The 2018 Volta ao Alentejo–Crédito Argícola was 36th edition of the Volta ao Alentejo cycle race and was held on 14 March to 18 March 2018.
Teams The 21 teams invited to the race were:
Stages +Stage characteristics and winners Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 14 March Vendas Novas to Serpa Flat stage Gabriel Cullaigh 2 15 March Beja to Sines Flat stage Dmitry Strakhov 3 16 March Grândola to Arraiolos Flat stage Dmitry Strakhov 4 17 March Monforte to Portalegre Hilly stage Edgar Pinto 5 17 March Castelo de Vide Individual time trial Gustavo Veloso 6 18 March Castelo de Vide to Évora Flat stage Gabriel Cullaigh Total
Classification leadership +Classification leadership by stage Stage Winner General classification Points classification Mountains classification Young rider classification Team classification 1 Gabriel Cullaigh Gabriel Cullaigh Gabriel Cullaigh Alexander Evtushenko Gabriel Cullaigh 2 Dmitry Strakhov Mark Downey Mark Downey Mark Downey 3 Dmitry Strakhov Dmitry Strakhov 4 Edgar Pinto 5 Gustavo Veloso Luís Mendonça 6 Gabriel Cullaigh Final Luís Mendonça Mark Downey
In stage two, Justin Jules, who was second in the points classification, wore the black jersey, because first placed Gabriel Cullaigh wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification. In stage two, Mark Downey, who was second in the best young rider classification, wore the white jersey, because first placed Gabriel Cullaigh wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification. In stage three, Gabriel Cullaigh, who was second in the best young rider classification, wore the white jersey, because first placed Mark Downey wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification. In stage four, Gabriel Cullaigh, who was second in the best young rider classification, wore the white jersey, because first placed Mark Downey wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification. In stage five, Fernando Barceló, who was second in the best young rider classification, wore the white jersey, because first placed Mark Downey wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification.
Final standings Legend Denotes the winner of the general classification Denotes the leader of the points classification Denotes the leader of the mountains classification Denotes the winner of the young rider classification
General classification + Final general classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 0' 08" 3 + 0' 13" 4 + 0' 16" 5 + 0' 26" 6 + 0' 30" 7 + 0' 38" 8 + 1' 57" 9 + 2' 18" 10 + 2' 40" Final general classification (11–109) Rank Rider Team Time 11 12 + 4' 11" 13 + 4' 30" 14 + 4' 31" 15 + 6' 29" 16 + 7' 44" 17 + 8' 55" 18 + 10' 35" 19 + 10' 42" 20 + 10' 53" 21 + 11' 23" 22 + 11' 24" 23 + 12' 51" 24 + 13' 06" 25 + 13' 15" 26 + 14' 05" 27 + 14' 16" 28 + 15' 28" 29 + 15' 34" 30 + 15' 46" 31 + 15' 47" 32 + 15' 59" 33 + 16' 01" 34 + 16' 38" 35 + 16' 51" 36 + 16' 57" 37 + 17' 41" 38 + 18' 02" 39 + 18' 25" 40 + 18' 44" 41 + 19' 03" 42 + 19' 10" 43 + 19' 18" 44 + 20' 00" 45 + 20' 27" 46 + 20' 42" 47 + 21' 30" 48 + 21' 55" 49 + 23' 55" 50 + 24' 02" 51 + 24' 50" 52 + 25' 04" 53 + 25' 08" 54 + 26' 58" 55 + 26' 59" 56 + 27' 03" 57 + 27' 11" 58 + 28' 28" 59 + 28' 47" 60 Ginestar + 28' 57" 61 + 29' 59" 62 Sicasal–Constantinos–Delta Cafés + 29' 59" 63 + 30' 09" 64 + 30' 32" 65 + 31' 00" 66 + 31' 09" 67 Jorbi–Team José Maria Nicolau + 31' 42" 68 + 31' 56" 69 + 31' 59" 70 + 33' 11" 71 + 34' 03" 72 + 34' 07" 73 + 34' 18" 74 + 34' 25" 75 + 35' 51" 76 Ginestar + 36' 53" 77 + 36' 55" 78 + 37' 04" 79 Ginestar + 37' 10" 80 + 37' 49" 81 + 38' 10" 82 + 38' 35" 83 + 38' 38" 84 + 38' 46" 85 + 39' 16" 86 + 39' 57" 87 + 41' 50" 88 + 44' 47" 89 + 45' 07" 90 + 45' 21" 91 + 45' 29" 92 + 46' 06" 93 + 46' 24" 94 + 47' 42" 95 + 54' 48" 96 Fortuna–Maia + 59' 39" 97 Sicasal–Constantinos–Delta Cafés 98 + 1h 01' 58" 99 Ginestar + 1h 02' 33" 100 Fortuna–Maia + 1h 03' 36" 101 Ginestar + 1h 03' 36" 102 + 1h 03' 41" 103 + 1h 03' 54" 104 + 1h 04' 27" 105 + 1h 04' 37" 106 + 1h 05' 41" 107 Fortuna–Maia + 1h 08' 10" 108 + 1h 12' 40" 109 + 1h 14' 36"
Points classification + Final points classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 76 2 75 3 70 4 49 5 37 6 35 7 29 8 20 9 16 10 16
Mountains classification + Final mountains classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 21 2 15 3 14 4 10 5 10 6 5 7 4 8 3 9 2 10 2
Young rider classification + Final young rider classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 0' 03" 3 + 0' 17" 4 + 0' 25" 5 + 3' 26" 6 + 4' 17" 7 + 10' 40" 8 + 15' 33" 9 + 16' 25" 10 + 16' 38"
Team classification + Final team classification (1–10) Rank Team Time 1 2 + 0' 05" 3 + 5' 02" 4 + 9' 41" 5 + 16' 10" 6 + 20' 09" 7 + 22' 03" 8 + 34' 11" 9 + 41' 58" 10 + 43' 02"
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