page_title: 2015 Volta ao Algarve
section_title: Stage 5
hierarchical_section_title: 2015 Volta ao Algarve / Stages / Stage 5
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Reportage photographique réalisé le dimanche 14 septembre à l'occasion du départ et de l'arrivée du Grand Prix Jef Scherens 2014 à Louvain, Belgique. Nederlands: Vertrek en aankomst, zondag 14 september 2014, Grote Prijs Jef Scherens 2014, Leuven, België.
context_page_description: The 2015 Volta ao Algarve was the 41st running of the Volta ao Algarve road cycling stage race. It was rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour and took place from 18 to 22 February 2015 in the Algarve region of Portugal.
  The race consisted of five stages, including one summit finish and one Individual time trial. The defending champion was Michał Kwiatkowski of Etixx–Quick-Step, who won two stages of the 2014 Volta ao Algarve.
  The 2015 race was won by Geraint Thomas of Team Sky. He took the lead with victory in a solo breakaway on stage 2, then defended his lead with third place in the time trial and fourth place on the summit finish. He ended the race 27 seconds ahead of Kwiatkowski, with Tiago Machado in third place. Thomas also won the points classification; his teammate Richie Porte won the summit finish and also the mountains classification.
  In the other classifications, the young riders competition was won by Davide Formolo, Machado won the Portuguese classification and Machado's team Katusha won the team's classification.
context_section_description: The fifth and final stage of the race was a 184.3 km (115 mi) route from Almodôvar to Vilamoura. The first half of the stage was fairly hilly, but the final 80 km (50 mi) were fairly flat.
  There was an early break of three riders: Pawel Bernas (ActiveJet), Diego Rubio (Efapel) and Imanol Estevez (Murias Taldea). They were then joined by Heiner Parra (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA). The group was initially allowed plenty of time by Team Sky and were able to climb the day's only categorised climb in the lead, but were caught on the descent. A new break then escaped, made up of Luis Mas (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA) and Beñat Txoperena (Murias Taldea). They were joined first by Micael Isidoro (Louletano-Ray Just Energy), and David de la Fuente (Efapel) and then also by Adriano Malori and Jonathan Castroviejo (Movistar Team). They were never allowed a significant lead, with Lotto–Soudal leading the chase on behalf of André Greipel. Greipel was able to win the stage in the bunch sprint, ahead of Tom Van Asbroeck (LottoNL–Jumbo) and Raymond Kreder (Team Roompot). Kreder, however, was relegated for improper sprinting and third place on the stage went to Rüdiger Selig (Team Katusha).
  None of the classifications changed hands in the final stage, so Geraint Thomas won the overall victory in the race.
caption: André Greipel, winner of stage 5
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