SL Benfica (cycling team)
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Sport Lisboa e Benfica (cycling team) is the cycling team of the multisports club Sport Lisboa e Benfica, from Lisbon, Portugal. The current head of this department is the former Portuguese cyclist Orlando Rodrigues.
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[edit] History
Cycling was the second sports department established within Sport Lisboa e Benfica, and along with football, is one of only two sports referenced in the club logo. The sport was in activity from 1906 to 1941, 1947 to 1978, and once again for two seasons in 1999 and 2000. Benfica won the Volta a Portugal in 1999, with Spanish cyclist David Plaza capturing the leader's yellow jersey. Historically, the club has had great national successes in cycling, and after some interruptions and delays, approved in 2006 the re-introduction of a cycling department to start in 2007. The team joined the UCI Professional Continental Division.
[edit] 2007 Elite team
[edit] Major results
- 1st, Team classification, Tour de Luxembourg
[edit] Team roster
José Azevedo (from Discovery Channel)
Javier Benítez (from Mateos)- Bruno Castanheira (from Maia Milaneza)
- Rui Lavarinhas (from Riberalves-Alcobaça)
- Pedro Lopes (from LA Aluminios / Liberty Seguros)
- Hélder Miranda (from Riberalves-Alcobaça)
- Sérgio Ribeiro (from Barbot-Halcon)
- Renato Silva (from Imoholding-Jardim Hotel Loulé)
Danail Petrov (from Maia Milaneza)- Didac Ortega (from Barcelona)
- José Antonio Pecharromán (from Comunitat Valenciana)
- Hugo Sancho (from Mortágua)
- Rui Costa (from Feira)
[edit] 2007 Under-23 team
- Márcio Barbosa (from Anicolor/Siper)
- José Mendes
- Bruno Sancho (from Anicolor/Siper)
- Edgar Anselmo
- Fábio Cera
- Rui Carriço
- Fábio Coelho
- Mário Costa
- André Ferreira
- Edgar Pinto
[edit] External links
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Sport Lisboa e Benfica
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Stadia: Estádio da Luz | Old Estádio da Luz
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