SL Benfica (cycling team)

SL Benfica (cycling team)

Sport Lisboa e Benfica (cycling team) is the cycling team of the multisports club Sport Lisboa e Benfica, from Lisbon, Portugal. The current head of this department is the former Portuguese cyclist Orlando Rodrigues.

History

Cycling was the second sports department established within Sport Lisboa e Benfica, and along with football, is one of only two sports referenced in the club logo. The sport was in activity from 1906 to 1941, 1947 to 1978, and once again for two seasons in 1999 and 2000. Benfica won the Volta a Portugal in 1999, with Spanish cyclist David Plaza capturing the leader's yellow jersey. Historically, the club has had great national successes in cycling, and after some interruptions and delays, approved in 2006 the re-introduction of a cycling department to start in 2007. The team joined the UCI "Professional Continental Division".

2007 Elite team

Major results

* 1st, Team classification, Tour de Luxembourg

Team roster

*flagicon|POR José Azevedo (from Discovery Channel)
*flagicon|ESP Javier Benítez (from Mateos)
*flagicon|POR Bruno Castanheira (from Maia Milaneza)
*flagicon|POR Rui Lavarinhas (from Riberalves-Alcobaça)
*flagicon|POR Pedro Lopes (from LA Aluminios / Liberty Seguros)
*flagicon|POR Hélder Miranda (from Riberalves-Alcobaça)
*flagicon|POR Sérgio Ribeiro (from Barbot-Halcon)
*flagicon|POR Renato Silva (from Imoholding-Jardim Hotel Loulé)
*flagicon|BUL Danail Petrov (from Maia Milaneza)
*flagicon|ESP Didac Ortega (from Barcelona)
*flagicon|ESP José Antonio Pecharromán (from Comunitat Valenciana)
*flagicon|POR Hugo Sancho (from Mortágua)
*flagicon|POR Rui Costa (from Feira)

2007 Under-23 team

*flagicon|POR Márcio Barbosa (from Anicolor/Siper)
*flagicon|POR José Mendes
*flagicon|POR Bruno Sancho (from Anicolor/Siper)
*flagicon|POR Edgar Anselmo
*flagicon|POR Fábio Cera
*flagicon|POR Rui Carriço
*flagicon|POR Fábio Coelho
*flagicon|POR Mário Costa
*flagicon|POR André Ferreira
*flagicon|POR Edgar Pinto

External links

* [http://www.slbenfica.pt/Informacao/Modalidades/Ciclismo/Plantel/ciclistas.asp Official site]


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