The 2014 Volta ao Algarve was the 40th edition of the Volta ao Algarve cycling stage race. It was rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, and was held from 19 to 23 February 2014, in Portugal.
The race was won by rider Michał Kwiatkowski – taking the first stage race win of his career – after taking the race lead with a solo stage victory on the second stage; he further extended his lead in the following day's individual time trial, before holding his lead to the end of the race. Kwiatkowski's winning margin over runner-up Alberto Contador of was 19 seconds, and world champion Rui Costa () completed the podium, 13 seconds down on Contador and 32 seconds in arrears of Kwiatkowski. Contador won the queen stage of the race on the penultimate day, to the Alto do Malhão, while Costa finished second on three stages, and finished as the best-placed Portuguese rider.
Portuguese cyclists were prominent in the race's other classifications. Costa's consistent finishing allowed him to take home the green jersey as the winner of the points classification, while 's Valter Pereira and 's César Fonte held the lead from start to finish of the mountains and sprints classifications respectively. Costa's squad were the winners of the teams classification, after Chris Horner also finished inside the top ten overall and Sacha Modolo took a stage victory on the opening day.
Race overview StageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner119 February Faro to Albufeira Flat stage 220 February Lagoa to Monchique Hilly stage 321 February Vila do Bispo to Sagres Individual time trial 422 February Almodôvar to Loulé (Alto do Malhão) Mountain stage 523 February Tavira to Vilamoura Flat stage
Stages
Stage 1 19 February 2014 — Faro to Albufeira,
Stage 1 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 1" 3 + 4" 4 + 6" 5 + 6" 6 + 10" 7 + 10" 8 + 10" 9 + 10" 10 + 10"
Stage 2 20 February 2014 — Lagoa to Monchique,
Stage 2 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 6" 3 + 6" 4 OFM-Quinta da Lixa + 6" 5 + 17" 6 + 17" 7 + 17" 8 + 17" 9 + 17" 10 + 17"General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 4" 3 + 12" 4 OFM-Quinta da Lixa + 16" 5 + 27" 6 + 27" 7 + 27" 8 + 27" 9 + 27" 10 + 27"
Stage 3 21 February 2014 — Vila do Bispo to Sagres, , individual time trial (ITT)
Stage 3 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 11" 3 + 13" 4 + 20" 5 + 25" 6 + 28" 7 + 29" 8 + 30" 9 + 30" 10 + 33"General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 32" 3 + 38" 4 + 1' 00" 5 + 1' 03" 6 + 1' 08" 7 + 1' 20" 8 + 1' 23" 9 + 1' 24" 10 OFM-Quinta da Lixa + 1' 25"
Stage 4 22 February 2014 — Almodôvar to Loulé–Alto do Malhão,
Stage 4 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 3" 3 + 10" 4 OFM-Quinta da Lixa + 13" 5 + 14" 6 + 14" 7 + 16" 8 + 16" 9 + 16" 10 + 16"General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 16" 3 + 29" 4 + 1' 10" 5 + 1' 29" 6 + 1' 30" 7 OFM-Quinta da Lixa + 1' 32" 8 + 1' 32" 9 + 1' 38" 10 + 1' 41"
Stage 5 23 February 2014 — Tavira to Vilamoura,
Stage 5 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 19" 3 + 32" 4 + 1' 13" 5 + 1' 32" 6 + 1' 33" 7 OFM-Quinta da Lixa + 1' 35" 8 + 1' 35" 9 + 1' 41" 10 + 1' 42"
Classification leadership table Stage WinnerGeneral classificationMountains classificationSprints classificationPoints classificationPortuguese classificationTeams classification 1 Sacha Modolo Sacha Modolo Valter Pereira César Fonte Sacha Modolo César Fonte 2 Michał Kwiatkowski Michał Kwiatkowski Rui Costa Rui Costa 3 4 Alberto Contador 5 Mark Cavendish Final Michał Kwiatkowski Valter Pereira César Fonte Rui Costa Rui Costa
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