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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.
Stage 5 Brief Results
| # | 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 |
| # | 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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Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta 201814 February 2018 - 18 February 2018 | Algarve | 2.HC

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