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The Volta a Portugal (Tour of Portugal) is a 2.1 UCI ranked stage race held in Portugal. First run in 1927, it is one of the oldest stage races currently run.

The Volta a Portugal was a three-week race from 1940 through 1980. The 1958 edition, for example, had 23 stages and was 3,355 km long.

Since then its length has been reduced. First to two weeks and starting in 2005, the race usually consists of ten stages plus a prologue. That makes it the longest stage race currently run with the exception of the three Grand Tours.

In both 1960 and 1973 Joaquim Agostinho was declassified from first place for dope positives. In 2009 Nuño Ribeiro suffered the same fate for the same offense.

In 2005 the race was classified "HC". In 2010 the UCI re-ranked it as "2.1".

The Volta a Portugal is currently part of the UCI Europe Tour.

The race occupies a difficult place in the race calender, between the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España, meaning the important teams cannot participate.

Because of this we will not be reporting complete results for each stage and will only post the final podium.

Complete Podium History:

Year	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place	Distance	Average Speed km/hr
1927	Augusto Carvalho	Manuel Nunes Abreu	Quirino Oliveira
1928 - 1930: Race not held
1931	José Maria Nicolau	Alfredo Trindade	João Francisco
1932	Alfredo Trindade 91hr 31min 38sec	José Maria Nicolau @ 3min 8sec	Carlos Domingos Leal @ 16min 45sec	2,486.75 km	27.170
1933	Alfredo Trindade 93hr 10min 22sec	Ezequiel Lino @ 43min 1sec	Cesar Luis @ 1hr 7min 12sec	2,523.1 km	27.080
1934	José Maria Nicolau 66hr 31min 18sec	Ezequiel Lino @ 18min 16sec	Adelino Aguiar Da Cunha @ 24min 33sec	1,838 km	27.630
1935	Luis Cesar 70hr 6min 44sec	José Marguès @ 17min 2sec	Filipe De Melo @ 43min 45sec	2,093.4 km	29.858
1936 - 1937: Race not held
1938	José Albuquerque 77hr 58min 11sec	Filipe De Melo @ 10min 0sec	Joaquim Fernandes @ 14min 40sec	2,330 km	29.833
1939	Joaquim Fernandes 80hr 0min 31sec	António Bartolomeu @ 5min 9sec	Joaquim Martins De Aguiar @ 5min 53sec	2,575 km	32.184
1940	José Albuquerque 59hr 9min 27sec	Joaquim Agular Martins @ 3min 3sec	Amaro Aguair Da Cunha @ 6min 49sec	1,755 km	29.667
1941	Francisco Inacio	José Martins	Aniceto Bruno
1942 - 1945: Race not held
1946	José Martins	Fernando Moreira	João Rebelo
1947	José Martins	João Rebelo	Imperio Dos Santos
1948	Fernando Moreira	Emilio Rodriguez	João Rebelo
1949	Dias Dos Santos	Attilio Lambertini	Joachim Sa
1950	Dias Dos Santos	Mario Fazio	Moreira De Sa
1951	Antonio Alves Barbosa	Manolo Rodriguez	Emilio Rodriguez
1952	Moreira De Sa	Emilio Rodriguez	Manolo Rodriguez
1953 - 1954: Race not held
1955	José Manuel Ribeiro Da Silva 75hr 50min 33sec	Joaquim Sousa Santos @ 2min 6sec	Antonio Alves Barbosa @ 5min 6sec	2,487 km	32.792
1956	Antonio Alves Barbosa 78hr 35min 23sec	José Manuel Ribeiro Da Silva @ 7min 46sec	João Marcelino @ 15min 59sec	2,579 km	32.816
