Congratulations to Joe Almeida, to all the Participants and to Volta Pro Tours Organisers on completing the epic ‘N2 Challenge Portugal End to End’… 750 km of hard pedalling but great fun🚴♀️🚴♂️💨💨👍👌🎈🍺🍷🍾👏
Quiet Roads, Glorious Climbs, Sweeping Descents
Not just the best cycling experience of my life but one of the best experiences all round. Portugal is a beautiful cycle friendly country. It has it all from the tough mountain climbs with sweeping descents, to the undulating Alentejo region. An amazing trip with awesome people. What wasn’t to love. Chapeau Volta..!!!
Tom Bass
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Discover an entire country on Portugal’s legendary Nacional 2 with a professional support team that calls Portugal home. From rugged mountaintops to tranquil valleys cloaked in vineyards, the N2 reveals a treasure trove of gorgeous landscapes, culture and cuisine.
The 750 km ‘End to End Portugal Cycling Holiday’ is a cycling event across the length of Portugal starting at Chaves in the north of the country to Faro in the south. The event is organised by Volta Pro tours and it is a 5 stage, 5 day event. The just completed 1- 5 July 2022 event was fully booked but there will be 4 events in 2023. Find out more about the N2 Challenge Portugal End to End.
It’s the best cycling I’ve ever done. Quiet roads, fantastic scenery, great climbs. Organisation of the trip is superb. Top quality hotels and great food and wine. Experience of a lifetime.
Caroline Scholes
Joe Almeida is a cycling enthusiast who in an eye blink will cycle 161 Km for charity (in 6h 52m) as well as happily taking part in the 1400 Km cycle challenge between Johannesburg and Cape Town. Joe is the President of Luso Africa Cycling Club in Johannesburg and he is on Strava. Joe cycled the 750 km N2 Challenge Portugal End to End from the 1st to the 5th July 2022.
Photo Gallery – 750 km End to End Portugal Cycling Holiday

Click on image to enlarge and view in carousel. Photos courtesy of Joe Almeida and Volta Pro Tours. Event: N2 Challenge Portugal End to End organised by Volta Pro Tours.























Some of Joe Almeida’s Stats on Strava
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1 July – 5 July 2022 | Distance (km) |
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Day 1 | 172.7 |
Day 2 | 156 |
Day 3 | 129.2 |
Day 4 | 162.4 |
Day 5 | 147.6 |
Sources
Images
- Featured image: Joe Almeida
- Julie Aagaard on pexels.com
- Volta Pro Tours
Contacts
Adriano Placidi, Team Volta, team@voltaprotours.com
Joe Almeida, Luso Africa Cycling Club