W52–FC Porto–Mestre da Cor

W52–FC Porto–Mestre da Cor (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 clothing brand W52, sports club FC Porto,^[2] and paint merchants Mestre da Cor.^[3]

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.^[4] 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.^[5][6]

Team roster

Rider Date of birth  Raúl Alarcón (ESP) (1986-03-25) 25 March 1986  Amaro Antunes (POR) (1990-11-27) 27 November 1990  Samuel Caldeira (POR) (1985-11-30) 30 November 1985  António Carvalho (POR) (1989-10-25) 25 October 1989  Gustavo César (ESP) (1980-01-29) 29 January 1980  Tiago Ferreira (POR) (1994-08-09) 9 August 1994  Daniel Freitas (POR) (1991-05-10) 10 May 1991

Rider Date of birth  Ricardo Mestre (POR) (1983-09-11) 11 September 1983  Juan Ignacio Pérez (ESP) (1990-01-03) 3 January 1990  João Rodrigues (POR) (1994-11-15) 15 November 1994  Ángel Sánchez (ESP) (1993-04-12) 12 April 1993  Joaquim Silva (POR) (1992-03-19) 19 March 1992  Jacobo Ucha (ESP) (1993-04-03) 3 April 1993  Rui Vinhas (POR) (1986-12-06) 6 December 1986

Major results

References

External links

• W52 - FC Porto - Mestre da Cor Official website