1957	José Manuel Ribeiro Da Silva 80hr 22min 51sec	Joaquim Sousa Santos @ 6min 45sec	Agostino Ferreira @ 7min 23sec	2,695 km	33.528
1958	Antonio Alves Barbosa 99hr 48min 6sec	José Sousa Cardoso @ 9min 44sec	José Carlos Carvalho @ 25min 7sec	3,355 km	33.617
1959	José Carlos Carvalho 74hr 4min 21sec	Jorge Corvo @ 5sec	Aquiles Dos Santos @ 4min 4sec	2,647 km	35.735
1960	José Sousa Cardosa 74hr 1min 4sec	Antonio Baptista @ 3min 5sec	Antonio Gomez del Moral @ 3min 58sec	2585.6 km	34.932
1961	Mario Silva 70hr 55min 42sec	Augusto Marcaletti @ 57sec	Alberto Carvalho @ 3min 25sec	2,626 km	36.796
1962	José Pacheco 71hr 20min 37sec	João Peixto Alves @ 1min 44sec	Jorge Corvo @ 1min 49sec	2,582 km	36.191
1963	João Roque 62hr 31min 54sec	Jorge Corvo @ 25sec	João Peixto Alves @ 3min 23sec	2,319 km	37.085
1964	Joaquim Leao 61hr 13min 24sec	Jorge Corvo @ 44sec	João Roque @ 3min 22sec	2,352 km	38.417
1965	João Peixto Alves 73hr 31min 42sec	João Roque @ 1min 37sec	Mario Silva @ 2min 32sec	2,627 km	35.728
1966	Francisco Valada 64hr 38min 36sec	João Peixto Alves @ 32sec	Sergio Pascoa @ 40sec	2,340 km	36.199
1967	Antoine Houbrechts 62hr 40min 14sec	João Henrique Dos Santos @ 1min 7sec	Manuel Correia @ 2min 37sec	2,355 km	37.577
1968	Americo Silva 64hr 13min 21sec	Joaquim Agostinho @ 57sec	Leonel Miranda @ 1min 15sec	2356.25 km	36.689
1969	Joaquim Andrade 73hr 50min 16sec	Fernando Mendes @ 1min 14sec	Mario Silva @ 2min 3sec	2,609 km	35.334
1970	Joaquim Agostinho 59hr 4min 39sec	Firmino Bernardino @ 6min 59sec	José Florencio @ 9min 56sec	2,214.4 km	37.483
1971	Joaquim Agostinho 60hr 47min 5sec	Firmino Bernardino @ 11min 5sec	Fernando Mendes @ 12min 59sec	2,326.2 km	38.269
1972	Joaquim Agostinho 65hr 11min 17sec	José Martins @ 5min 46sec	José Luis Galdamez @ 6min 24sec	2,412.5 km	37.008
1973	Jesus Manzaneque	Fernando Mendes	José Martins
1974	Fernando Mendes	Dinis Silva	Antonio Martins
1975	Race not held
1976	Firmino Bernardino	Anotnio Fernandes	Floriano Mendes
1977	Adelino Teixera	Joaquim Sousa Santos	Joaquim Andrade
1978	Belmiro Silva	Armindo Lucio	Luis Teixera
1979	Joaquim Sousa Santos	Belmiro Silva	Fernando Fernandes
1980	Francisco Mirando	Luis Vargues	Belmiro Silva
1981	Manuel Zeferino	Venceslau Fernandes	Fernando Fernandes
1982	Marco Chagas	Adelino Teixera	Manuel Zeferino
1983	Marco Chagas	Antonio Pinto	Belmiro Silva
1984	Venceslau Fernandes	Manuel Zeferino	Manuel Cunha
1985	Marco Chagas	Eduardo Correria	Venceslau Fernandes
1986	Marco Chagas	Benedito Ferreira	Antonio Pinto
1987	Manuel Cunha	Manuel Neves	Fernando Fernandes
1988	Cayn Theakston	Jorge Silva	Joaquim Gomes
1989	Joaquim Gomes	Cassio Freitas	Antonio Alves
1990	Fernando Carvalho	Joaquim Gomes	Jorge Silva
1991	Jorge Silva	Orlando Rodrigues	Vicente Ridaura
1992	Cassio Freitas	Quintino Rodrigues	Manuel Abreu
1993	Joaquim Gomes	Vitor Gamito	Luis Espinosa
1994	Orlando Rodrigues	Vitor Gamito	Joaquim Gomes
1995	Orlando Rodrigues	Quintino Rodrigues	Delmino Pereira
1996	Massimiliano Lelli 51hr 59min 3sec	Vitor Gamito @ 3min 9sec	Manuel Abreu Campos @ 3min 12sec	2,123.2 km	40.84
