Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta 2018: Results & News

Michal Kwiatkowski sealed his second career Volta ao Algarve title with his final day victory at Malhão via a breakaway. The former world champion too his stage win a handful of seconds ahead of Ruben Guerreiro (Trek-Segafredo) and Serge Pauwels (Team Dimension Data). Teammate and race leader on the morning of stage 5, Geraint Thomas, finished in the peloton 1:50 minutes down on Kwiatkowski to slip to second on the general classification.

BMC's Tejay van Garderen jumped up to third overall to fill the third place on the podium.

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky	4:18:02
2	Rúben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo	0:00:04
3	Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data	0:00:08
4	Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team	0:00:13
5	Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:00:15
6	Dion Smith (NZl) Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:00:17
7	Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:00:23
9	Ben Swift (GBr) UAE Team Emirates	0:00:29
10	Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:00:35

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Final General Classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky	18:54:11
2	Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky	0:01:31
3	Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team	0:02:16
4	Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo	0:02:22
5	Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors	0:02:33
6	Jaime Roson (Spa) Movistar Team	0:02:49
7	Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors	0:02:50
8	Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:02:51
10	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team	0:02:54

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