2025 Volta ao Algarve

The 2025 Volta ao Algarve (English: Tour of the Algarve) was a road cycling stage race that took between 19 and 23 February 2025 in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. The race was rated as a category 2.Pro event on the 2025 UCI ProSeries calendar, and was the 51st edition of the Volta ao Algarve.

2025 Volta ao Algarve

2025 UCI ProSeries
Race details
Dates	19–23 February 2025
Stages	5
Distance	748.1 km (464.8 mi)
Winning time	13h 19' 30"
Results
Winner  Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) (Visma–Lease a Bike)   Second  João Almeida (POR) (UAE Team Emirates XRG)   Third  Laurens De Plus (BEL) (Ineos Grenadiers) Points  Jordi Meeus (BEL) (Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe) Mountains  Nicolás Tivani (ARG) (Aviludo–Louletano–Loulé) Youth  Romain Grégoire (FRA) (Groupama–FDJ)   Team UAE Team Emirates XRG
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Teams

13 of the 18 UCI WorldTeams, three UCI ProTeams, and nine UCI Continental teams made up the 25 teams that participated in the race.^[1]

UCI WorldTeams

• Alpecin–Deceuninck
• Cofidis
• EF Education–EasyPost
• Groupama–FDJ
• Ineos Grenadiers
• Intermarché–Wanty
• Lidl–Trek
• Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe
• Soudal–Quick-Step
• Team Bahrain Victorious
• Team Picnic–PostNL
• UAE Team Emirates XRG
• Visma–Lease a Bike

UCI ProTeams

• Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
• Lotto
• Tudor Pro Cycling Team

UCI Continental Teams

• Anicolor / Tien 21
• AP Hotels & Resorts / Tavira / SC Farense
• Aviludo–Louletano–Loulé
• Credibom / LA Alumínios / Marcos Car
• Efapel Cycling
• FEIRENSE–BEECELER
• GI Group Holding–Simoldes–UDO
• Rádio Popular–Paredes–Boavista
• Tavfer–Ovos Matinados–Mortágua

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[2]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	19 February	Portimão to Lagos	192.2 km (119.4 mi)		Flat stage	No winner [a]
2	20 February	Lagoa to Alto da Fóia	177.6 km (110.4 mi)		Mountain stage	Jan Christen (SUI)
3	21 February	Vila Real de Santo António to Tavira	183.5 km (114.0 mi)		Flat stage	Jordi Meeus (BEL)
4	22 February	Albufeira to Faro	175.2 km (108.9 mi)		Flat stage	Milan Fretin (BEL)
5	23 February	Salir to Alto do Malhão	19.6 km (12.2 mi)		Individual time trial	Jonas Vingegaard (DEN)
Total			748.1 km (464.8 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

19 February 2025 – Portimão to Lagos, 192.2 km (119.4 mi)^[4]

No winner was announced after stage 1 due to a misdirection of the peloton in the final kilometer.^[3]

Stage 2

20 February 2025 – Lagoa to Alto da Fóia, 177.6 km (110.4 mi)^[5]

Stage 2 Result[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Jan Christen (SUI) UAE Team Emirates XRG 4h 28' 44" 2  João Almeida (POR) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 0" 3  Laurens De Plus (BEL) Ineos Grenadiers + 7" 4  Romain Bardet (FRA) Team Picnic–PostNL + 8" 5  António Morgado (POR) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 10" 6  Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) Visma–Lease a Bike + 10" 7  Luca Vergallito (ITA) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 10" 8  Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR) Lidl–Trek + 13" 9  Primož Roglič (SLO) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 13" 10  Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education–EasyPost + 16"

General classification after Stage 2[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Jan Christen (SUI) UAE Team Emirates XRG 4h 28' 34" 2  João Almeida (POR) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 4" 3  Laurens De Plus (BEL) Ineos Grenadiers + 13" 4  Romain Bardet (FRA) Team Picnic–PostNL + 18" 5  António Morgado (POR) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 20" 6  Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) Visma–Lease a Bike + 20" 7  Luca Vergallito (ITA) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 20" 8  Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR) Lidl–Trek + 23" 9  Primož Roglič (SLO) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 23" 10  Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education–EasyPost + 26"

