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| Dates | August 7–18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 10 + Prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 1,607.8 km (999.0 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 43h02m20s | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2013 Volta a Portugal was a men's road bicycle race held from 7 to 18 August 2013. It was the 75th edition of the men's stage race to be held, which was established in 1927. As part of the 2013 UCI Europe Tour, it is rated as a 2.1 event. The Spanish cyclist Alejandro Marque from OFM-Quinta da Lixa won the race.
| Stage | Route | Distance | Date | Type | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prologue | Lisboa > Lisboa | 5 km | August 7 |  | Team time trial | Cycling Team De Rijke–Shanks |
| 1 | Bombarral > Aveiro | 203.3 km | August 8 |  | Flat stage |  Alexander Serov (RUS) |
| 2 | Oliveira de Azeméis > Viana do Castelo - Santa Lúzia | 186.8 km | August 9 |  | Medium-mountain stage |  Rui Sousa (POR) |
| 3 | Trofa > Fafe | 165.8 km | August 10 | | Flat stage |  Délio Fernández (ESP) |
| 4 | Arouca > Mondim de Basto (Srª da Graça) | 181.4 km | August 11 |  | Mountain stage | Sergio Pardilla (ESP) |
| 5 | Lousada > Oliveira do Bairro | 177.3 km | August 12 | | Medium-mountain stage | Manuel Cardoso (POR) |
| 6 | Sertã > Castelo Branco | 180 km | August 14 | | Flat stage |  Maxime Daniel (FRA) |
| 7 | Termas de Monfortinho > Gouveia | 176.3 km | August 15 | | Medium-mountain stage | Raul Alarcon (ESP) |
| 8 | Oliveira do Hospital > Torre | 166.3 km | August 16 | | Mountain stage | Gustavo César (ESP) |
| 9 | Sabugal > Guarda | 35.6 km | August 17 | | Individual time trial | Alejandro Marque (ESP) |
| 10 | Viseu > Viseu | 130 km | August 18 | | Flat stage |  Jacob Keough (USA) |
In total, 17 teams are set to compete.
| Stage | Winner | General classification  Classificação Geral Individual | Points classification  Classificação dos Pontos | Mountains classification  Classificação da Montanha | Young rider classification  Classificação da Juventude | Team classification Classificação por Equipas |
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| Prologue | Cycling Team De Rijke–Shanks | Christoph Pfingsten | not awarded | not awarded | Sean de Bie | Cycling Team De Rijke–Shanks |
| 1 | Alexander Serov | Alexander Serov | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Fábio Silvestre | ||
| 2 | Rui Sousa | Marcel Wyss | Maxime Daniel | Rui Sousa | Vladislav Gorbunov | Efapel–Glassdrive |
| 3 | Délio Fernández | Manuel Cardoso | Hélder Oliveira | |||
| 4 | Sergio Pardilla | Sergio Pardilla | Rui Sousa | Márcio Barbosa | ||
| 5 | Manuel Cardoso | Manuel Cardoso | ||||
| 6 | Maxime Daniel | |||||
| 7 | Raul Alarcon | |||||
| 8 | Gustavo César | Rui Sousa | Edgar Pinto | |||
| 9 | Alejandro Marque | Alejandro Marque | Rui Sousa | |||
| 10 | Jacob Keough | Manuel Cardoso | ||||
| Final Classification | Alejandro Marque | Manuel Cardoso | Márcio Barbosa | Vladislav Gorbunov | Efapel–Glassdrive | |
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