The Volta à cidade do Funchal (Tour of the city of Funchal in English) is an annual night road race of about 6 km which is celebrated around Saint Silvester's Day on December 31 in Funchal, Madeira since 1958, making it the oldest Saint Silvester Road Race in Portugal and one of the oldest in Europe.
It is based upon the Saint Silvester Marathon, a Brazilian race (held since 1925) which spawned numerous other New Year's Eve races. The Volta à cidade do Funchal is one of the city's foremost annual running events.
It has been organised by AARAM (Associação de Atletismo da Região Autónoma da Madeira) since 1997.
Past winners
Edition Year Men's winner Country Women's winner Country1st1958Juvenal FreitasNot held2nd1959Dias Santos3rd1960João de Freitas4th1961João de Freitas5th1962Joel Pinto6th1963Joel Pinto7th1964João Pinto8th1965Joel Pinto9th1966José Rodrigues10th1967Joel Pinto11th1968Alvarino Mendonça12th1969António Timóteo13th1970Joachim Heike14th1971Américo Barros15th1972Banjt Nasde16th1973Aniceto Simões17th1974Banjt Nasde18th1975Haven Spik19th1976Karl Fleschen20th1977Fernando Mamede21st1978Jouni Kortelainen22nd1979Seppo Liuttu23rd1980Detlef Uhlemann24th1981Michael SpoetteiK. Hildenson25th1982Carlos LopesAurora Cunha26th1983Carlos LopesConceição Ferreira27th1984José FriasSílvia Abreu28th1985José FriasSílvia Abreu29th1986Nené CarreiraMaria José Pereira30th1987José TeixeiraAmélia Araújo31st1988José TeixeiraAmélia Araújo32nd1989José RegaloAmélia Araújo33rd1990António MonteiroDores Leal34th1991José MoreiraDores Leal35th1992Víctor AlmeidaCarla Sacramento36th1993Cândido MaiaAna Dias37th1994Carlos MonteiroCarla Sacramento38th1995Hélder OrnelasLucia Subano39th1996Rui BorgesFernanda Marques40th1997José RegaloFernanda Ribeiro41st1998Rui SilvaGetenesh Urge42nd1999Rui SilvaJeļena Prokopčuka43rd2000Rui SilvaFernanda Ribeiro44th2001Rui SilvaFernanda Ribeiro45th2002Rui SilvaFernanda Ribeiro46th2003Rui SilvaJeļena Prokopčuka47th2004Sergey LebidJeļena Prokopčuka48th2005Kiprono MenjoFernanda Ribeiro49th2006Kiprono MenjoJéssica Augusto50th2007Rui SilvaEunice Jepkorir51st2008Kiprono MenjoJéssica Augusto52nd2009Rui Pedro SilvaFernanda Ribeiro53rd2010Eduardo MbenganiJéssica Augusto54th2011José RochaRebecca Cheptegei55th2012José RochaNazret Weldu56th20132013 resultsAntonio Abadía Joana Soares57th20142014 race report in PortugueseCarlos NietoSimret Restle58th20152015 resultsCarlos MayoAlmensh Belete59th20162016 resultsAntonio AbadíaInês Monteiro60th2017Yemane HaileselassieInês Monteiro61st20182018 Men results2018 Women resultsAntonio AbadíaCátia Santos62nd20192019 Men results2019 Women resultsAntonio AbadíaMaría José Pérez
References
External links VOLTA À CIDADE DO FUNCHAL