The Tour of the Algarve is an annual tour in Portugal at the beginning of the season. The event was held for the first time in 1960 and has since developed into one of the most important professional cycling races in Portugal. In 2024, the tour will once again consist of five stages, with the fourth stage being an individual time trial. The other stages feature mountain top finishes and flat sections, so that different types of riders get their money's worth in the tour. The highlights of the race are traditionally the mountain finishes on Alto do Malhao and Alto da Foia, both of which will also be on the programme in 2024.
Tour of the Algarve 2024: Preparing for the first cycling highlights
The Tour of the Algarve is part of the UCI Pro Series - a category below the UCI World Tour - and attracts some of the best teams from all over the world. In recent years, the Volta ao Algarve has grown in importance as it is used by many cycling stars as preparation for the spring classics or the first major tours such as Paris-Nice or Tirreno-Adriatico.
The list of winners of the Tour of the Algarve includes stars such as Alberto Contador, Geraint Thomas or Remco Evenepoel - In 2023, the Colombian Daniel Felipe Martinez from the British team won the race. Ineos Grenadierswho will start for Bora-Hansgrohe in 2024. There is no professional women's race at the Tour of the Algarve.
Tour of the Algarve 2024: The stages
Stage 1: Wednesday, 14.02.2024, Portimao - Lagos, 200.8 kilometres
Stage 2: Thursday, 15.02.2024, Lagoa - Alto da Foia - 171.9 kilometres
Stage 3: Friday, 16.02.2024, Vila Real de Santo Antonio - Tavira - 192.2 kilometres
Stage 4: Saturday, 17.02.2024, Albufeira - Albufeira - 22.2 kilometres (individual time trial)
Stage 5: Sunday, 18.02.2024, Faro - Alto do Malhao - 165.8 kilometres
Tour of the Algarve 2024: TV broadcast & live stream
In Germany, all stages of the 2024 Tour of the Algarve will be organised at Eurosport 2 shown on television. There is also discovery+ a paid live stream.
TV broadcast times on Eurosport 2
- 1st stage - Wednesday, 14 February: 15:45 - 17:45
- Stage 2 - Thursday, 15 February: 15:55 - 17:41
- 3rd stage - Friday, 16 February: 16:15 - 17:45
- Stage 4 - Saturday, 17 February: 15:20 - 17:00
- Stage 5 - Sunday, 18 February: 15:20 - 17:00
Tour of the Algarve 2024: the start list
Bora-Hansgrohe
- 1 Daniel Felipe Martinez
- 2 Bob Jungels
- 3 Marco Haller
- 4 Sergio Higuita
- 5 Jordi Meeus
- 6 Maximilian Schachmann
- 7 Alexander Krieger
Alpecin-Deceuninck
- 11 Quinten Hermans
- 12 Lars Boven
- 13 Tobias Bayer
- 14 Edward Planckaer
- 15 Xandro Meurisse
- 16 Stan van Tricht
- 17 Luca Vergallito
Arkea-B&B Hotels
- 21 Arnaud Demare
- 22 Jenthe Biermans
- 23 Donavan Grondin
- 24 Thibault Guernelac
- 25 Daniel McLay
- 26 Florian Senechal
- 27 Martin Tjotta
Astana Qazaqstan Team
- 31 Samuele Battistella
- 32 Simone Velasco
- 33 Yevgeniy Fedorov
- 34 Anton Kuzmin
- 35 Igor Chzhan
- 36 Christian Scaroni
- 37 Max Walker
EF Education EasyPost
- 41 Stefan Bissegger
- 42 Rui Costa
- 43 Ben Healy
- 44 Mikkel Honore
- 45 James Shaw
- 46 Michael Valgren
- 47 Marijn van den Berg
Groupama-FDJ
- 51 Stefan Küng
- 52 Lewis Askey
- 53 Olivier Le Gac
- 54 Valentin Madouas
- 55 Enzo Paleni
- 56 Clement Russo
- 57 Marc Sarreau
Ineos Grenadiers
- 61 Thymen Arensman
- 62 Filippo Ganna
- 63 Kim Heiduk
- 64 Thomas Pidcock
- 65 Luke Rowe
- 66 Magnus Sheffield
- 67 Geraint Thomas
Intermarche-Wanty
- 71 Vito Braet
- 72 Rune Herregodts
- 73 Hugo Page
- 74 Adrien Petit
