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W52–FC Porto

W52–FC Porto () 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, its title sponsors are clothing brand W52, and sports club FC Porto.

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. 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.

In 2022, the team's sports license was revoked by UCI for doping, with seven cyclists being suspended from three to seven years.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.

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. In April 2022, twelve cyclists of W52–FC Porto were made arguidos (formal suspects) in relation to a doping scandal. Later in July, eight cyclists and two mechanics were suspended for 120 days by ADoP, with the UCI revoking the team's sports license days later, thus excluding W52–FC Porto from the 2022 Volta a Portugal.

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.

Team roster

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
<s>Stage 5 Volta ao Algarve, Amaro Antunes</s>
<s>Overall Vuelta a Asturias, Raúl Alarcón</s>
:<s>Stage 3, Raúl Alarcón</s>
<s>Stage 1 Vuelta Ciclista Comunidad de Madrid, Raúl Alarcón</s>
<s>Stage 3 GP Beiras e Serra da Estrela, Raúl Alarcón</s>
<s>Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho, Amaro Antunes</s>
:<s>Stage 2, Amaro Antunes</s>
<s>Overall Volta a Portugal, Raúl Alarcón</s>
:<s>Stages 1 & 4, Raúl Alarcón</s>
: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
<s>Overall Grande Prémio de Portugal N2, Raúl Alarcón</s>
:<s>Stage 1, Raúl Alarcón</s>
<s>Overall Volta a Portugal, Raúl Alarcón</s>
:<s>Stages 3, 4 & 9, Raúl Alarcón</s>
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
Road Race Championships, José Fernandes
Stage 4 Volta ao Alentejo, Daniel Mestre
Stage 3 Troféu Joaquim Agostinho, José Fernandes
<s> Overall Volta a Portugal, Amaro Antunes</s>

National Championships

2021
Portuguese National Road Race, José Fernandes

See also

References

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