Daniel Felipe Martínez (BORA-hansgrohe) won the second stage of the Volta ao Algarve. At Alto da Foía he was faster than Remco Evenepoel (Soudal QuickStep), who crossed the line in second. Sepp Kuss (Visma-Lease a Bike) closed the podium in 3rd position.

Escape of the day

The escape of the day was made up of 7 athletes. Max Walker (Astana), Martin Bugge (UNO Matinados-Mortágua) were looking for opportunities in an escape that ended up being 5 minutes ahead of the peloton.

After an attack on the peloton, two UNO X cyclists joined the escapees with 60 km to go. Andreas Leknessund and Jonas Abrahamsen, two Norwegians, meant that the breakaway group had 3 cyclists from the Norwegian team.

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Platoon accelerates hard with 30 km to the finish

The peloton reduced the gap to escape and with the teams interested in the general classification, Lidl-Trek, Visma-Lease a Bike and Soudal QuickStep, they accelerated hard to seek victory in the stage.

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Last escape cyclist caught in the 1st km of the final ascent

In the first kilometer of the climb the lead of the last trailing cyclist ended when Andreas Leknessund was caught.

James Knox set the pace in the first km of the climb. This pace was quite high, as male cyclists such as Milan Vader, Andrea Bagioli, Isaac Del Toro, Marc Hirschi and Magnus Sheffield fell behind one by one.

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About two kilometers from the finish, Jan Christen (UAE Team Emirates) attacked. However, Sepp Kuss immediately jumped into the young man’s circle. Mikel Landa jumped into the gap left by the Brit and increased the pace even further.

Things were going too fast for Wout van Aert, who had to leave a gap in fifth place. His teammates Kuss and Jan Tratnik were still well ahead. And so, the finish was disputed between Remco Evenepoel and Daniel Felipe Martinez.

Leadership for Daniel Felipe Martinez

With this result, Daniel Felipe Martinez takes the lead in the general classification of the Volta ao Algarve. Remco Evenepoel appears in 2nd position, 4 seconds behind, followed by Sepp Kuss, 12 seconds behind the leader.