- 75 Laurenz Rex
- 76 Mike Teunissen
- 77 Gerben Thijssen
Lidl Trek
- 81 Andrea Bagioli
- 82 Tao Geoghegan Hart
- 83 Daan Hoole
- 84 Sam Oomen
- 85 Jasper Stuyven
- 86 Edward Theuns
- 87 Mathias Vacek
Soudal - Quick Step
- 91 Mattia Cattaneo
- 92 Remco Evenepoel
- 93 James Knox
- 94 Mikel Landa
- 95 Pieter Serry
- 96 Warre Vangheluwe
- 97 Louis Vervaeke
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
- 101 John Degenkolb
- 102 Pavel Bittner
- 103 Gijs Leemreize
- 104 Niklas Märkl
- 105 Martijn Tusveld
- 106 Casper van Uden
- 107 Bram Welten
Visma | Lease a Bike
- 111 Wout van Aert
- 112 Sepp Kuss
- 113 Tiesj Benoot
- 114 Per Strand Hagenes
- 115 Jan Tratnik
- 116 Milan Vader
- 117 Julien Vermote
UAE Team Emirates
- 121 Isaac del Toro
- 122 Filippo Baroncini
- 123 Jan Christen
- 124 Marc Hirschi
- 125 Antonio Morgado
- 126 Rui Oliveira
- 127 Nils Politt
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
- 131 Daniel Babor
- 132 Julen Arriola-Bengoa
- 133 Tomas Barta
- 134 Jaume Guardeno
- 135 Gorka Sorrain
- 136 Eduard Prades
- 137 Michal Schlegel
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
- 141 Luc Wirtgen
- 142 Robin Froidevaux
- 143 Arthur Kluckers
- 144 Marius Mayrhofer
- 145 Lucas Eriksson
- 146 Matteo Trentin
- 147 Yannis Voisard
Uno-X Mobility
- 151 Magnus Cort Nielsen
- 152 Markus Hoelgaard
- 153 Andreas Leknessund
- 154 Erik Nordsaeter Resell
- 155 Rasmus Tiller
- 156 Jonas Abrahamsen
- 157 Martin Urianstad Bugge
ABTF Betao - Feirense
- 161 Diogo Oliveira
- 162 Afonso Eulalio
- 163 Oscar Cabedo
- 164 Fabio Oliveira
- 165 Ivo Pinheiro
- 166 Fabio Costa
- 167 Pedro Silva
AP Hotels & Resorts / Tavira / SC Farense
- 171 Ruben Simao
- 172 Afonso Silva
- 173 Carlos Miguel Salgueiro
- 174 Diogo Barbosa
- 175 Jose Bicho
- 176 Francisco Campos
- 177 Eucildes Chingui
Aviludo - Louletano - Loule Concelho
- 181 Daniel Viegas
- 182 German Tivani
- 183 Sergio Garcia
- 184 Tomas Contte
- 185 Carlos Oyarzun
- 186 David Dominguez
- 187 Tomas Martins
Credibom / LA Aluminios / Marcos Car
- 191 Emanuel Duarte
- 192 Luis Fernandes
- 193 Alexandre Montez
- 194 Rodrigo Caixas
- 195 Diogo Narciso
- 196 Francois Vie
- 197 Goncalo Leaca
Efapel Cycling
- 201 Joaquim Silva
- 202 Aleksandr Grigorev
- 203 Antonio Ferreira
- 204 Santiago Mesa
- 205 Henrique Casimiro
- 206 Abner Gonzalez
- 207 Keegan Swirbul
Kelly / Simoldes / UDO
- 211 Luis Gomes
- 212 Rui Carvalho
- 213 Francisco Guerreiro
- 214 Tiago Ferreira
- 215 Duarte Mixao
- 216 Noah Campos
- 217 Andre Ribeiro
Radio Popular - Paredes - Boavista
- 221 Cesar Fonte
- 222 Hugo Nunes
- 223 Raul Rota
- 224 Francisco Joel Pinuela
- 225 Tiago Leal
- 226 Joao Martins
- 227 Helder Goncalves
Sabgal / Anicolor
- 231 Frederico Figueiredo
- 232 Andre Carvalho
- 233 Luis Mendonca
- 234 Gabriel Baptista
- 235 Duarte Domingues
- 236 Oliver Rees
- 237 Rafael Reis
Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortagua
- 241 Goncalo Carvalho
- 242 Bruno Silva
- 243 Joao Matias
- 244 Francisco Morais
- 245 Leangel Ruben Linarez
- 246 Cesar Martingil
- 247 Goncalo Amado
Algarve Granfondo: The Everyman Race
In addition to the professional men's race, the Volta ao Algarve also has an amateur competition, the Algarve Granfondo. This takes place in the run-up to the time trial on 17 February in Albufeira. Two different distances are on offer. The "Mediofondo" is the shorter of the two race courses on offer and covers 80 kilometres and 1200 metres in altitude, while the "Granfondo" covers 133 kilometres with 2450 metres in altitude.
