# 2018 Volta ao Alentejo

The 2018 Volta ao Alentejo–Crédito Argícola was 36th edition of the Volta ao Alentejo cycle race and was held on 14 March to 18 March 2018.

## Teams

The 21 teams invited to the race were:
UCI Professional Continental teams
* Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
* Burgos BH
* Euskadi–Murias
* WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
UCI Continental teams
* Sporting / Tavira
* LA Alumínios
* Efapel
* Rádio Popular–Boavista
* W52 / FC Porto
* Aviludo–Louletano
* Vito–Feirense–BlackJack
* Miranda–Mortágua
* Liberty Seguros–Carglass
* Lokosphinx
* Fundación Euskadi
* WIGGINS
Under 23 teams
* Fortuna–Maia
* FGP–Cube–Bombarral
* Jorbi–Team José Maria Nicolau
* Sicasal–Constantinos–Delta Cafés
* Ginestar

## Stages

Stage characteristics and winners :
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Type | Winner |
| 1 | 14 March | Vendas Novas to Serpa | 173.5 km (108 mi) | | Flat stage | Gabriel Cullaigh |
| 2 | 15 March | Beja to Sines | 205.2 km (128 mi) | | Flat stage | Dmitry Strakhov |
| 3 | 16 March | Grândola to Arraiolos | 149.3 km (93 mi) | | Flat stage | Dmitry Strakhov |
| 4 | 17 March | Monforte to Portalegre | 64.2 km (40 mi) | | Hilly stage | Edgar Pinto |
| 5 | 17 March | Castelo de Vide | 8.4 km (5 mi) | | Individual time trial | Gustavo Veloso |
| 6 | 18 March | Castelo de Vide to Évora | 151.3 km (94 mi) | | Flat stage | Gabriel Cullaigh |
| | Total | Total | 751.9 km (467 mi) | 751.9 km (467 mi) | 751.9 km (467 mi) | 751.9 km (467 mi) | 751.9 km (467 mi) |

## Classification leadership

Classification leadership by stage :
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Team classification |
| 1 | Gabriel Cullaigh | Gabriel Cullaigh | Gabriel Cullaigh | Alexander Evtushenko | Gabriel Cullaigh | WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic |
| 2 | Dmitry Strakhov | Mark Downey | Mark Downey | Alexander Evtushenko | Mark Downey | WIGGINS |
| 3 | Dmitry Strakhov | Mark Downey | Dmitry Strakhov | Alexander Evtushenko | Mark Downey | WIGGINS |
| 4 | Edgar Pinto | Mark Downey | Dmitry Strakhov | Alexander Evtushenko | Mark Downey | WIGGINS |
| 5 | Gustavo Veloso | Luís Mendonça | Dmitry Strakhov | Alexander Evtushenko | Mark Downey | W52 / FC Porto |
| 6 | Gabriel Cullaigh | Luís Mendonça | Dmitry Strakhov | Alexander Evtushenko | Mark Downey | W52 / FC Porto |
| Final | Final | Luís Mendonça | Dmitry Strakhov | Alexander Evtushenko | Mark Downey | W52 / FC Porto |
* In stage two, Justin Jules, who was second in the points classification, wore the black jersey, because first placed Gabriel Cullaigh wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification.
* In stage two, Mark Downey, who was second in the best young rider classification, wore the white jersey, because first placed Gabriel Cullaigh wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification.
* In stage three, Gabriel Cullaigh, who was second in the best young rider classification, wore the white jersey, because first placed Mark Downey wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification.
* In stage four, Gabriel Cullaigh, who was second in the best young rider classification, wore the white jersey, because first placed Mark Downey wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification.
* In stage five, Fernando Barceló, who was second in the best young rider classification, wore the white jersey, because first placed Mark Downey wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification.

