2013 Volta a Portugal

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
Dates	August 7–18
Stages	10 + Prologue
Distance	1,607.8 km (999.0 mi)
Winning time	43h02m20s
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 Efapel-Glassdrive
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Schedule

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

In total, 17 teams are set to compete.

• National teams:
  • Banco BIC–Carmim
  • Efapel–Glassdrive
  • LA-Antarte
  • Louletano-Dunas Douradas
  • OFM-Quinta da Lixa
  • Rádio Popular-Onda
• International teams:
  • Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
  • MTN–Qhubeka
  • UnitedHealthcare
  • Sojasun
  • IAM Cycling
  • RusVelo
  • Bretagne–Séché Environnement
  • Leopard–Trek Continental Team
  • Ceramica Flaminia–Fondriest
  • Astana Continental Team
  • Cycling Team De Rijke–Shanks

Classification leadership

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

External links

Official website