Volta a Portugal: Rui Oliveira sprints to first pro win of his career on stage 10 as Alexis Guérin secures the overall victory

Rui Oliveira (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) sprints to victory on stage 10 of Volta a Portugal.

Rui Oliveira timed his sprint perfectly on the cobbled climb to win on home soil on stage 10 of the Volta a Portugal. It was the first pro road victory for the 29-year-old UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider, best known for his prowess on the track, as he won the gold medal in the Madison at the Paris Olympic Games in 2024.

Launching the sprint first, Daniel Cavia (Burgos Burpellet BH) finished second and Francisco Campos (Tavira-Crédito Agrícola) was third on Avenida dos Aliados in Porto.

Alexis Guérin (Anicolor-Campicarn) crossed the line safely in eighth and secured the overall victory, The Frenchman took the lead after winning stage 4, and not only successfully defended his position but climbed to victory on stage 9 as well. His teammate Artem Nych finished second overall and Pedro Silva (Feira dos Sofás-Boavista) rounds out the podium.

Oliveira dedicated his victory to 19-year-old Finlay Tarling, who tragically died on stage 8.

“I just want to give my condolences to Fin's family, brother, friends, team, everyone. It's been a rough couple days. I can imagine what they're suffering, and I said yesterday that I wanted to win for everyone that supported me, but most of all, to Fin's family and the teammates, this one is for them.”

“I'm so so so happy to to win in my home. I live here from Porto, my club,” added Oliveira as he pointed to his club flag on his shoulders. “And I passed near my home four times. They gave me extra motivation.”

Alexis Guérin (Anicolor-Campicarn) wins the overall at Volta a Portugal 2026 (Image credit: Volta a Portugal / Rodrigo Rodrigues and Igor Martins / FPC)

The riders lined up for the final stage in Maia for 136.6 kilometres to Porto. After nearly 100km on open roads, the peloton entered the second-largest city in Portugal to tackle three laps of the finishing circuit.

The break of the day was initiated after some 20 kilometres of racing and included Adam Lewis (APS), Eduardo Perez-Landaluce (Obidos), Viacheslav Ivanov (Feirense-Beeceler), Gaspar Gonçalves (Gi Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO) and César Martingil (Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua)

The five riders worked well together, but were only able to get a maximum gap of 1:45 with 81 kilometres to go. With their lead dwindling to 41 seconds, Lewis, Martingil and Ivanov sat up another 40 kilometres later.

Diogo Narciso (Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car) bridged across to the two riders still up the road at the end of the first lap of the finishing circuit, and then continued on solo, but the Anicolor-led peloton reeled him back in with 13 kilometres to go.

Attacks flew at the front, shelling riders off the back as a big pack sped on the technical final kilometres. In a chaotic finish, the riders spread across the cobbled uphill finish, with Cavia launching first. Oliveira used his slipstream to overtake him and take the victory.

