2021 Volta a Portugal
Male Team 04 - 15 Aug

Volta a Portugal

1564 Kilometers 11 Stages
Close

Participants list

  1. Héctor Carretero
  2. Lluís Mas
  3. Juri Hollmann
  4. Juan Diego Alba
  5. Mathias Norsgaard
  6. Sergio Samitier
  7. Abner González
Close

TV

The race can be watched live on RTP1, every day at 4pm CEST.

Close

Timetable

All stages end around 6.30pm CEST. Note that the schedules included in this Guide are Portuguese time (CEST -1).

Close

Bonus

There’s no bonus seconds available.

Close

Social Media

The race’s official Twitter account is @VoltaPortugal; the hashtag should be #VPSantander21.

Close

Score

The Movistar Team has a 2nd place overall as best result in the Volta, with Orlando Rodrigues in 1998, as well as nine stage wins, all obtained in Banesto colours. Más info

Stages

Analysis

01
Lisboa (ITT / CRI) (5.4km)
04 August
  1. 01 Rafael Reis Efapel 6'10"
  2. 02 Mauricio Moreira Efapel +11"
  3. 03 Lluís Mas Movistar Team "
  4. 05 Mathias Norsgaard Movistar Team +17"
  5. 07 Juri Hollmann Movistar Team +19"
  6. 25 Abner González Movistar Team +27"
  7. 29 Sergio Samitier Movistar Team "
  8. 41 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team +29"
  9. 99 Juan Diego Alba Movistar Team +46"
02
Torres Vedras - Setúbal (175.8km)
05 August
  1. 01 Rafael Reis Efapel 4h12'23"
  2. 02 Alex Molenaar Burgos-BH +2"
  3. 03 Sergio Samitier Movistar Team "
  4. 23 Abner González Movistar Team "
  5. 35 Juri Hollmann Movistar Team "
  6. 66 Lluís Mas Movistar Team +1'34"
  7. 86 Mathias Norsgaard Movistar Team +9'34"
  8. 92 Juan Diego Alba Movistar Team "
  9. 121 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team +15'07"
03
Ponte de Sor - Castelo Branco (162.1km)
06 August
  1. 01 Kyle Murphy Rally Cycling 3h57'49"
  2. 02 Joni Brandao W52-FCPorto +12"
  3. 03 Lluís Mas Movistar Team +17"
  4. 10 Juri Hollmann Movistar Team "
  5. 33 Abner González Movistar Team "
  6. 35 Sergio Samitier Movistar Team "
  7. 69 Juan Diego Alba Movistar Team +48"
  8. 89 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team +2'36"
  9. 90 Mathias Norsgaard Movistar Team +2'39"
04
Serta - Alto da Torre (170.3km)
07 August
  1. 01 Alex Marque Atum General / Tavira 4h59'10"
  2. 02 Mauricio Moreira Efapel +1'03"
  3. 03 Abner González Movistar Team "
  4. 28 Juan Diego Alba Movistar Team +3'51"
  5. 42 Lluís Mas Movistar Team +8'18"
  6. 46 Sergio Samitier Movistar Team "
  7. 73 Juri Hollmann Movistar Team +18'47"
  8. 97 Mathias Norsgaard Movistar Team +26'16"
  9. 102 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team "
05
Belmonte - Guarda (181.6km)
08 August
  1. 01 Frederico Figueiredo Efapel 4h28'25"
  2. 02 Amaro Antunes W52-FCPorto "
  3. 03 Mauricio Moreira Efapel +59"
  4. 05 Abner González Movistar Team +1'03"
  5. 33 Lluís Mas Movistar Team +3'52"
  6. 48 Mathias Norsgaard Movistar Team +34'54"
  7. 55 Juri Hollmann Movistar Team "
  8. 69 Juan Diego Alba Movistar Team "
  9. 75 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team "
  10. 100 Sergio Samitier Movistar Team "
06
Águeda - Santo Tirso (171.3km)
10 August
  1. 01 Mason Hollyman Israel Cycling Academy 4h11'48"
  2. 02 Ricardo Mestre W52-FCPorto +35"
  3. 03 Tomas Contte Aviludo-Louletano +1'00"
  4. 05 Lluís Mas Movistar Team +1'05"
  5. 08 Juri Hollmann Movistar Team +1'36"
  6. 18 Abner González Movistar Team +5'04"
  7. 56 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team +8'29"
  8. 57 Sergio Samitier Movistar Team +9'45"
  9. 65 Mathias Norsgaard Movistar Team +11'34"
  10. 66 Juan Diego Alba Movistar Team "
07
Viana do Castelo - Fafe (182.4km)
11 August
  1. 01 Ben King Rally Cycling 4h22'00"
