Paul Magnier gave Soudal-QuickStep their first victory of 2026, winning stage 1 at Volta ao Algarve. Magnier recovered from poor positioning in the final kilometre before rocketing to victory over Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) and Pavel Bittner (Picnic-PostNL).
Alpecin-Premier Tech worked most of the day for sprinter Jasper Philipsen, but the Belgian mis-timed his sprint into the headwind and had to settle for fourth.
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