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Results

Stage 10 results

Pos	Rider	Time
1	Rui Filipe Alves Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:06:35
2	Daniel Cavia Sanz (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH	00:00:00
3	Francisco Campos (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	00:00:02
4	Axel van der Tuuk (Ned) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:00:02
5	Jordi Lopez Caravaca (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:00:02
6	Artem Nych (Rus) Anicolor/Campicarn	00:00:02
7	Tiago Antunes (Por) Efapel Cycling	00:00:02
8	Alexis Guerin (Fra) Anicolor/Campicarn	00:00:02
9	David Dominguez Vilchez (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:00:02
10	Tomas Contte (Arg) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	00:00:06
11	Pedro Silva (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:00:09
12	Xabier Isasa Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:00:11
13	Jokin Murguialday (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:00:13
14	José Carlos Prates Neves Fernandes (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:00:13
15	Hugo Nunes (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	00:00:13
16	Diogo Barbosa (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	00:00:13
17	Rui Carvalho (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:00:13
18	Maksym Bilyi (Ukr) Burgos Burpellet BH	00:00:16
19	Adrian Camilo Bustamante Ruda (Col) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:00:19
20	Rafael Barbas (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	00:00:19
21	João Martins (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	00:00:21
22	Louis Ferreira (Fra) Anicolor/Campicarn	00:00:23
23	Carlos Garcia Pierna (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH	00:00:26
24	Iker Bonillo Martin (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:00:26
25	Henrique da Silva Avancini (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	00:00:35
26	Abdulla Jasim Al-Ali (UAE) Uae Team Emirates Gen-Z	00:00:36
27	Harrison Wood (GBr) Feirense - Beeceler	00:01:04
28	Pedro Pinto (Por) Efapel Cycling	00:01:30
29	Bernardo Gaston Cambareri (Arg) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	00:01:34
30	André Carvalho (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	00:01:38
31	Adria Pericas Capdevila (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:00:02
32	Emanuel Duarte (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	00:00:02
33	Jesus Del Pino Corrochano (Spa) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	00:00:02
34	Pedro Figueiredo Leme (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	00:01:48
35	Lucas Lopes (Por) Efapel Cycling	00:01:53
36	André Ribeiro (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:02:15
37	Angel Lorenzo Sanchez Rebollido (Spa) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	00:02:38
38	Afonso Silva (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	00:02:40
39	Daniel Viegas (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	00:02:55
40	Jeremy Smith (Aus) Obidos Cycling Team	00:03:03
41	Rafael Reis (Por) Anicolor/Campicarn	00:03:19
42	Bruno Martins Lemes (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	00:04:15
43	Joaquim Silva (Por) Efapel Cycling	00:04:15
44	Danny van der Tuuk (Pol) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:04:15
45	Diogo Narciso (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	00:04:15
46	Fábio Oliveira (Por) Feirense - Beeceler	00:06:05
47	Cláudio Leal (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	00:06:05
48	Alvaro Navas Marchal (Spa) Obidos Cycling Team	00:06:05
49	Viacheslav Ivanov (Rus) Feirense - Beeceler	00:06:05
50	João Matias (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	00:06:05
51	Jesus David Peña Jimenez (Col) Efapel Cycling	00:06:05
52	Diogo Gonçalves (Por) Efapel Cycling	00:06:05
53	Ailetz Lasa Lizarraga (Spa) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	00:06:05
54	Guilherme Mestre (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	00:06:05
55	Keegam Swirbul (USA) Efapel Cycling	00:06:05
56	João Medeiros (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	00:06:09
57	Jade Rohde (USA) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	00:07:51
58	Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:07:55
59	Rúben Rodrigues (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:07:55
60	Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:07:55
61	Filipe Francisco (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	00:07:55
62	Gabriel Sousa Silva (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	00:07:55
63	Edson Gilmar de Rezende Junior (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	00:07:55
64	Conn Mc Dunphy (Irl) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	00:07:55
65	Enzo Leijnse (Ned) Anicolor/Campicarn	00:07:55
66	Adam Lewis (GBr) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	00:07:55
67	Ronan O Connor (Irl) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	00:07:55
68	João Oliveira (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	00:07:55
69	Francisco Pereira (Por) Feirense - Beeceler	00:07:59
70	Eduardo Perez-Landaluce Gonzalez (Spa) Obidos Cycling Team	00:08:22
71	Oscar Rota Rus (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:08:49
72	Gaspar Gonçalves (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:09:40
73	Fábio Costa (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:09:41
74	Diogo Pinto (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	00:09:41
75	Bruno Maceiras (Por) Obidos Cycling Team	00:10:24
76	Jaime Torres Arias (Spa) Uae Team Emirates Gen-Z	00:10:24
77	Jorge Galvez Lopez (Spa) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	00:10:24
78	Andrew Lydic (USA) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	00:10:24
79	Rafael Sousa (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:10:24
80	Francisco Morais (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	00:10:24
81	Gonçalo Carvalho (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	00:10:24
82	Alexandre Montez (Por) Feirense - Beeceler	00:10:39
83	Leangel Meneses (Ven) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	00:10:41
84	César Martingil (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	00:10:41
85	Jaume Espuis Rel (Spa) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	00:14:07
86	José Moreira (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:14:07
DNF	Lorenzo Quartucci (Ita) Burgos Burpellet BH
DNF	Abner González Rivera (PuR) Feirense - Beeceler
DNF	Ferran Miravalles Badimon (Spa) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz

