Deignan will get a good chance tomorrow to test his form on the Volta ao Algarve summit finish
The Irish trio of Philip Deignan (Unitedhealthcare), Ronan McLaughlin and Sean Downey (both An Post-Chainreaction) have finished in the main bunch on the second stage of the Volta ao Algarve today, Friday.
With just one climb on today's 195km stage the race stayed in tact and was won in a bunch sprint by new overall leader Theo Bos (Blanco) in a time just under five hours.
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Deignan had helped to bring his team's sprinter Alessandro Bazzana to the front for a lead out in what was a very fast finale and the Irishman still came over the line in 19th place.
He appears to be in good shape as the race heads for most testing terrain tomorrow, with five climbs including a summit finish.
Stage 2: Lagoa 195km
| Position | Rider | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Theo Bos (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 4:50:15 |
| 2 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack Leopard | |
| 3 | Bruno Matos Sancho (Por) Carmim-Tavira | |
| 4 | Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team | |
| 5 | Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 6 | Thomas Leezer (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | |
| 7 | Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 8 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 9 | Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia | |
| 10 | Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | |
| 11 | Samuel José Rodrigues Caldeira (Por) OFM-Quinta Da Lixa | |
| 12 | Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 13 | Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 14 | Steffen Radochla (Ger) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 15 | Jeffry Johan Romero Corredor (Col) Colombia | |
| 16 | Alexey Tsatevitch (Rus) Katusha | |
| 17 | Jorge Martin Montenegro (Arg) Louletano-Dunas Douradas | |
| 18 | Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Caja Rural | |
| 19 | Philip Deignan (Irl) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 20 | Nicolas Vereecken (Bel) An Post-Chainreaction | |
| 37 | Sean Downey (Irl) An Post-Chainreaction | |
| 91 | Ronan Mc Laughlin (Irl) An Post-Chainreaction | all same time |
General Classification
| Position | Rider | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Theo Bos (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 9:57:30 |
| 2 | Paul Martens (Ger) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:04 |
| 3 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack Leopard | 0:00:08 |
| 4 | Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack Leopard | |
| 5 | Hugo Sabido (Por) La Aluminios-Antarte | 0:00:09 |
| 6 | Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha | |
| 7 | Bruno Matos Sancho (Por) Carmim-Tavira | 0:00:10 |
| 8 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural | 0:00:11 |
| 9 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 0:00:12 |
| 10 | Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 11 | Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:14 |
| 12 | Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 13 | Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 14 | Samuel José Rodrigues Caldeira (Por) OFM-Quinta Da Lixa | |
| 15 | Thomas Leezer (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | |
| 16 | Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 17 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 18 | Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | |
| 19 | Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Caja Rural | |
| 20 | Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia | |
| 43 | Philip Deignan (Irl) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 55 | Sean Downey (Irl) An Post-Chainreaction | |
| 64 | Ronan Mc Laughlin (Irl) An Post-Chainreaction | all same time |
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