Stage 3

21 February 2025 – Vila Real de Santo António to Tavira, 183.5 km (114.0 mi)^[7]

Stage 3 Result[8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Jordi Meeus (BEL) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe 4h 18' 34" 2  Biniam Girmay (ERI) Intermarché–Wanty + 0" 3  Arnaud De Lie (BEL) Lotto + 0" 4  Casper van Uden (NED) Team Picnic–PostNL + 0" 5  Milan Fretin (BEL) Cofidis + 0" 6  Madis Mihkels (EST) EF Education–EasyPost + 0" 7  Wout van Aert (BEL) Visma–Lease a Bike + 0" 8  Santiago Mesa (COL) Efapel Cycling + 0" 9  Samuel Watson (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 0" 10  Johan Jacobs (SUI) Groupama–FDJ + 0"

General classification after Stage 3[8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Jan Christen (SUI) UAE Team Emirates XRG 8h 47' 08" 2  João Almeida (POR) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 4" 3  Laurens De Plus (BEL) Ineos Grenadiers + 13" 4  António Morgado (POR) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 20" 5  Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) Visma–Lease a Bike + 20" 6  Luca Vergallito (ITA) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 20" 7  Primož Roglič (SLO) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 23" 8  Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR) Lidl–Trek + 23" 9  Romain Grégoire (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 26" 10  Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education–EasyPost + 26"

Stage 4

22 February 2025 – Albufeira to Faro, 175.2 km (108.9 mi)^[9]

Stage 4 Result[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Milan Fretin (BEL) Cofidis 4h 03' 31" 2  Jordi Meeus (BEL) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 3  Filippo Ganna (ITA) Ineos Grenadiers + 0" 4  Arnaud De Lie (BEL) Lotto + 0" 5  Biniam Girmay (ERI) Intermarché–Wanty + 0" 6  Madis Mihkels (EST) EF Education–EasyPost + 0" 7  Wout van Aert (BEL) Visma–Lease a Bike + 0" 8  Nicolò Buratti (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 9  Casper van Uden (NED) Team Picnic–PostNL + 0" 10  Jasper Stuyven (BEL) Lidl–Trek + 0"

General classification after Stage 4[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Jan Christen (SUI) UAE Team Emirates XRG 12h 50' 45" 2  João Almeida (POR) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 4" 3  Laurens De Plus (BEL) Ineos Grenadiers + 7" 4  António Morgado (POR) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 14" 5  Luca Vergallito (ITA) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 20" 6  Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) Visma–Lease a Bike + 20" 7  Primož Roglič (SLO) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 23" 8  Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR) Lidl–Trek + 23" 9  Quinten Hermans (BEL) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 23" 10  Romain Grégoire (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 26"

Stage 5

23 February 2025 – Salir to Alto do Malhão, 19.6 km (12.2 mi) (ITT)^[11]

Stage 5 Result[12] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) Visma–Lease a Bike 28' 25" 2  Wout van Aert (BEL) Visma–Lease a Bike + 11" 3  Antonio Tiberi (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious + 15" 4  Romain Grégoire (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 30" 5  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Soudal–Quick-Step + 31" 6  João Almeida (POR) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 31" 7  Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education–EasyPost + 37" 8  Laurens De Plus (BEL) Ineos Grenadiers + 37" 9  Ilan Van Wilder (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 39" 10  Jakob Söderqvist (SWE) Lidl–Trek + 39"

General classification after Stage 5[12] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) Visma–Lease a Bike 13h 19' 30" 2  João Almeida (POR) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 15" 3  Laurens De Plus (BEL) Ineos Grenadiers + 24" 4  Romain Grégoire (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 36" 5  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Soudal–Quick-Step + 40" 6  Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education–EasyPost + 43" 7  Ilan Van Wilder (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 48" 8  Primož Roglič (SLO) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 53" 9  Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR) Lidl–Trek + 54" 10  Jan Christen (SUI) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 57"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
1	No winner[a]
2	Jan Christen	Jan Christen	Jan Christen	Jan Christen	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates XRG
3	Jordi Meeus		Jordi Meeus	Nicolás Tivani
4	Milan Fretin
5	Jonas Vingegaard	Jonas Vingegaard			Romain Grégoire
Final		Jonas Vingegaard	Jordi Meeus	Nicolás Tivani	Romain Grégoire	UAE Team Emirates XRG

