Team Sky had a great day at the Volta ao Algarve in Portugal on Saturday, with Richie Porte winning the tough, hilly stage four and Geraint Thomas maintaining his overall race lead.
Porte hit the finish line on the Alto do Malhão to take a solo win three seconds ahead of last year's overall winner and current world champion Michal Kwiatkowski (Etixx-QuickStep), with Ion Izagirre (Movistar) six seconds back.
Thomas has a comfortable buffer of 27 seconds in the general classification over second-placed Kwiatkowski going into Sunday's relatively flat final stage, which is predicted to end in a bunch sprint.
Home favourite Tiago Machado (Katusha) lies in third place overall at one minute and 11 seconds. Porte's stage win moves him up to fourth overall.
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