Race leader Alexis Guérin (Anicolor-Campicarn) launched from a select trio in the final 500 metres on the famous Senhora da Graça climb to win stage 9 and claim his second stage victory at the Volta a Portugal.
The win cemented Anicolor's dominance of the race, with Artem Nych crossing the line in third place. José Neves (GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO) took second place, having escaped from a select lead group with the pair 4km from the top of the final climb.
The pair have held the top two spots since stage 4's summit finish at Torre, and now hold an increased lead after former third-place holder Adrià Pericas (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) lost 3:31 after an unfortunate puncture on the penultimate climb.
Pedro Silva (Feira dos Sofás-Boavista) was the main beneficiary, racing off into the distance with the rest of the GC men and gaining 2:33 to move up to third overall. He held on in the face of an onslaught from Neves on the final climb, but managed to keep hold of his spot by just six seconds at the top.
“We’ll see in Porto. I don’t know how much of a lead I have in the general classification. Porto is a technical course, and I’ll have to wait until the finish line before I can be happy, in quotes, about winning this Volta,” said Guérin.
The Frenchman, wearing a black leader’s jersey to honour Finlay Tarling, the day after the 19-year-old tragically died on stage 8, added, “Today, this victory gives me time overall, but it is also for this young man who was talented.”
Ahead of the final stage in Porto, Guérin leads by 1:02 to take Anicolor's fourth Volta triumph in five years. Double winner Nych is second, while Silva lies 4:30 down.
Racing concludes on Sunday with the final lumpy 136.9km stage between Maia and Porto.
Stage 9 connected the Monastery of Vilela, in Paredes, to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Grace, in Mondim de Basto. The Queen Stage with 3,223 metres of elevation gain over 142.3km featured the legendary climb to Senhora da Graça (8.4km at 7.4%). However, before the summit finish, riders also had to tackle the first category Alto de Carvalhais (9.6km at 6.6%) with a long gravel section towards the summit and at the plateau.
The race held a moment of silence to honour NSN Cycling Team’s Finlay Starling after his tragic death during stage 8 before the racing got underway.
A break of four riders, who escaped after the first intermediate sprint in Paredes, was joined by a large chase group to form, momentarily, a break of 18 riders off the front. They built a lead of over two minutes but broke apart on the demanding terrain.
Oscar Rota (Feira dos Sofás-Boavista) pulled away from the break on the early slopes of the Alto de Carvalhais with its pitches maxing out at 10.3%. Meanwhile, chaser Lorenzo Quartucci (Burgos-Burpellet-BH) was caught by a select group of GC favourites
Third on GC, Adrià Pericas (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) suffered a puncture on the gravel sector, losing a minute before he got a new bike from his team car.
On the descent, with 33km to go, Rota was reeled in by a group of 11 riders. The selection included Guérin, Nych, Neves and his teammate Rui Carvalho.
Rota's teammate Pedro Silva, Tiago Antunes and Keegan Swirbul (Efapel), Diogo Barbosa, Guilherme Mestre (Tavira-Crédito Agrícola), Jesus Del Pino (Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé), and Emanuel Duarte (Credibom-L.A. Alumínios-Marcos Car) were also along for the ride.
Come the start of the final climb, Pericas lay 2:40 down as Rota, pacing the lead group of 12, worked for teammate Pedro Silva.
With 20 kilometres to go, Pericas, joined by more riders, continued to lose time, up to two minutes behind the lead group. Not long afterwards, it was Anicolor time as Nych and Guérin pushed the pace. The pair took José Neves with them with 4km to go as Silva, Antunes, and Duarte dropped away.
Neves, hoping to gain the 58 seconds he needed to pass Silva for that virtual third, pulled the Anicolor duo to the line, where Guérin had the pace left in his legs to jump past, sealing his second stage win and overall victory.
