Danish cyclist Magnus Cort will start in yellow for the third stage of the Volta ao Algarve, the longest of the 49th edition, which will link Faro to Tavira, in what will be the last chance for sprinters.
After taking the overall lead at the top of Fóia, the 30-year-old Dane from EF Education-EasyPost faces a theoretically smooth ride in the longest run of this edition, which will begin in the Algarve capital and end in Tavira, after traveling 203.1 kilometers.
The peloton will leave Faro at 10:40 am, heading to the two mountain counts of the day, the third categories of Portela da Corcha (63.4) and Cachopo (78.3).
Before the final sprint, the flying finish line in Vila Real de Santo António will hand out bonus seconds at kilometer 178.5.
The end of the third run will be the last chance for the fastest men in the peloton, specifically the Norwegian Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X) or the Dutchman Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal Quick-Step), who continues to seek to isolate himself as an active cyclist. more victories in the Algarve.
The arrival at Avenida Zeca Afonso, in Tavira, is scheduled for 3:59 p.m., and Cort is expected to have no problem withstanding the yellow.
The EF Education-EasyPost cyclist is first overall, four seconds ahead of the Belgian Ilan van Wilder (Soudal Quick-Step), second, and six over the Portuguese Rui Costa (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty), who closes the podium of that classification.
Source: TSF
