Pogacar bests Poels and Mas at Volta ao Algarve, takes GC lead

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Tadej Pogacar wins stage 2 Volta ao Algarve 2019

Tadej Pogacar (UAE-Team Emirates), the overall winner of the 2018 Tour de l’Avenir, won the second stage of the Volta ao Algarve, finishing atop the Alto da Foia.

The first big attack came from Amaro Antunes (CCC) with just a smattering of riders left in contention in the final kilometre.

Wout Poels (Team Sky) put in a huge surge and caught the Portuguese rider before the line, but it was the young star Pogacar who was the strongest man as he passed the Dutchman to take the win.

“I feel like I’m dreaming,” Pogacar said. “It’s my first victory in the WorldTour. I’m really happy.”

“Now that I have the yellow jersey, I will do everything, and my team, to keep the jersey until the end. Tomorrow is the time trial. I will try to put everything on the road. We’ll see how it goes.”

Volta ao Algarve 2019 – stage 2 results (Almodôvar – Fóia):

1Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)

4:58:25

2Wout Poels (Team Sky)

+01”

3Enric Mas (Deceuninck-Quick-Step)

+03”

4Sam Oomen (Team Sunweb)

+05”

5Amaro Antunes (CCC)

+07”

6David de la Cruz (Team Sky)

+21”

7João Pedro Rodrigues (W52-FC Porto)

+24”

8Simone Petilli (UAE Team Emirates)

+27”

9Jose Herrada (Cofidis)

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10Michael Valgren (Dimension Data)

+49”

 

Volta ao Algarve 2019 – general classification after stage 2:

1Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)

9:51:24

2Wout Poels (Team Sky)

+01”

3Enric Mas (Deceuninck-Quick-Step)

+03”

4Sam Oomen (Team Sunweb)

+05”

5David de la Cruz (Team Sky)

+21”

6Søren Kragh Andersen (Team Sunweb)

+51”

7João Pedro Rodrigues (W52-FC Porto)

+01’29”

8Amaro Antunes (CCC)

+01’42”

9Neilson Powless (Jumbo-Visma)

+01’46”

10Marc Hirschi (Team Sunweb)

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