W52–FC Porto
Portuguese cycling team
- Amateur (2004–2012)
- UCI Continental (2013–2018, 2020–2022)
- UCI Professional Continental (2019)
- Nuno Ribeiro
- Hélder Alves
2004–2005
2006–2007
2008
2009–2010
2011
2012
2013–2014
2015
2016
2017
2018–2022
2006–2007
2008
2009–2010
2011
2012
2013–2014
2015
2016
2017
2018–2022
Casactiva–Quinta das Arcas–UCS
Casactiva–Quinta das Arcas–Madeilongo–UCS
Casactiva–Quinta das Arcas–Aluvia
Aluvia–Valongo
Pauperval–Estanhos Dom António–Valongo
OFM/Valongo
OFM–Quinta da Lixa–Goldentimes
W52–Quinta da Lixa
W52–FC Porto–Porto Canal
W52–FC Porto–Mestre da Cor
W52–FC Porto
Casactiva–Quinta das Arcas–Madeilongo–UCS
Casactiva–Quinta das Arcas–Aluvia
Aluvia–Valongo
Pauperval–Estanhos Dom António–Valongo
OFM/Valongo
OFM–Quinta da Lixa–Goldentimes
W52–Quinta da Lixa
W52–FC Porto–Porto Canal
W52–FC Porto–Mestre da Cor
W52–FC Porto
W52–FC Porto (UCI team code: W52) was a professional road bicycle racing team, which participated in UCI Continental Circuits races before a doping scandal. This team is based in Felgueiras, Portugal,[1] its title sponsors are clothing brand W52, and sports club FC Porto.[2]
Founded in 2004, the team spent the first eight years competing at youth level (up to under-23) until it was registered as a UCI Continental team in 2013, under the commercial designation of OFM–Quinta da Lixa–Goldentimes. That year, the team competed for the first time in the Volta a Portugal, where it won three stages and, through Alejandro Marque, the general classification.[3] The team won the general classification in the following four editions – through Gustavo César (2), Rui Vinhas and João Rodrigues – and added victories in the team classification.[4][5]
In 2022, the team's sports license was revoked by UCI for doping, with seven cyclists being suspended from three to seven years. The team's assistant sports director, José Rodrigues, received a 25-year suspension by ADoP.[6]
Doping scandal
In March 2021, W52–FC Porto's rider Raúl Alarcón had 19 victories stripped for doping, including two wins at Volta a Portugal.[7] In April 2022, twelve cyclists of W52–FC Porto were made arguidos (formal suspects) in relation to a doping scandal.[8][9] Later in July, eight cyclists and two mechanics were suspended for 120 days by ADoP,[10] with the UCI revoking the team's sports license days later, thus excluding W52–FC Porto from the 2022 Volta a Portugal.[11]
On 4 October 2022, seven W52–FC Porto riders were banned for doping: João Rodrigues, for a total of seven years, Rui Vinhas, Ricardo Mestre, Ricardo Vilela, Daniel Mestre, José Neves, and Samuel Caldeira, for three years each.[12]
Team roster
- As of 11 February 2022.[13]
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Major wins
- 2004
Overall Troféu RTP, Gilberto Sampaio- 2009
- Overall Volta à Madeira, Bruno Silva
- Prologue, Team time trial
- Stages 1, 2 & 4, Bruno Silva
- Stage 3, Luís Afonso
- Stage 5, Jorge Silva
- Overall Troféu RTP, Carlos Baltazar
- Overall Troféu RTP Jocilma/Ribeiro da Silva/Cidade de Lordelo, Carlos Baltazar
- Overall Troféu RTP Município de Valongo, Carlos Baltazar
- Overall Volta a Portugal do Futuro, Marco Cunha
- Stages 2, 3 & 4, Marco Cunha
- Stage 5 Carlos Baltazar
- 2010
- Stages 2 & 3 Volta a Portugal do Futuro, Bruno Silva
- Overall Volta a Albergaria, Francisco Costa
- 2013
- Overall Grande Prémio Liberty Seguros, Delio Fernandez
- Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho, Eduard Prades
- Stage 3, Eduard Prades
- Overall Volta a Portugal, Alejandro Marque
- Stage 3, Delio Fernandez
- Stage 8, Gustavo Veloso
- Stage 9 (ITT), Alejandro Marque
- 2014
- Stage 2 Volta ao Alentejo, Eduard Prades
- Stage 5 Volta ao Alentejo, Samuel Caldeira
- Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho, Delio Fernandez
