Volta ao Algarve 2026 stage 3 time trial start times - Can Ayuso hold off Almeida?
Juan Ayuso heads into Friday’s stage 3 time trial at the Volta ao Algarve in the yellow jersey, having secured the race lead with his runner-up finish behind Paul Seixas on the Alto da Fóia. The question now is whether he can defend it against João Almeida. Here’s when all the key action is scheduled to unfold in Vilamoura.
The 19.5km mainly flat race against the clock is expected to put the general classification into a clearer order, with Ayuso locked on the same time as stage 2 winner Paul Seixas and João Almeida sitting seven seconds back in third.
The race gets underway at 14:11 local time, when Francisco Pereira becomes the first rider to leave the ramp in Vilamoura and set the benchmark on the coastal course.
Among the favourites for the stage win, Jakob Söderqvist rolls down the ramp at 15:17, followed by Filippo Ganna at 15:26, widely regarded as the man to beat against the clock. Stefan Küng is scheduled for 15:45, placing him squarely between the early specialists and the later GC contenders.
The general classification riders are clustered toward the end of the order.
Florian Lipowitz begins his effort at 16:45, with Daniel Felipe Martínez at 16:55, Matthew Riccitello at 16:57 and Oscar Onley at 16:59. João Almeida departs at 17:01, Paul Seixas at 17:03, and race leader Juan Ayuso will be the final starter at 17:05, tasked with defending his position in the last act of the afternoon.
Volta ao Algarve stage 3 time trial start times
| Order | Name | Team | Start time (GMT+0) |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Francisco Pereira | Feirense-Beeceler | 14:11:00 |
2 | Daniel Dias | Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua | 14:12:00 |
3 | Alexandre Montez | Feirense-Beeceler | 14:13:00 |
4 | Noah Campos | Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola | 14:14:00 |
5 | Guilherme Mesquita | Feirense-Beeceler | 14:15:00 |
6 | Diogo Narciso | Credibom / LA Alumínios / Marcos Car | 14:16:00 |
7 | Pedro Andrade | Feirense-Beeceler | 14:17:00 |
8 | João Oliveira | Credibom / LA Alumínios / Marcos Car | 14:18:00 |
9 | César Martingil | Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua | 14:19:00 |
10 | Victor Cesar de Paula | Feirense-Beeceler | 14:20:00 |
11 | Leangel Rubén Linarez | Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua | 14:21:00 |
12 | Tomas Contte | Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé | 14:22:00 |
13 | Diogo Pinto | Credibom / LA Alumínios / Marcos Car | 14:23:00 |
14 | João Silva | Feira dos Sofás-Boavista | 14:24:00 |
15 | José Miguel Moreira | GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO | 14:25:00 |
16 | Oded Kogut | NSN Cycling | 14:26:00 |
17 | Bruno Silva | Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua | 14:27:00 |
18 | Matteo Moschetti | Pinarello Q36.5 | 14:28:00 |
19 | Kaden Groves | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 14:29:00 |
20 | German Nicolás Tivani | Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé | 14:30:00 |
21 | Santiago Mesa | Anicolor / Campicarn | 14:31:00 |
22 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 14:32:00 |
23 | Milan de Ceuster | Team Picnic PostNL | 14:33:00 |
24 | Jasper Stuyven | Soudal-Quickstep | 14:34:00 |
25 | Laurens de Plus | Ineos Grenadiers | 14:35:00 |
26 | Jesús David Peña | Efapel Cycling | 14:36:00 |
27 | Nico Denz | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 14:37:00 |
28 | Cedric Beullens | Lotto Intermarché | 14:38:00 |
29 | Rafael Reis | Anicolor / Campicarn | 14:39:00 |
30 | Kim Heiduk | Ineos Grenadiers | 14:40:00 |
31 | Arne Marit | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 14:41:00 |
32 | João da Silva | Credibom / LA Alumínios / Marcos Car | 14:42:00 |
33 | John Degenkolb | Team Picnic PostNL | 14:43:00 |
34 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 14:44:00 |
35 | Iker Bonillo | Feira dos Sofás-Boavista | 14:45:00 |
36 | Pavel Bittner | Team Picnic PostNL | 14:46:00 |
37 | Jordi Meeus | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 14:47:00 |
38 | Jonathan Vervenne | Soudal-Quickstep | 14:48:00 |