## Final standings

Legend :
| Denotes the winner of the general classification | Denotes the leader of the points classification |
| Denotes the leader of the mountains classification | Denotes the winner of the young rider classification |

### General classification

Final general classification (1–10) :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Luís Mendonça (POR) | Aviludo–Louletano | 18h 25' 49" |
| 2 | Ricardo Mestre (POR) | W52 / FC Porto | + 0' 08" |
| 3 | Mark Downey (IRL) | WIGGINS | + 0' 13" |
| 4 | Mauricio Moreira (URU) | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | + 0' 16" |
| 5 | Dimitri Peyskens (BEL) | WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic | + 0' 26" |
| 6 | Mark Donovan (GBR) | WIGGINS | + 0' 30" |
| 7 | Fernando Barceló (ESP) | Euskadi–Murias | + 0' 38" |
| 8 | Justin Jules (FRA) | WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic | + 1' 57" |
| 9 | Óscar Hernández (ESP) | Aviludo–Louletano | + 2' 18" |
| 10 | Nicola Toffali (ITA) | Sporting / Tavira | + 2' 40" |
Final general classification (11–109) :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 11 | Gabriel Cullaigh (GBR) | WIGGINS | + 3' 39" |
| 12 | Gustavo Veloso (ESP) | W52 / FC Porto | + 4' 11" |
| 13 | James Fouché (NZL) | WIGGINS | + 4' 30" |
| 14 | Ludovic Robeet (BEL) | WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic | + 4' 31" |
| 15 | Daniel Freitas (POR) | W52 / FC Porto | + 6' 29" |
| 16 | Jon Aberasturi (ESP) | Euskadi–Murias | + 7' 44" |
| 17 | Samuel Caldeira (POR) | W52 / FC Porto | + 8' 55" |
| 18 | Alexander Grigoryev (RUS) | Sporting / Tavira | + 10' 35" |
| 19 | Aitor González (ESP) | Euskadi–Murias | + 10' 42" |
| 20 | Dmitry Strakhov (RUS) | Lokosphinx | + 10' 53" |
| 21 | Edgar Pinto (POR) | Vito–Feirense–BlackJack | + 11' 23" |
| 22 | Josu Zabala (ESP) | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | + 11' 24" |
| 23 | Aritz Bagües (ESP) | Euskadi–Murias | + 12' 51" |
| 24 | Henrique Casimiro (POR) | Efapel | + 13' 06" |
| 25 | Alexander Vdovin (RUS) | Lokosphinx | + 13' 15" |
| 26 | Ibai Salas (ESP) | Burgos BH | + 14' 05" |
| 27 | Dmitri Sokolov (RUS) | Lokosphinx | + 14' 16" |
| 28 | Alejandro Marque (ESP) | Sporting / Tavira | + 15' 28" |
| 29 | Frederico Figueiredo (POR) | Sporting / Tavira | + 15' 34" |
| 30 | Marc Buades (ESP) | Fundación Euskadi | + 15' 46" |
| 31 | Óscar Pelegri (ESP) | Rádio Popular–Boavista | + 15' 47" |
| 32 | Domingos Gonçalves (POR) | Rádio Popular–Boavista | + 15' 59" |
| 33 | Soufiane Haddi (MAR) | Vito–Feirense–BlackJack | + 16' 01" |
| 34 | Ibai Azurmendi (ESP) | Fundación Euskadi | + 16' 38" |
| 35 | Hugo Nunes (POR) | Miranda–Mortágua | + 16' 51" |
| 36 | David de la Fuente (ESP) | Aviludo–Louletano | + 16' 57" |
| 37 | Rafael Reis (POR) | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | + 17' 41" |
| 38 | Artem Samolenkov (RUS) | Lokosphinx | + 18' 02" |
| 39 | Matthew Teggart (IRL) | WIGGINS | + 18' 25" |
| 40 | Gonzalo Serrano (ESP) | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | + 18' 44" |
| 41 | Mamyr Stash (RUS) | Lokosphinx | + 19' 03" |
| 42 | Dylan Kerfoot-Robson (GBR) | WIGGINS | + 19' 10" |
| 43 | Rafael Silva (POR) | Efapel | + 19' 18" |
| 44 | Robert Scott (GBR) | WIGGINS | + 20' 00" |
| 45 | Luís Fernandes (POR) | Aviludo–Louletano | + 20' 27" |
| 46 | Óscar Rodríguez (ESP) | Euskadi–Murias | + 20' 42" |
| 47 | Mikel Aristi (ESP) | Euskadi–Murias | + 21' 30" |
| 48 | Daniel Mestre (POR) | Efapel | + 21' 55" |
| 49 | Mario González (ESP) | Sporting / Tavira | + 23' 55" |
| 50 | Antoine Warnier (BEL) | WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic | + 24' 02" |
| 51 | Peio Goikoetxea (ESP) | Fundación Euskadi | + 24' 50" |
| 52 | Francisco Campos (POR) | Miranda–Mortágua | + 25' 04" |
