2015 Volta a Portugal
The 2015 Volta a Portugal was a men's road bicycle race held from 29 July to 9 August 2015.[1] It is the 77th edition of the men's stage race to be held, which was established in 1927. As part of the 2015 UCI Europe Tour, it is rated as a 2.1 event.[2] Just before the start, the race was marked by controversy due to UCI an regulation amendment restricting the teams to 8 riders (with exception of the 3 big races-Giro, Tour and Vuelta), issue just one month before the Volta. The race director, Joaquim Gomes achieved an exception and the teams raced with 9 riders each.[3] Gustavo Veloso repeated the 2014 success.
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Dates | July 29 - August 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stages | 10 + Prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 1,551.7 km (964.2 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winning time | 40h 10' 39" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Participating teams
In total, 16 teams are set to compete.
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Schedule
Stage | Route | Distance | Date | Type | Winner | |
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P | Viseu > Viseu | 6 km | July 29 | Individual time trial | Gaetan Bille (BEL) | |
1 | Pinhel > Bragança | 196.8 km | July 30 | Flat stage | Vicente García de Mateos (ESP) | |
2 | Macedo de Cavaleiros > Montalegre - Serra do Larouco | 175.6 km | July 31 | Medium-mountain stage | Delio Fernández (ESP) | |
3 | Boticas > Fafe | 172.2 km | August 1 | Flat stage | Davide Viganò (ITA) | |
4 | Alvarenga (Arouca) > Mondim de Basto (Srª da Graça) | 159.4 km | August 2 | Mountain stage | Filipe Cardoso (POR) | |
5 | Braga > Viana do Castelo-Monte Santa Luzia | 169.4 km | August 3 | Medium-mountain stage | José Gonçalves (POR) | |
6 | Ovar > Oliveira de Azeméis | 154.1 km | August 4 | Flat stage | Gustavo Veloso (ESP) | |
7 | Condeixa-a-Nova > Torre | 171.3 km | August 6 | Mountain stage | Delio Fernández (ESP) | |
8 | Guarda > Castelo Branco | 180.2 km | August 7 | Flat stage | Eduard Prades (ESP) | |
9 | Pedrógão Beach > Leiria | 34.2 km | August 8 | Individual time trial | Gustavo Veloso (ESP) | |
10 | Vila Franca de Xira > Lisbon | 132.5 km | August 9 | Flat stage | Matteo Malucelli (ITA) |
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 |
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P | Gaetan Bille | Gaetan Bille | not awarded | not awarded | Luca Capelli | Verandas Willems |
1 | Vicente de Mateos | Vicente de Mateos | Bruno Silva | Hector Benito | W52–Quinta da Lixa | |
2 | Delio Fernández | Gustavo Veloso | José Gonçalves | Luca Capelli | ||
3 | Davide Viganò | Davide Viganò | ||||
4 | Filipe Cardoso | Filipe Cardoso | Aleksey Rybalkin | |||
5 | José Gonçalves | Gustavo Veloso | ||||
6 | Gustavo Veloso | |||||
7 | Delio Fernández | |||||
8 | Eduard Prades | |||||
9 | Gustavo Veloso | |||||
10 | Matteo Malucelli | |||||
Final Classification | Gustavo Veloso | Gustavo Veloso | Bruno Silva | Aleksey Rybalkin | W52–Quinta da Lixa |
Classification standings
Prologue
- 29 July 2015 — Viseu, 6 km individual time trial (ITT)[4]
Prologue result and general classification
Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Gaetan Bille (BEL) | Verandas Willems | 7' 22" |
2 | Gustavo Veloso (ESP) | W52–Quinta da Lixa | + 3" |
3 | Dimitri Claeys (BEL) | Verandas Willems | + 9" |
4 | Dion Beukboom (NED) | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | + 13" |
5 | José Gonçalves (POR) | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | + 16" |
6 | Coen Vermeltfoort (NED) | Cyclingteam de Rijke | + 17" |
7 | Ricardo Vilela (POR) | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | + 18" |
8 | Delio Fernández (ESP) | W52–Quinta da Lixa | + 18" |
9 | Eduard Prades (ESP) | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | + 19" |
10 | Hugo Sabido (POR) | Louletano–Ray Just Energy | + 20" |
Stage 1
Stage 2
- 31 July 2015 — Macedo de Cavaleiros to Montalegre - Serra do Larouco, 175.6 km[6]
Stage 2 result
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General classification after Stage 2
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Stage 3
Stage 3 result
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General classification after Stage 3
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Stage 4
- 2 August 2015 — Alvarenga (Arouca) to Mondim de Basto (Srª da Graça), 159.4 km[8]
Stage 4 result
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General classification after Stage 4
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Stage 5
- 3 August 2015 — Braga to Viana do Castelo, 169.4 km[9]
Stage 5 result
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General classification after Stage 5
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Stage 6
- 4 August 2015 — Ovar to Oliveira de Azeméis, 154.1 km[10]
Stage 6 result
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General classification after Stage 6
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Stage 7
- 6 August 2015 — Condeixa-a-Nova to Torre, 171.31 km[11]
Stage 7 result
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General classification after Stage 7
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Stage 8
- 7 August 2015 — Guarda to Castelo Branco, 180.2 km[12]
Stage 8 result
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General classification after Stage 8
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Stage 9
- 8 August 2015 — ITT Pedrógão Beach to Leiria, 34.2 km[13]
Stage 9 result
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General classification after Stage 9
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Stage 10
- 9 August 2015 — Vila Franca de Xira to Lisbon, 132.5 km[14]
Stage 10 result
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Final General classification
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Final standings
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References
- "77ª Volta a Portugal Liberty Seguros". volta-portugal.com.
- VISÃO - Impresa Publishing S.A. "Volta a Portugal Uma questão quase sempre galega". Visão.
- "Joaquim Gomes diz que UCI atendeu às especificidades da prova". record.xl.pt (in Portuguese). Record. Archived from the original on 30 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- "Gaetan Bille it's the first leader". RTP. RTP. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- "Mateos, the first at Bragança". RTP. RTP. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- "Delio Fernandez wins Volta's first mountain stage". RTP. RTP. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- "Davide Viganó wins third stage". RTP. RTP. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- "Primeiro português a vencer etapa da Volta na presente edição" [First Portuguese to win stage of the Tour in this edition]. RTP. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- "José Gonçalves vence em Viana do Castelo". RTP. RTP. Archived from the original on 5 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- "José Gonçalves desclassificado, vitória atribuída a Gustavo Veloso". RTP. RTP. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- "7th stage standings". Record. Record. Archived from the original on 12 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- "Eduardo Prades vence a 8.ª etapa". Record. Record. Archived from the original on 10 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- "Gustavo Veloso é o virtual vencedor da Volta". Record. Record. Archived from the original on 12 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- "Final standings". Record. Record. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
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