Date | February |
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Region | Algarve, Portugal |
English name | Tour of the Algarve |
Local name(s) | Volta ao Algarve (in Portuguese) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | Stage race |
First edition | 1960 |
Editions | 43 (as of 2017) |
First winner | José Manuel Marques (POR) |
Most wins | Belmiro Silva (POR) (3 wins) |
Most recent | Primož Roglič (SLO) |
The Volta ao Algarve (Portuguese; English: Tour of the Algarve) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Algarve, Portugal. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Due to its early February position in the European calendar, it is used by many riders to prepare for the Spring Classics.