Volta ao Distrito de Santarém
Race details
DateMarch
RegionSantarém, Portugal
English nameTour of Santarém District
Local name(s)Volta ao Distrito de Santarém (in Portuguese)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeStage race
Web sitewww.pad.pt/2007/VoltaSantarem/
History
First edition1997 (1997)
Editions12
Final edition2008
First winner Saulius Sarkauskas (LTU)
Most wins Cândido Barbosa (POR) (3 wins)
Final winner Maurizio Biondo (ITA)

The Volta ao Distrito de Santarém (in Portuguese) (Tour of Santarém District) was a multi-day road cycling race held annually in the District of Santárem, Portugal. From 2006 to 2008, it was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was created in 1997 and underwent several nae changes throughout its existence.

Winners

Year Winner Second Third
Gran Premio Internacional Telecom
1997 Lithuania Saulius Šarkauskas Portugal Cândido Barbosa United Kingdom Jeremy Hunt
1998 Portugal Cândido Barbosa Poland Jacek Mickiewicz Portugal Manuel Pedro Liberato
1999 Italy Paolo Lanfranchi Spain Mikel Pradera Switzerland Felice Puttini
Gran Premio Portugal Telecom
2000 Portugal José Azevedo Spain José Alberto Martínez Spain Aitor Osa
Gran Premio Mosqueteros-Ruta del Marqués
2001 Spain Igor González de Galdeano Portugal Vítor Gamito Spain Melcior Mauri
2002 Portugal Rui Lavarinhas Spain Joan Horrach Portugal Bruno Castanheira
2003 Portugal Cândido Barbosa Russia Alexei Markov Denmark Claus Michael Møller
Gran Premio Estremadura-RTP
2004 Spain Carlos García Quesada Portugal Cândido Barbosa Costa Rica José Adrián Bonilla
Gran Premio Internacional del Oeste RTP
2005 Portugal Cândido Barbosa Spain Aitor Pérez Arrieta Spain Carlos Castaño
Volta ao Distrito de Santarém
2006 Netherlands Lars Boom Australia Benjamin Day Spain Manuel Lloret
2007 South Africa Robert Hunter Argentina Martín Garrido Netherlands Lars Boom
2008 Italy Maurizio Biondo Hungary László Bodrogi Germany Andreas Klöden


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