Apr 2, 2024
It was the traditional game of 1 April, the news that the edition of the Volta a Portugal by Bicycle 2024 would start in Beja, on 24 July. Lie joints, there are many truths in between.
In fact, on 31 October last year, a meeting was held between the Executive of Beja City Council and the Tour Organization with the aim of the 85th Tour of Portugal by Bicycle starting in the “Cidade Pax-Júlia”.
The financial proposal to host the “Portuguesa” match was not accepted and only afterwards did the Organization decide on the city that will host the match., but whose name is not yet possible to reveal.
It is also true that the presentation of the teams would be on the 23rd in Park City, and broadcast on the event’s official television, the possibility of a short plane trip departing and arriving at the Beja Civil Terminal was discussed, with the teams then taking off to the presentation location.
The exam secretariat, would take place on the 23rd and 24th July, with a large part of the organization, teams and sponsors arrived in Beja on the 21st, which would cause hotel and restaurant occupancy to dry up.
If there was an agreement between the Municipality and the Organization, the city of Beja would be the thirty-first location to receive the beginning of “Portuguesa”, and the second from Alentejo, since the first time occurred in Évora in the distant year of 1981.
History of Beja in the Tour of Portugal
arrivals (29):
1927 (1st Round): Faro-Beja, 154.7 Km., Quirino Oliveira (C. Ourique)
1931 (2nd Round): Faro Beja, 161.7 Km., João Francisco (Campo de Ourique)
1932 (3rd Round): Faro-Beja, 165.8 Km., João de Sousa (Sporting)
1933 (4th Round): Faro-Beja, 175.1 Km., Alfredo Trindade (Sporting)
1935 (6th Round): Faro-Beja, 172.7 Km., Felipe de Melo (Carcavelos)
1939 (8th Round): Castro Verde-Beja, 60 Km., Ildefonso Rodrigues (Sporting)
1940 (9th Round): Faro-Beja, 173 Km., João Lourenço (Sporting)
1941 (10th Round): Loulé-Beja, 159 Km., Jose Albuquerque (Sporting)
1946 (11th Round): Castro Verde-Beja, 60 Km., Jorge Pereira (Illuminant)
1948 (13th Round): Loulé-Beja, 159 Km., João Gueguin (Academic)
1955 (18th Round): Estremoz-Beja, 156 Km., Pedro Leggings (Sporting)
1956 (19th Round): Faro-Beja, 189 Km., Onofre Tavares (FC Porto)
1960 (23rd Round): Évora-Beja (CRI), 78 Km., Sousa Cardoso (FC Porto)
1961 (24th Round): Tavira-Beja, 150 Km., Arlindo Carvalho (Sporting)
1962 (25th Round): Cacilhas-Beja, 240 Km., Azevedo Maia (FC Porto)
1963 (26th Round): Portalegre-Beja, 230 Km., Pedro Junior (Sporting)
1964 (27th Round): Portalegre-Beja, 209 Km., Joaquim Leão (FC Porto)
1965 (28th Round): Elvas-Beja, 167 Km., Ramon Saez (ins)
1966 (29th Round): Estremoz-Beja, 155 Km., Leopold Vanden Neste (Flanders)
1967 (30th Round): Tavira-Beja, 151 Km., Augusto Cardoso (Benfica)
1968 (31st Round): Tavira-Beja, 153 Km., Cosme Oliveira (FC Porto)
1973 (36th Round): Almada-Beja, 206 Km., Alvaro Roque (Amber)
1978 (40th Round): Almodôvar-Beja, 65 Km., Alexandre Ruas (Alpiarça Eagles)
1998 (60th Tour): Loulé-Beja, 159.6 Km., Jan Svorada (Mapei)
2002 (64th Round): Elvas-Beja, 167.9 km., Angel Edo (Milanese)
2003 (65th Tour): Loulé-Beja, 148.7 Km., Alberto Benito (Antarte/Furniture Route)
2006 (68th Round): Portimão-Beja, 186.5 Km., Candido Barbosa (THE)
2007 (69th Tour): Portimão Beja, 196.4 Km., Paris Grillo (Panaria)
2008 (70th Tour): Portimão-Beja, 198.6 Km., Danilo Napolitano (Lampre)
items (26):
1927 (1st Round): Beja-Évora, 82.2 Km. Leader: Quirino Oliveira (Campo de Ourique)
1931 (2nd Round): Beja-Évora, 82.2 Km. Leader. João Francisco (Campo de Ourique)
1932 (3rd Round): Beja-Évora, 86.6 km. Leader: José m. Nicolau (Benfica)
1933 (4th Round): Beja-Évora, 86.9 km. Leader: Alfredo Trindade (Sporting)
1935 (6th Round): Beja-Portalegre, 239 Km. Leader: Jose Marquez (Campo de Ourique)
1939 (8th Round): Beja-Évora, 84 Km. Leader: Cabrita Mealha (Belenenses)
1940 (9th Round): Beja-Évora, 84 Km. Leader: João Lourenço (Sporting)
1941 (10th Round): Beja-Estremoz, 155 Km. Leader: Francisco Inácio (Sporting)
1946 (11th Round): Beja-Évora, 86 Km. Leader: João Rebelo (Sporting)
1948 (13th Round): Beja-Setúbal, 142 Km. Leader: Fernando Moreira (FC Porto)
1955 (18th Round): Beja-Portimão, 238 Km. Leader: Ribeiro da Silva (Academic)
1957 (20th Round): Beja-Portalegre, 203 Km. Leader: Sousa Santos (FC Porto)
1960 (23rd Round): Beja-Tavira, 150 Km. Leader: Sousa Cardoso (FC Porto)
1961 (24th Round): Beja-Castelo de vide, 226 Km. Leader: Alberto Carvalho (Academic)
1962 (25th Round): Beja-Tavira, 151 Km. Leader: José Pacheco (FC Porto)
1963 (26th Round): Beja-Tavira, 151 Km. Leader: Jorge Corvo (Tavira)
1964 (27th Round): Beja-Tavira, 151 Km. Leader: Alberto Carvalho (Academic)
1965 (28th Round): Beja-Faro, 175 km. Leader: Peixoto Alves (Benfica)
1966 (29th Tour): Beja-Tavira, 151 km. Leader: Francisco Valada (Benfica)
1967 (30th Tour): Beja-Castelo de Vide, 218 km. Leader: Jan Monteyne (Flandria)
1968 (31st Round): Beja-Portalegre, 187 Km. Leader: Americo Silva (Benfica)
1973 (36th Tour): Beja-Lagos, 175 km. Leader: Alvaro Roque (Amber)
1978 (40th Round): Beja-Évora, 87 Km. Leader: Manuel Oliveira (Benfica)
1991 (53rd Tour): Beja-Portalegre, 211 Km. Leader: Luis Machado (Tensai)
1998 (60th Tour): Beja-Portalegre, 180.2 km. Leader: Pedro Lopes (LA / Pecol)
2018 (80th Tour): Beja-Portalegre, 203.6 Km, Leader: Rafael Reis (Caja Rural / Seguros RGA)
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
