{"id":736970,"date":"2026-08-13T19:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T19:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/736970\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T19:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T19:02:10","slug":"volta-a-portugal-adria-pericas-scores-first-pro-win-on-stage-7-outfoxing-guerin-and-nych-in-three-up-sprint-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/736970\/","title":{"rendered":"Volta a Portugal: Adri\u00e0 Pericas scores first pro win on stage 7, outfoxing Gu\u00e9rin and Nych in three-up sprint finish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"elk-86204eb2-96ec-11f1-8111-a37da05e2985\">Anicolor-Campicarn stamped their authority on the Volta a Portugal on the multi-mountain stage 7 in the far north of the country, even if they made something of a mess of a two-vs-one sprint for victory at the Termas do Ger\u00eas.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, it was <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/adria-pericas-capdevila\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/adria-pericas-capdevila\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-article-category=\"pro-cycling\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/adria-pericas-capdevila\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adri\u00e0 Pericas<\/a> (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) who crossed the line first, outsprinting the Anicolor pair, 2024 and 2025 champion <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/artem-nych\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/artem-nych\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-article-category=\"pro-cycling\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/artem-nych\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Artem Nych<\/a> and race leader <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/alexis-guerin\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/alexis-guerin\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-article-category=\"pro-cycling\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/alexis-guerin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alexis Gu\u00e9rin<\/a>, after the trio had broken clear of their GC rivals 34km earlier.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-86204eb2-96ec-11f1-8111-a37da05e2985-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Portuguese squad Anicolor had won four of the past five Voltas (two with Mauricio Moreira, two with Nych), and their dominance shows no sign of letting up this year. 34-year-old Gu\u00e9rin and 31-year-old Nych already held the race in a stranglehold following stage 4&#8217;s Torre ascent and the following day&#8217;s time trial, and they only extended their GC lead here.<\/p>\n<p>Latest Videos FromCyclingnews<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">The team put on a hard pace going into the day&#8217;s second and final first-category climb, the part-cobbled Alto de Germil, taking Pericas and Pedro Silva (Feira dos Sof\u00e1s-Boavista) with them. Silva couldn&#8217;t hold on over the top, though, and so the leading trio raced towards the hilltop finish with 28 seconds ahead of him and with over two minutes in hand over anyone else.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Guerin remains in the race leader&#8217;s yellow jersey with three stages \u2013 including Saturday&#8217;s famed Senhora da Gra\u00e7a summit finish \u2013 left to run, while Nych stays in second overall, 47 seconds down. Pericas leapt up to third overall at 1:57, having made up well over three minutes on Tiago Antunes (Efapel), having been 35 seconds behind him this morning.<\/p>\n<p>            You may like<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Towards the start of the stage, a large breakaway of 13 riders went clear as the race explored the Peneda-Ger\u00eas National Park, with stage 6 winner Xabier Isasa (Euskaltel-Euskadi) among them. He was keen for another day out front, but the move didn&#8217;t stay together for long, falling apart 50km into the race.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">It was there, on the run to the day&#8217;s opening first-category climb, the Mata da Albergaria (11.9km at 5.95%), where F\u00e1bio Costa (Feira dos Sof\u00e1s-Boavista), runner-up at the recent Trof\u00e9u Joaquim Agostinho, struck out alone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">He raced across the top and down the descent with a 40-second lead despite missing a corner on the way down. Nonetheless, as the race dipped in and out of Spain, he extended his advantage to 1:20 as Anicolor-Campicarn led the chase behind.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">The men in yellow charged back into Portugal towards the next first-category climb of the Alto de Germil (11.9km at 5.9%), determined to track Costa down and make the climb a GC fight. They duly did so in the early kilometres of the climb, leaving just race leader Gu\u00e9rin, 2024 and 2025 winner Nych at the front along with fourth-placed Adri\u00e0 Pericas and eighth-placed Pedro Silva (Feira dos Sof\u00e1s-Boavista), while the other GC hopefuls, including third-placed Antunes, dropped away.