Volta à cidade do Funchal
# Volta à cidade do Funchal

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 | Country |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1st | 1958 | Juvenal Freitas | Portugal | Not held | Not held |
| 2nd | 1959 | Dias Santos | Portugal | Not held | Not held |
| 3rd | 1960 | João de Freitas | Portugal | Not held | Not held |
| 4th | 1961 | João de Freitas | Portugal | Not held | Not held |
| 5th | 1962 | Joel Pinto | Portugal | Not held | Not held |
| 6th | 1963 | Joel Pinto | Portugal | Not held | Not held |
| 7th | 1964 | João Pinto | Portugal | Not held | Not held |
| 8th | 1965 | Joel Pinto | Portugal | Not held | Not held |
| 9th | 1966 | José Rodrigues | Portugal | Not held | Not held |
| 10th | 1967 | Joel Pinto | Portugal | Not held | Not held |
| 11th | 1968 | Alvarino Mendonça | Portugal | Not held | Not held |
| 12th | 1969 | António Timóteo | Portugal | Not held | Not held |
| 13th | 1970 | Joachim Heike | Germany | Not held | Not held |
| 14th | 1971 | Américo Barros | Portugal | Not held | Not held |
| 15th | 1972 | Banjt Nasde | Sweden | Not held | Not held |
| 16th | 1973 | Aniceto Simões | Portugal | Not held | Not held |
| 17th | 1974 | Banjt Nasde | Sweden | Not held | Not held |
| 18th | 1975 | Haven Spik | Finland | Not held | Not held |
| 19th | 1976 | Karl Fleschen | Germany | Not held | Not held |
| 20th | 1977 | Fernando Mamede | Portugal | Not held | Not held |
| 21st | 1978 | Jouni Kortelainen | Finland | Not held | Not held |
| 22nd | 1979 | Seppo Liuttu | Finland | Not held | Not held |
| 23rd | 1980 | Detlef Uhlemann | Germany | Not held | Not held |
| 24th | 1981 | Michael Spoettei | Germany | K. Hildenson | Sweden |
| 25th | 1982 | Carlos Lopes | Portugal | Aurora Cunha | Portugal |
| 26th | 1983 | Carlos Lopes | Portugal | Conceição Ferreira | Portugal |
| 27th | 1984 | José Frias | Portugal | Sílvia Abreu | Portugal |
| 28th | 1985 | José Frias | Portugal | Sílvia Abreu | Portugal |
| 29th | 1986 | Nené Carreira | Portugal | Maria José Pereira | Portugal |
| 30th | 1987 | José Teixeira | Portugal | Amélia Araújo | Portugal |
| 31st | 1988 | José Teixeira | Portugal | Amélia Araújo | Portugal |
| 32nd | 1989 | José Regalo | Portugal | Amélia Araújo | Portugal |
| 33rd | 1990 | António Monteiro | Portugal | Dores Leal | Portugal |
| 34th | 1991 | José Moreira | Portugal | Dores Leal | Portugal |
| 35th | 1992 | Víctor Almeida | Portugal | Carla Sacramento | Portugal |
| 36th | 1993 | Cândido Maia | Portugal | Ana Dias | Portugal |
| 37th | 1994 | Carlos Monteiro | Portugal | Carla Sacramento | Portugal |
| 38th | 1995 | Hélder Ornelas | Portugal | Lucia Subano | Kenya |
| 39th | 1996 | Rui Borges | Portugal | Fernanda Marques | Portugal |
| 40th | 1997 | José Regalo | Portugal | Fernanda Ribeiro | Portugal |
| 41st | 1998 | Rui Silva | Portugal | Getenesh Urge | Ethiopia |
| 42nd | 1999 | Rui Silva | Portugal | Jeļena Prokopčuka | Latvia |
| 43rd | 2000 | Rui Silva | Portugal | Fernanda Ribeiro | Portugal |
| 44th | 2001 | Rui Silva | Portugal | Fernanda Ribeiro | Portugal |
| 45th | 2002 | Rui Silva | Portugal | Fernanda Ribeiro | Portugal |
| 46th | 2003 | Rui Silva | Portugal | Jeļena Prokopčuka | Latvia |
| 47th | 2004 | Sergey Lebid | Ukraine | Jeļena Prokopčuka | Latvia |
| 48th | 2005 | Kiprono Menjo | Kenya | Fernanda Ribeiro | Portugal |
| 49th | 2006 | Kiprono Menjo | Kenya | Jéssica Augusto | Portugal |
| 50th | 2007 | Rui Silva | Portugal | Eunice Jepkorir | Kenya |
| 51st | 2008 | Kiprono Menjo | Kenya | Jéssica Augusto | Portugal |
| 52nd | 2009 | Rui Pedro Silva | Portugal | Fernanda Ribeiro | Portugal |
| 53rd | 2010 | Eduardo Mbengani | Portugal | Jéssica Augusto | Portugal |
| 54th | 2011 | José Rocha | Portugal | Rebecca Cheptegei | Uganda |
| 55th | 2012 | José Rocha | Portugal | Nazret Weldu | Eritrea |
| 56th | 2013 | Antonio Abadía | Spain | Joana Soares | Portugal |
| 57th | 2014 | Carlos Nieto | Spain | Simret Restle | Germany |
| 58th | 2015 | Carlos Mayo | Spain | Almensh Belete | Belgium |
| 59th | 2016 | Antonio Abadía | Spain | Inês Monteiro | Portugal |
| 60th | 2017 | Yemane Haileselassie | Eritrea | Inês Monteiro | Portugal |
| 61st | 2018 | Antonio Abadía | Spain | Cátia Santos | Portugal |
| 62nd | 2019 | Antonio Abadía | Spain | María José Pérez | Spain |
