Manuel António Cardoso Leal (born April 7, 1983 in

Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira () is a city in the Porto District, in the north of Portugal. The population of the city in 2011 was 7491, while its municipality had 56,340 inhabitants, in an area of 70.99 km². Sometimes referred to as the ''Capital do ...

) is a

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former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2006 and 2015 for the , , , , and teams. He made his Grand Tour debut in the

2010 Tour de France The 2010 Tour de France was the 97th edition of the Tour de France cycle race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started on with an 8.9 km prologue time trial in Rotterdam, the first start in the Netherlands since 1996. The race visited th ...

, but had to pull out after the Prologue due to injuries sustained in a crash.

Major results

;2006 : 1st Stage 2

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 ...

: 5th Overall

Grande Prémio Internacional Costa Azul Grande Prémio Internacional Costa Azul was a stage cycling race held annually in Portugal. It was part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of r ...

;2007 :

Vuelta a Extremadura The Tour of Extremadura (''Spanish: Vuelta Ciclista Internacional Extremadura '' or ''Vuelta a Extremadura'') was an annual multiple stage bicycle race in Spain, visiting the main towns of the Extremadura region. Beginning as an amateur event in 1 ...

::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 4 & 5 ;2008 : 1st Stage 3

Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid is a stage road bicycle race held annually in and around Madrid, Spain. Between 2005 and 2012, the race was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2013 the event was organised as a single-day race, for ...

: Volta ao Alentejo ::1st Stages 2 & 5 :

Volta ao Distrito de Santarém The Volta ao Distrito de Santarém (Tour of Santarém District) was a multi-day road cycling race held annually in the District of Santárem, Portugal. From 2006 to 2008, it was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continenta ...

::1st Stages 1 & 4 ;2009 : 1st MaillotPortugal

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Stage 1

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 Con ...

::1st Stages 1 & 4 : 1st Stage 1 GP CTT Correios de Portugal : 1st Stage 1 Circuit de Lorraine : 8th Overall

La Tropicale Amissa Bongo La Tropicale Amissa Bongo is a road cycling race held in Gabon and is part of the UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale ( ...

::1st Stage 5 ;2010 : 1st Stage 3

Tour Down Under The Tour Down Under (branded as the Santos Tour Down Under under a partnership arrangement) is a cycling race in and around Adelaide, South Australia, and is traditionally the opening event of the UCI World Tour and features all 19 UCI World ...

: 3rd Trofeo Cala Millor : 3rd

Trofeo Magaluf-Palmanova The Challenge Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca ( en, Tour of Majorca, ca, Challenge Volta Ciclista a Mallorca) is a series of four (five until 2012) professional one day road bicycle races held on the Spanish island of Mallorca in late January or earl ...

: 5th Trofeo Palma ;2011 : 1st Stage 4

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of ...

: 8th Vattenfall Cyclassics ;2012 : 1st MaillotPortugal

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Stage 1

Vuelta a Castilla y León The Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y León is a professional road bicycle stage race held in Castile and León, Spain. Since 2005, Vuelta a Castilla y León has been a part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bi ...

: 4th Trofeo Palma : 4th Trofeo Migjorn ;2013 :

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stage 5 ;2014 :

Tour du Maroc Tour du Maroc is the most important road bicycle race in the African state of Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterrane ...

::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1, 7, 8 & 9 : 1st Stage 3 Volta ao Alentejo : 1st Stage 10

;2015 : 5th Overall Volta ao Alentejo ::1st Stage 2

Gallery

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References

External links

Profile at Cycling News websiteProfile and results at Cycling Quotient website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cardoso, Manuel Antonio 1983 births Living people Portuguese male cyclists Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Portugal People from Paços de Ferreira Sportspeople from Porto District