# 2019 Volta ao Algarve

The 2019 Volta ao Algarve is a road cycling stage race that took place in the Algarve region of Portugal between 20 and 24 February 2019. It was the 45th edition of the Volta ao Algarve and was rated as a 2.HC event as part of the UCI Europe Tour.

## Teams

Twenty-four teams started the race. Each team had a maximum of seven riders:
UCI WorldTeams
* Bora–Hansgrohe
* Deceuninck–Quick-Step
* Team Jumbo–Visma
* Team Katusha–Alpecin
* Team Sunweb
* UAE Team Emirates
* CCC Team
* Groupama–FDJ
* Team Dimension Data
* Trek–Segafredo
* Lotto–Soudal
* Team Sky
UCI Professional teams
* Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
* W52 / FC Porto
* Cofidis
* Wanty–Gobert
UCI Continental teams
* Ludofoods–Louletano
* LA Alumínios / LA Sport
* Rádio Popular–Boavista
* UD Oliveirense–InOutBuild
* Efapel
* Miranda–Mortágua
* Sporting / Tavira
* Vito–Feirense–PNB

## Route

Stage characteristics and winners :
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Stage winner |
| 1 | 20 February | Portimão to Lagos | 199.1 km (123.7 mi) | Flat stage | Fabio Jakobsen (NED) |
| 2 | 21 February | Almodôvar to Fóia | 187.4 km (116.4 mi) | Mountain stage | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) |
| 3 | 22 February | Lagoa to Lagoa | 20.3 km (12.6 mi) | Individual time trial | Stefan Küng (SUI) |
| 4 | 23 February | Albufeira to Tavira | 198.3 km (123.2 mi) | Flat stage | Dylan Groenewegen (NED) |
| 5 | 24 February | Faro to Alto do Malhão | 173.5 km (107.8 mi) | Medium mountain stage | Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) |

## Stages
### Stage 1

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Fabio Jakobsen (NED) | Deceuninck–Quick-Step | 4h 52' 59" |
| 2 | Arnaud Démare (FRA) | Groupama–FDJ | s.t. |
| 3 | Pascal Ackermann (GER) | Bora–Hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 4 | Simone Consonni (ITA) | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 5 | Jasper De Buyst (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | s.t. |
| 6 | Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 7 | Edward Theuns (BEL) | Trek–Segafredo | s.t. |
| 8 | Jon Aberasturi (ESP) | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 9 | Christophe Laporte (FRA) | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 10 | Neilson Powless (USA) | Team Jumbo–Visma | s.t. |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Fabio Jakobsen (NED) | Deceuninck–Quick-Step | 4h 52' 59" |
| 2 | Arnaud Démare (FRA) | Groupama–FDJ | s.t. |
| 3 | Pascal Ackermann (GER) | Bora–Hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 4 | Simone Consonni (ITA) | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 5 | Jasper De Buyst (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | s.t. |
| 6 | Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 7 | Edward Theuns (BEL) | Trek–Segafredo | s.t. |
| 8 | Jon Aberasturi (ESP) | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 9 | Christophe Laporte (FRA) | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 10 | Neilson Powless (USA) | Team Jumbo–Visma | s.t. |

