PREVIEW | Volta ao Algarve 2025 stage 5 - Vingegaard, Roglic and Almeida fight for GC win in decisive time-trial; Van Aert and Ganna aim for stage win
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From the 19th to 23rd February the peloton will be tackling the Volta ao Algarve, one of the races that has most evolved at international level and features a whole array of stars every year - when it comes to the climbers, sprinters and classics specialists. We preview the race stage 5.
The race ends with a time-trial this year, and it will be an exciting one. 19.6 kilometers in distance, the riders will be racing against the clock from Salir to the famous Alto do Malhão. The final 2-kilometer climb averages 9% and instead of hosting a summit finish this year, it will host the finish line of the race's time-trial.
This will be the race's queen stage as in such distances it is very viable to create big differences, and additionally there will be a big challenge when it comes to pacing tactics and whether riders change bikes at the bottom of the climb or not.
Prediction Volta ao Algarve 2025 stage 5:
*** Primoz Roglic, Jonas Vingegaard, João Almeida
** Filippo Ganna, Wout van Aert, Mathias Vacek
* Jan Christen, Stefan Küng, Antonio Tiberi, António Morgado, Thymen Arensman, Mattia Cattaneo, Ilan van Wilder, Max Schachmann, Jan Tratnik
Pick: Primoz Roglic
How: A very even battle, it will be decided only by a mere few seconds. I think Roglic is the best suited to the final climb and it can make the difference.
Original: Rúben Silva
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maria2024202417-03-2025 - Milan San Remo is the most unpredictable monument, isn't it? Well, it's mostly a boring long race until the final climb. Maybe they can getting 2 people over the Poggio and play team tactics. They tried going hard on the Poggio in the past with no win. Might as well try a different tactic this time.
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