Nicolas Roche put in a solid performance in today's final stage time trial at the Volta ao Algarve finishing the 25.8km stage in 29th place which was enough to seal 14th place overall in his first stage race of the year.
Nicolas Roche maintained his 11th place overall at the Volta ao Algarve after another strong performance on the penultimate stage of the race which took in 186.3 kilometres from Vilamoura to Tavira.
Nicolas Roche has climbed to 11th in the Volta ao Algarve GC after a strong performance on the stage three summit finish where Team Sky utilised their strength in depth to spring Richie Porte to the stage win and race lead.
Nicolas Roche continues to lie just ten seconds off the race lead at the Volta ao Algarve despite dropping out of the top ten in GC after Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) won stage two and moved into the yellow jersey.
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