### Stage 2

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) | UAE Team Emirates | 4h 58' 25" |
| 2 | Wout Poels (NED) | Team Sky | + 1" |
| 3 | Enric Mas (ESP) | Deceuninck–Quick-Step | + 3" |
| 4 | Sam Oomen (NED) | Team Sunweb | + 5" |
| 5 | Amaro Antunes (POR) | CCC Team | + 7" |
| 6 | David de la Cruz (ESP) | Team Sky | + 21" |
| 7 | João Rodrigues (POR) | W52 / FC Porto | + 24" |
| 8 | Simone Petilli (ITA) | UAE Team Emirates | + 27" |
| 9 | José Herrada (ESP) | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 10 | Michael Valgren (DEN) | Team Dimension Data | + 49" |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) | UAE Team Emirates | 9h 51' 24" |
| 2 | Wout Poels (NED) | Team Sky | + 1" |
| 3 | Enric Mas (ESP) | Deceuninck–Quick-Step | + 3" |
| 4 | Sam Oomen (NED) | Team Sunweb | + 5" |
| 5 | David de la Cruz (ESP) | Team Sky | + 21" |
| 6 | Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) | Team Sunweb | + 51" |
| 7 | João Rodrigues (POR) | W52 / FC Porto | + 1' 29" |
| 8 | Amaro Antunes (POR) | CCC Team | + 1' 42" |
| 9 | Neilson Powless (USA) | Team Jumbo–Visma | + 1' 46" |
| 10 | Marc Hirschi (SUI) | Team Sunweb | s.t. |

### Stage 3

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Stefan Küng (SUI) | Groupama–FDJ | 24' 33" |
| 2 | Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) | Team Sunweb | + 2" |
| 3 | Yves Lampaert (BEL) | Deceuninck–Quick-Step | + 5" |
| 4 | Ryan Mullen (IRL) | Trek–Segafredo | + 8" |
| 5 | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) | UAE Team Emirates | + 17" |
| 6 | Arnaud Démare (FRA) | Groupama–FDJ | + 31" |
| 7 | Mads Pedersen (DEN) | Trek–Segafredo | + 36" |
| 8 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR) | Team Sky | s.t. |
| 9 | Nils Politt (GER) | Team Katusha–Alpecin | + 42" |
| 10 | Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) | Deceuninck–Quick-Step | + 43" |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) | UAE Team Emirates | 10h 16' 14" |
| 2 | Enric Mas (ESP) | Deceuninck–Quick-Step | + 31" |
| 3 | Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) | Team Sunweb | + 36" |
| 4 | Wout Poels (NED) | Team Sky | + 37" |
| 5 | David de la Cruz (ESP) | Team Sky | + 57" |
| 6 | Sam Oomen (NED) | Team Sunweb | + 1' 08" |
| 7 | Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) | Deceuninck–Quick-Step | + 2' 12" |
| 8 | Neilson Powless (USA) | Team Jumbo–Visma | + 2' 13" |
| 9 | Marc Hirschi (SUI) | Team Sunweb | + 2' 35" |
| 10 | Amaro Antunes (POR) | CCC Team | + 2' 43" |

### Stage 4

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Dylan Groenewegen (NED) | Team Jumbo–Visma | 4h 56' 07" |
| 2 | Arnaud Démare (FRA) | Groupama–FDJ | s.t. |
| 3 | Jasper Philipsen (BEL) | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 4 | Pascal Ackermann (GER) | Bora–Hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 5 | Simone Consonni (ITA) | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 6 | Jasper De Buyst (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | s.t. |
| 7 | Timothy Dupont (BEL) | Wanty–Gobert | s.t. |
| 8 | Jens Debusschere (BEL) | Team Katusha–Alpecin | s.t. |
| 9 | Mike Teunissen (NED) | Team Jumbo–Visma | s.t. |
| 10 | Jon Aberasturi (ESP) | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) | UAE Team Emirates | 15h 12' 28" |
| 2 | Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) | Team Sunweb | + 29" |
| 3 | Wout Poels (NED) | Team Sky | + 30" |
| 4 | Enric Mas (ESP) | Deceuninck–Quick-Step | + 31" |
| 5 | David de la Cruz (ESP) | Team Sky | + 57" |
| 6 | Sam Oomen (NED) | Team Sunweb | + 1' 28" |
| 7 | Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) | Deceuninck–Quick-Step | + 2' 12" |
| 8 | Neilson Powless (USA) | Team Jumbo–Visma | + 2' 13" |
| 9 | Marc Hirschi (SUI) | Team Sunweb | + 2' 35" |
| 10 | Amaro Antunes (POR) | CCC Team | + 2' 36" |