  2. 02 Alastair Mackellar Israel Cycling Academy +9"
  3. 03 Tom Wirtgen Bingoal – Pauwels – WB +15"
  4. 04 Juan Diego Alba Movistar Team +20"
  5. 17 Abner González Movistar Team +8'13"
  6. 37 Lluís Mas Movistar Team +8'31"
  7. 41 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team +8'58"
  8. 54 Sergio Samitier Movistar Team +9'57"
  9. 64 Mathias Norsgaard Movistar Team +11'29"
  10. 74 Juri Hollmann Movistar Team +12'55"
08
Felgueiras - Bragança (193.2km)
12 August
  1. 01 Rafael Reis Efapel 4h35'30"
  2. 02 Ben King Rally Cycling +16"
  3. 03 Diego López Equipo Kern Pharma "
  4. 13 Juan Diego Alba Movistar Team +16"
  5. 22 Lluís Mas Movistar Team +3'33"
  6. 24 Abner González Movistar Team "
  7. 35 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team "
  8. 41 Sergio Samitier Movistar Team "
  9. 57 Juri Hollmann Movistar Team +7'03"
  10. 72 Mathias Norsgaard Movistar Team +27'11"
09
Bragança - Montalegre (160.7km)
13 August
  1. 01 Kyle Murphy Rally Cycling 4h12'06"
  2. 02 José Félix Parra Equipo Kern Pharma +13"
  3. 01 Henrique Casimiro Kelly / Simoldes +25"
  4. 15 Abner González Movistar Team +2'10"
  5. 19 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team +3'52"
  6. 27 Sergio Samitier Movistar Team +6'54"
  7. 37 Lluís Mas Movistar Team +11'47"
  8. 62 Juan Diego Alba Movistar Team +26'45"
  9. 67 Mathias Norsgaard Movistar Team "
  10. 70 Juri Hollmann Movistar Team "
10
Boticas - Senhora da Graça (145.5km)
14 August
  1. 01 Mauricio Moreira Efapel 3h47'36"
  2. 02 Amaro Antunes W52-FCPorto +8"
  3. 03 Joni Brandao W52-FCPorto +14"
  4. 06 Abner González Movistar Team +1'07"
  5. 15 Lluís Mas Movistar Team +7'11"
  6. 49 Sergio Samitier Movistar Team +23'13"
  7. 50 Juri Hollmann Movistar Team +26'04"
  8. 60 Juan Diego Alba Movistar Team +29'29"
  9. 68 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team +29'34"
  10. 87 Mathias Norsgaard Movistar Team +32'07"
11
Viseu (ITT / CRI) (20.3km)
15 August
  1. 01 Rafael Reis Efapel 25'24"
  2. 02 Mauricio Moreira Efapel +12"
  3. 03 Juri Hollmann Movistar Team +41"
  4. 06 Lluís Mas Movistar Team +49"
  5. 09 Mathias Norsgaard Movistar Team +1'01"
  6. 19 Abner González Movistar Team +1'35"
  7. 46 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team +3'01"
  8. 50 Sergio Samitier Movistar Team +3'10"
  9. 55 Juan Diego Alba Movistar Team +3'23"

Analysis

A historic moment for the Movistar Team. 19 years after their last appearance to date in the Volta a Portugal, back when they were called iBanesto.com, the Telefónica-backed squad will head – full of young riders – to the start of the 82th edition of the so-called ‘Grandissima’. This demanding, always-spectacular event always sees the local teams riding with courage and motivation, the Portuguese fans holding their ‘Queen race’ in a special place of their hearts.

A 5.4km prologue in Lisboa (Wednesday 4th) will open a race which features a route really well known by the event’s regular teams. There’s absolutely no clear sprint chance -only the finishes at Setúbal (Thursday 5th), with a Cat-2 climb before the end, and Castelo Branco (Friday 6th) look any likely-, with breakaways more suited to succeed in this course than a fully-fledged ‘volata’.

The two most famous mountain-top finishes are Torre (HC; Saturday 7th), over the highest point of continental Portugal, and Senhora da Graça (Cat-1; Saturday 14th). However, there’s some other hill-top arrivals, in Guarda (Cat-3; Sunday 8th), Santo Tirso (Cat-2; Tuesday 10th) and Montalegre (Cat-1; Friday 13th). The Volta will end with a 20km ITT in Viseu (Sunday 15th), also well known by those contesting the race every day.