Preview Tour of the Algarve 2025 | Van Aert, Vingegaard, Roglic, and so on....
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With the Tour of the Algarve, we have the European preparation race for the classics on the program this week. While some sprinters and GC riders opt for the UAE Tour in the Middle East, several top riders start the season in southern Portugal. IDLProCycling.com gives you a detailed preview!
Take a look at the list of winners of the Tour of the Algarve, and you know you are dealing with a serious race. With the exception of Joao Rodrigues in the 2021 edition, which was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, we only see men who win grand tours or finish on the podium and riders who win Monuments. Tadej Pogacar, Primoz Roglic, and Remco Evenepoel (three times) are among those who have won in the last ten years.
Evenepoel is the defending champion, but he will not be there due to injuries he sustained a few months ago. This is a shame for the Belgian and his team, Soudal Quick-Step, but otherwise, there are still plenty of good people at the start.
Latest winners Tour of the Algarve
2024 Remco Evenepoel
2023 Daniel Felipe Martinez
2022 Remco Evenepoel
2021 Joao Rodrigues
2020 Remco Evenepoel
2019 Tadej Pogacar
2018 Michal Kwiatkowski
2017 Primoz Roglic
2016 Geraint Thomas
2015 Geraint Thomas
Course, Stage favorites and times Tour of the Algarve 2025
Stage 1, Wednesday, February 19: Portimao - Lagos (190.0 km)
The Tour of the Algarve will start for the fourth year in a row with a stage that ends in Lagos. Typically, it is the sprinters' turn here. Fabio Jakobsen has already won twice, while it was Gerben Thijssen last year.
Favorites
Wout van Aert (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty)
Arnaud De Lie (Lotto)
Times
Start: 7:00 AM EST
Finish: 11:48 AM EST
Stage 2, Thursday, February 20: Lagoa - Alto de Foia (177.6 km)
On day two, the queen stage of the Tour of the Algarve is scheduled, with the familiar finish on Alto de Foia. This 8.5-kilometer climb (5 percent average) ends with gradients exceeding 8 percent, and it often comes down to a sprint with the surviving men.
Favorites
Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
Jan Christen (UAE Emirates-XRG)
Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Times
Start: 7:10 AM EST
Finish: 11:36 AM EST
Stage 3, Friday, February 21: Vila Real de Santo Antonio - Tavira (183.5 km)
The third stage will be held in the eastern Algarve, near the Spanish border. We will start in Vila Real de Santo Antonio and finish 183 kilometers later in Tavira. Wout van Aert won there last year. Can he repeat his success?
Favorites
Wout van Aert (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Milan Fretin (Cofidis)
Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
Times
Start: 7:05 AM EST
Finish: 11:40 AM EST
Stage 4, Saturday, February 22: Albufeira - Faro (175.2 km)
The fourth stage will be held in the most well-known places in the Algarve. We will start in Albufeira, where many youngsters go on vacation, and end in Faro, where the region's international airport is located. The fast men will likely have their third chance there.
Favorites
Casper van Uden (Picnic PostNL)
Wout van Aert (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Alberto Dainese (Tudor)
Times
Start: 7:20 AM EST
Finish: 11:42 AM EST
Stage 5, Sunday, February 23: Salir - Malhao (19.6 km, individual time trial)
This year, the Tour of the Algarve ends with an individual time trial to Malhao, where we usually arrive after a road race. The first seventeen kilometers are flat, but after that, we have to conquer a 2.6-kilometer hill with a 9.3% gradient. Pedal to the metal!
Favorites
Wout van Aert (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
Filippo Ganna (INEOS Grenadiers)
Times
Start: Not yet known
Finish 11:45 AM EST (last rider)
Favorites GC Tour of the Algarve 2025
The Tour of the Algarve has an excellent field of participants for the 2025 edition. For example, Visma | Lease a Bike will show up with the duo Jonas Vingegaard and Wout van Aert, supported by Tiesj Benoot, Wilco Kelderman, and Sepp Kuss. Vingegaard is the better climber, but with the new set-up, Van Aert may have an even greater chance of winning the overall victory. The Belgian is among the favorites in every stage but must mainly survive the Foia stage.