List of winners of the Tour of the Algarve
- 2023 Daniel Felipe Martinez (COL) Ineos Grenadiers
- 2022 Remco Evenepoel (BEL) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl
- 2021 Joao Rodrigues (POR) W52-FC Porto
- 2020 Remco Evenepoel (BEL) Deceuninck-Quick Step
- 2019 Tadej Pogacar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates
- 2018 Michal Kwiatkowski (POL) Team Sky
- 2017 Primoz Roglic (SLO) Team Lotto NL-Jumbo
- 2016 Geraint Thomas (GBR) Team Sky
- 2015 Geraint Thomas (GBR) Team Sky
- 2014 Michal Kwiatkowski (POL) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
- 2013 Tony Martin (GER) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
- 2012 Richie Porte (AUS) Sky
- 2011 Tony Martin (GER) HTC-Highroad
- 2010 Alberto Contador (ESP) Astana
- 2009 Alberto Contador (ESP) Astana
- 2008 Stijn Devolder (BEL) Quick Step
- 2007 Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) Milram
- 2006 Joao Cabreira (POR) Maia-Milaneza
- 2005 Hugo Sabido (POR) Paredes Rota dos Moveis
- 2004 Floyd Landis (USA) US-Postal
- 2003 Claus Möller (DEN) Maia-Milaneza-MSS
- 2002 Candido Barbosa (POR) LA-Pecol
- 2001 Andrea Ferrigato (ITA) Alessio
- 2000 Alex Zulle (SUI) Banesto
- 1999 Melchor Mauri (ESP) Benfica
- 1998 Tomas Konecny (CZE) ZVVZ
- 1997 Candido Barbosa (POR) Maia-Cin
- 1996 Alberto Amaral (POR) Troiamarisco
- 1995 Cassio Freitas (BRA) Recer-Boavista
- 1994 Vitor Gamito (POR) Sicasal-Acral
- 1993 Cassio Freitas (BRA) Recer-Boavista
- 1992 Joaquim Gomes (POR) Recer-Boavista
- 1991 Joaquim Andrade (POR) Sicasal-Acral
- 1990 Fernando Carvalho (POR) Ruquita-Feirense
- 1989 Fernando Carvalho (POR) Louletano-Vale do Lobo
- 1988 Joaquim Gomes (POR) Louletano-Vale do Lobo
- 1987 Manuel Cunha (POR) Toreense
- 1986 Manuel Cunha (POR) Lousa-Trinaranjus-Akai
- 1985 Eduardo Correia (POR) Sporting
- 1984 Belmiro Silva (POR) Ovarense
- 1983 Alexandre Ruas (POR) Lousa-Trinaranjus
- 1982 Alexandre Ruas (POR) Lousa-Trinaranjus
- 1981 Belmiro Silva (POR) FC Porto
- 1980 Firmino Bernardino (POR) Lousa
- 1979 Firmino Bernardino (POR) Lousa
- 1978 Joaquim Andrade (POR) Aguias de Alpiarca
- 1977 Belmiro Silva (POR) FC Porto
- 1961 Antonio Pisco (POR) Aguias de Alpiarca
- 1960 Jose Manuel Marques (POR) Aguias de Alpiarca
