Volta ao Algarve stage 3 time trial start times – Can Juan Ayuso defend his overall lead, or will he be challenged?
19.5km ITT poised to define GC as current leader Juan Ayuso tied on time with Paul Seixas and defending champion Almeida seven seconds back
After moving into the lead of the 2026 Volta ao Algarve on Thursday, Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek) will anchor the start list for the 19.5-kilometre individual time trial in Vilamoura.
Ayuso faces fierce competition from his closest rivals who challenged him on the Alto do Fóia on Thursday: Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM) is tied on time after winning stage 2, and defending champion João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) is third just seven seconds behind.
There are five riders within 30 seconds of Ayuso, with Oscar Onley (Ineos Grenadiers) fourth at 14 seconds and Matthew Riccitello (Decathlon CMA CGM) fifth at 16 seconds. Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe leader Dani Martínez is next at 32 seconds.
While Almeida probably has the upper hand over Ayuso and Seixas is relatively unknown, they all have to worry about an ITT specialist like Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), who is at 44 seconds, although the US rider suffered a hard crash on Thursday.
The proceedings get underway at 14:11 CET (13:11 local time), with home riders filling out the early slots behind the first starter, Francisco Pereira (Feirense-Beeceler).
Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) is the favourite to win the stage and will start at 15:26. His closest challenger should be under-23 time trial world champion Jakob Söderqvist (Lidl-Trek) but Almeida will be looking to pull off a strong ride and move into the leader's jersey.
The stage itself is a fairly flat, straightforward challenge, very much in line with previous Algarve TTs., with just 147 metres of elevation gain and no classified climbs.
Pos |
Name (Team) |
Start Time (CET) |
|---|---|---|
1 |
Francisco Pereira (Feirense-Beeceler) |
14:11:00 |
2 |
Daniel Dias (Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua) |
14:12:00 |
3 |
Alexandre Montez (Feirense-Beeceler) |
14:13:00 |
4 |
Noah Campos (Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola) |
14:14:00 |
5 |
Guilherme Mesquita (Feirense-Beeceler) |
14:15:00 |
6 |
Diogo Narciso (Credibom / LA Alumínios / Marcos Car) |
14:16:00 |
7 |
Pedro Andrade (Feirense-Beeceler) |
14:17:00 |
8 |
João Oliveira (Credibom / LA Alumínios / Marcos Car) |
14:18:00 |
9 |
César Martingil (Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua) |
14:19:00 |
10 |
Victor Cesar de Paula (Feirense-Beeceler) |
14:20:00 |
11 |
Leangel Rubén Linarez (Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua) |
14:21:00 |
12 |
Tomas Contte (Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé) |
14:22:00 |
13 |
Diogo Pinto (Credibom / LA Alumínios / Marcos Car) |
14:23:00 |
14 |
João Silva (Feira dos Sofás-Boavista) |
14:24:00 |
15 |
José Miguel Moreira (GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO) |
14:25:00 |
16 |
Oded Kogut (NSN Cycling) |
14:26:00 |
17 |
Bruno Silva (Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua) |
14:27:00 |
18 |
Matteo Moschetti (Pinarello Q36.5) |
14:28:00 |
19 |
Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Premier Tech) |
14:29:00 |
20 |
German Nicolás Tivani (Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé) |
14:30:00 |
21 |
Santiago Mesa (Anicolor / Campicarn) |
14:31:00 |
22 |
Johan Price-Pejtersen (Alpecin-Premier Tech) |
14:32:00 |
23 |
Milan de Ceuster (Team Picnic PostNL) |
14:33:00 |
24 |
Jasper Stuyven (Soudal-Quickstep) |
14:34:00 |
25 |
Laurens de Plus (Ineos Grenadiers) |
14:35:00 |
26 |
Jesús David Peña (Efapel Cycling) |
14:36:00 |
27 |
Nico Denz (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) |
14:37:00 |
28 |
Cedric Beullens (Lotto Intermarché) |
14:38:00 |
29 |
Rafael Reis (Anicolor / Campicarn) |
14:39:00 |
30 |
Kim Heiduk (Ineos Grenadiers) |
14:40:00 |
31 |
Arne Marit (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) |
14:41:00 |
32 |
João da Silva (Credibom / LA Alumínios / Marcos Car) |
14:42:00 |
33 |
John Degenkolb (Team Picnic PostNL) |
14:43:00 |
34 |
Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Premier Tech) |
