'A good kind of disappointment' for Magnus Sheffield after in Volta ao Algarve time trial

Magnus Sheffield (Ineos)
Magnus Sheffield (Ineos) (Image credit: Getty Images)

Victory for a top specialist like Remco Evenepoel in the Volta ao Algarve time trial on Saturday may have been widely predicted, but it could not overshadow an almost equally spectacular TT performance for runner-up Magnus Sheffield.

While the American fell just 16 seconds short of delivering what would have been a colossal upset and beating the Belgian, Sheffield nonetheless finished ahead of much more established stars of the calibre of 2022 Algarve time trial winner Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ), Ineos teammate Filippo Ganna, Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Stefan Bissegger (EF Education-EasyPost)

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.