Magnus Cort denies the sprinters to win a second consecutive stage at the Tour of Algarve

Magnus Cort was unstoppable on the third stage of the Volta ao Algarve and managed to win a second stage after being part of a late breakaway and withstanding the speeding the peloton that fought to capture him

Cort was part of a group of six cyclists who managed to escape the peloton with 24 kilometers left and together they managed to maintain a small gap. Magnus Cort, Filipo Ganna, Tom Pidcock, Tobias Foss, Rui Costa and Valentin Madouas made up this breakaway and fit very well to maintain a decent difference with the majority group.

These six riders worked together and reached the last kilometre with a few seconds of advantage, but Magnus Cort did not want to miss the opportunity for a second stage victory and seeing the peloton approaching, he took the last corner at the head of the group and accelerated alone to take a tremendous stage victory.

Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) was second followed by Jordi Meeus (Bora-Hansgrohe).

This victory for Magnus Cort means that his lead in the general classification continues to increase to 18 seconds over Rui Costa (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty), while Ilan Van Wilder (Soudal-QuickStep) drops to third place.

VIDEO: Volta ao Algarve Stage 3 Finale

Volta ao Algarve Stage 3 Top 10

1 DEN Magnus Cort EF Education-EasyPost 05:05:14
2 ITA Filippo Ganna INEOS Grenadiers + 00
3 BEL Jordi Meeus BORA-hansgrohe + 00
4 FRA Paul Penhoët Groupama-FDJ + 00
5 FRA Valentin Madouas Groupama-FDJ + 00
6 POR Rui Oliveira UAE Team Emirates + 00
7 POR Rui Costa Intermarché-Circus-Wanty + 00
8 NOR Tobias Foss Jumbo-Visma + 00
9 BEL Edward Theuns Trek-Segafredo + 00
10 GBR Lewis Askey Groupama-FDJ + 00

GC after Volta ao Algarve Stage 3

1  CORT Magnus EFE 15:01:18 -
2  COSTA Rui ICW 0:18 
3  VAN WILDER Ilan SOQ 0:20
4  MADOUAS Valentin GFC 0:26
5 HINDLEY Jai BOH 0:26
6 PIDCOCK Thomas IGD 0:26
7 GANNA Filippo IGD 0:27
8 FOSS Tobias TJV 0:28
9 MOLLEMA Bauke TFS 0:28
1  ALMEIDA João UAD 0:28