AP Hotels & Resorts–Tavira–SC Farense

See also: Sporting CP (cycling team)

AP Hotels & Resorts–Tavira–SC Farense (in accordance with sponsorship and naming rights agreements), also known as Clube de Ciclismo de Tavira (the official, legal name of the sports organization since its foundation) is a Portuguese professional cycling team, founded in 1979, which is based in Tavira, in the Portuguese region of Algarve. It is one of the European teams in the UCI Continental Tour.^[1]

AP Hotels & Resorts–Tavira–SC Farense

Team information
UCI code	ATF
Registered	Portugal
Founded	1979 (1979)
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	Continental
Key personnel
General manager	Marcelino Teixeira
Team manager(s)	Vidal Fitas Nentcho Dimitrov
Team name history
1986 1987 1988 1989–1995 1996 1997 1998 1999–2001 2002 2003 2004 2005–2007 2008–2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2013–2014 2015 2016–2019 2020–2022 2023–	Tavira–Stand Custodio Tavira–Nao Team Tavira–Stand Custodio–Varzea Atum Bom Petisco–Tavira Tavira–Recer Progecer–Tavira Gresco–Tavira–Progecer Gresco–Tavira Porta da Ravessa–Zurich Porta da Ravessa–Tavira Würth–Atum Bom Petisco–Tavira Duja–Tavira Palmeiras Resort–Tavira Palmeiras Resort–Prio Tavira–Prio Carmim–Prio Carmim–Tavira BIC–Carmim Tavira Sporting / Tavira Atum General–Tavira–Maria Nova Hotel AP Hotels & Resorts–Tavira–SC Farense
Jersey

History

Founded in 1979, and the oldest Portuguese professional cycling team in continuous operation, it became professional in 1980.^[2] José Manuel Brito da Mana, known simply as Brito da Mana, was its founder and one of the longest-serving directors of the team, leaving the post in 2003.^[3] For several years, the team was sponsored by Atum Bom Petisco, a leading Portuguese canned tuna brand.^[4][5] From 2016 until 2019, the team had the commercial designation of Sporting Clube de Portugal/Tavira, as the result of a sponsorship from Sporting Clube de Portugal.^[6] In 2022, the Clube de Ciclismo de Tavira celebrated an agreement with SC Farense valid for three years.^[7]

Team roster

As of 28 May 2023.^[8]

Rider Date of birth  Diogo Barbosa (POR) (2000-06-13) 13 June 2000 (age 25)  Jose Bicho (POR) (2004-01-04) 4 January 2004 (age 21)  Samuel Blanco (ESP) (1994-06-03) 3 June 1994 (age 31)  Venceslau Fernandes (POR) (1996-01-24) 24 January 1996 (age 29)  Delio Fernández (ESP) (1986-02-17) 17 February 1986 (age 39)  David Livramento (POR) (1983-12-18) 18 December 1983 (age 41)

Rider Date of birth  Rafael Lourenço (POR) (1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 27)  Válter Pereira (POR) (1990-02-22) 22 February 1990 (age 35)  Carlos Salgueiro (POR) (1999-06-09) 9 June 1999 (age 26)  Rúben Simão (POR) (2000-10-08) 8 October 2000 (age 24)  Álvaro Trueba (ESP) (1993-01-10) 10 January 1993 (age 32)

Major wins

1996

Stage 2 Circuito Montañés, Domingo Sánchez

1999

Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho, Juan Carlos Guillamón

Stage 1, Juan Carlos Guillamón

Stage 1 GP do Minho, Krassimir Vassiliev

2000

Stage 1 GP Mitsubishi, Krassimir Vassiliev

Stage 1 GP CCRLVT, Domingo Sánchez

2001

Stage 5 Volta a Portugal, Pedro Martins

2002

Stage 3 GP do Minho, Danail Petrov

Stage 10 Volta a Portugal, Danail Petrov

2003

Stage 3 Tour de Normandie, Krassimir Vassiliev

 Portugal Time Trial Championships, Joaquim Andrade

Stage 3 GP CTT Correios de Portugal, David Blanco

2004

Stage 4 GP Estremadura, Joaquim Andrade

Stage 4 Volta ao Alentejo, Krassimir Vassiliev

Stage 4 Tour of Bulgaria, Nelson Vitorino

2005

Prologue (ITT) Tour de Normandie, Martín Garrido

Stage 5 Tour de Normandie, Juan Olmo

Stages 2b, 3, 6 & 7 Tour of Bulgaria, Martín Garrido

2006

Stage 3 Volta a Portugal, Martín Garrido

Stage 6 Volta a Portugal, Ricardo Mestre

Stage 9 Volta a Portugal, Krassimir Vassiliev

Stage 3 Tour of Bulgaria, Krassimir Vassiliev

Stage 6 Tour of Bulgaria, Martín Garrido

2007

Stage 3 Volta ao Distrito de Santarém, Martín Garrido

Overall GP Paredes Rota dos Moveis, David Blanco

Stage 3, David Blanco

Prologue (ITT) Volta a Portugal, Martín Garrido

2008

Overall Tour de San Luis, Martín Garrido

Prologue (ITT) & Stage 3, Martín Garrido

Stage 4 GP Paredes Rota dos Moveis, Ricardo Mestre

Stage 3 Boucles de la Mayenne, Martín Garrido

Overall Volta a Portugal, David Blanco

2009

Stages 4 & 5 Volta ao Alentejo, Cândido Barbosa

Overall GP Paredes Rota dos Moveis, Cândido Barbosa

Stages 2 & 3, Cândido Barbosa

Overall Volta a Portugal, David Blanco

Prologue (ITT) & Stage 2, Cândido Barbosa

Stages 9 & 10, David Blanco

2010

Overall Volta ao Alentejo, David Blanco

Stage 1, Cândido Barbosa

Stage 3, David Blanco

Overall GP Torres Vedras, Cândido Barbosa

Prologue (ITT) & Stages 2 & 4, Cândido Barbosa

Overall Volta a Portugal, David Blanco

Stages 4 & 7, David Blanco

Stage 10, Cândido Barbosa

Stage 6 Tour of Bulgaria, Ricardo Mestre

2011

Overall GP Torres Vedras, Ricardo Mestre

Stage 1, Ricardo Mestre

Overall Volta a Portugal, Ricardo Mestre

Stage 7, Ricardo Mestre

Stage 8, André Cardoso

2012

Stage 1 Vuelta a Asturias, Alejandro Marque

Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho, Ricardo Mestre

Stage 3, Ricardo Mestre

Stage 9 (ITT) Volta a Portugal, Alejandro Marque

2014

Stage 3 Volta ao Alentejo, Manuel Cardoso

Stages 1, 7, 8 & 9 Tour du Maroc, Manuel Cardoso

Stage 2 Tour du Maroc, Daniel Mestre

 Angola Time Trial Championships, Igor Silva

 Angola Road Race Championships, Igor Silva

 Portugal Under-23 Time Trial Championships, Rafael Reis

Stage 10 Volta a Portugal, Manuel Cardoso

2015

Stage 2 Volta ao Alentejo, Manuel Cardoso

2016

Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho, Rinaldo Nocentini

2017

Stage 1 Volta ao Alentejo, Rinaldo Nocentini

2018

Stages 3 & 6 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Rinaldo Nocentini

Stage 3 GP Beiras e Serra da Estrela, Mario Gonzalez

Overall Tour of China II, Alejandro Marque

2021

Stage 3 Volta a Portugal, Alejandro Marque