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Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) secured the overall title at the Volta ao Algarve after storming to victory on the finale 19.6km time trial that finished atop Alto do Malhão.
Vingegaard covered the time trial with the fastest time of 28:25 with an average speed of 41.4kph beating his teammate and runner-up Wout van Aert by 11 seconds while Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious) finished 14 seconds back and in third place on the day.
Vingegaard started the day in sixth place in the overall standings, 20 seconds behind the overnight leader Jan Christen (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), but his dominant performance in the time trial saw him leap into the overall victory in his first race of the 2025 season.
The two-time Tour de France winner won the overall title by 14 seconds ahead of runner-up João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), who finished sixth on the stage, and 23 seconds ahead of third-placed Laurens De Plus (Ineos Grenadiers), who finished eighth in on the day. While Almeida and De Plus were able to hold their podium places in the overall standings, Christen slipped to 10th overall.
Elsewhere, Vingegaard’s former teammate Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) finished in 12th place in the time trial, 50 seconds down on the Dane. He ends his race in eighth overall at 53 seconds.
“I’m, of course, very happy. It was a very good day for me, for the team,” Vingegaard said after his win. “Of course, I’m very happy to…
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