Subida à Glória

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Subida à Glória (2013)
Start of the race

The Subida à Glória ( Portuguese for ascent to Glória ) is a cycling race in Lisbon . The organizers are the Portuguese cycling association Federação Portuguesa de Ciclismo , the Associação de Ciclismo de Lisboa and the city of Lisbon.

The Calçada da Glória is a steep, narrow street with cobblestones in the heart of Lisbon, on the funicular as Ascensor Glória wrong. It is 265 meters long and has an incline of 17 percent. The Subida à Glória evening race takes place on this street, which is a special challenge not only because of the steep incline, but also because of the railway tracks and the paving. The race consists of conquering the short distance once in the form of a mountain time trial and is the shortest of its kind in the world. The four best drivers compete against each other after the first round of all participants in the semi-finals and finals according to the knockout system .

In 1910, Pedro José de Moura was the only athlete to drive this route and set a first mark of 1:23 minutes. In 1913 the Subida was held for the first time with several starters, then three more times from 1924 to 1926. Alfredo Piedade won in both 1924 and 1926; In 1926 he set a record of 55 seconds.

100 years after the first edition, the race open to everyone took place again for the first time since 1926 in May 2013; In 1988 the route was used as part of the Troféu das 7 Colinas de Lisboa . Around 150 female and male cyclists started, including professionals from six teams. Among the participants were the President of the Portuguese Cycling Federation and former racing cyclist, Delmino Pereira , the national coach José Poeira and the singer Nelson Rosado . The winner was Ricardo Marinheiro , junior vice world champion on mountain bike in 2009, with a new record of 39.77 seconds; in the women, the Portuguese junior road champion from 2011, Ana Azenha , won with one minute and six seconds, ahead of the multiple Portuguese road champion Isabel Caetano .

Due to the great success and the audience response, the race is to be held again annually in the future.

In October 2013, a comparable race was held in Marburg , the Red Bull Hill Chasers uphill race .

Winners list

Men

Women

literature

  • Gil Moreira: História do Ciclismo Português . 1980
  • Ana Santos: A Volta a Portugal em bicicleta, territórios, narrativas e identidades , 2011
  • Stadium , December 6, 1926
  • Eco dos Sports , No. 39, 1926

Web links

Commons : Subida à Glória  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Subida à Glória 2013: Corrida, festa e evento social num Monumento Nacional on multidesportos.com v. May 1, 2013 (port.)
  2. uvp-fpc.pt
  3. Uphill-Race Red Bull Hill Chasers comes to Marburg. (No longer available online.) Mountainbike-magazin.de, October 22, 2013, archived from the original on September 20, 2013 ; Retrieved October 29, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mountainbike-magazin.de

Coordinates: 38 ° 42 ′ 55.3 "  N , 9 ° 8 ′ 36"  W.