W52–FC Porto

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| name = W52–FC Porto

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| code = W52

| registered = Portugal

| founded = {{start date|2004}}

| disbanded = 2022

| discipline = Road

| status = {{unbulleted list|Amateur (2004–2012)|UCI Continental (2013–2018, 2020–2022)|UCI Professional Continental (2019)}}

| bicycles = SwiftCarbon

| components =

| website = http://www.w52fcporto.com

| generalmanager = Adriano Sousa

| teammanager = {{unbulleted list|Nuno Ribeiro|Hélder Alves}}

| season = 2004–2005
2006–2007
2008
2009–2010
2011
2012
2013–2014
2015
2016
2017
2018–2022

| oldname = Casactiva–Quinta das Arcas–UCS
Casactiva–Quinta das Arcas–Madeilongo–UCS
Casactiva–Quinta das Arcas–Aluvia
Aluvia–Valongo
Pauperval–Estanhos Dom António–Valongo
OFM/Valongo
OFM–Quinta da Lixa–Goldentimes
W52–Quinta da Lixa
W52–FC Porto–Porto Canal
W52–FC Porto–Mestre da Cor
W52–FC Porto

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W52–FC Porto ({{UCI code|W52}}) was a professional road bicycle racing team, which participated in UCI Continental Circuits races before a doping scandal. This team is based in Felgueiras, Portugal,{{cite web|title=W52–FC Porto–Mestre da Cor|url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/team.php?id=1800&season=2016|website=ProCyclingStats.com|access-date=2 January 2016}} its title sponsors are clothing brand W52, and sports club FC Porto.{{cite news|title=Dragons return to cycling, 31 years later|url=http://www.fcporto.pt/en/noticias/Pages/Dragoes-regressam-ao-ciclismo-31-anos-depois.aspx|access-date=2 January 2016|publisher=FC Porto|date=6 December 2015}}

Founded in 2004, the team spent the first eight years competing at youth level (up to under-23) until it was registered as a UCI Continental team in 2013, under the commercial designation of OFM–Quinta da Lixa–Goldentimes. That year, the team competed for the first time in the Volta a Portugal, where it won three stages and, through Alejandro Marque, the general classification.{{cite web|title=OFM – Quinta da Lixa 2013|url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/team/Ofm_Quinta_Da_Lixa_2013|website=ProCyclingStats.com|access-date=2 January 2016}} The team won the general classification in the following four editions – through Gustavo César (2), Rui Vinhas and João Rodrigues – and added victories in the team classification.{{cite web|title=OFM – Quinta da Lixa 2014|url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/team/Ofm_Quinta_Da_Lixa_2014|website=ProCyclingStats.com|access-date=2 January 2016}}{{cite web|title=W52–Quinta da Lixa 2015|url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/team/W52_quinta_Da_Lixa_2015|website=ProCyclingStats.com|access-date=2 January 2016}}

In 2022, the team's sports license was revoked by UCI for doping, with seven cyclists being suspended from three to seven years. The team's assistant sports director, José Rodrigues, received a 25-year suspension by ADoP.[https://www.abola.pt/nnh/2023-06-30/ciclismo-diretor-da-w52-suspenso-por-25-anos/994355 Diretor da W52–FC Porto suspenso por 25 anos!] A Bola]

Doping scandal

In March 2021, W52–FC Porto's rider Raúl Alarcón had 19 victories stripped for doping, including two wins at Volta a Portugal.{{cite news|date=10 March 2021|title=Raúl Alarcón perde duas Voltas a Portugal devido a suspensão por doping|trans-title=Raúl Alarcón loses two Volta a Portugal for doping suspension|url=https://www.abola.pt/nnh/2021-03-10/ciclismo-raul-alarcon-perde-duas-voltas-a-portugal-devido-a-suspensao-por-doping/882152|language=pt|work=A Bola|access-date=10 March 2021|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310110832/https://www.abola.pt/nnh/2021-03-10/ciclismo-raul-alarcon-perde-duas-voltas-a-portugal-devido-a-suspensao-por-doping/882152}} In April 2022, twelve cyclists of W52–FC Porto were made arguidos (formal suspects) in relation to a doping scandal.[https://www.record.pt/modalidades/ciclismo/detalhe/w52-fc-porto-12-arguidos-no-escandalo-de-doping W52-FC Porto: 12 arguidos no escândalo de doping][https://desporto.sapo.pt/modalidades/ciclismo/artigos/detencoes-apos-escandalo-de-doping-podem-levar-a-extincao-da-w52-fc-porto Detenções após escândalo de doping podem levar a extinção da W52-FC Porto] Later in July, eight cyclists and two mechanics were suspended for 120 days by ADoP,[https://rr.sapo.pt/bola-branca/noticia/modalidades/2022/07/15/doping-oito-ciclistas-da-w52-fc-porto-suspensos-preventivamente/292462/ Doping. Oito ciclistas da W52-FC Porto suspensos preventivamente] with the UCI revoking the team's sports license days later, thus excluding W52–FC Porto from the 2022 Volta a Portugal.{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Roy|date=27 July 2022|title=UCI withdraws W52-FC Porto license. From tons of banned pills to blood bags|url=https://thenationview.com/sports/69663.html|work=The Nation View|access-date=28 July 2022}}

On 4 October 2022, seven W52–FC Porto riders were banned for doping: João Rodrigues, for a total of seven years, Rui Vinhas, Ricardo Mestre, Ricardo Vilela, Daniel Mestre, José Neves, and Samuel Caldeira, for three years each.[https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling/7-w52-fc-porto-riders-get-doping-bans-former-volta-a-portugal-winner-joao-rodrigues-banned-for-7-years 7 W52-FC Porto riders get doping bans, former Volta a Portugal winner João Rodrigues banned for 7 years]

Team roster

{{Updated|11 February 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/17386|title=W52 / FC Porto|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=11 February 2022}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Amaro Antunes|nat=POR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|11|27}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Joni Brandão|nat=POR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|11|20}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Samuel Caldeira|nat=POR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|11|30}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=José Fernandes|nat=POR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|10|30}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=José Gonçalves|nat=POR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|2|13}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Jorge Magalhães|nat=POR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|2|10}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Daniel Mestre|nat=POR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|4|1}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Ricardo Mestre|nat=POR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|9|11}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Guilherme Mota|nat=POR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|7|12}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=João Rodrigues|nat=POR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|11|15}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Ricardo Vilela|nat=POR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|12|18}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Rui Vinhas|nat=POR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|12|6}}}}