The 2021 Volta a Portugal (known as the 2021 Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta Santander for sponsorship reasons) was the 82nd edition of the

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(not counting 2020 Volta a Portugal Edição Especial), which was held from 4 to 15 August 2021. It was a

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event on the

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calendar.

Summary

Before the beginning of stage 3, retired from the race due to COVID-19 positive tests among their riders. Before the beginning of stage 5 another team, retired due to same reason, and also two riders from and another two from In the end of that same stage, reached the top of individual general classification with Daniel Freitas. However, in the following morning another positive test to COVID-19 to one of its riders, dictated the withdraw from the race for the team, with

Alejandro Marque Alejandro Manuel Marque Porto (born 23 October 1981 in Pontevedra) is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . Career Marque was in fine form at the 2013 Volta a Portugal, winning the ninth stage, a individual time tri ...

wearing again the yellow jersey.

Teams

One

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, six UCI ProTeams, and eleven

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teams made up the eighteen teams that participated in the race. Each team entered a squad of seven riders, for a total of 126 riders who started the race. 88 riders finished. UCI WorldTeams * UCI ProTeams * * * * * * UCI Continental Teams * * * * * * * * * * *

Schedule

Stages

Prologue

;4 August 2021 —

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, (

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)

Stage 1

;5 August 2021 —

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Stage 2

;6 August 2021 —

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to Castelo Branco,

Stage 3

;7 August 2021 —

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( Torre),

Stage 4

;8 August 2021 — Belmonte to

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Stage 5

;10 August 2021 —

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( Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Assunção),

Stage 6

;11 August 2021 —

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Stage 7

;12 August 2021 —

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Stage 8

;13 August 2021 — Bragança to

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( Serra do Larouco),

Stage 9

;14 August 2021 —

Boticas Boticas () is a municipality in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,750,

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( Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Graça),

Stage 10

;15 August 2021 —

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to Viseu, (

)

Classification leadership table

* On stage 2, Alex Molenaar, who was second in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first-placed

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wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification. For the same reason, Ben King will wear the green jersey on stage 8. * On stage 4, Hugo Nunes, who was second in the mountains classification, wore the polka dot jersey, because first-placed

wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification. * Before stage 6, , the team of general classification leader Daniel Freitas, withdrew due to a suspected

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case within the team. As a result, on stage 6, second-placed Alejandro Marque wore the yellow jersey.

Final classification standings

General classification

Points classification

Mountains classification

Young rider classification

Portuguese rider classification

Combination classification

Team classification

References

Sources

External links

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