Ricardo Mestre
Personal information
Full nameRicardo Jorge Mestre Correia
Born (1983-09-11) 11 September 1983 (age 40)
Castro Marim, Portugal
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb; 9 st)
Team information
Current teamSuspended
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Breakaway specialist
  • Climber
Amateur team
2002–2004CC Tavira
Professional teams
2005–2012Duja–Tavira
2013Euskaltel–Euskadi
2014Efapel–Glassdrive[1]
2015Tavira
2016–2022W52 / FC Porto / Porto Canal[2][3]
Major wins
Stage races
Volta a Portugal (2011)
Troféu Joaquim Agostinho (2011, 2012)

Ricardo Jorge Mestre Correia (born 11 September 1983) is a Portuguese professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI Continental team W52 / FC Porto.[4]

On 4 October 2022, he received a three-year ban by UCI for doping.[5]

Major results

2006
Volta a Portugal
1st Mountains classification
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 6
2010
1st Overall GP do Minho
2nd Overall Tour of Bulgaria
1st Stage 6
8th Overall Volta a Portugal
2011
1st Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
1st Stage 1
1st Overall Volta a Portugal
1st Stage 7
7th Overall Tour of Bulgaria
2012
1st Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
1st Stage 3
2017
6th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
2018
3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
1st Stage 3
10th Overall Vuelta Ciclista Comunidad de Madrid
2019
2nd Road race, National Road Championships

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ricardo Mestre perto da Efapel-Glassdrive" [Ricardo Mestre next to Efapel-Glassdrive]. A Bola (in Portuguese). Sociedade Vicra Desportiva. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Presentata la rosa della W52-FC Porto: sedici i corridori, sei i nuovi acquisti" [The W52-FC Porto team has been announced: sixteen riders, six new signings]. Cicloweb.it (in Italian). Cicloweb. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  3. ^ "W52 / FC Porto". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  4. ^ "W52 / FC Porto". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  5. ^ 7 W52-FC Porto riders get doping bans, former Volta a Portugal winner João Rodrigues banned for 7 years

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