| 53 | Luís Gomes (POR) | Rádio Popular–Boavista | + 25' 08" |
| 54 | Nuno Almeida (POR) | LA Alumínios | + 26' 58" |
| 55 | Luís Afonso (POR) | Vito–Feirense–BlackJack | + 26' 59" |
| 56 | David Rodrigues (POR) | Rádio Popular–Boavista | + 27' 03" |
| 57 | José Fernandes (POR) | W52 / FC Porto | + 27' 11" |
| 58 | André Carvalho (POR) | Liberty Seguros–Carglass | + 28' 28" |
| 59 | Jorge Magalhães (POR) | Miranda–Mortágua | + 28' 47" |
| 60 | Sebastián Mora (ESP) | Ginestar | + 28' 57" |
| 61 | Adrián González (ESP) | Burgos BH | + 29' 59" |
| 62 | Marvin Sheulen (POR) | Sicasal–Constantinos–Delta Cafés | + 29' 59" |
| 63 | Thomas Deruette (BEL) | WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic | + 30' 09" |
| 64 | João Matias (POR) | Vito–Feirense–BlackJack | + 30' 32" |
| 65 | Justin Oien (USA) | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | + 31' 00" |
| 66 | Raúl Alarcón (ESP) | W52 / FC Porto | + 31' 09" |
| 67 | André Ramalho (POR) | Jorbi–Team José Maria Nicolau | + 31' 42" |
| 68 | Venceslau Fernandes (POR) | Liberty Seguros–Carglass | + 31' 56" |
| 69 | Álvaro Robredo (ESP) | Burgos BH | + 31' 59" |
| 70 | Yuri Trofimov (RUS) | Rádio Popular–Boavista | + 33' 11" |
| 71 | Gaspar Gonçalves (POR) | Liberty Seguros–Carglass | + 34' 03" |
| 72 | Nícolas Sessler (BRA) | Burgos BH | + 34' 07" |
| 73 | Kirill Sveshnikov (RUS) | Lokosphinx | + 34' 18" |
| 74 | César Martingil (POR) | Liberty Seguros–Carglass | + 34' 25" |
| 75 | Juán Martín (ESP) | Aviludo–Louletano | + 35' 51" |
| 76 | Pedro Gil López (ESP) | Ginestar | + 36' 53" |
| 77 | Gonçalo Leaça (POR) | LA Alumínios | + 36' 55" |
| 78 | Ricardo García (ESP) | Fundación Euskadi | + 37' 04" |
| 79 | Javi Amat (ESP) | Ginestar | + 37' 10" |
| 80 | André Crispim (POR) | Liberty Seguros–Carglass | + 37' 49" |
| 81 | James Mitri (GBR) | Burgos BH | + 38' 10" |
| 82 | Alexander Evtushenko (RUS) | Lokosphinx | + 38' 35" |
| 83 | Mikel Alonso (ESP) | Fundación Euskadi | + 38' 38" |
| 84 | Álvaro Trueba (ITA) | Sporting / Tavira | + 38' 46" |
| 85 | Egor Silin (RUS) | Rádio Popular–Boavista | + 39' 16" |
| 86 | Valter Pereira (POR) | Sporting / Tavira | + 39' 57" |
| 87 | David Ribeiro (POR) | LA Alumínios | + 41' 50" |
| 88 | Txomin Juaristi (ESP) | Fundación Euskadi | + 44' 47" |
| 89 | Franklin Six (BEL) | WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic | + 45' 07" |
| 90 | Leonel Coutinho (POR) | Vito–Feirense–BlackJack | + 45' 21" |
| 91 | Álvaro Cuadros (ESP) | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | + 45' 29" |
| 92 | Sergio Samitier (ESP) | Euskadi–Murias | + 46' 06" |
| 93 | Marcos Jurado (ESP) | Efapel | + 46' 24" |
| 94 | Sérgio Paulinho (POR) | Efapel | + 47' 42" |
| 95 | Fábio Costa (POR) | Liberty Seguros–Carglass | + 54' 48" |
| 96 | Guillaume Almeida (POR) | Fortuna–Maia | + 59' 39" |
| 97 | Carlos Salgueiro (POR) | Sicasal–Constantinos–Delta Cafés | + 1h 01' 56" |
| 98 | Kevyn Ista (BEL) | WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic | + 1h 01' 58" |
| 99 | Álvaro López (ESP) | Ginestar | + 1h 02' 33" |
| 100 | Jacobo Rodríguez (ESP) | Fortuna–Maia | + 1h 03' 36" |
| 101 | Pablo Bonilla (ESP) | Ginestar | + 1h 03' 36" |
| 102 | Nuno Meireles (POR) | Miranda–Mortágua | + 1h 03' 41" |
| 103 | Hugo Sancho (POR) | Vito–Feirense–BlackJack | + 1h 03' 54" |
| 104 | José Sousa (POR) | Miranda–Mortágua | + 1h 04' 27" |
| 105 | Yannis Yssaad (FRA) | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | + 1h 04' 37" |
| 106 | João Santos (POR) | Vito–Feirense–BlackJack | + 1h 05' 41" |
| 107 | Paulo Silva (POR) | Fortuna–Maia | + 1h 08' 10" |
| 108 | Júlio Gonçalves (POR) | LA Alumínios | + 1h 12' 40" |
| 109 | Márcio Barbosa (POR) | Aviludo–Louletano | + 1h 14' 36" |