14:44:00 |
35 |
Iker Bonillo (Feira dos Sofás-Boavista) |
14:45:00 |
36 |
Pavel Bittner (Team Picnic PostNL) |
14:46:00 |
37 |
Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) |
14:47:00 |
38 |
Jonathan Vervenne (Soudal-Quickstep) |
14:48:00 |
39 |
Rodrigo Alves (Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola) |
14:49:00 |
40 |
Marco Haller (Tudor) |
14:50:00 |
41 |
Francisco Campos (Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola) |
14:51:00 |
42 |
Luca Giaimi (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) |
14:52:00 |
43 |
Joshua Giddings (Lotto Intermarché) |
14:53:00 |
44 |
Tiago Antunes (Efapel Cycling) |
14:54:00 |
45 |
Fábio Costa (Feira dos Sofás-Boavista) |
14:55:00 |
46 |
Luca Mozzato (Tudor) |
14:56:00 |
47 |
Enzo Leijnse (Anicolor / Campicarn) |
14:57:00 |
48 |
Luc Wirtgen (Tudor) |
14:58:00 |
49 |
Pedro Castro Pinto (GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO) |
14:59:00 |
50 |
Keegan Swirbul (Efapel Cycling) |
15:00:00 |
51 |
Dries de Bondt (Team Jayco AlUla) |
15:01:00 |
52 |
Daniel Viegas (Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé) |
15:02:00 |
53 |
Francisco Morais (Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua) |
15:03:00 |
54 |
Carlos Iván Oyarzún (Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé) |
15:04:00 |
55 |
Frederik Frison (Pinarello Q36.5) |
15:05:00 |
56 |
Rúben Rodrigues (Feira dos Sofás-Boavista) |
15:06:00 |
57 |
Abel Balderstone (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) |
15:07:00 |
58 |
Cláudio Leal (Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé) |
15:08:00 |
59 |
Guilherme Mestre (Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola) |
15:09:00 |
60 |
Dries van Gestel (Soudal-Quickstep) |
15:10:00 |
61 |
Ailetz Lasa (Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola) |
15:11:00 |
62 |
Pascal Ackermann (Team Jayco AlUla) |
15:12:00 |
63 |
Tim Torn Teutenberg (Lidl-Trek) |
15:13:00 |
64 |
Noah Hobbs (EF Education-EasyPost) |
15:14:00 |
65 |
Iúri Leitão (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) |
15:15:00 |
66 |
André Ribeiro (GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO) |
15:16:00 |
67 |
Jakob Söderqvist (Lidl-Trek) |
15:17:00 |
68 |
Andrey Braguini (GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO) |
15:18:00 |
69 |
Rotem Tene (NSN Cycling) |
15:19:00 |
70 |
Huub Artz (Lotto Intermarché) |
15:20:00 |
71 |
Sean Flynn (Team Picnic PostNL) |
15:21:00 |
72 |
Rui Oliveira (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) |
15:22:00 |
73 |
Arnaud de Lie (Lotto Intermarché) |
15:23:00 |
74 |
Gianni Vermeersch (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) |
15:24:00 |
75 |
Sander de Pestel (Decathlon CMA CGM Team) |
15:25:00 |
76 |
Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) |
15:26:00 |
77 |
Rafael Barbas (Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua) |
15:27:00 |
78 |
Bob Jungels (Ineos Grenadiers) |
15:28:00 |
79 |
Emīls Liepiņš (Pinarello Q36.5) |
15:29:00 |
80 |
Hugo Nunes (Credibom / LA Alumínios / Marcos Car) |
15:30:00 |
81 |
Jens Verbrugghe (NSN Cycling) |
15:31:00 |
82 |
Ivo Oliveira (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) |
15:32:00 |
83 |
Floris van Tricht (NSN Cycling) |
15:33:00 |
84 |
Yves Lampaert (Soudal-Quickstep) |
15:34:00 |
85 |
Hugo Hofstetter (NSN Cycling) |
15:35:00 |
86 |
Kasper Asgreen (EF Education-EasyPost) |
15:36:00 |
87 |
Stan Dewulf (Decathlon CMA CGM Team) |
15:37:00 |
88 |
Pablo Lospitao (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) |
15:38:00 |
89 |
Oliver Naesen (Decathlon CMA CGM Team) |
15:39:00 |
90 |
Marijn van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost) |
15:40:00 |
91 |
Jordan Labrosse (Decathlon CMA CGM Team) |
15:41:00 |
92 |
Skujiņš Toms (Lidl-Trek) |
15:42:00 |
93 |
Paul Magnier (Soudal-Quickstep) |
15:43:00 |
94 |
Pedro Silva (Feira dos Sofás-Boavista) |
15:44:00 |
95 |
Stefan Küng (Tudor) |
15:45:00 |
96 |
Carlos Verona (Lidl-Trek) |
15:46:00 |
97 |
Rubén Fernández (Anicolor / Campicarn) |
15:47:00 |
98 |
Diogo Barbosa (Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola) |
15:48:00 |
99 |
André Carvalho (Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé) |
15:49:00 |
100 |
Luca van Boven (Lotto Intermarché) |
15:50:00 |
101 |
