The Danish Jonas Vingegaard, two-time champion of the Tour de France (2022 and 2023), will start the 2025 season with the Vuelta al Algarve (Volta ao Algarve), as the first step in a campaign whose main objective is to win the French grand round for the third time. announced this Tuesday the Portuguese Cycling Federation (UVP-FPC).
The leader of the Visma Lease a Bike chose the UCI ProSeries circuit by stages of the Algarve to start 2025, which is presented as a debutant, being accompanied by Wout van Aert, also confirmed by the Dutch team.
This will be the twenty-sixth time that Visma Lease a Bike participates in the ‘Algarvia’a race he won in 2017 with the Slovenian Primož Roglič, and in which he stood out last year due to van Aert’s speed in the sprint finish in Tavira.
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The 51st edition of the Tour of the Algarve, which will be held between February 19 and 23, will have a renewed and more demanding route than other years. The race, which begins in the riverside area of Portimão, will finish once again at the top of Malhão, in the municipality of Loulé, although for the first time in a time trial.
Likewise, a new stage has been created with the finish line in the capital of the Algarve, Faro; while the demand for arrival in Fóia has increased, the highest point in the region located in Monchique.
