W52–FC Porto–Porto Canal

W52–FC Porto–Porto Canal
Team information
UCI code W52
Registered Portugal
Founded 2004 (2004)
Discipline Road
Status UCI Continental
Bicycles KTM
Website Team home page
Key personnel
General manager Nuno Ribeiro
Team name history
2004–2005
2006–2007
2008
2009–2010
2011
2012
2013–2014
2015
2016–
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–Porto Canal (UCI team code: W52) is a professional road bicycle racing team based in Sobrado, Valongo, Portugal, which participates in UCI Continental Circuits races.[1] The title sponsors are Portuguese clothing brand W52, and as of 1 January 2016, Portuguese sports club FC Porto and their television channel, Porto Canal.[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 2012, 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 again the general classification in the following three editions, through Gustavo Veloso (2) and Rui Vinhas, and added victories in the team classification.[4][5]

Major results

2004
1st Overall Troféu RTP, Gilberto Sampaio
2009
1st Overall Volta à Madeira, Bruno Silva
1st Prologue (Team Time Trial)
1st Stages 1, 2 & 4, Bruno Silva
1st Stage 3, Luís Afonso
1st Stage 5, Jorge Silva
1st Youth classification GP Liberty Seguros, Bruno Silva
1st Overall Troféu RTP, Carlos Baltazar
1st Overall Troféu RTP Jocilma/Ribeiro da Silva/Cidade de Lordelo, Carlos Baltazar
1st Overall Troféu RTP Município de Valongo, Carlos Baltazar
1st Overall Volta a Portugal do Futuro, Marco Cunha
1st Stages 2, 3 & 4, Marco Cunha
1st Stage 5 Carlos Baltazar
2010
1st Stage 3 Volta a Portugal do Futuro, Bruno Silva
1st Stage 2, Bruno Silva
1st Overall Volta a Albergaria, Francisco Costa
2013
1st Overall Grande Prémio Liberty Seguros, Delio Fernandez
1st Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho, Eduard Prades
1st Stage 3, Eduard Prades
1st Overall Volta a Portugal, Alejandro Marque
2nd Overall Volta a Portugal, Gustavo Veloso
1st Stage 3, Delio Fernandez
1st Stage 8, Gustavo Veloso
1st Stage 9 (ITT), Alejandro Marque
2014
1st Stage 2 Volta ao Alentejo, Eduard Prades
1st Stage 5 Volta ao Alentejo, Samuel Caldeira
1st Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho, Delio Fernandez
1st Overall Volta a Portugal, Gustavo Veloso
1st Stage 9 (ITT), Gustavo Veloso
2015
1st Overall Volta a Portugal, Gustavo Veloso
1st Stages 2 & 7, Delio Fernández
1st Stages 6 & 9, Gustavo Veloso
1st Overall Tour do Rio, Gustavo Veloso
1st Stage 2, Gustavo Veloso
2016
1st Overall Volta a Portugal, Rui Vinhas
1st Prologue Trofeu Joaquim Agostinho, Rafael Reis
1st Stages 4, 6 & 10, Gustavo Veloso

Team roster

As of 1 January 2016.[1]

Rider Date of birth
 Raúl Alarcón Garcia (ESP) (1986-03-25) 25 March 1986
 Samuel Caldeira (POR) (1985-11-30) 30 November 1985
 António Carvalho (POR) (1989-10-25) 25 October 1989
 Daniel Freitas (POR) (1991-05-10) 10 May 1991
 Ricardo Mestre (POR) (1983-09-11) 11 September 1983
 Juan Ignacio Pérez Martin (ESP) (1990-01-03) 3 January 1990
Rider Date of birth
 Ángel Rebollido Sànchez (ESP) (1993-04-12) 12 April 1993
 Rafael Reis (POR) (1992-07-15) 15 July 1992
 João Rodrigues (POR) (1994-11-15) 15 November 1994
 Joaquim Silva (POR) (1992-03-19) 19 March 1992
 Gustavo Veloso (ESP) (1980-01-29) 29 January 1980
 Rui Vinhas (POR) (1986-12-06) 6 December 1986

References

  1. 1 2 "W52–FC Porto–Porto Canal". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  2. "Dragons return to cycling, 31 years later". FC Porto. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  3. "OFM – Quinta da Lixa 2013". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  4. "OFM – Quinta da Lixa 2014". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  5. "W52–Quinta da Lixa 2015". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
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