39 | Rodrigo Alves | Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola | 14:49:00 |
40 | Marco Haller | Tudor | 14:50:00 |
41 | Francisco Campos | Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola | 14:51:00 |
42 | Luca Giaimi | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 14:52:00 |
43 | Joshua Giddings | Lotto Intermarché | 14:53:00 |
44 | Tiago Antunes | Efapel Cycling | 14:54:00 |
45 | Fábio Costa | Feira dos Sofás-Boavista | 14:55:00 |
46 | Luca Mozzato | Tudor | 14:56:00 |
47 | Enzo Leijnse | Anicolor / Campicarn | 14:57:00 |
48 | Luc Wirtgen | Tudor | 14:58:00 |
49 | Pedro Castro Pinto | GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO | 14:59:00 |
50 | Keegan Swirbul | Efapel Cycling | 15:00:00 |
51 | Dries de Bondt | Team Jayco AlUla | 15:01:00 |
52 | Daniel Viegas | Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé | 15:02:00 |
53 | Francisco Morais | Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua | 15:03:00 |
54 | Carlos Iván Oyarzún | Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé | 15:04:00 |
55 | Frederik Frison | Pinarello Q36.5 | 15:05:00 |
56 | Rúben Rodrigues | Feira dos Sofás-Boavista | 15:06:00 |
57 | Abel Balderstone | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 15:07:00 |
58 | Cláudio Leal | Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé | 15:08:00 |
59 | Guilherme Mestre | Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola | 15:09:00 |
60 | Dries van Gestel | Soudal-Quickstep | 15:10:00 |
61 | Ailetz Lasa | Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola | 15:11:00 |
62 | Pascal Ackermann | Team Jayco AlUla | 15:12:00 |
63 | Tim Torn Teutenberg | Lidl-Trek | 15:13:00 |
64 | Noah Hobbs | EF Education-EasyPost | 15:14:00 |
65 | Iúri Leitão | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 15:15:00 |
66 | André Ribeiro | GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO | 15:16:00 |
67 | Jakob Söderqvist | Lidl-Trek | 15:17:00 |
68 | Andrey Braguini | GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO | 15:18:00 |
69 | Rotem Tene | NSN Cycling | 15:19:00 |
70 | Huub Artz | Lotto Intermarché | 15:20:00 |
71 | Sean Flynn | Team Picnic PostNL | 15:21:00 |
72 | Rui Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 15:22:00 |
73 | Arnaud de Lie | Lotto Intermarché | 15:23:00 |
74 | Gianni Vermeersch | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 15:24:00 |
75 | Sander de Pestel | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 15:25:00 |
76 | Filippo Ganna | Ineos Grenadiers | 15:26:00 |
77 | Rafael Barbas | Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua | 15:27:00 |
78 | Bob Jungels | Ineos Grenadiers | 15:28:00 |
79 | Emīls Liepiņš | Pinarello Q36.5 | 15:29:00 |
80 | Hugo Nunes | Credibom / LA Alumínios / Marcos Car | 15:30:00 |
81 | Jens Verbrugghe | NSN Cycling | 15:31:00 |
82 | Ivo Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 15:32:00 |
83 | Floris van Tricht | NSN Cycling | 15:33:00 |
84 | Yves Lampaert | Soudal-Quickstep | 15:34:00 |
85 | Hugo Hofstetter | NSN Cycling | 15:35:00 |
86 | Kasper Asgreen | EF Education-EasyPost | 15:36:00 |
87 | Stan Dewulf | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 15:37:00 |
88 | Pablo Lospitao | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 15:38:00 |
89 | Oliver Naesen | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 15:39:00 |
90 | Marijn van den Berg | EF Education-EasyPost | 15:40:00 |
91 | Jordan Labrosse | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 15:41:00 |
92 | Skujiņš Toms | Lidl-Trek | 15:42:00 |
93 | Paul Magnier | Soudal-Quickstep | 15:43:00 |
94 | Pedro Silva | Feira dos Sofás-Boavista | 15:44:00 |
95 | Stefan Küng | Tudor | 15:45:00 |
96 | Carlos Verona | Lidl-Trek | 15:46:00 |
97 | Rubén Fernández | Anicolor / Campicarn | 15:47:00 |
98 | Diogo Barbosa | Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola | 15:48:00 |
99 | André Carvalho | Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé | 15:49:00 |
100 | Luca van Boven | Lotto Intermarché | 15:50:00 |
101 | Filipe Francisco | Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé | 15:51:00 |
102 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Team Jayco AlUla | 15:52:00 |
