Wout van Aert lights up Volta ao Algarve with stunning final stage attack

Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) on the attack on the final stage of the Volta ao Algarve.

Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease A Bike) may not have finished on the final podium of the Volta ao Algarve, or even in the top five overall, but thanks to his devastating long-range attack on stage 5, the Belgian nonetheless turned a somewhat predictable finale into a real cliff-hanger.

After his much-heralded time trial victory on stage 4 and his second place on the Alto do Foia two days before, any last-minute challenges to race leader Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) looked unlikely, with the name of the winner on Sunday's final summit finish on the Alto do Malhão the only major element of the 2024 Volta ao Algarve left to be resolved.