- Overall Volta a Portugal, Gustavo Veloso
- Stage 9 (ITT), Gustavo Veloso
- 2015
- Overall Volta a Portugal, Gustavo Veloso
- Stages 2 & 7, Delio Fernández
- Stages 6 & 9, Gustavo Veloso
- Overall Tour do Rio, Gustavo Veloso
- Stage 2, Gustavo Veloso
- 2016
- Overall Volta a Portugal, Rui Vinhas
- Prologue, Rafael Reis
- Stages 4, 6 & 10, Gustavo Veloso
- 2017
Stage 5 Volta ao Algarve, Amaro Antunes
Overall Vuelta a Asturias, Raúl AlarcónStage 3, Raúl Alarcón
Stage 1 Vuelta Ciclista Comunidad de Madrid, Raúl AlarcónStage 3 GP Beiras e Serra da Estrela, Raúl Alarcón-
Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho, Amaro AntunesStage 2, Amaro Antunes
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Overall Volta a Portugal, Raúl AlarcónStages 1 & 4, Raúl Alarcón[7]- Stage 2, Samuel Caldeira
- Stages 5 & 10 (ITT), Gustavo Veloso
- Stage 9, Amaro Antunes
- 2018
- Stage 5 (ITT) Volta ao Alentejo, Gustavo Veloso
- Stage 2 GP Beiras e Serra da Estrela, César Fonte
- Stage 3 Vuelta a Asturias, Ricardo Mestre
- Troféu Joaquim Agostinho, José Fernandes
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Overall Grande Prémio de Portugal N2, Raúl AlarcónStage 1, Raúl Alarcón
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Overall Volta a Portugal, Raúl Alarcón[7]Stages 3, 4 & 9, Raúl Alarcón
- 2019
- Overall Volta ao Alentejo, João Rodrigues
- Stage 5 (ITT), João Rodrigues
- GP Beiras e Serra da Estrela, Daniel Mestre
- Stage 3 Vuelta a Asturias, Edgar Pinto
- Prologue GP Internacional Torres Vedras, Gustavo César
- Overall Volta a Portugal, João Rodrigues
- Prologue, Samuel Caldeira
- Stage 3, Daniel Mestre
- Stage 4 & 10 (ITT), João Rodrigues
- Stage 9, António Carvalho
- 2020
- Overall Volta a Portugal, Amaro Antunes
- Prologue & Stage 8 (ITT), Gustavo César
- Stage 2, Amaro Antunes
- 2021
- Overall Volta ao Algarve, João Rodrigues
Portugal Road Race Championships, José Fernandes- Stage 4 Volta ao Alentejo, Daniel Mestre
- Stage 3 Troféu Joaquim Agostinho, José Fernandes
- Overall Volta a Portugal, Amaro Antunes
National Championships
- 2021
Portuguese National Road Race, José Fernandes
See also
References
- ^ "W52–FC Porto–Mestre da Cor". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "Dragons return to cycling, 31 years later". FC Porto. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "OFM – Quinta da Lixa 2013". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "OFM – Quinta da Lixa 2014". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "W52–Quinta da Lixa 2015". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ Diretor da W52–FC Porto suspenso por 25 anos! A Bola]
- ^ a b c "Raúl Alarcón perde duas Voltas a Portugal devido a suspensão por doping" [Raúl Alarcón loses two Volta a Portugal for doping suspension]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 10 March 2021. Archived from the original on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ W52-FC Porto: 12 arguidos no escândalo de doping
- ^ Detenções após escândalo de doping podem levar a extinção da W52-FC Porto
- ^ Doping. Oito ciclistas da W52-FC Porto suspensos preventivamente
- ^ Brown, Roy (27 July 2022). "UCI withdraws W52-FC Porto license. From tons of banned pills to blood bags". The Nation View. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ 7 W52-FC Porto riders get doping bans, former Volta a Portugal winner João Rodrigues banned for 7 years
- ^ "W52 / FC Porto". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
External links
- Official website
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Riders on W52–FC Porto
- Amaro Antunes
- Joni Brandão
- Samuel Caldeira
- Francisco Campos
- José Fernandes
- Jorge Magalhães
- José Mendes
- Daniel Mestre
- Ricardo Mestre
- João Rodrigues
- Ricardo Vilela
- Rui Vinhas
- Manager: Adriano Sousa
