| 2021 Volta a Portugal | |
| Series: | 2021 UCI Europe Tour |
| Date: | 4 – 15 August 2021 |
| Stages: | 10 + Prologue |
| Distance: | 1568.6 |
| Unit: | km |
| Time: | 39h 39' 33" |
| First: | |
| First Nat: | POR |
| First Color: | yellow |
| Second: | Mauricio Moreira |
| Second Nat: | URU |
| Third: | Alejandro Marque |
| Third Nat: | ESP |
| Points: | Rafael Reis |
| Points Nat: | POR |
| Points Color: | green |
| Mountains: | Bruno Silva |
| Mountains Nat: | POR |
| Mountains Color: | polkadot |
| Youth: | Abner González |
| Youth Nat: | PUR |
| Youth Color: | white |
| Combination: | Mauricio Moreira |
| Combination Nat: | URU |
| Previous: | 2020 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The 2021 Volta a Portugal (known as the 2021 Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta Santander for sponsorship reasons) was the 82nd edition of the Volta a Portugal road cycling stage race (not counting 2020 Volta a Portugal Edição Especial), which was held from 4 to 15 August 2021.[1] [2] It was a 2.1 event on the 2021 UCI Europe Tour calendar.[3]
Before the beginning of stage 3, retired from the race due to COVID-19 positive tests among their riders.[4] Before the beginning of stage 5 another team, retired due to same reason, and also two riders from and another two from [5] 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 wearing again the yellow jersey.[6]
One UCI WorldTeam, six UCI ProTeams, and eleven UCI Continental 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.[7]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
UCI Continental Teams
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 4 August | Lisbon | 5.4km (03.4miles) | Individual time trial | |||
| 1 | 5 August | Torres Vedras to Setúbal | 175.8km (109.2miles) | Hilly stage | |||
| 2 | 6 August | Ponte de Sor to Castelo Branco | 162.1km (100.7miles) | Hilly stage | |||
| 3 | 7 August | Sertã to Covilhã (Torre) | 170.3km (105.8miles) | Mountain stage | |||
| 4 | 8 August | Belmonte to Guarda | 181.6km (112.8miles) | Mountain stage | |||
| 9 August | Guarda | Rest day | |||||
| 5 | 10 August | Águeda to Santo Tirso (Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Assunção) | 171.3km (106.4miles) | Hilly stage | |||
| 6 | 11 August | Viana do Castelo to Fafe | 182.4km (113.3miles) | Hilly stage | |||
| 7 | 12 August | 193.2km (120miles) | Hilly stage | ||||
| 8 | 13 August | Bragança to Montalegre (Serra do Larouco) | 160.7km (99.9miles) | Mountain stage | |||
| 9 | 14 August | Boticas to Mondim de Basto (Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Graça) | 145.5km (90.4miles) | Mountain stage | |||
| 10 | 15 August | Viseu to Viseu | 20.3km (12.6miles) | Individual time trial | |||
| Total | 1568.6km (974.7miles) | ||||||
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Team classification | Combination classification | Portuguese rider classification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Rafael Reis | Rafael Reis | not awarded | not awarded | Juri Hollmann | not awarded | Rafael Reis | ||
| 1 | Rafael Reis | Rafael Reis | Hugo Nunes | ||||||
| 2 | Kyle Murphy | Kyle Murphy | Marvin Scheulen | ||||||
| 3 | Alejandro Marque | Alejandro Marque | Luís Gomes | Alejandro Marque | Abner González | Joni Brandão | |||
| 4 | Frederico Figueiredo | ||||||||
| 5 | Mason Hollyman | Daniel Freitas | Daniel Freitas | ||||||
| 6 | Ben King | Alejandro Marque | Bruno Silva | ||||||
| 7 | Rafael Reis | Rafael Reis | Rafael Reis | Rafael Reis | Rafael Reis | ||||
| 8 | Kyle Murphy | ||||||||
| 9 | Mauricio Moreira | Mauricio Moreira | |||||||
| 10 | Rafael Reis | ||||||||
| Final | Bruno Silva | Abner González | Mauricio Moreira | ||||||