News in brief: Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors) has won the first stage of the Tour of the Algarve. The 22-year-old mega-talent beat André Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) and Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) in a fierce sprint. Greipel expressed his displeasure after crossing the finish line with the Italian's hard-driving sprint. He narrowly missed out on the win… read more
Cycling: Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) has won the Tour of the Algarve. A fifth-place finish in this evening's final stage was enough for the Welshman to overtake the previous leader, Tony Martin (Etixx - Quick-Step), as the German lost a lot of time on the Alto do Malhao and fell far behind in the overall standings. The stage win went to Alberto Contador (Tinkoff), who beat Fabio Aru... read more
Cycling: André Greipel celebrated his first victory of the season today in the final stage of this year's Tour de Algrave. The 32-year-old Lotto-Soudal pro prevailed in a sprint against Tom van Asbroeck of Belgium and the Dutchman Raymond Kreder. A seven-man breakaway group led the 7km final stage of the 184st edition of the... read more
Cycling: With the stage victory on the penultimate stage of the Tour of the Algarve, Australian Richie Porte once again won the queen stage after 2012. Briton Geraint Thomas, like Porte also racing for Team Sky, finished the fourth stage in fourth place and thus retains the overall lead. Although Etixx-Quick Step team rider Michal... read more
Cycling: German Tony Martin (Team Etixx-Quick Stepp) narrowly won the time trial at the Tour of the Algarve. Second place went to Italian Adriano Malori, riding for Movistar, by just a few tenths. With his time trial victory, the 29-year-old German cyclist lived up to his role as favorite. For the 19th … read more