### Stage 5

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) | Deceuninck–Quick-Step | 4h 13' 48" |
| 2 | Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) | Team Sunweb | + 3" |
| 3 | Wout Poels (NED) | Team Sky | + 9" |
| 4 | Enric Mas (ESP) | Deceuninck–Quick-Step | + 12" |
| 5 | Steve Cummings (GBR) | Team Dimension Data | + 17" |
| 6 | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) | UAE Team Emirates | + 18" |
| 7 | João Rodrigues (POR) | W52 / FC Porto | + 24" |
| 8 | Sam Oomen (NED) | Team Sunweb | + 30" |
| 9 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR) | Team Sky | + 31" |
| 10 | Amaro Antunes (POR) | CCC Team | + 34" |

## Final classifications

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) | UAE Team Emirates | 19h 26' 34" |
| 2 | Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) | Team Sunweb | + 14" |
| 3 | Wout Poels (NED) | Team Sky | + 21" |
| 4 | Enric Mas (ESP) | Deceuninck–Quick-Step | + 25" |
| 5 | Sam Oomen (NED) | Team Sunweb | + 1' 40" |
| 6 | Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) | Deceuninck–Quick-Step | + 1' 54" |
| 7 | Neilson Powless (USA) | Team Jumbo–Visma | + 2' 50" |
| 8 | Amaro Antunes (POR) | CCC Team | + 2' 52" |
| 9 | João Rodrigues (POR) | W52 / FC Porto | + 3' 27" |
| 10 | Simon Špilak (SLO) | Team Katusha–Alpecin | + 3' 47" |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Pascal Ackermann (GER) | Bora–Hansgrohe | 29 |
| 2 | Fabio Jakobsen (NED) | Deceuninck–Quick-Step | 25 |
| 3 | Dylan Groenewegen (NED) | Team Jumbo–Visma | 25 |
| 4 | Wout Poels (NED) | Team Sky | 22 |
| 5 | Jasper De Buyst (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | 21 |
| 6 | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) | UAE Team Emirates | 20 |
| 7 | Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) | Team Sunweb | 20 |
| 8 | Enric Mas (ESP) | Deceuninck–Quick-Step | 18 |
| 9 | Jasper Philipsen (BEL) | UAE Team Emirates | 16 |
| 10 | Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) | Deceuninck–Quick-Step | 15 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Tim Declercq (BEL) | Deceuninck–Quick-Step | 15 |
| 2 | Wout Poels (NED) | Team Sky | 11 |
| 3 | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) | UAE Team Emirates | 10 |
| 4 | Amaro Antunes (POR) | CCC Team | 8 |
| 5 | Vicente García de Mateos (ESP) | Ludofoods–Louletano | 8 |
| 6 | David Ribeiro (POR) | LA Alumínios / LA Sport | 8 |
| 7 | Enric Mas (ESP) | Deceuninck–Quick-Step | 8 |
| 8 | Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) | Deceuninck–Quick-Step | 6 |
| 9 | Stefan Küng (SUI) | Groupama–FDJ | 6 |
| 10 | Jonas Koch (GER) | CCC Team | 6 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) | UAE Team Emirates | 19h 26' 34" |
| 2 | Neilson Powless (USA) | Team Jumbo–Visma | + 2' 50" |
| 3 | Marc Hirschi (SUI) | Team Sunweb | + 10' 40" |
| 4 | Casper Pedersen (DEN) | Team Sunweb | + 25' 01" |
| 5 | Hugo Nunes (POR) | Miranda–Mortágua | + 25' 38" |
| 6 | Jasper Philipsen (BEL) | UAE Team Emirates | + 26' 16" |
| 7 | Stan Dewulf (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | + 31' 11" |
| 8 | Emanuel Duarte (POR) | LA Alumínios / LA Sport | + 33' 24" |
| 9 | João Barbosa (POR) | Vito–Feirense–PNB | + 33' 29" |
| 10 | Rafael Lourenço (POR) | UD Oliveirense–InOutBuild | + 34' 56" |