1997	Zenon Jaskula 50hr 55min 58sec	Wladimir Belli @ 57sec	Joaquim Augusto Gomes @ 1min 22sec	2,065.8 km	40.56
1998	Marco Serpellini 51hr 50min 33sec	Orlando Rodrigues @ 3min 29sec	Wladimir Belli @ 3min 58sec	2,181.5 km	42.08
1999	David Plaza 53hr 36min 35sec	Vitor Gamito @ 9sec	Mechor Mauri @ 16sec	2,220 km	41.41
2000	Vitor Gamito 57hr 28min 6sec	Claus-Michael Møller @ 3hr 51min	Andrei Zintchenko @ 3min 57sec	2,319.2 km	41.81
2001	Fabian Jeker 50hr 51min 58sec	Andrei Zintchenko @ 1min 40sec	Juan Miguel Mercado @ 2min 43sec	2,018.6 km	39.68
2002	Claus-Michael Møller 47hr 51min 33sec	Joan Horrach @ 5sec	Rui Sousa @ 1min 28sec	1,951.5 km	40.78
2003	Nuño Ribeiro 41hr 29min 59sec	Claus-Michael Møller @ 1min 34sec	Rui Lavarinhas @ 2min 18sec	1,669.1 km	40.22
2004	David Bernabeu 38hr 56min 2sec	David Arroyo @ 3min 28sec	Nuño Ribeiro @ 2min 40sec	1,506.9 km	38.7
2005	Vladimir Efimkin 39hr 29min 39sec	Candido Bardosa @ 34sec	Adolfo Garcia Quesada @ 3min 25sec	1,597.8 km	40.456
2006	David Blanco 38hr 33min 54sec	Hector Guerra @ 1min 8sec	Candido Barbosa @ 1min 50sec	1,544.6 km	40.051
2007	Xavier Tondo 40hr 25min 56sec	Candido Barbosa @ 56sec	Hector Guerra @ 1min 31sec	1,599.7 km	36.564
2008	David Blanco 39hr 39min 45sec	Hector Guerra @ 26sec	Ruben Plaza @ 3min 59sec	1,588.2 km	39.975
2009	Nuño Ribeiro 41hr 10min 22sec Declassified	David Blanco @ 1min 24sec	David Bernabeu @ 1min 36sec	1,601 km	38.885
2010	David Blanco 40hr 23hr 1sec	David Bernabeu @ 37sec	Sergio Pardilla @ 1min 49sec	1,568.8 km	38.847
2011	Ricardo Mestre 42hr 34min 44sec	André Fernando Cardoso @ 1min 31sec	Rui Miguel Sousa @ 2min 24sec	1,626.4 km	38.197
2012	David Blanco 41hr 30min 6sec	Hugo Sabido @ 22sec	Rui Miguel Sousa @ 57sec	1,605.6 km	38.688
2013	Alejandro Manuel Marque 43hr 2min 20sec	Gustavo Cesar @ 4sec	Rui Miguel Sousa @ 50sec	1,607.2 km	37.343
2014	Gustavo Veloso 42hr 40min 23sec	Rui Miguel Sousa @ 1min 45sec	Delio Fernandez @ 2min 38sec	1,613.4 km	37.808
2015	Gustavo Veloso 40hr 0min 39sec	Jóni Brandao @ 2min 12sec	Alejandro Marque @ 2min 19sec	1,550.7 km	38.76
2016	Rui Vinhas 40hr 57min 56sec	Gustavo Veloso @ 1min 31sec	Daniel Silva @ 2min 49sec	1,618.7 km	39.51 km/hr
2017	Raul Alarcon 41hr 46min 14sec	Amaro Antunes @ 1min 23sec	Vicente Garcia @ 5min 25sec	1,626.7 km	38.944 km/hr
2018	Raul Alacaon 41hr 15min 32sec	Joni Brandao @ 1min 3sec	Vincente Garcia @ 1min 14sec	1,561.7 km	37.851 km/hr
2019	João Rodrigues 40hr 57min 4sec	Joni Brandao @ 27sec	Gustavo Cesar @ 1min 8sec	1,531.3 km	37.393 km/hr
2020	Amaro Antunes 29hr 28min 57sec	Gustavo Cesar @ 42sec	Frederico Figueiredo @ 52sec	1,183.9 km	40.156 km/hr
2021	Amaro Antunes 39hr 39min 33sec	Mauricio Moreira @ 10sec	Alejandro Marque @ 1min 23sec	1,568.6 km	39.552 km/hr
2022	Mauricio Moreira 38hr 38min 31sec	Federico Figueiredo @ 1min 9sec	Antonio Carvalho @ 2min 35sec	1,559.2 km	40.350 km/hr
2023	Colin Stussi 40hr 59min 26sec	Txomin Juaristi @ 1min 4sec	Antonio Carvalho @ 1min 7sec	1,600.5 km	39.046 km/hr