Tavfer–Ovos Matinados–Mortágua

Tavfer–Ovos Matinados–Mortágua (UCI team code: TAV) is a Portuguese men's cycling team focusing on junior development. The team was founded by former professional racing cyclist Pedro Silva.

Tavfer–Ovos Matinados–Mortágua

Team information
UCI code	MIR (2018–2020) TAV (2021–)
Registered	Portugal
Founded	1999 (1999)
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	Continental (2018–)
Bicycles	Scott
Components	Miranda
Website	Team home page
Key personnel
General manager	Pedro Silva
Team manager(s)	Hélder Miranda Xavier Silva
Team name history
1999–2001 2002 2003–2006 2007 2008 2009 2010–2011 2012 2013–2016 2017–2020 2021– 2022 2023–	Mortágua Clube duas Rodas Labialfarma–Mortágua Mortágua–Anicolor ERA–Mortágua–SIPER Mortágua–ERA–DR Seguros Mortágua–DR Seguros Mortágua–Basi Mortágua Anicolor Miranda–Mortágua Tavfer–Measindot–Mortágua Tavfer–Mortágua–Ovos Matinados Tavfer–Ovos Matinados–Mortágua
Jersey

History

Velo Clube do Centro was established in 1999 as Mortágua Clube duas Rodas. Based in Mortágua, the club achieved several national championships in diverse categories.

For the 2018 season, Federação Portuguesa de Ciclismo allotted three new licenses for development teams, the team was promoted to UCI Continental status with sponsorship from Miranda e Irmão, a bicycle components company based in Águeda, and Mortágua municipality, supporters from the very beginning.^[1]

Team roster

As of 16 February 2024.^[2]

Rider Date of birth   Gonçalo Amado (POR) (1994-02-09) 9 February 1994 (age 30)   Rafael Barbas (POR) (2004-06-27) 27 June 2004 (age 19)   António Barbio (POR) (1993-12-16) 16 December 1993 (age 30)   Gonçalo Carvalho (POR) (1997-12-03) 3 December 1997 (age 26)   Leangel Linarez (VEN) (1997-08-07) 7 August 1997 (age 26)   César Martingil (POR) (1995-01-10) 10 January 1995 (age 29)

Rider Date of birth   João Matias (POR) (1991-05-26) 26 May 1991 (age 33)   Francisco Morais (POR) (1998-08-27) 27 August 1998 (age 25)   Nicolás Sáenz (COL) (1997-08-07) 7 August 1997 (age 26)   Ángel Sánchez (ESP) (1993-04-12) 12 April 1993 (age 31)   Bruno Silva (POR) (1998-05-17) 17 May 1998 (age 26)   Andres Taboada (ESP) (2002-12-12) 12 December 2002 (age 21)

Major wins

Sources:^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]}

2003

  Portugal Under-23 Road Race Championships, Hélio Costa

2004

Stage 1 Volta a Portugal do Futuro, Manuel Cardoso

2006

Volta a Portugal do Futuro

Stages 1 & 4, Bruno Sancho

Stage 5, Márcio Barbosa

2009

  Portugal Under-23 Road Race Championships, Vasco Pereira

2010

Volta a Portugal do Futuro

  Points classification, Pedro Paulinho

Prologue, Team time trial^{[N 1]}

Stage 2, António Carvalho

Stage 4, Pedro Paulinho

Stage 4 Volta à Madeira, Pedro Paulinho

2011

Volta a Portugal do Futuro

Stage 2, Pedro Paulinho

  Points classification, António Carvalho

2014

  Portugal Under-23 Road Race Championships, Joaquim Silva

Volta a Portugal do Futuro

Stage 2, Carlos Ribeiro

Team classification^{[N 2]}

  Points classification, Carlos Ribeiro

2015

  Portugal Under-23 Time Trial Championships, José Fernandes

2017

  Portugal Under-23 Road Race Championships, Francisco Campos

2018

Volta a Portugal do Futuro

Stages 3 & 4, Francisco Campos

Stage 5, Jorge Magalhaes

2021

Stages 2 & 3 Volta ao Alentejo, Iúri Leitão

2022

Stage 3 Volta ao Alentejo, Leangel Linarez

Stages 2 & 4 Volta a Portugal, João Matias

National champions

2003

  Portuguese Under-23 Road race, Hélio Costa

2009

  Portuguese Under-23 Road race, Vasco Pereira

2014

  Portuguese Under-23 Road race, Joaquim Silva

2015

  Portuguese Under-23 time trial, José Fernandes

2017

  Portuguese Under-23 Road race, Francisco Campos

Notes

1. The riders on the squad were António Carvalho, João Caetano, Fábio Costa, Nuno Meireles, Pedro Paulinho, Guilherme Lourenço, Rui Carvalho and Renato Avelar
2. The riders on the squad were Rui Rodrigues, Gaspar Gonçalves, Carlos Ribeiro, Joaquim Silva, João Fernandes, Hugo Vaz, Xavier Silva and Rodrigo Gomes

References

1. "Miranda- Mortágua na Volta a Portugal 2018". Jornal do Centro (in Portuguese). 2017-03-09. Retrieved 2018-08-25.^{[dead link]}
2. "Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
3. "Anicolor - Mortágua 2003". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
4. "Anicolor - Mortágua 2004". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
5. "Anicolor - Mortágua 2005". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
6. "Anicolor - Siper 2006". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
7. "ERA - Mortágua - Siper 2007". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
8. "Mortágua - ERA - DR Seguros 2008". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
9. "Mortágua - DR Seguros 2009". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
10. "Mortágua - Basi 2010". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
11. "Anicolor 2013". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
12. "Anicolor - Mortagua 2014 victories". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
13. "Anicolor - Mortágua 2015". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
14. "2017 Miranda-Mortagua victories". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
15. "Victories for Miranda - Mortágua 2018". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
16. "Victories for Miranda - Mortágua 2019". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
17. "Victories for Miranda - Mortágua 2020". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
18. "Victories for Tavfer-Measindot-Mortágua 2021". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
19. "Victories for Tavfer-Mortágua-Ovos Matinados 2022". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
20. "Victories for Tavfer-Mortágua-Ovos Matinados 2023". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 20 January 2023.

External links

• Official website (in Portuguese)