Sporting Clube de Portugal is a Portuguese professional cycling team that existed from 1911 to 2010 and was refounded in 2020.[1][2] It is part of the Sporting Clube de Portugal sports club based in Lisbon. It participated in the 1978 and 1984 editions of the Tour de France,[3][4] with Paulo Ferreira's victory in the fifth stage in 1984 the team's sole win of the race.[5]
| Team information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Registered | Portugal | |
| Founded | 1911 | |
| Discipline(s) | Road | |
| Team name history | ||
1911–1962 1963–1974 1975 1984–1986 1987 2009–2010 | Sporting Sporting–Gazcidla Sporting–Sottomayor Sporting–Raposeira Sporting–Vitalis Sporting | |
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Between 2016 and 2019, Sporting had a protocol with CC Tavira and the team was called "Sporting-Tavira".
References
edit- ^ "Sporting presents new project for the cycling section". Sporting CP. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ "Accès équipes Sporting" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ "The history of the Tour de France – Year 1975 – The starters". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 5 May 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ "The history of the Tour de France – Year 1984 – The starters". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 2 May 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ "The history of the Tour de France – Year 1984 – The stage winners". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 2 September 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
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