Results
Pos |
Rider |
Time |
|---|---|---|
1 |
Alexis Guerin (Fra) Anicolor/Campicarn |
3:44:55 |
2 |
José Carlos Prates Neves Fernandes (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo |
00:00:03 |
3 |
Artem Nych (Rus) Anicolor/Campicarn |
00:00:09 |
4 |
Tiago Antunes (Por) Efapel Cycling |
00:00:46 |
5 |
Emanuel Duarte (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car |
00:00:46 |
6 |
Pedro Silva (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista |
00:00:59 |
7 |
Jokin Murguialday (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi |
00:01:08 |
8 |
Jesus Del Pino Corrochano (Spa) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé |
00:01:22 |
9 |
Keegam Swirbul (USA) Efapel Cycling |
00:01:32 |
10 |
Rui Carvalho (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo |
00:02:27 |
11 |
Diogo Barbosa (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola |
00:02:49 |
12 |
Adria Pericas Capdevila (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG |
00:03:31 |
13 |
Abner González Rivera (PuR) Feirense - Beeceler |
00:03:33 |
14 |
André Ribeiro (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo |
00:04:05 |
15 |
Oscar Rota Rus (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista |
00:04:25 |
16 |
Fábio Costa (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista |
00:04:34 |
17 |
David Dominguez Vilchez (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista |
00:05:20 |
18 |
Carlos Garcia Pierna (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH |
00:06:01 |
19 |
Diogo Gonçalves (Por) Efapel Cycling |
00:06:36 |
20 |
Rafael Barbas (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua |
00:07:36 |
21 |
Adrian Camilo Bustamante Ruda (Col) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo |
00:07:36 |
22 |
Xabier Isasa Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi |
00:08:14 |
23 |
Pedro Figueiredo Leme (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling |
00:08:22 |
24 |
Harrison Wood (GBr) Feirense - Beeceler |
00:08:41 |
25 |
Eduardo Perez-Landaluce Gonzalez (Spa) Obidos Cycling Team |
00:08:41 |
26 |
Angel Lorenzo Sanchez Rebollido (Spa) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua |
00:08:52 |
27 |
André Carvalho (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé |
00:09:09 |
28 |
Viacheslav Ivanov (Rus) Feirense - Beeceler |
00:09:21 |
29 |
Jorge Galvez Lopez (Spa) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé |
00:09:53 |
30 |
Guilherme Mestre (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola |
00:10:01 |
31 |
Gaspar Gonçalves (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo |
00:10:01 |
32 |
Henrique da Silva Avancini (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling |
00:10:01 |
33 |
Francisco Campos (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola |
00:10:24 |
34 |
Lorenzo Quartucci (Ita) Burgos Burpellet BH |
00:11:35 |
35 |
Jesus David Peña Jimenez (Col) Efapel Cycling |
00:14:03 |
36 |
Joaquim Silva (Por) Efapel Cycling |
00:14:03 |
37 |
Afonso Silva (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola |
00:14:03 |
38 |
Jeremy Smith (Aus) Obidos Cycling Team |
00:14:03 |
39 |
Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi |
00:14:03 |
40 |
Alexandre Montez (Por) Feirense - Beeceler |
00:14:37 |
41 |
Ailetz Lasa Lizarraga (Spa) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola |
00:14:43 |
42 |
Maksym Bilyi (Ukr) Burgos Burpellet BH |
00:14:43 |
43 |
Adam Lewis (GBr) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery |
00:14:43 |
44 |
Daniel Viegas (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé |
00:14:43 |
45 |
Diogo Narciso (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car |
00:14:43 |
46 |
Louis Ferreira (Fra) Anicolor/Campicarn |
00:15:18 |
47 |
Lucas Lopes (Por) Efapel Cycling |
00:15:26 |
48 |
Gonçalo Carvalho (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua |
00:15:26 |
49 |
Daniel Cavia Sanz (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH |
00:18:04 |
50 |
Pedro Pinto (Por) Efapel Cycling |
00:18:29 |
51 |
Abdulla Jasim Al-Ali (UAE) Uae Team Emirates Gen-Z |
00:18:42 |
52 |
Danny van der Tuuk (Pol) Euskaltel-Euskadi |
00:21:27 |
53 |
Enzo Leijnse (Ned) Anicolor/Campicarn |
00:21:27 |
54 |
João Matias (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua |
00:22:49 |
55 |
Rui Filipe Alves Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG |
00:22:49 |
56 |
Conn Mc Dunphy (Irl) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery |
00:23:50 |
57 |
Andrew Lydic (USA) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery |
00:23:50 |
58 |
Jade Rohde (USA) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz |
00:23:50 |
59 |
Iker Bonillo Martin (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista |
00:23:50 |
60 |
Ronan O Connor (Irl) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery |
00:23:50 |
61 |
Jordi Lopez Caravaca (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi |
00:23:50 |
62 |
João Oliveira (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car |