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">The leaders built their advantage on the way up the climb, which featured several cobbled sections, though Silva couldn&#8217;t hold the pace and was dropped, trailing by several seconds at the summit. The next group consisting of Jokin Murguialday (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Jos\u00e9 Neves (GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO) \u2013 a former Volta do Futuro winner racing his first Volta after a doping ban at W52-Porto \u2013 lay over a minute down.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Gu\u00e9rin had a scare on the descent, at one point unclipping to stay upright on a tight bend, but he, Nych, and Pericas held it together to race towards the final hilltop finish together with 20 seconds over Silva and two minutes up on Murguialday and Neves as Antunes lay a further minute back.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">The closing climb to the Termas do Ger\u00eas (4.6km at 4%) saw Gu\u00e9rin, Nych and Pericas rotate on the front all the way to the final kilometre, each keen to maximise their GC gains. Gu\u00e9rin led Pericas and Nych up that final rise, and it was the young Spaniard who had the last laugh, outpacing both of them to score the win.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-results\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\"\/>Results<\/p>\n<p>Swipe to scroll horizontally<\/p>\n<p>Stage 7 result<\/p>\n<p>Position<\/p>\n<p>Rider (Team)<\/p>\n<p>Time<\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>Adri\u00e0 Pericas (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)<\/p>\n<p>3:48:33<\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Artem Nych (Anicolor-Campicarn)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Alexis Gu\u00e9rin (Anicolor-Campicarn)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Pedro Silva (Feira dos Sof\u00e1s-Boavista)<\/p>\n<p>0:00:28<\/p>\n<p>5<\/p>\n<p>Jos\u00e9 Neves (GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO)<\/p>\n<p>0:02:22<\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>Jokin Murguialday (Euskaltel-Euskadi)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>7<\/p>\n<p>David Dom\u00ednguez (Feira dos Sof\u00e1s-Boavista)<\/p>\n<p>0:03:19<\/p>\n<p>8<\/p>\n<p>Rafael Barbas (Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mort\u00e1gua)<\/p>\n<p>0:03:26<\/p>\n<p>9<\/p>\n<p>Louis Ferreira (Anicolor-Campicarn)<\/p>\n<p>Row 8 &#8211; Cell 2 <\/p>\n<p>10<\/p>\n<p>Diogo Barbosa (Tavia-Cr\u00e9dito Agr\u00edcola)<\/p>\n<p>Row 9 &#8211; Cell 2 <\/p>\n<p>Swipe to scroll horizontally<\/p>\n<p>Position<\/p>\n<p>Rider (Team)<\/p>\n<p>Time<\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>Adri\u00e0 Pericas (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)<\/p>\n<p>3:48:33<\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Artem Nych (Anicolor-Campicarn)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Alexis Gu\u00e9rin (Anicolor-Campicarn)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Pedro Silva (Feira dos Sof\u00e1s-Boavista)<\/p>\n<p>0:00:28<\/p>\n<p>5<\/p>\n<p>Jos\u00e9 Neves (GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO)<\/p>\n<p>0:02:22<\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>Jokin Murguialday (Euskaltel-Euskadi)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>7<\/p>\n<p>David Dom\u00ednguez (Feira dos Sof\u00e1s-Boavista)<\/p>\n<p>0:03:19<\/p>\n<p>8<\/p>\n<p>Rafael Barbas (Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mort\u00e1gua)<\/p>\n<p>0:03:26<\/p>\n<p>9<\/p>\n<p>Louis Ferreira (Anicolor-Campicarn)<\/p>\n<p>Row 8 &#8211; Cell 2 <\/p>\n<p>10<\/p>\n<p>Diogo Barbosa (Tavia-Cr\u00e9dito Agr\u00edcola)<\/p>\n<p>Row 9 &#8211; Cell 2 <\/p>\n<p>Swipe to scroll horizontally<\/p>\n<p>General classification<\/p>\n<p>Position<\/p>\n<p>Rider (Team)<\/p>\n<p>Time<\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>Alexis Gu\u00e9rin (Anicolor-Campicarn)<\/p>\n<p>23:29:45<\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Artem Nych (Anicolor-Campicarn)<\/p>\n<p>0:00:47<\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Adri\u00e0 Pericas (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)<\/p>\n<p>0:01:57<\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Pedro Silva (Feira dos Sof\u00e1s-Boavista)<\/p>\n<p>0:03:21<\/p>\n<p>5<\/p>\n<p>Jos\u00e9 Neves (GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO)<\/p>\n<p>0:04:29<\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>Tiago Antunes (Efapel)<\/p>\n<p>0:04:57<\/p>\n<p>7<\/p>\n<p>Jokin Murguialday (Euskaltel-Euskadi)<\/p>\n<p>0:05:18<\/p>\n<p>8<\/p>\n<p>Emanuel Duarte (Credibom-LA Aluminios-Marcos Car)<\/p>\n<p>0:05:58<\/p>\n<p>9<\/p>\n<p>Rui Carvalho (GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO)<\/p>\n<p>0:07:54<\/p>\n<p>10<\/p>\n<p>Louis Ferreira (Anicolor-Campicarn)<\/p>\n<p>0:08:03<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anicolor-Campicarn stamped their authority on the Volta a Portugal on the multi-mountain stage 7 in the far north&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-736970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}