Porto-Lisboa

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Porto-Lisboa

Race details
Date	June 10
Region	Portugal
English name	Porto-Lisboa
Local name(s)	Porto-Lisboa (Portuguese)
Discipline	Road race
Type	Single-day
History
First edition	1911
Editions	74 (as of 2004)
Final edition	2004
First winner	Charles George
Most wins	3 times: João Francisco José Maria Nicolau Fernando Mendes
Most recent	Pedro Soeiro

The Porto-Lisboa was a road cycling race held in Portugal in 10 June every year to celebrate the Portugal Day. Covering a distance of approximately 330 kilometres , the race was the longest in the professional calendar after the disappearance of Bordeaux-Paris in 1988. It would start at Porto, the second most important city in Portugal, and finish in the Portuguese capital Lisboa around eight or nine hours later.

Although it was the most important classic in Portugal, it required special training^{[citation needed]} and in late years it was usually only raced by Portuguese cycling teams. Porto-Lisboa 2002 was raced as a team-race divided in three sectors between Porto and Lisboa.

[edit] Winners

Rider Team 1911 Charles George 1912 Laranjeira Guerra 1913 Joaquim Dias Maia 1923 José Conceição 1924 José Conceição 1925 Anibal Carreto 1926 Anibal Carreto 1927 João Francisco 1928 João Francisco 1932 José Maria Nicolau 1933 João Francisco 1934 José Maria Nicolau 1935 José Maria Nicolau 1936 Alfredo Trindade 1937 João Brás 1938 Filipe Melo 1939 Ildefonso Rodrigues 1940 Alfredo Oliveira 1941 Francisco Inácio 1942 Eduardo Lopes 1949 Fernando Moreira 1951 Amândio Cardoso 1952 Luciano Moreira de Sá 1953 Luciano Moreira de Sá 1954 Américo Raposo 1956 Fernando Henriques Silva 1957 Sousa Santos 1958 Carlos Carvalho 1959 Mário Sá 1960 Pedro Polainas 1961 Azevedo Maia 1962 António Baptista 1963 João Roque 1964 Alcino Rodrigo 1965 José Pacheco 1966 Joaquim Leão 1967 Walter Godefroot

Rider Team 1968 Eric Leman 1969 Emiliano Dionísio 1970 Joaquim Leite 1971 Fernando Mendes 1972 Fernando Mendes 1973 Fernando Mendes 1974 Leonel Miranda 1975 Fernando Vieira 1976 Venceslau Fernandes 1977 Flávio Henriques 1978 José Luís Pacheco 1979 Manuel Gonçalves 1980 Alexandre Ruas 1981 José Amaro 1982 Alexandre Ruas 1983 Marco Chagas 1984 Alexandre Ruas 1985 Vitor Rodrigues 1986 Carlos Santos 1987 Américo N. Silva 1988 José Xavier 1989 Fernando Valente 1990 Joaquim Adrego Andrade 1991 Paulo Pinto 1992 Oleg Lokvin 1993 Rui Bela 1994 Paulo Ferreira 1995 Jorge Henriques 1996 Cássio Freitas 1997 Cândido Barbosa 1998 Atanas Petrov 1999 Quintino Rodrigues 2000 Melchor Mauri 2001 Unai Yus 2002 Carvalhelhos-Boavista 2003 Pedro Soeiro 2004 Pedro Soeiro