The 2013 Volta a Portugal was a men's road bicycle race held from 7 to 18 August 2013. It was the 75th edition of the men's stage race to be held, which was established in 1927. As part of the 2013 UCI Europe Tour, it is rated as a 2.1 event. The Spanish cyclist Alejandro Marque from OFM-Quinta da Lixa won the race.

2013 Volta a Portugal
2013 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
DatesAugust 7–18
Stages10 + Prologue
Distance1,607.8 km (999.0 mi)
Winning time43h02m20s
Results
Winner  Alejandro Marque (Spain) (OFM-Quinta da Lixa)
  Second  Gustavo César (Spain) (OFM-Quinta da Lixa)
  Third  Rui Sousa (Portugal) (Efapel-Glassdrive)

Points  Manuel Cardoso (Portugal) (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA)
Mountains  Márcio Barbosa (Portugal) (LA-Antarte)
Youth  Vladislav Gorbunov (Kazakhstan) (Astana CT)
  Team Portugal Efapel-Glassdrive
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Schedule edit

Stage Route Distance Date Type Winner
Prologue Lisboa > Lisboa 5 km August 7   Team time trial Cycling Team De Rijke–Shanks
1 Bombarral > Aveiro 203.3 km August 8   Flat stage   Alexander Serov (RUS)
2 Oliveira de Azeméis > Viana do Castelo - Santa Lúzia 186.8 km August 9   Medium-mountain stage   Rui Sousa (POR)
3 Trofa > Fafe 165.8 km August 10   Flat stage   Délio Fernández (ESP)
4 Arouca > Mondim de Basto (Srª da Graça) 181.4 km August 11   Mountain stage   Sergio Pardilla (ESP)
5 Lousada > Oliveira do Bairro 177.3 km August 12   Medium-mountain stage   Manuel Cardoso (POR)
6 Sertã > Castelo Branco 180 km August 14   Flat stage   Maxime Daniel (FRA)
7 Termas de Monfortinho > Gouveia 176.3 km August 15   Medium-mountain stage   Raul Alarcon (ESP)
8 Oliveira do Hospital > Torre 166.3 km August 16   Mountain stage   Gustavo César (ESP)
9 Sabugal > Guarda 35.6 km August 17   Individual time trial   Alejandro Marque (ESP)
10 Viseu > Viseu 130 km August 18   Flat stage   Jacob Keough (USA)

Participating teams edit

In total, 17 teams are set to compete.

Classification leadership edit

Stage Winner General classification
 
Classificação Geral Individual
Points classification
 
Classificação dos Pontos
Mountains classification
 
Classificação da Montanha
Young rider classification
 
Classificação da Juventude
Team classification
Classificação por Equipas
Prologue Cycling Team De Rijke–Shanks Christoph Pfingsten not awarded not awarded Sean de Bie Cycling Team De Rijke–Shanks
1 Alexander Serov Alexander Serov Ronan Van Zandbeek Fábio Silvestre
2 Rui Sousa Marcel Wyss Maxime Daniel Rui Sousa Vladislav Gorbunov Efapel–Glassdrive
3 Délio Fernández Manuel Cardoso Hélder Oliveira
4 Sergio Pardilla Sergio Pardilla Rui Sousa Márcio Barbosa
5 Manuel Cardoso Manuel Cardoso
6 Maxime Daniel
7 Raul Alarcon
8 Gustavo César Rui Sousa Edgar Pinto
9 Alejandro Marque Alejandro Marque Rui Sousa
10 Jacob Keough Manuel Cardoso
Final Classification Alejandro Marque Manuel Cardoso Márcio Barbosa Vladislav Gorbunov Efapel–Glassdrive

References edit

External links edit

Official website