There was no change in the general classification picture as Remco Evenepoel holds on to the leader’s jersey.
“It’s a good way to start the season,” Bol said. “We made some mistakes on the opening stage but today we really nailed it and I’m happy I could finish it off. We’re focusing more on the sprints this year and the guys were really strong today. I followed my lead out, Casper, and when I saw the sign at 200m I just went full gas, and I managed to be first at the line. It’s a sign that I did a good winter and it’s really nice that it paid off today.”
The fight for the overall returns centerstage Saturday for the steep summit finale at Malhao.
Volta ao Algarve 2020 – stage 3 results (Faro – Tavira):
| 1 | Cees Bol (Team Sunweb) | 5:00:51 |
| 2 | Sacha Modolo (Fenix-Alpecin) | ,, |
| 3 | Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) | ,, |
| 4 | Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates) | ,, |
| 5 | Daniel Hoelgaard (Uno-X) | ,, |
| 6 | Ryan Mullen (Trek-Segafredo) | ,, |
| 7 | Elia Viviani (Cofidis) | ,, |
| 8 | Roger Kluge (Lotto Soudal) | ,, |
| 9 | Ion Aberasturi (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) | ,, |
| 10 | Tom Devriendt (Circus-Wanty Gobert) | ,, |
Volta ao Algarve 2020 – general classification after stage 3:
| 1 | Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) | 14:43:06 |
| 2 | Maximilian Schachmann (Bora-hansgrohe) | ,, |
| 3 | Daniel Martin (Israel Start-Up Nation) | +02” |
| 4 | Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates) | ,, |
| 5 | Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) | ,, |
| 6 | Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) | +05” |
| 7 | Federico Figueiredo (Atum General/Tavira/Maria Nova Hotel) | +08” |
| 8 | Vincenzo Nibali (Trek-Segafredo) | ,, |
| 9 | Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) | ,, |
| 10 | Amaro Antunes (W52/FC Porto) | ,, |
 beat Sacha Modolo (Alpecin-Fenix) and Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) to the line to claim stage 3 at Volta ao Algarve.){kind=link}