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As it happened: A hectic sprint opener at the Volta ao Algarve

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Gerben Thijssen beats Marijn van den Berg to the line after a quiet♛ 200km stage 1

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Hello and﷽ welcome to our first live coverage of the 2024 European road season, the opening stage of the 🐷Volta ao Algarve!

The opening stage runs a 200km circuitous route in the east o𓂃f the southern Portuguese region, heading inland from Portimão and heading east to Lagos for a likely sprint finish.

There are t🍎wo climbs on the route today, though both come in the opening half of the stageꦫ.

We're just under an hour away 💖from the start of the stage.

You can take a look at the race start list below.

Our pick of the🅷 star names lining up to take the st🥃art today...

The﷽ likes of Van Aert, Meeus, D🦩émare could all feature in the final today.

The official race start comes in 20 minut☂es, though the real start iಞs a little later after the end of the neutral rollout.

Some ne💜ws from elsewhere on the Iberian Peninsula today.🔯..

W⛦hile over in the Middle East, the Tour of Oman drew to a close with a summit finish on Green Mountain a few hours ꧋ago...

Back in Portugal, Remco⭕ Evenepoel meets some fans ahead of the start.

...so too does Wout van Aert.

Riders also do the media rounds 🧸at sign-on before heading to the start line.

10 minutes to the stage 1 start!

Our race preview pits superstar and two-time winner Remco Evenepoel against the world, or at least the rest of the peloton. Can he start his 2024 campaign – heading towards a Tour de France debut – with an🍌other stage race victory?

2023 winner Dani Martínez is ready to defend his𒁏 title this week.

The riders have now rolled out to start the 2024 Volta ao Algarve! A 4.7km ne🐬utral zone to start the race.

200km to go

Wout van Aert and Remco Evenepoel chat ahead of the stage 1 start🍰.

A puncture for Visma-Lease A Bike neo-pro Per 🐠Strand Hagenes in the early kilometres of the stage.

193km to go

10km have passed now and still no riders have ma♎naged to escape.

187km to go

Tobias Bayer (Alpecin-Deceuninck) is among them.

The Austrian is joined by a swathe of riders from the local Continental t🌳eams.

Fábio Costa (ABTF Betão-Feirense), Tomas Contte (Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé-Concelho), Diogo Narciso (Credibom-LA Aluminios-Marcos Car), Noah Campos (Ke🅠lly-ܫSimoldes-UDO), César Fonte (Rádio Popular-Paredes-Boavista), and Gonçalo Amado (Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua) are also in the move.

Five Portuguese riders and an Argentinian (Contte) join Bayer out෴ front.

Fonte is only rider with a professional win to his name in the move. He has a stage apiece at the 2012 Volta a Portugal an𝄹d 2018 GP Beiras e Serra da Estrela to his name. Bayer has won two Austrian time trial titles at U23 level, meanwhile.

179km to go

The gap continues to e꧃dge up as the kilometres pass by. It's up to 3:45 for the seven riders now.

Geraint Thomas ♒is making his season debut this week as he gears up for a bid at the Giro-Tour double later this year.

Arkéa-B&B Hotels and Intermarché-Wanty among🌄 the teams leading the peloton currently.

Our first look at the break of the day.

164km to go

Conte leads the way over the top of the climb fo🎐r the first three KOM points of the race.

Fonte and Amado🧸 collect two and one points in second and third.

150km to go

Ark&eacꦦute;a's Martin Tjøtta leading the pelo🍌ton.

It's a quiet period in the middle of the stage as the riders traverse mostly flat gr🅰o♍und.

The next, and f♒inal, climb of the day comes in just under🍒 40km.

133km to go

The peloton speeding along during stage 1.

Olivier 🌱Le Gac (Groupama-FDJ) stops with a puncture ༺in the peloton.

The climb of Nave is coming up soon.

114km to go

It's a third-category hill and will decide the first mountain classifi🥀cation jersey of the race.

How to watch the 2024 Volta ao Algarve – all the information on live streaming the five-day race

The breakaway riders are on the climb ꧋of Nave now.

Narciso andꦐ Campos have been dropped from tꦺhe breakaway on the way up.

Bayer, Costa, Contte, Fonte, Amado remain in the lead, s🧸till over three minutes up on the peloton.

Contte leads the way to the top once again. That's another four points for the Argentinean and he's on seven for th🔴e day.

Amado and Bayer follow him across the summit as Narciso gets back across to the leader💝s.

With the final climb꧑ of the day done, we can take a look at the mountain classification standings after stage 1...

96km to go

Amado is back among the breakaway, making it six up front. Noa♏h Campos didn't maඣke it back and he's now 1:30 down on his former breakmates.

The peloton lies at 3:30 down on the lead group.

The peloton out on the road during stage 1.

Sepp Kuss, who is racing in the Algarve this week, has downplayed reports that he's looking to ♏co-lead Visma-Lease A Bike with Jonas Vingegaard at the Tour de France, stating that "Everybody wants to win the Tour, even a sprinter."

