Mário Costa (cyclist)
Personal information | |
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Full name | Mário Jorge Faria da Costa |
Born |
Matosinhos | November 15, 1985
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
- ↑ "Marío Costa". Retrieved 20 February 2015.
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