103 | Roland Thalmann | Tudor | 15:53:00 |
104 | Tobias Bayer | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 15:54:00 |
105 | José Neves | GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO | 15:55:00 |
106 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 15:56:00 |
107 | Gonçalo Tavares | Efapel Cycling | 15:57:00 |
108 | Gonçalo Carvalho | Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua | 15:58:00 |
109 | Lennert Belmans | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 15:59:00 |
110 | Max Poole | Team Picnic PostNL | 16:00:00 |
111 | Jaume Guardeño | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 16:01:00 |
112 | Andrea Vendrame | Team Jayco AlUla | 16:02:00 |
113 | Oscar Rota | Feira dos Sofás-Boavista | 16:03:00 |
114 | Harrison Wood | Feirense-Beeceler | 16:04:00 |
115 | Johannes Staune-Mittet | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 16:05:00 |
116 | Colby Simmons | EF Education-EasyPost | 16:06:00 |
117 | Viacheslav Ivanov | Feirense-Beeceler | 16:07:00 |
118 | Alexis Guerin | Anicolor / Campicarn | 16:08:00 |
119 | Lucas Lopes | Efapel Cycling | 16:09:00 |
120 | Rui Carvalho | GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO | 16:10:00 |
121 | Joaquim Silva | Efapel Cycling | 16:11:00 |
122 | Adrián Bustamante | GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO | 16:12:00 |
123 | Duarte Domingues | Credibom / LA Alumínios / Marcos Car | 16:13:00 |
124 | Lennard Kämna | Lidl-Trek | 16:14:00 |
125 | Marco Frigo | NSN Cycling | 16:15:00 |
126 | David Domínguez | Feira dos Sofás-Boavista | 16:16:00 |
127 | Jakub Otruba | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 16:17:00 |
128 | Liam Slock | Lotto Intermarché | 16:18:00 |
129 | Edward Planckaert | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 16:19:00 |
130 | Alex Molenaar | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 16:20:00 |
131 | Jan Tratnik | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 16:21:00 |
132 | Koen Bouwman | Team Jayco AlUla | 16:22:00 |
133 | Carson Miles | Anicolor / Campicarn | 16:23:00 |
134 | Xabier Mikel Azparren | Pinarello Q36.5 | 16:24:00 |
135 | Samuele Battistella | EF Education-EasyPost | 16:25:00 |
136 | David de la Cruz | Pinarello Q36.5 | 16:26:00 |
137 | Dylan van Baarle | Soudal-Quickstep | 16:27:00 |
138 | Darren Rafferty | EF Education-EasyPost | 16:28:00 |
139 | Felix Grossschartner | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 16:29:00 |
140 | Emanuel Duarte | Credibom / LA Alumínios / Marcos Car | 16:30:00 |
141 | Afonso Silva | Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola | 16:31:00 |
142 | Héctor Álvarez | Lidl-Trek | 16:32:00 |
143 | Artem Nych | Anicolor / Campicarn | 16:33:00 |
144 | Diogo Gonçalves | Efapel Cycling | 16:34:00 |
145 | António Morgado | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 16:35:00 |
146 | Fabio Christen | Pinarello Q36.5 | 16:36:00 |
147 | Jarno Widar | Lotto Intermarché | 16:37:00 |
148 | Julian Alaphilippe | Tudor | 16:38:00 |
149 | Juan Guillermo Martinez | Team Picnic PostNL | 16:39:00 |
150 | Felix Engelhardt | Team Jayco AlUla | 16:40:00 |
151 | Juan Felipe Rodriguez | EF Education-EasyPost | 16:41:00 |
152 | Thymen Arensman | Ineos Grenadiers | 16:42:00 |
153 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 16:43:00 |
154 | Maximilian Schachmann | Soudal-Quickstep | 16:44:00 |
155 | Florian Lipowitz | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 16:45:00 |
156 | Thomas Gloag | Pinarello Q36.5 | 16:47:00 |
157 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor | 16:49:00 |
158 | Alessandro Pinarello | NSN Cycling | 16:51:00 |
159 | Kévin Vauquelin | Ineos Grenadiers | 16:53:00 |
160 | Daniel Felipe Martínez | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 16:55:00 |
161 | Matthew Riccitello | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 16:57:00 |
162 | Oscar Onley | Ineos Grenadiers | 16:59:00 |
163 | João Almeida | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 17:01:00 |
164 | Paul Seixas | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 17:03:00 |
165 | Juan Ayuso | Lidl-Trek | 17:05:00 |
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