Personal information | |
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Full name | André Fernando Cardoso Santos Martins |
Nickname | Xolas |
Born | Porto, Portugal | 3 September 1984
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) |
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Climber |
Amateur teams | |
2003 | Barbot–Neves–Gondomar |
2004 | Gondomar Clube de Ciclismo |
2005 | Santa Maria da Feira–E.Leclerc |
Professional teams | |
2006–2008 | Paredes Rota dos Móveis–Beira Tâmega |
2009–2011 | Palmeiras–Resort–Tavira |
2012–2013 | Caja Rural |
2014–2016 | Garmin–Sharp |
2017 | Trek–Segafredo |
2021 | Efapel [1] |
2022 | ABTF–Feirense |
2023 | NSJBI Victoria Sports Pro Cycling Team |
André Fernando Cardoso Santos Martins (born 3 September 1984) is a Portuguese professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team NSJBI Victoria Sports Pro Cycling Team. In 2018, he was suspended for four years – backdated to June 2017 – after failing a drugs test for erythropoietin (EPO). [2]
Following a two-year stint with Caja Rural, Cardoso signed with Garmin–Sharp for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. [3] [4] Born in Porto, Portugal, Cardoso resides in Andorra la Vella, Andorra and Gondomar, Portugal. [5]
In September 2016, Trek–Segafredo announced that Cardoso would join them for the 2017 season with a role as a mountain domestique for Alberto Contador and Bauke Mollema. [6] On 27 June 2017, the UCI announced Cardoso tested positive for Erythropoietin in an out-of-competition control nine days earlier and had been provisionally suspended. [7] He was given a four-year ban in November 2018, backdated to June 2017. [2]
Following the conclusion of his ban, Cardoso joined the Efapel team for the remainder of the 2021 season, [1] riding the Troféu Joaquim Agostinho and Volta a Portugal with the team. For the 2022 season, Cardoso will join the ABTF–Feirense team. [8]
Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | 20 | 21 | 14 |
Tour de France | Has not contested during his career | ||||
Vuelta a España | 21 | 16 | 25 | 18 | — |
DNF | Did not finish |
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DSQ | Disqualified |