### Points classification

Final points classification (1–10) :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Dmitry Strakhov (RUS) | Lokosphinx | 76 |
| 2 | Mark Downey (IRL) | WIGGINS | 75 |
| 3 | Gabriel Cullaigh (GBR) | WIGGINS | 70 |
| 4 | Justin Jules (FRA) | WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic | 49 |
| 5 | Luís Mendonça (POR) | Aviludo–Louletano | 37 |
| 6 | Jon Aberasturi (ESP) | Euskadi–Murias | 35 |
| 7 | Edgar Pinto (POR) | Vito–Feirense–BlackJack | 29 |
| 8 | Yannis Yssaad (FRA) | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | 20 |
| 9 | Óscar Hernández (ESP) | Aviludo–Louletano | 16 |
| 10 | Mikel Aristi (ESP) | Euskadi–Murias | 16 |

### Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10) :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Alexander Evtushenko (RUS) | Lokosphinx | 21 |
| 2 | Henrique Casimiro (POR) | Efapel | 15 |
| 3 | Gustavo Veloso (ESP) | W52 / FC Porto | 14 |
| 4 | Edgar Pinto (POR) | Vito–Feirense–BlackJack | 10 |
| 5 | Ricardo Mestre (POR) | W52 / FC Porto | 10 |
| 6 | Luís Fernandes (POR) | Aviludo–Louletano | 5 |
| 7 | Luís Mendonça (POR) | Aviludo–Louletano | 4 |
| 8 | Txomin Juaristi (ESP) | Fundación Euskadi | 3 |
| 9 | Dimitri Peyskens (BEL) | WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic | 2 |
| 10 | Aitor González (ESP) | Euskadi–Murias | 2 |

### Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10) :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Mark Downey (IRL) | WIGGINS | 18h 26' 02" |
| 2 | Mauricio Moreira (URU) | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | + 0' 03" |
| 3 | Mark Donovan (GBR) | WIGGINS | + 0' 17" |
| 4 | Fernando Barceló (ESP) | Euskadi–Murias | + 0' 25" |
| 5 | Gabriel Cullaigh (GBR) | WIGGINS | + 3' 26" |
| 6 | James Fouché (NZL) | WIGGINS | + 4' 17" |
| 7 | Dmitry Strakhov (RUS) | Lokosphinx | + 10' 40" |
| 8 | Marc Buades (ESP) | Fundación Euskadi | + 15' 33" |
| 9 | Ibai Azurmendi (ESP) | Fundación Euskadi | + 16' 25" |
| 10 | Hugo Nunes (POR) | Miranda–Mortágua | + 16' 38" |

### Team classification

Final team classification (1–10) :
| Rank | Team | Time |
| 1 | W52 / FC Porto | 55h 19' 19" |
| 2 | WIGGINS | + 0' 05" |
| 3 | WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic | + 5' 02" |
| 4 | Euskadi–Murias | + 9' 41" |
| 5 | Aviludo–Louletano | + 16' 10" |
| 6 | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | + 20' 09" |
| 7 | Sporting / Tavira | + 22' 03" |
| 8 | Lokosphinx | + 34' 11" |
| 9 | Fundación Euskadi | + 41' 58" |
| 10 | Efapel | + 43' 02" |