Kelly–Simoldes–UDO () is a Portuguese

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based in

Oliveira de Azeméis Oliveira de Azeméis () is a city and a municipality located in Porto Metropolitan Area in Portugal. Administratively, the municipality belongs to the District of Aveiro. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 68,611, in an area of 161.1 ...

, that holds a UCI Continental team licence. The cycling team is affiliated with

União Desportiva Oliveirense União Desportiva Oliveirense (UDO), commonly known as Oliveirense, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Oliveira de Azeméis, in Aveiro District. The club was founded on 25 October 1922. The main football team currently plays at the Es ...

(UDO), the largest multisports club of Oliveira de Azeméis.

History

Manuel Correia and Luís Pinheiro, both former road bicycle racers, founded the ''Bike Clube de Portugal'' in 2014 on the initiative to develop young riders. The club, with backing from insurance company

Liberty Seguros Liberty Seguros is an international subsidiary of Liberty Mutual Group, a Boston-based insurance company. Sponsorships Liberty Seguros sponsored the UCI ProTour cycling team, Liberty Seguros – Würth, but dropped the sponsorship on 25 May ...

and vehicle glass repair company

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, started racing the following year in the Under-23 rankings. In 2018 the team gained

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status.

Team roster

Major wins

;2015 :

Portuguese National Track Scratch race, Luís Gomes : MaillotPortugal

Portuguese National Track Points race, Luís Gomes : MaillotPortugal

Portuguese National Track Omnium,

Rui Oliveira Rui Filipe Alves Oliveira (born 5 September 1996) is a Portuguese cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He competed in the scratch event at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. His twin brother, Ivo Oliveira, is also an i ...

:Stage 4 Volta a Portugal do Futuro, Luís Gomes ;2016 : MaillotPortugal

Portuguese U23 Time Trial,

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:Stage 2 Volta a Portugal do Futuro, José Fernandes ;2017 : MaillotPortugal

Portuguese U23 Time Trial, José Fernandes : Jersey yellow

Overall Volta a Portugal do Futuro, José Fernandes ::Stage 2, José Fernandes ;2020 : MaillotPortugal

Portuguese U23 Time Trial,

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:Stage 1

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 Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held p ...

, Luís Gomes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kelly-Simoldes-UDO UCI Continental Teams (Europe) Cycling teams based in Portugal Cycling teams established in 2015