The 83rd edition of the Volta a Portugal by bike starts today

The 83rd edition of the Volta a Portugal by bike starts today, Thursday, August 4th, in Lisbon and ends in Vila Nova de Gaia, on the 15th.

The race starts at 2:30 pm with a prologue of 5.4 km, starting and ending at Praça do Comércio in Lisbon. Then there are 1559.7 kilometers in ten stages.

At the end there will be an 18.6 km time trial between Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia.

18 teams participate in this Tour of Portugal: nine Portuguese, three Spanish, two from the USA, one from Venezuela, one from Great Britain, one from Colombia and one from Angola. Tavira and Louletano are two of the Portuguese teams to start this great competition today.