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Milan Fretin (Cofidis) secured his second win of the year on stage 4 at Volta ao Algarve after a patient and well-timed uphill sprint in Faro.
The Belgian bided his time and waited to launch his sprint until just 100 metres to go passing his fading rivals to take the win ahead of runner-up Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) and third-placed Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers).
The win marks Fretin’s second of the season after his triumph at the Clásica de Almería last week. The 23-year-old hit the front after Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) and Arnaud de Lie (Lotto) launched the sprint at the end of the 175km stage.
The pair, sprinting after EF Education-EasyPost and Intermarché-Wanty provided the lead-out, jumped up the right side of the finishing straight just as Fretin flew up the centre line to secure the victory.
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