2011 Volta a Portugal explained

2011 Volta a Portugal
Date:	August 4–15
Series:	2010–2011 UCI Europe Tour
Stages:	10 + Prologue
Distance:	1626.8
Unit:	km
Time:	42h 34' 44"
Speed:	38.207
First:	Ricardo Mestre
First Nat:	Portugal
First Color:	yellow
Second:	André Cardoso
Second Nat:	Portugal
Third:	Rui Sousa
Third Nat:	Portugal
Points:	Sérgio Ribeiro
Points Nat:	Portugal
Points Color:	white
Mountains:	Fabricio Ferrari
Mountains Nat:	Uruguay
Mountains Color:	blue
Youth:	Garikoitz Bravo
Youth Nat:	Spain
Youth Color:	orange
Team Nat:	Portugal
Previous:	2010
Next:	2012

The 2011 Volta a Portugal is a men's road bicycle race held from 4 to 15 August 2011. It is the 73rd edition of the men's stage race to be held, which was established in 1927. A part of the 2010–2011 UCI Europe Tour, it is rated as a 2.1 event.

Schedule

Stage	Route	Distance	Date
Prologue	Fafe > Fafe	2.2 km	August 4
1	Trofa > Oliveira do Bairro	187.7 km	August 5
2	Oliveira de Azeméis > Alto da Nossa Sra. da Assunção	184.4 km	August 6
3	Viana do Castelo > Alto da Sra. da Graça	151 km	August 7
4	Lamego > Gouveia	182.3 km	August 8
5	Oliveira do Hospital > Viseu	150.3 km	August 9
6	Aveiro > Castelo Branco	215.9 km	August 11
7	Sabugal > Guarda	35.3 km	August 12
8	Seia > Torre	182.8 km	August 13
9	Covilhã > Sertã	182.3 km	August 14
10	Sintra > Lisboa	152.6 km	August 15

Teams

14 teams are invited to the 2011 Volta a Portugal, but the Italian team Acqua & Sapone remove its inscription in the Volta a Portugal, due to lack of cyclists to participate. 1 team is from the UCI ProTeams, 3 are UCI Professional Continental Teams and 9 are UCI Continental Teams.^[1]

UCI ProTeams

UCI Professional Continental Teams

UCI Continental Teams

Stages

Prologue

4 August 2011 – Fafe to Fafe, 2.2km (01.4miles) Individual Time Trial (ITT)

Prologue Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 6"
3			s.t.
4			+ 7"
5			s.t.
6			+ 8"
7			+ 9"
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Prologue

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 6"
3			s.t.
4			+ 7"
5			s.t.
6			+ 8"
7			+ 9"
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

Stage 1

5 August 2011 – Trofa to Oliveira do Bairro, 187.7km (116.6miles)

Stage 1 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			+ 4"
5			+ 5"
6			+ 6"
7			+ 7"
8			s.t.
9			+ 8"
10			+ 9"

Stage 2

6 August 2011 – Oliveira de Azeméis to Alto da Nossa Sra. da Assunção, 184.4km (114.6miles)

Stage 2 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 2"
3			+ 4"
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			+ 9"
8			+ 11"
9			+ 14"
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 2

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 12"
3			+ 24"
4			+ 25"
5			+ 27"
6			+ 32"
7			+ 33"
8			+ 35"
9			+ 36"
10			+ 38"

Stage 3

7 August 2011 – Viana do Castelo to Alto da Sra. da Graça, 151km (94miles)

Stage 3 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			+ 6"
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			+ 11"
7			+ 14"
8			+ 16"
9			+ 18"
10			+ 26"

General Classification after Stage 3

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 4"
3			+ 16"
4			+ 20"
5			+ 27"
6			+ 36"
7			+ 37"
8			+ 51"
9			+ 52"
10			s.t.

Stage 4

8 August 2011 – Lamego to Gouveia, 182.3km (113.3miles)

Stage 4 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 4

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 3"
3			+ 16"
4			+ 17"
5			+ 25"
6			+ 30"
7			+ 37"
8			+ 45"
9			+ 52"
10			s.t.

Stage 5

9 August 2011 – Oliveira do Hospital to Viseu, 150.3km (93.4miles)

Stage 5 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 5

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 8"
3			+ 24"
4			+ 25"
5			+ 33"
6			+ 38"
7			+ 45"
8			+ 53"
9			+ 58"
10			+ 1'

Stage 6

11 August 2011 – Aveiro to Castelo Branco, 215.9km (134.2miles)

Stage 6 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 6

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 14"
3			+ 28"
4			+ 30"
5			+ 39"
6			+ 44"
7			+ 51"
8			+ 59"
9			+ 1'04"
10			+ 1'06"

Stage 7

12 August 2011 – Sabugal to Guarda, 35.3km (21.9miles) (ITT)

Stage 7 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 1'
3			+ 1'42"
4			s.t.
5			+ 1'55"
6			+ 2'21"
7			+ 2'28"
8			+ 2'39"
9			+ 2'50"
10			+ 3'

General Classification after Stage 7

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 44"
3			+ 1'40"
4			+ 1'58"
5			+ 2'18"
6			+ 2'29"
7			+ 2'35"
8			+ 3'09"
9			+ 3'37"
10			+ 3'58"

Stage 8

13 August 2011 – Seia to Torre, 182.8km (113.6miles)

Stage 8 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			+ 3"
4			+ 14"
5			+ 1'47"
6			+ 2'06"
7			+ 2'17"
8			+ 2'40"
9			+ 3'25"
10			+ 3'28"

General Classification after Stage 8

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 1'31"
3			+ 2'24"
4			+ 2'50"
5			+ 2'51"
6			+ 5'24"
7			+ 6'44"
8			+ 7'06"
9			+ 7'54"
10			+ 8'11"

Stage 9

14 August 2011 – Covilhã to Sertã, 182.3km (113.3miles)

Stage 9 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			+ 31"

General Classification after Stage 9

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 1'31"
3			+ 2'24"
4			+ 2'50"
5			+ 2'51"
6			+ 5'24"
7			+ 6'44"
8			+ 7'06"
9			+ 7'54"
10			+ 8'11"

Stage 10

15 August 2011 – Sintra to Lisboa, 152.6km (94.8miles)

Stage 10 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			+ 3"
5			+ 6"
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

Final General Classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 1'31"
3			+ 2'24"
4			+ 2'48"
5			+ 2'58"
6			+ 5'12"
7			+ 6'44"
8			+ 7'13"
9			+ 8'15"
10			+ 8'16"

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
P	Hugo Sabido	Hugo Sabido	Hugo Sabido	Hugo Sabido	Bruno Silva
1	Sérgio Ribeiro	Sérgio Ribeiro	Sérgio Ribeiro	Fabricio Ferrari
2	Sérgio Ribeiro	Garikoitz Bravo
3	Hernâni Brôco	Hernâni Brôco
4	José Vicente Toribio
5	Andrea Guardini	Sérgio Ribeiro
6	Francesco Gavazzi
7	Ricardo Mestre	Ricardo Mestre
8	André Cardoso
9	Jacob Rathe
10	Francesco Gavazzi
Final		Ricardo Mestre	Sérgio Ribeiro	Fabricio Ferrari	Garikoitz Bravo	Tavira-Prio

Notes and References

Web site: 2011 Volta a Portugal Teams. 7 August 2011.