Overview
- Seixas took his first professional victory on stage 2 with an uphill sprint atop the Alto da Foia after a selective finish.
- The decisive move featured five riders — Seixas, Juan Ayuso, João Almeida, Oscar Onley and Matthew Riccitello — who contested the line together.
- Ayuso leads the general classification, with Seixas second on the same time after Paul Magnier ceded the jersey from stage 1.
- A 19–19.5 km individual time trial around Vilamoura is scheduled next and could reshape the standings.
- Riding for Décathlon CMA CGM, Seixas, 19, arrived from a two‑month altitude block in Spain and drew praise from both his director Julien Jurdie and Ayuso; he is also a former junior world time trial champion.