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W52–FC Porto UCI code W52 Registered Portugal Founded 2004 (2004 ) Disbanded 2022 Discipline(s)
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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In 2022, the team's sports license was revoked by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]
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,
LuÃs 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 MunicÃpio 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 Alarcón
Stage 3,
Raúl Alarcón
Stage 1
Vuelta Ciclista Comunidad de Madrid ,
Raúl Alarcón
Stage 3
GP Beiras e Serra da Estrela ,
Raúl Alarcón
Overall
Troféu Joaquim Agostinho ,
Amaro Antunes
Stage 2,
Amaro Antunes
Overall
Volta a Portugal ,
Raúl Alarcón
Stages 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
Overall
Grande Prémio de Portugal N2 ,
Raúl Alarcón
Stage 1,
Raúl Alarcón
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
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