Evenepoel escapes crash on Algarve opener

Evenepoel escapes crash on Algarve opener

The 50th edition of the Volta ao Algarve got underway with the longest stage of the week, from Portimão – home of the famous motor circuit that has hosted F1 and MotoGP races – to Lagos, a city with a long tradition in cycling, visited by a race for the first time more than 90 years ago, when a stage of the Volta a Portugal finished there.

The 200.8km leg that travelled close to the coast was a pretty quiet one with the exception of a crash that took place when the road narrowed and a massive pile-up took place. Warre Vangheluwe was among those to hit the ground, but fortunately, the Belgian neo-pro could continue the race and rejoin the peloton. There, the Soudal Quick-Step team stayed around two-time winner of the race Remco Evenepoel, who was present at the start just four days after taking the victory in his first race of the year, the Figueira Champions Classic.

The Belgian Champion came home in the same time as the winner Gerben Thijssen (Intermarche-Wanty) and is now looking forward to the first uphill test of the race: “It is mission accomplished for today. I was glad I could escape the crash and arrive here without any incidents. Thursday will be an important stage. We know the climb, it’s a nice one and we’ll go up the same side I won there in 2020, so I’m very motivated to do my best.”

 

Photo credit: ©Dario Belingheri / Getty Images

Race details

1 Gerben Thijssen
Intermarché - Wanty
4:52:04
2 Marijn van den Berg
EF Education - EasyPost
0:00
3 Jordi Meeus
BORA - hansgrohe
0:00
4 Lars Boven
Alpecin - Deceuninck
0:00
5 Arnaud Démare
0:00
6 Rui Oliveira
UAE Team Emirates
0:00
7 Jasper Stuyven
Lidl - Trek
0:00
8 Kim Heiduk
INEOS Grenadiers
0:00
9 Luís Mendonça
Sabgal / Anicolor
0:00
10 Casper van Uden
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
0:00
88 Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
90 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
96 Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
109 James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
137 Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
139 Pieter Serry
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
144 Warre Vangheluwe
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
1 Gerben Thijssen
Intermarché - Wanty
4:51:54
2 Marijn van den Berg
EF Education - EasyPost
0:04
3 Tobias Bayer
Alpecin - Deceuninck
0:04
4 Jordi Meeus
BORA - hansgrohe
0:06
5 Tomas Contte
Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé Concelho
0:08
6 Lars Boven
Alpecin - Deceuninck
0:10
7 Arnaud Démare
0:10
8 Rui Oliveira
UAE Team Emirates
0:10
9 Jasper Stuyven
Lidl - Trek
0:10
10 Kim Heiduk
INEOS Grenadiers
0:10
89 Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
91 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
97 Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
110 James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
138 Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
140 Pieter Serry
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
145 Warre Vangheluwe
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
1 Gerben Thijssen
Intermarché - Wanty
25 pt
2 Marijn van den Berg
EF Education - EasyPost
20 pt
3 Jordi Meeus
BORA - hansgrohe
16 pt
4 Lars Boven
Alpecin - Deceuninck
13 pt
5 Arnaud Démare
10 pt
6 Rui Oliveira
UAE Team Emirates
8 pt
7 Tobias Bayer
Alpecin - Deceuninck
6 pt
8 Jasper Stuyven
Lidl - Trek
6 pt
9 Kim Heiduk
INEOS Grenadiers
4 pt
10 César Fonte
Rádio Popular - Paredes - Boavista
4 pt
1 Tomas Contte
Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé Concelho
7 pt
2 Gonçalo Amado
Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua
4 pt
3 Tobias Bayer
Alpecin - Deceuninck
2 pt
4 César Fonte
Rádio Popular - Paredes - Boavista
2 pt
1 Magnus Sheffield
INEOS Grenadiers
4:52:04
2 Pavel Bittner
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
0:00
3 António Morgado
UAE Team Emirates
0:00
4 Jaume Guardeño Roma
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
0:00
5 Enzo Paleni
Groupama - FDJ
0:00
6 Jan Christen
UAE Team Emirates
0:00
7 Mathias Vacek
Lidl - Trek
0:00
8 Isaac del Toro Romero
UAE Team Emirates
0:00
9 Per Strand Hagenes
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:00
10 Alexandre Montez
Credibom / LA Alumínios / Marcos Car
0:00
1 INEOS Grenadiers 14:36:12
2 Alpecin - Deceuninck 0:00
3 Intermarché - Wanty 0:00
4 EF Education - EasyPost 0:00
5 Array 0:00
6 Uno-X Mobility 0:00
7 Tudor Pro Cycling Team 0:00
8 Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 0:00
9 Lidl - Trek 0:00
10 Groupama - FDJ 0:00

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