00:23:50 |
63 |
Bruno Martins Lemes (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling |
00:23:50 |
64 |
Hugo Nunes (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car |
00:23:50 |
65 |
Axel van der Tuuk (Ned) Euskaltel-Euskadi |
00:23:56 |
66 |
Fábio Oliveira (Por) Feirense - Beeceler |
00:24:50 |
67 |
João Martins (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car |
00:24:50 |
68 |
João Medeiros (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car |
00:24:50 |
69 |
Rafael Reis (Por) Anicolor/Campicarn |
00:24:54 |
70 |
Gabriel Sousa Silva (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling |
00:24:54 |
71 |
Jaime Torres Arias (Spa) Uae Team Emirates Gen-Z |
00:24:54 |
72 |
Edson Gilmar de Rezende Junior (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling |
00:24:54 |
73 |
Alvaro Navas Marchal (Spa) Obidos Cycling Team |
00:24:54 |
74 |
Bruno Maceiras (Por) Obidos Cycling Team |
00:24:54 |
75 |
Rúben Rodrigues (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista |
00:24:54 |
76 |
Rafael Sousa (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista |
00:24:54 |
77 |
Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi |
00:24:54 |
78 |
Jaume Espuis Rel (Spa) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz |
00:24:54 |
79 |
Bernardo Gaston Cambareri (Arg) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz |
00:25:13 |
80 |
Filipe Francisco (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé |
00:25:17 |
81 |
Cláudio Leal (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé |
00:25:17 |
82 |
José Moreira (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo |
00:25:17 |
83 |
Ferran Miravalles Badimon (Spa) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz |
00:25:19 |
84 |
Diogo Pinto (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car |
00:25:19 |
85 |
Tomas Contte (Arg) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé |
00:25:33 |
86 |
Francisco Morais (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua |
00:25:33 |
87 |
Leangel Meneses (Ven) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua |
00:25:34 |
88 |
Francisco Pereira (Por) Feirense - Beeceler |
00:25:34 |
89 |
César Martingil (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua |
00:25:34 |
DNS |
Alvaro Garcia Gimenez (Spa) Nsn Development Team |
|
DNS |
Zachary Marriage (Aus) Nsn Development Team |
|
DNS |
Ben Morin (Can) Nsn Development Team |
|
DNS |
Emil Nielsen (Den) Nsn Development Team |
|
DNS |
Finlay Tarling (GBr) Nsn Development Team |
|
DNS |
Alexander Hewes (Aus) Nsn Development Team |
|
DNS |
Carlos Salgueiro (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola |
Pos |
Rider |
Time |
|---|---|---|
1 |
Alexis Guerin (Fra) Anicolor/Campicarn |
27:14:30 |
2 |
Artem Nych (Rus) Anicolor/Campicarn |
00:01:02 |
3 |
Pedro Silva (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista |
00:04:30 |
4 |
José Carlos Prates Neves Fernandes (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo |
00:04:36 |
5 |
Adria Pericas Capdevila (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG |
00:05:38 |
6 |
Tiago Antunes (Por) Efapel Cycling |
00:05:53 |
7 |
Jokin Murguialday (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi |
00:06:36 |
8 |
Emanuel Duarte (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car |
00:06:54 |
9 |
Rui Carvalho (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo |
00:10:31 |
10 |
Diogo Barbosa (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola |
00:11:55 |
11 |
Abner González Rivera (PuR) Feirense - Beeceler |
00:12:46 |
12 |
Jesus Del Pino Corrochano (Spa) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé |
00:13:17 |
13 |
Fábio Costa (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista |
00:14:33 |
14 |
Adrian Camilo Bustamante Ruda (Col) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo |
00:17:30 |
15 |
David Dominguez Vilchez (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista |
00:18:30 |
16 |
Carlos Garcia Pierna (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH |
00:18:42 |
17 |
Rafael Barbas (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua |
00:20:52 |
18 |
Harrison Wood (GBr) Feirense - Beeceler |
00:22:20 |
19 |
Louis Ferreira (Fra) Anicolor/Campicarn |
00:23:31 |
20 |
André Ribeiro (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo |
00:27:42 |
21 |
Angel Lorenzo Sanchez Rebollido (Spa) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua |
00:28:11 |
22 |
Pedro Figueiredo Leme (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling |
00:31:28 |
23 |
Eduardo Perez-Landaluce Gonzalez (Spa) Obidos Cycling Team |
00:33:11 |
24 |
Afonso Silva (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola |
00:37:56 |
25 |
Ailetz Lasa Lizarraga (Spa) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola |
00:38:15 |
26 |
Lorenzo Quartucci (Ita) Burgos Burpellet BH |
00:38:41 |
27 |
Henrique da Silva Avancini (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling |
00:38:45 |
28 |
