Vitória–ASC (''

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code: ASC'') was a Portuguese cycling team in the UCI Continental category that was formed from the association between União Ciclista de Vila do Conde of

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and Vitória Sport Clube of

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. The professional team was dissolved in 2007 due to a lack of support and investment in the team, however, continuing with basic training.

History

União Ciclista de Vila do Conde is a Portuguese

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that is currently only under-23 and also races predominantly in

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. The team was founded in 1998, at the time under the name ASC–Guilhabreu–Vila do Conde, and was

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between 2002 and 2007 with the intention of asserting itself as a professional road cycling team. However, it was in the last three years, 2005, 2006 and 2007, as a professional team that it achieved the European status of UCI Continental Tour, just one category below the

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. The first of these three years the team operated under the name ASC–Chenco Jeans. In the following two years, the União Ciclista de

joined

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and was therefore renamed Vitória–ASC and had an initial budget of 350 thousand euros. From 2008 to 2011, the U.C. Vila do Conde team and

continued to be associated under a new format, based on a project to develop athletes with more emphasis on under-23 road cycling. The team was renamed ASC–Vitória–RTL and had a much smaller budget, between 70 and 80 thousand euros. Since 2012, the team has been called ASC–KTM–Vitória in national road cycling races. It was also in 2011 that

began

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with an amateur team called Vitória SC–Bikeworld, participating in regional and national competitions.

Team roster

Major wins

; 2002 : Overall

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: Óscar Serrano :: Jersey_green

Points classification: Óscar Serrano :: Stage 4:

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:: Stage 5 & 7: Óscar Serrano : Stage 1

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: Rubén Galván : MaillotPortugal

Portuguese Under-23 Time Trial Championship:

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: Teams classification

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The riders on the squad were

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, Sérgio Ribeiro, Bruno Pires,

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, Bruno Neves and Ricardo Santos :: Jersey_green

Points classification:

:: Mountains classification:

Prologue, Stage 2, 3 & 4:

; 2003 : Sprints classification

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: Óscar Serrano : Jersey_green

Points classification

: Óscar Serrano : Stage 5a & 6 : Stage 3

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: Victoriano Fernández ; 2004 : Young rider classification GP M.R. Cortez–Mitsubishi: Sérgio Ribeiro : Sprints classification

: Óscar Serrano ; 2005 : Stage 1

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; 2006 : Stage 1 GP Abimota:

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;2007 : Winner Clássica de Amarante:

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: Winner Circuito de São Bernardo'','' Alcobaça:

: Winner Circuito de Nafarros:

: Stage 4b GP Vinhos da Estremadura:

Points classification:

;2010 : Stage 3 Volta às Terras de Santa Maria Feira: Bruno Borges : Winner of Portuguese Under-23 Cup: Bruno Borges ;2011 : Winner of Troféu Festival da Bicicleta, cyclocross, Elite/Under-23:

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: National Championship, Track, Speed, Under-23: Leonel Coutinho : Stage 3 & 5

: Leonel Coutinho ;2012 : Stage 1

: David Rodrigues : Mountains classification Under-23 Stage 1

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: Young rider classification Under-23

: David Rodrigues

Notable cyclists

Some Portuguese cyclists passed through Vitória-ASC, such as: *

* Sérgio Ribeiro * Bruno Pires * Bruno Neves *

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* José Mendes * Daniel Silva * Márcio Barbosa * Bruno Lima *

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* David Rodrigues * Pedro Costa

Notes

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