Final general classification

Pos	Rider	Time
1	Alexis Guerin (Fra) Anicolor/Campicarn	30:21:07
2	Artem Nych (Rus) Anicolor/Campicarn	00:01:02
3	Pedro Silva (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:04:37
4	José Carlos Prates Neves Fernandes (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:04:47
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	00:06:47
8	Emanuel Duarte (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	00:06:54
9	Rui Carvalho (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:10:42
10	Diogo Barbosa (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	00:12:06
11	Jesus Del Pino Corrochano (Spa) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	00:13:17
12	Adrian Camilo Bustamante Ruda (Col) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:17:47
13	David Dominguez Vilchez (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:18:30
14	Carlos Garcia Pierna (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH	00:19:06
15	Rafael Barbas (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	00:21:09
16	Harrison Wood (GBr) Feirense - Beeceler	00:23:22
17	Louis Ferreira (Fra) Anicolor/Campicarn	00:23:52
18	Fábio Costa (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:24:12
19	André Ribeiro (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:29:55
20	Angel Lorenzo Sanchez Rebollido (Spa) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	00:30:47
21	Pedro Figueiredo Leme (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	00:33:14
22	Henrique da Silva Avancini (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	00:39:18
23	Xabier Isasa Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:39:59
24	Afonso Silva (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	00:40:34
25	Eduardo Perez-Landaluce Gonzalez (Spa) Obidos Cycling Team	00:41:31
26	Ailetz Lasa Lizarraga (Spa) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	00:44:18
27	Keegam Swirbul (USA) Efapel Cycling	00:46:32
28	Jesus David Peña Jimenez (Col) Efapel Cycling	00:48:20
29	Jordi Lopez Caravaca (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:50:16
30	Daniel Viegas (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	00:51:02
31	Oscar Rota Rus (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:51:23
32	Lucas Lopes (Por) Efapel Cycling	00:53:59
33	Francisco Campos (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	00:57:00
34	Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:59:32
35	Viacheslav Ivanov (Rus) Feirense - Beeceler	01:01:53
36	Joaquim Silva (Por) Efapel Cycling	01:02:28
37	Gaspar Gonçalves (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	01:03:18
38	Diogo Gonçalves (Por) Efapel Cycling	01:04:23
39	Jeremy Smith (Aus) Obidos Cycling Team	01:08:13
40	Rui Filipe Alves Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	01:08:50
41	André Carvalho (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	01:09:23
42	Tomas Contte (Arg) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	01:10:45
43	Maksym Bilyi (Ukr) Burgos Burpellet BH	01:11:01
44	Daniel Cavia Sanz (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH	01:13:39
45	Rafael Reis (Por) Anicolor/Campicarn	01:14:24
46	João Medeiros (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	01:17:57
47	Hugo Nunes (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	01:18:04
48	Diogo Narciso (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	01:19:41
49	Guilherme Mestre (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	01:19:48
50	Abdulla Jasim Al-Ali (UAE) Uae Team Emirates Gen-Z	01:19:51
51	Pedro Pinto (Por) Efapel Cycling	01:20:56
52	Jorge Galvez Lopez (Spa) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	01:21:17
53	Gonçalo Carvalho (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	01:22:14
54	Adam Lewis (GBr) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	01:23:01
55	Iker Bonillo Martin (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	01:29:03
56	Bruno Martins Lemes (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	01:30:35
57	Axel van der Tuuk (Ned) Euskaltel-Euskadi	01:31:31
58	Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	01:33:40
59	Cláudio Leal (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	01:33:56
60	Danny van der Tuuk (Pol) Euskaltel-Euskadi	01:39:09
61	João Matias (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	01:41:15
62	João Martins (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	01:43:09
63	Filipe Francisco (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	01:43:37
64	Rúben Rodrigues (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	01:44:11
65	Andrew Lydic (USA) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	01:46:04
66	Alexandre Montez (Por) Feirense - Beeceler	01:50:07
67	Edson Gilmar de Rezende Junior (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	01:50:17
68	Conn Mc Dunphy (Irl) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	01:50:49
69	Enzo Leijnse (Ned) Anicolor/Campicarn	01:51:12
70	Jaume Espuis Rel (Spa) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	01:52:34
71	Jaime Torres Arias (Spa) Uae Team Emirates Gen-Z	01:52:36
72	Gabriel Sousa Silva (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	01:58:06
73	Fábio Oliveira (Por) Feirense - Beeceler	01:59:29
74	Alvaro Navas Marchal (Spa) Obidos Cycling Team	02:00:23
75	Bernardo Gaston Cambareri (Arg) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	02:02:30
76	Diogo Pinto (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	02:03:09
77	Ronan O Connor (Irl) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	02:04:11
78	João Oliveira (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	02:04:19
79	Leangel Meneses (Ven) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	02:08:41
80	Francisco Pereira (Por) Feirense - Beeceler	02:09:57
81	Rafael Sousa (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	02:10:02
82	Jade Rohde (USA) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	02:12:54
83	César Martingil (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	02:17:08
84	José Moreira (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	02:17:46
85	Francisco Morais (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	02:20:38
86	Bruno Maceiras (Por) Obidos Cycling Team	02:24:03