Tour of the Algarve 2023: Küng wins the time trial - Martinez takes overall victory

On the 24.4 kilometres around Lagoa, the Swiss Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ) was the fastest with a time of 29:34 minutes. Daniel Felipe Martinez (Ineos Grenadiers) was 16 seconds slower and finished fourth on the day. That was enough to take the yellow jersey from his team-mate Thomas Pidcock and keep Filippo Ganna (also Ineos Grenadiers) at a distance of two seconds.

Pidcock must give up yellow jersey

Pidcock, who took the overall lead on Saturday with a victory on the Alto do Malhaodid not have a good day in the individual time trial and finished 19th. The Brit had to survive a scary moment on the way when he hit an embankment with his bike, but was able to steer out of the situation. From a German perspective, Nils Politt (Bora-Hansgrohe) achieved a good result in ninth place on the day.

Tour of the Algarve 2023: Stage 5 result

1. Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ) 29:34
2. Remi Cavagna (Soudal - Quick Step) +0:04
3. Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) +0:10
4. Daniel Felipe Martinez (Ineos Grenadiers) +0:16
5. Tobias Foss (Jumbo-Visma) +0:29
6. Thymen Arensma (Ineos Grenadiers) +0:32
7. Ilan van Wilder (Soudal - Quick Step) +0:49
8. Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) +0:56
9. Nils Politt (Bora-Hansgrohe) +1:03
10. Lap Herregodts (Intermarche-Circus-Wanty) +1:03

Tour of the Algarve 2023: The final standings in the overall standings

1. Daniel Felipe Martinez (Ineos Grenadiers) 20:00:26
2. Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) +0:02
3. Ilan van Wilder (Soudal - Quick Step) +0:15
4. Tobias Foss (Jumbo-Visma) +0:22
5. Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ) +0:26
6. Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) +0:40
7. Thomas Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) +0:48
8. Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) +0:49
9. Magnus Cort Nielsen (EF Education EasyPost) +0:55
10. Rui Costa (Intermarche-Circus-Wanty) +1:06

>> All stages of the Tour of the Algarve 2023 at a glance