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Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Hire a Motorbike) secured the entire identify on the Volta ao Algarve after storming to victory at the finale 19.6km time trial that completed atop Alto do Malhão.
Vingegaard coated the time trial with the quickest time of 28:25 with a mean pace of 41.4kph beating his teammate and runner-up Wout van Aert by means of 11 seconds whilst Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious) completed 14 seconds again and in 0.33 position at the day.
Vingegaard began the day in 6th position within the general standings, 20 seconds at the back of the in a single day chief Jan Christen (UAE Group Emirates-XRG), however his dominant efficiency within the time trial noticed him bounce into the entire victory in his first race of the 2025 season.
The 2-time Excursion de France winner received the entire identify by means of 14 seconds forward of runner-up João Almeida (UAE Group Emirates-XRG), who completed 6th at the level, and 23 seconds forward of third-placed Laurens De Plus (Ineos Grenadiers), who completed 8th in at the day.
In other places, Vingegaard’s former teammate Primož Roglič (Pink Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) completed in twelfth position within the time trial, 50 seconds down at the Dane. He ends his race in 8th general at 53 seconds.
“I’m, of course, very happy. It was a very good day for me, for the team,” Vingegaard stated after his win. “Of course, I’m very happy to take the overall victory and take the revenge from the other days. So, of course, I’m super happy and proud. My daughter said earlier today that I had to win today, so that gave me extra motivation to win for her.”
“It was a very nice TT. I really enjoyed it today. I always like TTs like this and, of course, it also suits me well and it depends on if you have good legs or not. If you don’t have great legs then it’s not a nice TT, and can feel like the opposite. Today I had great legs and I’m happy to finish it off.”
“I’m feeling good and happy to do very well today. I think I did a very good time trial. I’m happy, proud and looking forward to the next part of the season.”
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