Poland's Michal Kwiatkowski has held off two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador to win the Tour of Algarve after Mark Cavendish claimed the fifth and final stage.
Cavendish, who races for the same Omega Pharma team as does Kwiatkowski, prevailed in a dash for the line at the end of the 155.8km closing ride from Tavira to Vilamoura.
Kwiatkowski had taken possession of the overall leader's yellow jersey after winning the second stage and then tightened his grip further in Wednesday's time trial.
At the end of the week in the Algarve he had a 19 second advantage over Contador, with Portugal's world champion Rui Costa in third, 32s back.
The 23-year-old Kwiatskowski was part of the Omega Pharma team that won the team time trial title at last year's world championships.
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