 February … Read More
Key teams in 2023 return to the Algarve in 2024
Two teams that played a major role in the 2023 edition of the Volta ao Algarve have already guaranteed their presence in the 2024 edition, from 14 to 18 February. They are the American EF Education-EasyPost, the seventh confirmed WorldTeam, and the Norwegian Uno-X Pro Cycling Team, the first ProTeam with a passport for the 50th Volta ao Algarve. The … Read More
Alpecin-Deceuninck and Astana also confirmed for Algarve
The number of WorlTeams confirmed for the 50th edition of the Volta ao Algarve, which will take place between 14 and 18 February 2024, has risen to six. To the four teams previously announced, we can today add the confirmation of Belgian team Alpecin-Deceuninck and Astana Qazaqstan Team, from Kazakhstan. After its absence in 2023, Astana returns to a race … Read More
French flavour in the Algarve peloton
The peloton for the 50th Volta ao Algarve, which will take place between 14 and 18 February 2024, continues to grow. The only Portuguese stage race in the ProSeries category will have a strong French presence. The organisers have already secured the participation of the French WorldTeams Groupama-FDJ and Arkea-B&B Hotels. They will join Germany’s BORA-hansgrohe and the Netherlands’ Team … Read More
First teams confirmed for the 50th Volta ao Algarve
The 50th edition of the Volta ao Algarve, the only Portuguese stage race on the UCI ProSeries circuit, will take place between 14 and 18 February 2024 and the peloton is beginning to take shape. After being the best stage race in the entire ProSeries in 2023, according to data from the Procyclingstats, another top-level edition is expected. Two WorldTeams … Read More
Daniel Martínez surprises and wins the 49th Volta ao Algarve
Daniel Martínez (INEOS Grenadiers) won the 49th Volta ao Algarve after an excellent time trial in Lagoa, won by a two-time European champion in the specialty: Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ). The Colombian was the first to admit that his GC victory came as a surprise. Two seconds separated him from his teammate and one of the best time trialists in the … Read More
Lagoa time trial with the best in the world
The Lagoa time trial will decide the winner of the 49th Volta ao Algarve. The last time this happened was in 2020, with Remco Evenepoel confirming the victory. There will be 24.4 kilometers, a stage that will feature the best in the world. Tobias Foss (reigning world champion – Jumbo-Visma), Filippo Ganna (two-time world champion – INEOS Grenadiers), Stefan Bissenger … Read More