Porto–Lisbon (''Portuguese: Porto–Lisboa'') was an annual

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held in Portugal on 10 June in celebration of

Portugal Day ) , type = National holiday , longtype = National Day , image = EstatuaCamoesLisboa.JPG , caption = Monument to Luís de Camões in Lisbon, Portugal (May 2005) , official_name = ''Dia de Portugal, de Camões e das Comu ...

. Covering a distance of approximately 330-340 kilometres, the race was the longest on the professional calendar after the disappearance of

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in 1988. It started in

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

, Portugal's second-largest city, and finished in the Portuguese capital

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

around eight or nine hours later. Although it was the most important classic in Portugal, in its later days it was usually only contested by Portuguese cycling teams. In 2002 Porto–Lisbon was held as a team-race divided in three sectors between Porto and Lisboa. In 2004 the last edition of the race was held. Since its cancellation,

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is the longest one-day race of the year, at approximately 298 km. Karte A1 PT

Winners

http://www.uvp-fpc.pt/ficheirossite/17112011072642.pdf Winners official list by UVP-FPC * The 1982 "Porto–Lisboa" de 1982 was interrupted in Alcobaça (due to protest from the local population), and the winner of the section "Porto–Coimbra" was considered the overall winner.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Porto-Lisboa Recurring sporting events established in 1911 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2004 Cycle races in Portugal Defunct cycling races in Portugal Men's road bicycle races 1911 establishments in Portugal 2004 disestablishments in Portugal Defunct sports competitions in Portugal