Mário Costa (cyclist)

Marío Costa
Personal information
Full name Mário Jorge Faria da Costa
Born November 15, 1985
Matosinhos
Team information
Current team Lampre-Merida
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Amateur team(s)
2002 Marilina-ASC-Vila do Conde
2003-2004 ASC-Guilhabreu-Vila do Conde
2005-2006 Santa Maria da Feira-E Leclerc
2007 Benfica Juniors
2011 Louletano-Dunas Douradas
Professional team(s)
2008 Benfica
2009-2010 Efapel-Glassdrive
2013-2014 OFM-Quinta da Lixa
2015- Lampre-Merida
Infobox last updated on
2/20/15

Mário Jorge Faria da Costa (born November 15, 1985 in Matosinhos) is a Portuguese cyclist riding for UCI ProTeam Lampre-Merida.[1]

At the Portuguese national championships in June 2010 Costa and his brother Rui tested positive for the banned substance methylhexanamine, which they claimed to have ingested inadvertently due to a tainted food supplement. This turned out to be true.

Palmares

Road

2003
Junior Champion of Portugal on road
2006
2nd National Time-trial Championships
2010
3rd National Time-trial Championships

Cyclo-cross

2015
1st National Cyclo-cross Championships

References

  1. "Marío Costa". Retrieved 20 February 2015.
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