Campos is now back in 𝓰the peloton after ge⛄tting dropped from the breakaway.

80km to go

Tom Pidcock among his Ineos Grenadiers teammate♛s in the peloton.

Did the Eurosport commentator just say this race has usurped the Volta a Portugal as the most important race in💙 Portugal? Uhh, not sure about that one...

Here's Tao Geoghegan Hart, back racing for the first time since crashing and and fracturing his hip at the Giro d'Italia 🔯last May.

68km to go

We still have Arkéa-B&B Hotels and Intermarché-Wanty working at the head o🌸f the peloton. DSM-Firmenich PostNL also represented up front.

Six riders remain out front in the breakaway. No furܫther movement since Campos was dropped.

63km to go

Tour de l'Av🎀enir champion Isaac Del Toro (U🍸AE Tea Emirates) stops for a wheel change.

Sergio Higuita (Bora-Hansgrohe) is the next rider to stop with a puncture. He gets a front wheel change and is back on h🤡is way.

55km to go

Another puncture in the peloton 𒈔and it's Del Toro again. This time it's a back wheel puncture.

Spots of rain on the 🦋TV camera. It's not a sunny Algarꦇve day today.

Tobias Bayer is now pushing on alone at the front of the br🦋eakaway.

50km to go

Filippo Ganna chasing back to the peloton after presumably su👍ffering a mechanical prඣoblem.

Bayer is now way out front alone and the remains of the break he left behind are begin recaptured byꦅ 🎀the peloton.

The peloton is now 2:40 down on Bayer after letting the p♍ace drop.

Wout van Aert now riding at the front of the peloton for Visma-Lജease A Bike.

40km to go

Contte and Fonte will be next across the line.

Fonte and Contte next across in that order for four𝕴 and two bonus ☂seconds.

And now the pair are brought back by the peloton.

36km to go

Two minutes between him and the peloton now.

Duarte Mix&atild♋e;o (Kelly-Simoldes-𒐪UDO) crashes in the peloton but he's up and running quickly.

F💮rançoisꦓ Vie (Credibom-LA Aluminios-Marcos Car) was also held up there and is chasing back to the peloton.

28km to go

Van Aert is among those held us, as is his teammate Tiesj Benoot. Valentin Madouas, too. Plenty of riders from the Portugue🉐se Continental squads also involved.

No major sprinters caught in that crash, however.

25km to go

And now th💞e peloton are closing in on 🐼the breakaway survivor.

Nils Politt (UAE Team Emirates) leads the break past Bayer a🔯nd that's the move over.

Van Aert is back in the peloton already. More riders are st🍬ill out the rear following that cras🍃h, however.

20km to go

And now Soudal꧅-Quick♌Step head to the front with several riders.

We'🌼re just waiting for the sprint now, so long as everyone makes it to Lagos without any more crashes.

DSM, In🌱eos, and Bora are also up front with 🎃QuickStep.

It's calm in the peloton at the moment.

15km to go

Noah Campos, wh🍸o was in the break of the day, gets some attention from the medical car.

The peloton making their way towards the finish.

Still no movement or accel𒉰eration atꦗ the front as the riders near the 10km mark.

10km to go

Isaac Del Toro stops ꦅonce again with a mechanical problem. This time it༺'s a bike change.

8km to go

ಌArkéa, DSM, QuickStep, Intermarché🃏; are up there too.

6km to go

Still the same mix of teams on the front.

4km to go

Now into the final 3km and there's a small rise in the ♕road here🔴.

The peloton speeds up on this 1km hill which mౠaxes out at 4%ꩲ.

Tudor moving up alongside the long Intermarché tr🌜ain.

Arkéa also shifting up front.

2km to go

Arkéa and I🎐ntermarché the most organised up front.

EF, DSM and Tudor with several riders there too.

1km to go

Arkéa lead ahead of Intermarché.

A split behind the leading sprinter's teams.

It's a headwind to the line.

Tudor push to the front.

Intermarché launch wiᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚth Gerben Thijs♐sen up the middle of the road.

He passes Rui Oliveira, who has gone long.

And there's little difficulty for Gerbe♍n Thijssen as he dashes to the line. A win for Intermar🐠ché-Wanty.

Thijssen beats Marijn van den Berg (EF Ed🍰ucation-EasyPost)♋ and Jordi Meeus (Bora-Hansgrohe) to the win.

Arkéa led the way iဣnto the final kilometre but didn't have it in the final sprint.

Démare got♈ box𝕴ed in and bogged down while Thijssen came bolting in from the right, finding the gap and hitting the front at the right time.

Thijssen celebrates his second win of 2024.

Démare ended up in fifth plac𒅌e behind Lars Boven i♏n fourth.

Volta ao Algarve: Gerben Thijssen fastest in opening sprint stage to take first leader's jersey

Here's what Thijssen had to sa🔜y after his victory in Lagos.

Thijssen celebrates on the final podium after sprinting to th🐈e victory in Lagos.

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