Xabier Isasa Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi |
00:39:50 |
29 |
Keegam Swirbul (USA) Efapel Cycling |
00:40:29 |
30 |
Jesus David Peña Jimenez (Col) Efapel Cycling |
00:42:17 |
31 |
Oscar Rota Rus (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista |
00:42:36 |
32 |
Daniel Viegas (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé |
00:48:09 |
33 |
Jordi Lopez Caravaca (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi |
00:50:16 |
34 |
Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi |
00:51:39 |
35 |
Lucas Lopes (Por) Efapel Cycling |
00:52:08 |
36 |
Gaspar Gonçalves (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo |
00:53:40 |
37 |
Viacheslav Ivanov (Rus) Feirense - Beeceler |
00:55:50 |
38 |
Francisco Campos (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola |
00:57:00 |
39 |
Joaquim Silva (Por) Efapel Cycling |
00:58:15 |
40 |
Diogo Gonçalves (Por) Efapel Cycling |
00:58:20 |
41 |
Jeremy Smith (Aus) Obidos Cycling Team |
01:05:12 |
42 |
André Carvalho (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé |
01:07:47 |
43 |
Rui Filipe Alves Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG |
01:08:52 |
44 |
Tomas Contte (Arg) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé |
01:10:41 |
45 |
Maksym Bilyi (Ukr) Burgos Burpellet BH |
01:10:47 |
46 |
Jorge Galvez Lopez (Spa) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé |
01:10:55 |
47 |
Rafael Reis (Por) Anicolor/Campicarn |
01:11:07 |
48 |
João Medeiros (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car |
01:11:50 |
49 |
Gonçalo Carvalho (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua |
01:11:52 |
50 |
Daniel Cavia Sanz (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH |
01:13:41 |
51 |
Guilherme Mestre (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola |
01:13:45 |
52 |
Adam Lewis (GBr) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery |
01:15:08 |
53 |
Diogo Narciso (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car |
01:15:28 |
54 |
Hugo Nunes (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car |
01:17:53 |
55 |
Abdulla Jasim Al-Ali (UAE) Uae Team Emirates Gen-Z |
01:19:17 |
56 |
Pedro Pinto (Por) Efapel Cycling |
01:19:28 |
57 |
Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi |
01:25:47 |
58 |
Bruno Martins Lemes (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling |
01:26:22 |
59 |
Cláudio Leal (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé |
01:27:53 |
60 |
Iker Bonillo Martin (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista |
01:28:39 |
61 |
Axel van der Tuuk (Ned) Euskaltel-Euskadi |
01:31:31 |
62 |
Danny van der Tuuk (Pol) Euskaltel-Euskadi |
01:34:56 |
63 |
João Matias (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua |
01:35:12 |
64 |
Andrew Lydic (USA) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery |
01:35:42 |
65 |
Filipe Francisco (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé |
01:35:44 |
66 |
Rúben Rodrigues (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista |
01:36:18 |
67 |
Jaume Espuis Rel (Spa) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz |
01:38:29 |
68 |
Alexandre Montez (Por) Feirense - Beeceler |
01:38:30 |
69 |
Jaime Torres Arias (Spa) Uae Team Emirates Gen-Z |
01:42:14 |
70 |
Edson Gilmar de Rezende Junior (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling |
01:42:24 |
71 |
João Martins (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car |
01:42:50 |
72 |
Conn Mc Dunphy (Irl) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery |
01:42:56 |
73 |
Enzo Leijnse (Ned) Anicolor/Campicarn |
01:43:19 |
74 |
Gabriel Sousa Silva (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling |
01:50:13 |
75 |
Fábio Oliveira (Por) Feirense - Beeceler |
01:53:26 |
76 |
Diogo Pinto (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car |
01:53:30 |
77 |
Alvaro Navas Marchal (Spa) Obidos Cycling Team |
01:54:20 |
78 |
Ronan O Connor (Irl) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery |
01:56:18 |
79 |
João Oliveira (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car |
01:56:26 |
80 |
Ferran Miravalles Badimon (Spa) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz |
01:57:30 |
81 |
Leangel Meneses (Ven) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua |
01:58:02 |
82 |
Rafael Sousa (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista |
01:59:40 |
83 |
Bernardo Gaston Cambareri (Arg) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz |
02:00:58 |
84 |
Francisco Pereira (Por) Feirense - Beeceler |
02:02:00 |
85 |
José Moreira (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo |
02:03:41 |
86 |
Jade Rohde (USA) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz |
02:05:05 |
87 |
César Martingil (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua |
02:06:29 |
88 |
Francisco Morais (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua |
02:10:16 |
89 |
Bruno Maceiras (Por) Obidos Cycling Team |
02:13:41 |
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