Portugal tour

Portugal tour
Original name	Volta a Portugal
region	Portugal
date	August
Type	Stage race
Head of organization	Joaquim Gomes
history
First run	1927
Previous events	81
First winner	Augusto de Carvalho
Most wins	David Blanco 5 times
Last winner	Joao Rodrigues

The Volta a Portugal zu dt. Portugal Tour is a Portuguese cycling race .

The stage race is held over two weeks in August. Between 1940 and 1980 the tour lasted three weeks like the Tour de France . Since the UCI Europe Tour was introduced in 2005, the race has been part of this racing series and is classified in the highest category, 2nd HC. Despite the high classification, relatively few ProTeams take part in the tour. The tour has now been downgraded to category 2.1 .

The record winner of the tour is the Portuguese Marco Chagas . From German-speaking countries, only the Swiss Fabian Jeker has won the tour.

winner

2019 Joao Rodrigues 2018 Raúl Alarcón 2017 Raúl Alarcón 2016 Rui Vinhas 2015 Gustavo César Veloso  2014 Gustavo César Veloso  2013 Alejandro Marque 2012 David Blanco 2011 Ricardo Mestre 2010 David Blanco 2009 David Blanco 2008 David Blanco 2007 Xavier Tondo 2006 David Blanco 2005 Vladimir Efimkin 2004 David Bernabéu 2003 Nuno Ribeiro 2002 Claus Michael Møller 2001 Fabian Jeker 2000 Vítor Gamito 1999 David Plaza 1998 Marco Serpellini 1997 Zenon Jaskuła 1996 Massimiliano Lelli 1995 Orlando Rodrigues 1994 Orlando Rodrigues 1993 Joaquim Gomes 1992 Cássio de Paiva 1991 Jorge Silva 1990 Fernando Carvalho

1989 Joaquim Gomes 1988 Cayn Theakston 1987 Manuel Cunha 1986 Marco Chagas 1985 Marco Chagas 1984 Venceslau Fernandes 1983 Marco Chagas 1982 Marco Chagas 1981 Manuel Zeferino 1980 Francisco Miranda 1979 Joaquim Sousa Santos 1978 Belmiro Silva 1977 Adelino Teixeira 1976 Firmino Bernardino 1975 not held 1974 Fernando Mendes 1973 Jesus Manzaneque 1972 Joaquim Agostinho 1971 Joaquim Agostinho 1970 Joaquim Agostinho 1969 Joaquim Andrade 1968 Américo Silva 1967 Antoine Houbrechts 1966 Francisco Valada 1965 Peixoto Alves 1964 Joaquim Leão 1963 João Roque 1962 José Pacheco

1961 Mario Silva 1960 Sousa Cardoso 1959 Carlos Carvalho 1958 Alves Barbosa 1957 Ribeiro da Silva 1956 Alves Barbosa 1955 Ribeiro da Silva 1953–1954 not held 1952 Moreira de Sá 1951 Alves Barbosa 1950 Dias dos Santos 1949 Dias dos Santos 1948 Fernando Moreira 1947 José Martins 1946 José Martins 1942–1945 not held 1941 Francisco Inácio 1940 José Albuquerque 1939 Joaquim Fernandes 1938 José Albuquerque 1936–1937 not held 1935 César Luís 1934 José Maria Nicolau 1933 Alfredo Trindade 1932 Alfredo Trindade 1931 José Maria Nicolau 1928–1930 not held 1927 Augusto de Carvalho

Volta a Portugal do Futuro

The Volta a Portugal do Futuro is a stage race for young drivers.

2017 José Fernandes  2016 Wilson Enrique Rodriguez  2015 Julien Amezqueta  2014 Rubén Guerreiro 2013 António Carvalho 2012 Rafael Silva 2011 Joni Brandão 2010 Alexander Ryabkin

2009 Marco Cunha 2008 José Martins 2007 José Mendes 2006 Filipe Cardoso 2005 Andre Cardoso

2004 João Cabreira 2003 Daniel Moreno 2002 Pablo De Pedro 2001 Marco Oliveira 2000 Pedro Fernandes

References and comments

1. ↑ Due to a positive doping finding in advance, Nuno Ribeiro was deprived of the victory, cf. Positive B samples for Liberty Seguro's Trio Guerra, Ribeiro, Nozal. live-radsport.ch, October 21, 2009, accessed on August 11, 2015 . 

Web links

Commons : Volta a Portugal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official Website (Portuguese)
• Tour of Portugal in the database of Radsportseiten.net
• Tour of Portugal in the ProCyclingStats.com database