With more than 200km but a fairly flat profile the opening stage of the Volta ao Algarve was one for the sprinters today. An early break of 7 riders went clear from the bunch but BORA – hansgrohe and Soudal-Quickstep took immediately control of the race for their sprinters. Frederik Wandahl did a great job in bringing back the remaining escapees already with over 10km to go. The rest of BORA – hansgrohe picked up the pace on the final kicker and in the bunch sprint Jordi Meeus just missed out on the win today being denied by A. Kristoff to the line.
Results
01 A. Kristoff 4:49:25
02 J. Meeus + 0:00
03 S. Waernskjold + 0:00
