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Race details | |
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Date | June–May–April |
Region | Portugal |
Local name(s) | GP CTT Correios de Portugal (in Portuguese) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | Stage race |
History | |
First edition | 2000 |
Editions | 10 (as of 2009) |
First winner | Ángel Edo (ESP) |
Most recent | Adrián Palomares (ESP) |
The GP CTT Correios de Portugal is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Portugal. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. [1]
Year | Country | Rider | Team |
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2000 | Spain | Ángel Edo | Maia-MSS |
2001 | Spain | Iván Gutiérrez | O.N.C.E.-Eroski |
2002 | Spain | Ángel Edo | Milaneza-MSS |
2003 | Portugal | Nuno Marta | Barbot-Torrie |
2004 | Portugal | Cândido Barbosa | LA-Pecol |
2005 | Russia | Alexei Markov | Milaneza-Maia |
2006 | Spain | Jordi Grau | LA Aluminios-Liberty Seguros |
2007 | Portugal | Pedro Cardoso (cyclist) | LA Aluminios-MSS-Milaneza |
2008 | Portugal | Nuno Ribeiro | Liberty Seguros |
2009 | Spain | Adrián Palomares | Conentpolis-AMPO |
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