Filipe Francisco (Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé) |
15:51:00 |
102 |
Christopher Juul-Jensen (Team Jayco AlUla) |
15:52:00 |
103 |
Roland Thalmann (Tudor) |
15:53:00 |
104 |
Tobias Bayer (Alpecin-Premier Tech) |
15:54:00 |
105 |
José Neves (GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO) |
15:55:00 |
106 |
Gorka Sorarrain (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) |
15:56:00 |
107 |
Gonçalo Tavares (Efapel Cycling) |
15:57:00 |
108 |
Gonçalo Carvalho (Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua) |
15:58:00 |
109 |
Lennert Belmans (Alpecin-Premier Tech) |
15:59:00 |
110 |
Max Poole (Team Picnic PostNL) |
16:00:00 |
111 |
Jaume Guardeño (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) |
16:01:00 |
112 |
Andrea Vendrame (Team Jayco AlUla) |
16:02:00 |
113 |
Oscar Rota (Feira dos Sofás-Boavista) |
16:03:00 |
114 |
Harrison Wood (Feirense-Beeceler) |
16:04:00 |
115 |
Johannes Staune-Mittet (Decathlon CMA CGM Team) |
16:05:00 |
116 |
Colby Simmons (EF Education-EasyPost) |
16:06:00 |
117 |
Viacheslav Ivanov (Feirense-Beeceler) |
16:07:00 |
118 |
Alexis Guerin (Anicolor / Campicarn) |
16:08:00 |
119 |
Lucas Lopes (Efapel Cycling) |
16:09:00 |
120 |
Rui Carvalho (GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO) |
16:10:00 |
121 |
Joaquim Silva (Efapel Cycling) |
16:11:00 |
122 |
Adrián Bustamante (GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO) |
16:12:00 |
123 |
Duarte Domingues (Credibom / LA Alumínios / Marcos Car) |
16:13:00 |
124 |
Lennard Kämna (Lidl-Trek) |
16:14:00 |
125 |
Marco Frigo (NSN Cycling) |
16:15:00 |
126 |
David Domínguez (Feira dos Sofás-Boavista) |
16:16:00 |
127 |
Jakub Otruba (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) |
16:17:00 |
128 |
Liam Slock (Lotto Intermarché) |
16:18:00 |
129 |
Edward Planckaert (Alpecin-Premier Tech) |
16:19:00 |
130 |
Alex Molenaar (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) |
16:20:00 |
131 |
Jan Tratnik (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) |
16:21:00 |
132 |
Koen Bouwman (Team Jayco AlUla) |
16:22:00 |
133 |
Carson Miles (Anicolor / Campicarn) |
16:23:00 |
134 |
Xabier Mikel Azparren (Pinarello Q36.5) |
16:24:00 |
135 |
Samuele Battistella (EF Education-EasyPost) |
16:25:00 |
136 |
David de la Cruz (Pinarello Q36.5) |
16:26:00 |
137 |
Dylan van Baarle (Soudal-Quickstep) |
16:27:00 |
138 |
Darren Rafferty (EF Education-EasyPost) |
16:28:00 |
139 |
Felix Grossschartner (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) |
16:29:00 |
140 |
Emanuel Duarte (Credibom / LA Alumínios / Marcos Car) |
16:30:00 |
141 |
Afonso Silva (Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola) |
16:31:00 |
142 |
Héctor Álvarez (Lidl-Trek) |
16:32:00 |
143 |
Artem Nych (Anicolor / Campicarn) |
16:33:00 |
144 |
Diogo Gonçalves (Efapel Cycling) |
16:34:00 |
145 |
António Morgado (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) |
16:35:00 |
146 |
Fabio Christen (Pinarello Q36.5) |
16:36:00 |
147 |
Jarno Widar (Lotto Intermarché) |
16:37:00 |
148 |
Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor) |
16:38:00 |
149 |
Juan Guillermo Martinez (Team Picnic PostNL) |
16:39:00 |
150 |
Felix Engelhardt (Team Jayco AlUla) |
16:40:00 |
151 |
Juan Felipe Rodriguez (EF Education-EasyPost) |
16:41:00 |
152 |
Thymen Arensman (Ineos Grenadiers) |
16:42:00 |
153 |
Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) |
16:43:00 |
154 |
Maximilian Schachmann (Soudal-Quickstep) |
16:44:00 |
155 |
Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) |
16:45:00 |
156 |
Thomas Gloag (Pinarello Q36.5) |
16:47:00 |
157 |
Yannis Voisard (Tudor) |
16:49:00 |
158 |
Alessandro Pinarello (NSN Cycling) |
16:51:00 |
159 |
Kévin Vauquelin (Ineos Grenadiers) |
16:53:00 |
160 |
Daniel Felipe Martínez (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) |
16:55:00 |
161 |
Matthew Riccitello (Decathlon CMA CGM Team) |
16:57:00 |
162 |
Oscar Onley (Ineos Grenadiers) |
16:59:00 |
163 |
João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) |
17:01:00 |
164 |
Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM Team) |
17:03:00 |
165 |
Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek) |
17:05:00 |
Stage 2 results and GC standings pre-stage 3
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