António Morgado (born 28 January 2004) is a Portuguese

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, who currently rides for

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Career

At the

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held in

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, Morgado won a silver medal in the men's junior road race after he was outsprinted by Emil Herzog at the line. After a highly successful two years as a junior, Morgado was recruited by

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for 2023. That season, he won the

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and repeated his performance at the

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, winning another silver medal, this time in the under-23 road race. The following season, he joined

on a four-year contract. After finishing fifth in the

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in late March, he took his first pro win at the newly revived

Giro della Romagna The Giro della Romagna is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Italian region of Romagna. After 2005, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was discontinued in 2011, and in 2013, it merged with the Me ...

three weeks later.

Major results

;2021 : National Junior Road Championships ::1st

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::2nd Road race : 1st Overall Volta a Portugal Juniores ::1st Points classification ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stages 1 & 3 (

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) : 1st Overall Vuelta al Besaya ::1st Points classification ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stages 3 & 4 : 1st Overall Volta ao Concelho de Loulé ::1st Points classification ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stage 2 : 1st Overall Ruta do Albariño ::1st Prologue : 1st Gipuzkoa Klasika : 2nd Overall Bizkaiko Itzulia ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 2 & 4 (

) : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Valladolid : 6th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships ;2022 : National Junior Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st

: 1st Overall Volta ao Concelho de Loulé ::1st Points classification ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 2 & 3 ( TTT) : 1st Overall Vuelta al Besaya ::1st Points classification ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 1st Overall Volta a Portugal Juniores ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stages 3 (

) & 5 : 1st Overall Grande Prémio do Minho ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 3 : 1st Overall Ruta do Albariño ::1st Prologue & Stage 1 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Valladolid ::1st Stages 1 & 2 (

) : 1st Overall Vuelta Ribera del Duero ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 1st Overall Giro della Lunigiana ::1st Mountains classification : 2nd Silver medal uci

Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships : 2nd Overall Course de la Paix Juniors ::1st Mountains classification : 2nd Overall Gipuzkoa Klasikoa : 2nd Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan : 4th Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud : 9th Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships ;2023 : 1st

, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Overall

::1st Young rider classification : 2nd Silver medal uci

Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships : 4th Overall Circuit des Ardennes : 4th

Piccolo Giro di Lombardia The Piccolo Giro di Lombardia is a one-day cycling race held annually in Lombardy, Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2U, meaning it is reserved for under 23 riders. The race acts as the U23 counterpart to the Giro di Lombardia T ...

: 6th Overall Orlen Nations Grand Prix ::1st Stage 5 : 8th

Coppa Città di San Daniele Coppa Città di San Daniele is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in San Daniele del Friuli, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The event is reserved for the Elite/Under-23 Amateur category and normally marks the end of the amateur season in ...

;2024 (3 pro wins) : 1st

, National Road Championships : 1st

: 1st Stage 2

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: 2nd

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: 5th

: 10th Overall

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::1st Young rider classification ;2025 (3) : 1st

, National Road Championships : 1st Figueira Champions Classic : 1st Gran Premio Castellón : 3rd Brabantse Pijl : 3rd

Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969 The Trofeo Luis Puig is a single-day road bicycle race held in Valencian Community, Spain. Originally named the Gran Premio Valencia, it was held annually (except for 1980) from the first edition in 1969 until 2005, in which year it was promoted ...

: 3rd

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: 6th Trofeo Serra Tramuntana

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Morgado, António 2004 births Living people People from Caldas da Rainha Portuguese male cyclists Sportspeople from Leiria District 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen