Tour of Algrave: Victory for Porte and stage for Wiggins

Richie Porte claimed the overall and Bradley Wiggins took victory on the final stage as the Tour of Algarve came to a sensational finish for Team Sky.

Porte went into the final stage time trial holding a 12 second lead but used his skill against the clock to extend that margin to a comfortable win by 37 seconds after five days of racing.

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With the yellow jersey secure there was even more reason to celebrate as Wiggins rocketed around the 25.8-kilometre course in a winning time of 32 minutes and 48 seconds.

That time held firm despite the close attentions of world time trial champion Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quickstep), handing Wiggins the stage win to mark a memorable day for the team.

Wiggins moved up to third overall courtesy of his efforts while Porte made the stage and GC a nice mirror image by clocking the third fastest time into Portimao, 13 seconds back.

Team Sky rider Richie Porte said: “I knew I had good form and I raced here as preparation for Paris-Nice. So to come away with the stage win and the overall I’m really happy. Of course to win the mountain-top finish on the third stage was great.

“I thought I had good enough form to do a good time trial and I was able to finish it off. It’s a nice way to start my time with a new team.”

Team Sky Sports Director Sean Yates said:

“You couldn’t have asked for more to be honest. We’ve dominated the race. The boys rode fantastic and it is a massive display from the team. It is only early in the season but we’ve beaten some really strong riders here.

“The plan coming into the race was to build on our form. But our form was so good here anyway with the quality athletes we have we thought we might as well go for the win!

“We’ve got to keep our feet on the ground but the boys rode relaxed, in control, communicated and dominated. End of story.”

Stage 5 – Lagoa to Portimao, 25.8km

1 Bradley Wiggins Sky Procycling 00:32:48
2 Tony Martin Omega Pharma – Quickstep @ same time
3 Richie Porte Sky Procycling 00:13
4 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team 00:14
5 Jesse Sergent RadioShack – Nissan @ same time
6 Jurgen Van Den Broeck Lotto – Belisol Team 00:29
7 Andrew Talansky Team Garmin – Barracuda 00:39
8 Michal Kwiatkowski Omega Pharma – Quickstep 00:53
9 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky Procycling 00:56
10 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil Rabobank Cycling Team @ same time
11 Artem Ovechkin Team Rusvelo 00:57
12 Gustav Erik Larsson Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team @ same time
13 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa Movistar Team 00:59
14 Bart De Clercq Lotto – Belisol Team @ same time
15 Christophe Riblon Ag2R – La Mondiale 01:00
16 Jonathan Nicolas Castroviejo Movistar Team 01:01
17 Tiago Machado RadioShack – Nissan 01:03
18 Gianni Meersman Lotto – Belisol Team @ same time
19 Stef Clement Rabobank Cycling Team 01:10
20 Brent Bookwalter BMC Racing Team 01:11
21 Thomas De Gendt Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team @ same time
22 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team 01:12
23 Andréas Klöden RadioShack – Nissan 01:15
24 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho Team Saxo Bank 01:16
25 Jose Herrada Lopez Movistar Team 01:21
26 Martin Elmiger Ag2R – La Mondiale 01:22
27 Carlos Barredo Llamazales Rabobank Cycling Team 01:23
28 Matteo Trentin Omega Pharma – Quickstep 01:24
29 Nicolas Roche Ag2R – La Mondiale 01:27
30 Thomas Löfkvist Sky Procycling 01:30
31 Wout Poels Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team 01:33
32 Bram Tankink Rabobank Cycling Team 01:34
33 Jan Bakelants RadioShack – Nissan @ same time
34 Bruno Manuel Silva Pires Team Saxo Bank 01:35
35 Kanstantsin Siutsou Sky Procycling 01:37
36 Rick Flens Rabobank Cycling Team 01:39
37 Dries Devenyns Omega Pharma – Quickstep 01:41
38 Ruben Plaza Molina Movistar Team 01:42
39 Sep Vanmarcke Team Garmin – Barracuda 01:44
40 Ricardo Vilela Efapel – Glassdrive 01:47
41 Amaël Moinard BMC Racing Team 01:54
42 Kris Boeckmans Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team @ same time
43 Paul Martens Rabobank Cycling Team 02:01
44 Nick Nuyens Team Saxo Bank 02:07
45 Biel Kadri Ag2R – La Mondiale 02:09
46 Jose Goncalves Onda @ same time
47 Gediminas Bagdonas An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton – S… 02:10
48 Xabier Zandio Echaide Sky Procycling 02:11
49 Jetse Bol Rabobank Cycling Team 02:14
50 Matteo Tosatto Team Saxo Bank 02:15
51 Nikolay Trusov Team Rusvelo 02:16
52 Branislau Samoilau Movistar Team 02:21
53 Alejandro Manuel Marque Porto Carmin – Prio 02:24
54 Hugo Sabido LA – Antarte 02:26
55 David Arroyo Duran Movistar Team @ same time
56 Gerald Ciolek Omega Pharma – Quickstep 02:27
57 Sergio Pardilla Bellon Movistar Team 02:29
58 Matthew Busche RadioShack – Nissan 02:31
59 Zico Waeytens Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator 02:33
60 Niels Wytinck An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton – S… 02:35
61 Sergio Sousa Efapel – Glassdrive 02:36
62 Sven Vandousselaere Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator 02:38
63 Benjamin King RadioShack – Nissan @ same time
64 Laurens De Vreese Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator 02:39
65 Laurent Didier RadioShack – Nissan @ same time
66 Mark Christian An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton – S… 02:42
67 Bradley White UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis @ same time
68 José Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes LA – Antarte @ same time
69 Andreas Klier Team Garmin – Barracuda 02:44
70 Michael Morkov Team Saxo Bank 02:45
71 Sébastien Minard Ag2R – La Mondiale 02:46
72 Ricardo Mestre Carmin – Prio @ same time
73 Philip Deignan UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis 02:51
74 Hernani Broco Caja Rural 02:52
75 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team 02:53
76 Jelle Wallays Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator 02:54
77 Bjorn Leukemans Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team @ same time
78 Sander Cordeel Lotto – Belisol Team @ same time
79 Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team 02:55
80 Enrique Alonso Salgueiro LA – Antarte 03:01
81 Preben Van Hecke Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator 03:02
82 Maarten Neyens Lotto – Belisol Team @ same time
83 Nikolas Maes Omega Pharma – Quickstep 03:05
84 Kai Reus UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis 03:08
85 Nikita Eskov Team Rusvelo 03:09
86 Lloyd Mondory Ag2R – La Mondiale 03:10
87 David Da Silva Livramento Carmin – Prio 03:11
88 Koldo Fernández De Larrea Team Garmin – Barracuda @ same time
89 Martijn Maaskant Team Garmin – Barracuda 03:12
90 Heinrich Haussler Team Garmin – Barracuda 03:13
91 Martin Velits Omega Pharma – Quickstep 03:21
92 Sergey Klimov Team Rusvelo 03:22
93 Pieter Vanspeybrouck Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator 03:23
94 Filipe Duarte Sousa Cardoso Efapel – Glassdrive 03:25
95 Jeff Louder UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis 03:29
96 Pieter Ghyllebert An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton – S… 03:30
97 Stijn Neirynck Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator @ same time
98 Fabian Wegmann Team Garmin – Barracuda 03:31
99 Lars Petter Nordhaug Sky Procycling 03:36
100 Ronan Mclaughlin An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton – S… 03:37
101 Henrique Casimiro Carmin – Prio @ same time
102 Amaro Antunes Carmin – Prio @ same time
103 Tomas Swift-metcalfe Carmin – Prio 03:40
104 Delio Fernandez Cruz Onda 03:44
105 Matti Breschel Rabobank Cycling Team 03:46
106 Ivan Rovny Team Rusvelo 03:47
107 Jesús Hernández Blazquez Team Saxo Bank @ same time
108 Marzio Bruseghin Movistar Team 03:52
109 Stijn Devolder Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team 03:53
110 Celio Sousa Onda 03:54
111 Luis Silva Carmin – Prio 03:56
112 Kenny Dehaes Lotto – Belisol Team 03:57
113 Anthony Ravard Ag2R – La Mondiale 03:59
114 Samuel Caldeira Carmin – Prio 04:01
115 Marcio Barbosa LA – Antarte 04:12
116 Virgilio Martins Santos LA – Antarte 04:13
117 Andre Cardoso Caja Rural 04:20
118 Hugo Sancho LA – Antarte @ same time
119 Michael Van Staeyen Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator 04:21
120 Arkimedes Arguelyes Rodriges Team Rusvelo 04:22
121 Francesco Lasca Caja Rural @ same time
122 Chris Jones UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis 04:28
123 Nuno Ribeiro Efapel – Glassdrive 04:30
124 Danail Andonov Petrov Caja Rural 04:31
125 Sergio Miguel Vieira Ribeiro Efapel – Glassdrive 04:37
126 Mickael Cherel Ag2R – La Mondiale 04:38
127 Bruno Silva LA – Antarte 04:40
128 Marcos Garcia Fernandez Caja Rural @ same time
129 Olivier Kaisen Lotto – Belisol Team 04:42
130 Michel Kreder Team Garmin – Barracuda 04:48
131 Yelko Gómez Caja Rural 05:15
132 Jason Mccartney UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis 05:17
133 Cesar Fonte Efapel – Glassdrive 05:37
134 Enzo Josue Moyano Caja Rural 05:54
135 Julian Sanchez Pimienta Caja Rural 06:26
136 Marcus Burghardt BMC Racing Team 06:30
137 Rory Sutherland UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis 06:54
138 Raul Alarcon Garcia Efapel – Glassdrive 07:21
139 Daniel Silva Onda 07:59
FINAL OVERALL
1 Richie Porte Sky Procycling 19:02:43
2 Tony Martin Omega Pharma – Quickstep 00:37
3 Bradley Wiggins Sky Procycling 00:44
4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck Lotto – Belisol Team 00:50
5 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa Movistar Team 00:58
6 Tiago Machado RadioShack – Nissan 01:02
7 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team 01:13
8 Andrew Talansky Team Garmin – Barracuda 01:14
9 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team 01:33
10 Gianni Meersman Lotto – Belisol Team 01:39
11 Jonathan Nicolas Castroviejo Movistar Team 01:49
12 Wout Poels Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team 01:54
13 Michal Kwiatkowski Omega Pharma – Quickstep 02:00
14 Nicolas Roche Ag2R – La Mondiale 02:08
15 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil Rabobank Cycling Team 02:11
16 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho Team Saxo Bank 02:16
17 Jose Herrada Lopez Movistar Team 02:21
18 Bart De Clercq Lotto – Belisol Team 02:22
19 Bruno Manuel Silva Pires Team Saxo Bank 02:23
20 Brent Bookwalter BMC Racing Team 02:37
21 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky Procycling 02:38
22 Jan Bakelants RadioShack – Nissan 02:41
23 Amaël Moinard BMC Racing Team 02:49
24 Ruben Plaza Molina Movistar Team 03:08
25 José Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes LA – Antarte 03:14
26 Bram Tankink Rabobank Cycling Team 03:19
27 Sergio Pardilla Bellon Movistar Team 03:29
28 Andréas Klöden RadioShack – Nissan 03:32
29 Ricardo Vilela Efapel – Glassdrive @ same time
30 Dries Devenyns Omega Pharma – Quickstep 03:34
31 Branislau Samoilau Movistar Team 03:38
32 Biel Kadri Ag2R – La Mondiale 04:02
33 Gustav Erik Larsson Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team 04:12
34 Philip Deignan UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis 04:17
35 David Da Silva Livramento Carmin – Prio 04:28
36 Jesús Hernández Blazquez Team Saxo Bank 04:35
37 Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team 04:42
38 David Arroyo Duran Movistar Team 04:50
39 Alejandro Manuel Marque Porto Carmin – Prio 04:58
40 Martin Velits Omega Pharma – Quickstep 04:59
41 Henrique Casimiro Carmin – Prio 05:00
42 Sergio Sousa Efapel – Glassdrive 05:15
43 Stijn Devolder Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team 05:23
44 Andre Cardoso Caja Rural 05:37
45 Carlos Barredo Llamazales Rabobank Cycling Team 05:39
46 Bjorn Leukemans Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team 05:40
47 Paul Martens Rabobank Cycling Team 05:53
48 Matteo Tosatto Team Saxo Bank 06:05
49 Matthew Busche RadioShack – Nissan 06:22
50 Matti Breschel Rabobank Cycling Team 06:26
51 Stef Clement Rabobank Cycling Team 06:43
52 Sébastien Minard Ag2R – La Mondiale 07:15
53 Ivan Rovny Team Rusvelo 07:26
54 Hernani Broco Caja Rural 07:43
55 Hugo Sabido LA – Antarte 07:45
56 Danail Andonov Petrov Caja Rural 07:46
57 Heinrich Haussler Team Garmin – Barracuda 07:48
58 Laurens De Vreese Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator 08:01
59 Thomas De Gendt Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team 08:08
60 Laurent Didier RadioShack – Nissan 08:12
61 Lloyd Mondory Ag2R – La Mondiale 08:36
62 Sergey Klimov Team Rusvelo 08:44
63 Fabian Wegmann Team Garmin – Barracuda 08:52
64 Pieter Ghyllebert An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton – S… 09:03
65 Amaro Antunes Carmin – Prio 09:05
66 Thomas Löfkvist Sky Procycling 09:09
67 Celio Sousa Onda 09:27
68 Gerald Ciolek Omega Pharma – Quickstep 09:32
69 Hugo Sancho LA – Antarte 09:42
70 Sergio Miguel Vieira Ribeiro Efapel – Glassdrive 00:13
71 Marcos Garcia Fernandez Caja Rural 10:31
72 Kanstantsin Siutsou Sky Procycling 10:58
73 Ricardo Mestre Carmin – Prio 11:01
74 Nick Nuyens Team Saxo Bank 11:21
75 Andreas Klier Team Garmin – Barracuda 11:25
76 Mark Christian An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton – S… 11:26
77 Chris Jones UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis 11:44
78 Michel Kreder Team Garmin – Barracuda 11:57
79 Benjamin King RadioShack – Nissan 11:59
80 Marcus Burghardt BMC Racing Team 12:01
81 Christophe Riblon Ag2R – La Mondiale 12:22
82 Kai Reus UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis 12:29
83 Pieter Vanspeybrouck Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator 13:07
84 Rory Sutherland UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis 13:08
85 Preben Van Hecke Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator 13:15
86 Yelko Gómez Caja Rural 13:30
87 Virgilio Martins Santos LA – Antarte 13:34
88 Mickael Cherel Ag2R – La Mondiale 13:50
89 Bruno Silva LA – Antarte 14:01
90 Lars Petter Nordhaug Sky Procycling 14:18
91 Jelle Wallays Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator 14:25
92 Julian Sanchez Pimienta Caja Rural 14:41
93 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team 15:11
94 Sep Vanmarcke Team Garmin – Barracuda 15:31
95 Jesse Sergent RadioShack – Nissan 17:44
96 Artem Ovechkin Team Rusvelo 18:27
97 Daniel Silva Onda 18:29
98 Martin Elmiger Ag2R – La Mondiale 18:52
99 Enzo Josue Moyano Caja Rural 19:28
100 Matteo Trentin Omega Pharma – Quickstep 19:40
101 Zico Waeytens Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator 00:23
102 Jose Goncalves Onda 00:25
103 Marcio Barbosa LA – Antarte 20:40
104 Maarten Neyens Lotto – Belisol Team 20:55
105 Nikolas Maes Omega Pharma – Quickstep 20:56
106 Stijn Neirynck Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator 21:00
107 Delio Fernandez Cruz Onda 21:14
108 Anthony Ravard Ag2R – La Mondiale 21:22
109 Koldo Fernández De Larrea Team Garmin – Barracuda @ same time
110 Luis Silva Carmin – Prio 21:26
111 Jeff Louder UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis 21:40
112 Kris Boeckmans Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team 21:50
113 Jetse Bol Rabobank Cycling Team 22:23
114 Gediminas Bagdonas An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton – S… 22:42
115 Nikolay Trusov Team Rusvelo 22:52
116 Michael Morkov Team Saxo Bank 22:54
117 Nikita Eskov Team Rusvelo 23:18
118 Xabier Zandio Echaide Sky Procycling 23:20
119 Filipe Duarte Sousa Cardoso Efapel – Glassdrive 23:34
120 Ronan Mclaughlin An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton – S… 23:46
121 Martijn Maaskant Team Garmin – Barracuda 23:54
122 Samuel Caldeira Carmin – Prio 24:10
123 Sven Vandousselaere Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator 24:13
124 Michael Van Staeyen Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator 24:23
125 Francesco Lasca Caja Rural 24:31
126 Sander Cordeel Lotto – Belisol Team 24:37
127 Rick Flens Rabobank Cycling Team 25:01
128 Marzio Bruseghin Movistar Team 25:24
129 Bradley White UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis 25:28
130 Enrique Alonso Salgueiro LA – Antarte 25:33
131 Kenny Dehaes Lotto – Belisol Team 26:25
132 Arkimedes Arguelyes Rodriges Team Rusvelo 27:10
133 Niels Wytinck An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton – S… 27:17
134 Olivier Kaisen Lotto – Belisol Team 28:42
135 Cesar Fonte Efapel – Glassdrive 28:47
136 Jason Mccartney UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis 41:19
137 Nuno Ribeiro Efapel – Glassdrive 41:41
138 Raul Alarcon Garcia Efapel – Glassdrive 45:06
139 Tomas Swift-metcalfe Carmin – Prio 46:57

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