W52–FC Porto
| Team information | |
|---|---|
| UCI code | W52 |
| Registered | Portugal |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Disbanded | 2022 |
| Discipline(s) | Road |
| Status |
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| Bicycles | SwiftCarbon |
| Website | Team home page |
| Key personnel | |
| General manager | Adriano Sousa |
| Team manager(s) |
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| Team name history | |
2004–2005 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 |
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In 2022, the team's sports license was revoked by UCI for doping, with seven cyclists being suspended from three to seven years.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
[edit]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
[edit]- As of 11 February 2022.[13]
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Major wins
[edit]- 2004
Overall Troféu RTP, Gilberto Sampaio
- 2009
- Prologue, Team time trial
- Stages 1, 2 & 4, Bruno Silva
- Stage 3, Luís Afonso
- Stage 5, Jorge Silva
- Stages 2, 3 & 4, Marco Cunha
- Stage 5 Carlos Baltazar
- 2010
- Stages 2 & 3 Volta a Portugal do Futuro, Bruno Silva
- 2013
- Stage 3, Eduard Prades
- 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
- Stage 9 (ITT), Gustavo Veloso
- 2015
- Stages 2 & 7, Delio Fernández
- Stages 6 & 9, Gustavo Veloso
- Stage 2, Gustavo Veloso
- 2016
- Prologue, Rafael Reis
- Stages 4, 6 & 10, Gustavo Veloso
- 2017
Stage 5 Volta ao Algarve, Amaro AntunesOverall 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 AlarcónOverall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho, Amaro AntunesStage 2, Amaro Antunes
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
Overall Grande Prémio de Portugal N2, Raúl AlarcónStage 1, Raúl Alarcón
Overall Volta a Portugal, Raúl Alarcón[7]Stages 3, 4 & 9, Raúl Alarcón
- 2019
- 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
- Prologue, Samuel Caldeira
- Stage 3, Daniel Mestre
- Stage 4 & 10 (ITT), João Rodrigues
- Stage 9, António Carvalho
- 2020
- Prologue & Stage 8 (ITT), Gustavo César
- Stage 2, Amaro Antunes
- 2021
Portugal Road Race Championships, José Fernandes
- Stage 4 Volta ao Alentejo, Daniel Mestre
- Stage 3 Troféu Joaquim Agostinho, José Fernandes
National Championships
[edit]- 2021
Portuguese National Road Race, José Fernandes
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.