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| Dates | 19–23 February 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 689.9 km (428.7 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 16h 29' 57" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2014 Volta ao Algarve was the 40th edition of the Volta ao Algarve cycling stage race. It was rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, and was held from 19 to 23 February 2014, in Portugal. [1] [2] [3]
Contents
- Race overview
- Stages
- Stage 1
- Stage 2
- Stage 3
- Stage 4
- Stage 5
- Classification leadership table
- References
- External links
The race was won by Omega Pharma–Quick-Step rider Michał Kwiatkowski – taking the first stage race win of his career [4] – after taking the race lead with a solo stage victory [5] on the second stage; he further extended his lead in the following day's individual time trial, [6] before holding his lead to the end of the race. Kwiatkowski's winning margin over runner-up Alberto Contador of Tinkoff–Saxo was 19 seconds, [7] and world champion Rui Costa (Lampre–Merida) completed the podium, 13 seconds down on Contador and 32 seconds in arrears of Kwiatkowski. [8] Contador won the queen stage of the race on the penultimate day, to the Alto do Malhão, [9] while Costa finished second on three stages, and finished as the best-placed Portuguese rider.
Portuguese cyclists were prominent in the race's other classifications. [10] Costa's consistent finishing allowed him to take home the green jersey as the winner of the points classification, [8] [10] while Banco BIC–Carmim's Valter Pereira and Rádio Popular's César Fonte held the lead from start to finish of the mountains and sprints classifications respectively. [10] Costa's Lampre–Merida squad were the winners of the teams classification, [8] after Chris Horner also finished inside the top ten overall and Sacha Modolo took a stage victory on the opening day. [11]