Primoz Roglic is probably the biggest contender in the Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe jersey, who also has two strong men from the classics team who could go far, in Jan Tratnik (third last year) and Oier Lazkano. UAE-Emirates XRG is also counting on several strong riders, with the Portuguese Joao Almeida and Antonio Morgado and the strong Swiss Jan Christen as riders we must keep an eye on.
And we are far from done. INEOS Grenadiers has Thymen Arensman, Laurens De Plus, multiple winner Geraint Thomas, and Filippo Ganna in its ranks, while Bahrain Victorious is counting on Antonio Tiberi. Tao Geoghegan Hart (Lidl-Trek), Frank van den Broek, Romain Bardet (Picnic PostNL), Ilan Van Wilder (Soudal Quick-Step), Ion Izagirre, and Emanuel Buchmann (Cofidis) can also be considered GC contenders.
There are even more classic types. Maximilian Schachmann (Soudal Quick-Step), Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek), Stefan Küng, Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ), Kasper Asgreen, Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost), and Dylan Teuns (Cofidis) are all present.
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Who are the favorites for the GC of the Tour of the Algarve 2025, according to IDLProCycling.com?
Top favorites: Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) and Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Outsiders: Wout van Aert (Visma | Lease a Bike), Joao Almeida (UAE-Emirates XRG), Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious) and Thymen Arensman (INEOS Grenadiers)
Long shots: Jan Christen (UAE-Emirates XRG), Maximilian Schachmann, Ilan Van Wilder (Soudal Quick-Step), Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek), Jan Tratnik, Oier Lazkano (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ), Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost), Filippo Ganna (INEOS Grenadiers) and Dylan Teuns (Cofidis)
TV Broadcast Tour of the Algarve 2025
The Tour of the Algarve will be broadcast on Eurosport, with daily coverage from 10 AM EST to noon on the main channel and HBO Max.
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Latest Comments
- Remco is still very young. And injuries can absolutely keep you from overdoing it and getting worse. The recent Remco accident didn't keep him from being able to ride a recumbent inside. Wout's knee is a different story thoughVeganpotter23-01-2025
- Van der Poel style is winning by a half a lap and leading the race from the end of the second lap.
Barnes127420-01-2025 - If she thinks talent alone will put her there she will not see many podium finishes much less a GC finish.....work as a team utilizing tactics to consistently be at the top.Germanrazor10-01-2025
- This was very informative! Luiz Antonio Duarte Ferreiraluizantonioduarteferreira02-01-2025
- Well explained, thanks for the clarity! Daniel DantasDanieldantas20-12-2024
- This is the kind of 'news' that belongs in a cheap tabloid. No matter how boring the offseason gets, nobody wants to read this.
santiagobenites19-12-2024 - I wish we could have seen him try. He'd absolutely get dropped before Pogi overtakes his domestiquesVeganpotter10-12-2024
- Talk is cheap! Next year barring crashes with a healthy team... all well be on track! Some need to talk to make a headline!mootman27-11-2024
- I do not see this event listed on HBO Max Sports Online? Can anyone confirm? Thanks!
MrYuck23-11-2024 - It seemed that he was focusing forward at the time of the crash, after seeing a quick video snippet. But one thing I think he should focus on more intently is breaking a bad habit he has, right now. And that is his constant looking over his shoulders. He does that so much, that I am very sure it is not good for him. Simply watch videos of the greats of CX and you will see very little of that constant looking over their shoulders. That is a behavior that betrays a bit of insecurity on his part. He shouldn't be so concerned, incessantly, about what is over his shoulder. He needn't worry they didn't all disappear. He neds to keep his focus more ahead of himself, and he needs to pay a bit more attention to himself, in a confident manner. It is very frustrating to watch, because it is apparent that he has a lot of potential, and is in much better shape thwan many of his competitors, but the mental game needs to be sharpened more, because that part of strategy plays a huge part in the final results
reemmo022-11-2024