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2026-02-20T14:49:37.538Z
He’s done it, beating Jakob Söderqvist y 7 seconds to set a new best of 21:53. But will that be enough to win the stage?
NEW FASTEST TIME – FLIPPO GANNA
2026-02-20T14:48:47.304Z
Ganna’s approaching the finish, he’s looking good for the fastest time…
2026-02-20T14:47:27.085Z
Another big name is off the start ramp – Stefan Küng. The race for the stage win is really starting to kick off!
2026-02-20T14:44:57.396Z
Jakob Söderqvist, resplendent in his Swedish national champion’s jersey.
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2026-02-20T14:42:14.339Z
At the finish, Jakob Söderqvist maintained his pace from the first half to set the new fastest time, a whole 46 seconds up on Johan Price-Pejtersen.
NEW FASTEST TIME – JAKOB SODERQVIST
2026-02-20T14:40:55.845Z
That’s still a strong advantage over half of a short time trial, but it isn’t a foregone conclusion that he will be moving onto the hotseat once he gets to the finish.
2026-02-20T14:40:00.263Z
Ganna is through the intermediate time check with the fastest one so far – but not by much! He’s only 5 seconds quicker than Söderqvist.
2026-02-20T14:31:59.734Z
Ahead of Ganna, at the mid-route time check, Jakob Söderqvist is living up the hype as under-23 world champion, and bested Price-Pejtersen’s time by 24 seconds. But it won’t be too long ’till the Italian gets there…
2026-02-20T14:28:50.185Z
Ganna is off and running! We could be about to see a big discrepancy between his time and what everyone else has set so far.
2026-02-20T14:27:02.898Z
Luca Giami, the third fastest rider at the clubhouse as things stand.
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2026-02-20T14:20:46.391Z
Anticipation is building as we await the arrival of the big man – Filippo Ganna is set to begin his ride in about five minutes.
2026-02-20T14:19:32.068Z
Luca Giaimi – yet another young talent from the seemingly bottomless pit at UAE Team Emirates – has gone third fastest at the finish, 38 seconds down.
2026-02-20T14:16:08.862Z
Price-Pejtersen has a challenger in Jonathan Vervenne…but he’s fallen short at the finish, by 10 seconds. Still, that’s an eye-catching ride from the 22-year-old Soudal-QuickStep rider.
2026-02-20T14:14:46.383Z
Away from the Algarve, the Giro today announced the five teams that will receive a wildcard invitation for the race in May – have a read of our full report on who will be there and who won’t.
2026-02-20T14:08:43.413Z
Rafael Rais is second quickest at the finish, but posed no threat to Price-Pejtersen, who he fell 42 seconds short of.
2026-02-20T14:04:25.259Z
Johan Price-Pejtersen, on his way to setting the fastest time.
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2026-02-20T14:02:59.113Z
Nico Denz has just arrived at the finish with the second fastest time, but is still a whole 46 seconds slower than Price-Pejtersen.
2026-02-20T14:01:43.441Z
Here are the start times of some of the non-GC riders who could be in contention for the stage win today (all GMT).
Jakob Söderqvist: 14:17
Stefan Küng: 14:45
2026-02-20T13:58:25.041Z
As expected, Johan Price-Pejtersen has set the new fastest time at the finish, a whole 1:29 seconds quicker than Oded Kogud, who had only recently beaten Narcisco’s time.
We’ll get a better idea of how that shapes up against the other stage contenders when some of them begin their rides in about half an hour or so.
NEW FASTEST TIME – JOHAN PRICE-PEJTERSEN
2026-02-20T13:54:31.670Z
Filippo Ganna is the favourite for the win today. The time to remember is 14:26, about half an hour from now, when he will begin his ride.
2026-02-20T13:48:24.364Z
All eyes are on Johan Price-Pejtersen. The Dane is the first real specialist against the clock to start, and is comfortably the fastest at the first time check, 1:20 faster than Narcisco, and 0-47 seconds up on Oded Kogut.
2026-02-20T13:46:16.627Z
Diogo Narcisco has just posted the fastest time at the finish, and by some distance – 38 seconds quicker than Dias.
2026-02-20T13:43:02.169Z
Laurens De Plus has just rolled off the start ramp. He might have fancied his chances of a strong ride today, and been up there on GC, but endured a crash earlier in the race that has seen him tumble well down the classification.
2026-02-20T13:39:27.024Z
He won’t be making his way to the hot seat, however, as Daniel Dias has just arrived in a time 30 seconds quicker.
2026-02-20T13:38:40.676Z
Our first rider has arrived at he finish line – Francisco Pereira, in a time of 30 seconds.
2026-02-20T13:37:31.732Z
The three jersey wearers, on the podium yesterday – Ayuso in yellow, Seixas in green and Contte in blue.
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2026-02-20T13:35:14.705Z
Nine riders have gone through the first time check so far – all of them Portuguese. Diogo Narcisco is the fastest of them so far, 12 seconds quicker than Dias.
2026-02-20T13:32:17.503Z
While this stage is beginning, the fifth stage of the UAE Tour has just finished – read all about it here.
2026-02-20T13:31:04.889Z
The first couple of riders have gone through the time check, which is positioned half way into the stage. Daniel Dias arrived there in 14:37, 32 seconds quicker than Francisco Pereira.
2026-02-20T13:25:39.527Z
Neither rain nor wind looks set to be a factor today, in what is a mild, sunny day in the Algarve.
2026-02-20T13:21:35.091Z
For both Ayuso and Seixas, the seven seconds they have might not be enough against as strong a time trialist as João Almeida.
2026-02-20T13:14:07.374Z
The stage is underway, with Francisco Pereira the first rider off the start ramp.
TIME TRIAL BEGINS
2026-02-20T13:10:46.615Z
Seixas may have a lot of talent, but will that be enough to defeat the much more accomplished Juan Ayuso? Ayuso is a very good rider against the clock – his last overall stage victory, at the 2025 Tirreno-Adritaico, came off the back of a flat opening time trial in which only Filippo Ganna went faster than him.
2026-02-20T13:03:27.820Z
We’re still learning a lot about yesterday’s winner Paul Seixas, but the early signs are that the 19-year old’s formidable talents also include time trialing. He won not one but two stages against the clock during his overall triumph at the Tour de l’Avenir last year, and at professional level was 3rd in the French national championships, and 16th at the Worlds.
2026-02-20T12:59:22.420Z
The 19.5km route features rolling roads, but no climbs, and has some quite technical sections amid urban roads. There’s scope here for the specialists to put some significant time into the GC rivals less skilled against the clock.
2026-02-20T12:54:10.177Z
The first of the day’s 165 riders will sett off in just under 20 minutes. You can find the full list of start times here.
2026-02-20T12:49:12.291Z
Despite their superiority yesterday, the GC is by no means a two horse race. João Almeida lurks menacingly in third overall at just seven seconds, and, as such an accomplished time trialist, will fancy his chances of gaining that today.
2026-02-20T12:46:39.095Z
Yesterday’s stage shaped the GC hierarchy, with the top climbers coming to the fore on what proved to be a very selective final climb. Paul Seixas took the stage win, but there’s nothing to separate him from Juan Ayuso at the top of the GC, both riders being on the same time. Therefore today, every second will count.
2026-02-20T12:42:28.786Z
Today we’re in Vilamoura for the race’s individual time trial, which could be the defining stage in the GC race.
2026-02-17T18:21:10.882Z
Hello and welcome to stage three of the Volta ao Algarve!
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