Miranda–Mortágua

Miranda–Mortágua (UCI team code: MIR) is a Portuguese men's cycling team focusing on junior development. The team was founded by former professional racing cyclist Pedro Silva.

Miranda–Mortágua

Team information
UCI code	MIR (2018–)
Registered	Portugal
Founded	1999 (1999)
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	Continental (2018–)
Bicycles	Orbea
Components	Miranda
Website	Team home page
Key personnel
General manager	Pedro Silva
Team name history
1999–2001 2002 2003–2006 2007 2008 2009 2010–2011 2012 2013–2016 2017–	Mortágua Clube duas Rodas Labialfarma–Mortágua Mortágua–Anicolor ERA–Mortágua–SIPER Mortágua–ERA–DR Seguros Mortágua–DR Seguros Mortágua–Basi Mortágua Anicolor Miranda–Mortágua
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History

Velo Clube do Centro was established in 1999 as Mortágua Clube duas Rodas. Based in Mortágua, the club achieved several national championships in diverse categories.

For the 2018 season, Federação Portuguesa de Ciclismo allotted three new licenses for development teams, the team was promoted to UCI Continental status with sponsorship from Miranda e Irmão, a bicycle components company based in Águeda, and Mortágua municipality, supporters from the very beginning.[1]

Team roster

As of 19 April 2020.[2]

Rider Date of birth  João Barbosa (POR) (1997-12-21) 21 December 1997  Artur Chaves (POR) (1999-08-20) 20 August 1999  Ash Coning (GBR) (2000-02-12) 12 February 2000  Daniel Freitas (POR) (1991-05-10) 10 May 1991  Gaspar Gonçalves (POR) (1995-05-24) 24 May 1995

Rider Date of birth  Leangel Linarez (VEN) (1997-08-07) 7 August 1997  Pedro Pinto (POR) (2000-11-05) 5 November 2000  Ángel Sánchez (ESP) (1993-04-12) 12 April 1993  Hugo Sancho (POR) (1982-02-04) 4 February 1982  Joaquim Silva (POR) (1992-03-19) 19 March 1992

Major wins

2003

Portuguese Under-23 Road Race, Hélio Costa

2004

Stage 1 Volta a Portugal do Futuro, Manuel Cardoso

2006

Stages 1 & 4 Volta a Portugal do Futuro, Bruno Sancho

Stage 5, Márcio Barbosa

2009

Portuguese Under-23 Road Race, Vasco Pereira

2010

Points classification Volta a Portugal do Futuro, Pedro Paulinho

Prologue, Team time trial[N 1]

Stage 2, António Carvalho

Stage 4, Pedro Paulinho

2011

Points classification Volta a Portugal do Futuro, António Carvalho

Stage 2, Pedro Paulinho

2014

Portuguese Under-23 Road Race, Joaquim Silva

Team classification Volta a Portugal do Futuro[N 2]

Points classification, Carlos Ribeiro

Stage 2, Carlos Ribeiro

2015

Portuguese Under-23 Time Trial, José Fernandes

2017

Portuguese Under-23 Road Race, Francisco Campos

Notes

1. The riders on the squad were António Carvalho, João Caetano, Fábio Costa, Nuno Meireles, Pedro Paulinho, Guilherme Lourenço, Rui Carvalho and Renato Avelar
2. The riders on the squad were Rui Rodrigues, Gaspar Gonçalves, Carlos Ribeiro, Joaquim Silva, João Fernandes, Hugo Vaz, Xavier Silva and Rodrigo Gomes

References

1. "Miranda- Mortágua na Volta a Portugal 2018". Jornal do Centro (in Portuguese). 2017-03-09. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
2. "Miranda - Mortágua". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

External links

• Official website (in Portuguese)