Final classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the general classification		Denotes the winner of the mountains classification
	Denotes the winner of the points classification		Denotes the winner of the young rider classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[12]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Jonas Vingegaard (DEN)	Visma–Lease a Bike	13h 19' 30"
2	João Almeida (POR)	UAE Team Emirates XRG	+ 15"
3	Laurens De Plus (BEL)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 24"
4	Romain Grégoire (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 36"
5	Maximilian Schachmann (GER)	Soudal–Quick-Step	+ 40"
6	Neilson Powless (USA)	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 43"
7	Ilan Van Wilder (BEL)	Soudal–Quick-Step	+ 48"
8	Primož Roglič (SLO)	Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 53"
9	Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR)	Lidl–Trek	+ 54"
10	Jan Christen (SUI)	UAE Team Emirates XRG	+ 57"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)^[12]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Jordi Meeus (BEL)	Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe	45
2	Milan Fretin (BEL)	Cofidis	35
3	Wout van Aert (BEL)	Visma–Lease a Bike	24
4	Filippo Ganna (ITA)	Ineos Grenadiers	20
5	Jonas Vingegaard (DEN)	Visma–Lease a Bike	20
6	João Almeida (POR)	UAE Team Emirates XRG	17
7	Madis Mihkels (EST)	EF Education–EasyPost	16
8	Jan Christen (SUI)	UAE Team Emirates XRG	15
9	Casper van Uden (NED)	Team Picnic–PostNL	15
10	Laurens De Plus (BEL)	Ineos Grenadiers	13

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)^[12]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Nicolás Tivani (ARG)	Aviludo–Louletano–Loulé	28
2	João Almeida (POR)	UAE Team Emirates XRG	14
3	Johan Jacobs (SUI)	Groupama–FDJ	13
4	Jan Christen (SUI)	UAE Team Emirates XRG	12
5	Brent Van Moer (BEL)	Lotto	9
6	Warre Vangheluwe (BEL)	Soudal–Quick-Step	9
7	Laurens De Plus (BEL)	Ineos Grenadiers	6
8	Tobias Bayer (AUT)	Alpecin–Deceuninck	6
9	Primož Roglič (SLO)	Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe	4
10	Calum Johnston (GBR)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	4

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)^[12]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Romain Grégoire (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	13h 20' 06"
2	Jan Christen (SUI)	UAE Team Emirates XRG	+ 21"
3	António Morgado (POR)	UAE Team Emirates XRG	+ 39"
4	Max Poole (GBR)	Team Picnic–PostNL	+ 51"
5	Brieuc Rolland (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 8' 26"
6	Lucas Lopes (POR)	Rádio Popular–Paredes–Boavista	+ 11' 04"
7	Jakob Söderqvist (SWE)	Lidl–Trek	+ 16' 31"
8	Madis Mihkels (EST)	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 18' 34"
9	Duarte Domingues (POR)	Credibom / LA Alumínios / Marcos Car	+ 19' 45"
10	Bryan Olivo (ITA)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 21' 21"

Teams classification

Final team classification (1–10)^[12]

Rank	Team	Time
1	UAE Team Emirates XRG	40h 01' 05"
2	Lidl–Trek	+ 2' 03"
3	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+ 5' 22"
4	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 5' 53"
5	Cofidis	+ 6' 01"
6	Alpecin–Deceuninck	+ 6' 06"
7	Visma–Lease a Bike	+ 6' 07"
8	Soudal–Quick-Step	+ 6' 15"
9	Groupama–FDJ	+ 8' 47"
10	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 9' 27"

Notes

1. No winner was announced after stage 1 due to a misdirection of the peloton in the final kilometer.^[3]