Colin Stüssi (Voralberg) notched up one other win on the Volta a Portugal, soloing to the summit of the Observatory Vila Nova on stage 1 to take the lead of the 2024 version.
The 31-year-old is the defending Volta a Portugal champion having taken the race lead in 2023 on a smiliarly powerful ascent at Montalegre.
Stüssi held off the chase from Antonio Carvalho (ABTF Betão), who completed 28 seconds down, and Luïs Fernandes (Credibom-LA Aluminios-Marcos Car) who got here throughout the road 40 seconds down.
The Volta a Portugal heads into a lot flatter terrain leaving Santarém on stage 2 and masking 164.5 kilometres earlier than a barely uphill end in Lisboa.
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