Tadej Pogacar (UAE-Team Emirates), the overall winner of the 2018 Tour de l’Avenir, won the second stage of the Volta ao Algarve, finishing atop the Alto da Foia.
The first big attack came from Amaro Antunes (CCC) with just a smattering of riders left in contention in the final kilometre.
Wout Poels (Team Sky) put in a huge surge and caught the Portuguese rider before the line, but it was the young star Pogacar who was the strongest man as he passed the Dutchman to take the win.
“I feel like I’m dreaming,” Pogacar said. “It’s my first victory in the WorldTour. I’m really happy.”
“Now that I have the yellow jersey, I will do everything, and my team, to keep the jersey until the end. Tomorrow is the time trial. I will try to put everything on the road. We’ll see how it goes.”
Volta ao Algarve 2019 – stage 2 results (Almodôvar – Fóia):
| 1 | Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) | 4:58:25 |
| 2 | Wout Poels (Team Sky) | +01” |
| 3 | Enric Mas (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) | +03” |
| 4 | Sam Oomen (Team Sunweb) | +05” |
| 5 | Amaro Antunes (CCC) | +07” |
| 6 | David de la Cruz (Team Sky) | +21” |
| 7 | João Pedro Rodrigues (W52-FC Porto) | +24” |
| 8 | Simone Petilli (UAE Team Emirates) | +27” |
| 9 | Jose Herrada (Cofidis) | ,, |
| 10 | Michael Valgren (Dimension Data) | +49” |
Volta ao Algarve 2019 – general classification after stage 2:
| 1 | Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) | 9:51:24 |
| 2 | Wout Poels (Team Sky) | +01” |
| 3 | Enric Mas (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) | +03” |
| 4 | Sam Oomen (Team Sunweb) | +05” |
| 5 | David de la Cruz (Team Sky) | +21” |
| 6 | Søren Kragh Andersen (Team Sunweb) | +51” |
| 7 | João Pedro Rodrigues (W52-FC Porto) | +01’29” |
| 8 | Amaro Antunes (CCC) | +01’42” |
| 9 | Neilson Powless (Jumbo-Visma) | +01’46” |
| 10 | Marc Hirschi (Team Sunweb) | ,, |
