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Ricardo Jorge Mestre Correia (born 11 September 1983) is a Portuguese professional 7 W52-FC Porto riders get doping bans, former Volta a Portugal winner João Rodrigues banned for 7 years
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Overall GP do Minho
: 2nd Overall Overall Overall Overall
road bicycle racer
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...
, who last rode for UCI Continental team .
On 4 October 2022, he received a three-year ban by UCI for doping./ref>
Major results
;2006 :Volta a Portugal
The Volta a Portugal ( en, Tour of Portugal), also known as Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta ( en, Tour of Portugal on Bicycle), is an annual multi-stage road bicycle racing competition held in Portugal. The competition takes place during a two-week s ...
::1st Mountains classification
::1st Young rider classification
::1st Stage 6
;2010
: 1st Overall GP do Minho
: 2nd Overall Tour of Bulgaria
The Tour of Bulgaria is an annual international professional bicycle race held in Bulgaria that was first staged on 21 August 1924. It is part of UCI Europe Tour and is category 2.2. The race covers about 1,500 kilometres and lasts two weeks. As ...
::1st Stage 6
: 8th Overall Volta a Portugal
The Volta a Portugal ( en, Tour of Portugal), also known as Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta ( en, Tour of Portugal on Bicycle), is an annual multi-stage road bicycle racing competition held in Portugal. The competition takes place during a two-week s ...
;2011
: 1st Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
The Grande Prémio Internacional de Torres Vedras – Troféu Joaquim Agostinho is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Torres Vedras, Portugal. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Cont ...
::1st Stage 1
: 1st Overall Volta a Portugal
The Volta a Portugal ( en, Tour of Portugal), also known as Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta ( en, Tour of Portugal on Bicycle), is an annual multi-stage road bicycle racing competition held in Portugal. The competition takes place during a two-week s ...
::1st Stage 7
: 7th Overall Tour of Bulgaria
The Tour of Bulgaria is an annual international professional bicycle race held in Bulgaria that was first staged on 21 August 1924. It is part of UCI Europe Tour and is category 2.2. The race covers about 1,500 kilometres and lasts two weeks. As ...
;2012
: 1st Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
The Grande Prémio Internacional de Torres Vedras – Troféu Joaquim Agostinho is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Torres Vedras, Portugal. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Cont ...
::1st Stage 3
;2017
: 6th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
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;2018
: 3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
Vuelta Asturias is a professional cycle road race held in Spain in early May each year. The event was first run in 1925 but has not been held consistently until 1968 to present. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI E ...
::1st Stage 3
: 10th Overall Vuelta Ciclista Comunidad de Madrid
;2019
: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
See also
*Doping in sport
In competitive sports, doping is the use of banned athletic performance-enhancing drugs by athletic competitors as a way of cheating in sports. The term ''doping'' is widely used by organizations that regulate sporting competitions. The use of ...
* List of doping cases in cycling
The following is an incomplete list of doping cases and recurring accusations of doping in professional cycling, where doping means "use of physiological substances or abnormal method to obtain an artificial increase of performance." It is neither ...
References
External links
* 1983 births Living people Portuguese male cyclists Volta a Portugal winners Sportspeople from Faro, Portugal Portuguese sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in cycling {{Portugal-cycling-bio-stub