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Volta ao Algarve (HC)
Winners, podium, distance, average speed
The Volta ao Algarve, held in early-mid February, is one of the European calender's first stage races. The Algarve region is in the far south of Portugal. The race existed for years before the records shown below as an amateur and as an open event.
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed
|
| 1997 | Candido Barboso | Cassio Freitas | Luis Miguel Sarreira | ||
| 1998 | Tomas Konecny | Grischa Niermann | José Luis Rebollo | ||
| 1999 | Melchior Mauri 17hr 37min 18sec |
Candido Barbosa @ 9sec |
David Plaza @ 40sec |
707.3 km | 40.138 |
| 2000 | Alex Zülle 17hr 19min 13sec |
José Azevedo @ 7sec |
Andrei Zintchenko @ 14sec |
692.5 km | 39.982 |
| 2001 | Andrea Ferrigato 20hr 52min 21sec |
José Azevedo @ 7sec |
Melchior Mauri @ 21sec |
855.2 km | 40.972 |
| 2002 | Candido Barbosa 20hr 37min 8sec |
Alex Zülle @ 6sec |
George Hincapie @ 13sec |
858 km | 41.612 |
| 2003 | Claus Michael Møller 17hr 19min 6sec |
Victor Hugo Peña @ 15sec |
Pedro Cardoso @ 34sec |
675.9 km | 39.028 |
| 2004 | Floyd Landis 18hr 3min 4sec |
Victor Hugo Peña @ 26sec |
Candido Barbosa @ 45sec |
709.5 km | 39.305 |
| 2005 | Hugo Sabido 21hr 44min 57sec |
Stuart O'Grady @ 10sec |
José Luis Rubiera @ 20sec |
863 km | 39.679 |
| 2006 | Joao Cabriera 22hr 42min |
Gert Steegmans @ 10sec |
Robert Gesink @ 11sec |
889 km | 39.162 |
| 2007 | Alessandro Petacchi 23hr 33min 2sec |
René Haselbacher @ 20sec |
Tomas Vaitkus @ 22sec |
949.4 km | 40.313 |
| 2008 | Stijn Devolder 19hr 42min 59sec |
Sylvain Chavanel @ 22sec |
Tomas Vaitkus @ 32sec |
784.7 km | 39.799 |
| 2009 | Alberto Contador 19hr 4min 22sec |
Sylvain Chavanel @ 1min 6sec |
Ruben Plaza @ 1min 7sec |
733.6 km | 38.463 |
| 2010 | Alberto Contador 19hr 57min 48sec |
Luis Leon Sanchez @ 30sec |
Tiago Machado @ 32sec |
739.70 km | 37.053 |
| 2011 | Tony Martin 18hr 48min 45sec |
Tejay Van Garderen @ 32sec |
Lieuwe Westra @ 39sec |
730.70 km | 38.841 |
| 2012 | Richie Porte 19hr 2min 43sec |
Tony Martin @ 37sec |
Bradley Wiggins @ 44sec |
745.2 km | 39.128 |
| 2013 | Tony Martin 15hr 36min 26sec |
Michal Kwiatkowski @ 58sec |
Lieuwe Westra @ 59sec |
621.6 km | 38.828 |
| 2014 | Michal Kwiatkowski 16hr 29min 57sec |
Alberto Contador @ 19sec |
Rui Costa @ 32sec |
689.9 km | 41.814 |
| 2015 | Geraint Thomas 19hr 46min 13sec |
Michal Kwiatkowski @ 27sec |
Tiago Machado 1min 11sec |
768 km | 38.846 |
| 2016 | Geraint Thomas 18hr 34min 15sec |
Ion Izaguirre @ 19sec |
Alberto Contador @ 26sec |
743.2 km | 40.016 km/hr |
| 2017 | Primož Roglic 19hr 4min 3sec |
Michal Kwiatkowski @ 22sec |
Tony Gallopin @ 55sec |
772.8 km | 40.530 km/hr |
| 2018 | Michal Kwiatkowski 18hr 54min 11sec |
Geraint Thomas @ 1min 31sec |
Tejay van Garderen @ 2min 16sec |
773.5 km | 40.919 km/hr |