Sporting CP (cycling team)

Sporting Clube de Portugal

Team information

Registered

Portugal

Founded

1911 (1911)

Discipline(s)

Road

Team name history

1911–1962
1963–1974
1975
1984–1986
1987
2009–2010

Sporting
Sporting–Gazcidla
Sporting–Sottomayor
Sporting–Raposeira
Sporting–Vitalis
Sporting

Jersey

Active sport sections of Sporting CP


Aikido	Athletics	Archery

Auto racing	Basketball	Beach soccer

Billiards	Boxing	Canoeing

Capoeira	Chess	Equestrianism

Esports	Fencing	Football (Men's)

Football (Women's)	Futsal	Golf

Gymnastics	Handball	Judo

Karate	Kickboxing	Krav maga

Padel Tennis	Paintball	Road cycling

Roller hockey	Rowing	Rugby union

Shooting	Sport fishing	Surfing

Swimming	Table tennis	Taekwondo

Tennis	Triathlon	Volleyball

Water polo

Sporting Clube de Portugal is a Portuguese professional cycling team that existed from 1911 to 2010 and was refounded in 2020.^[1]^[2] It is part of the Sporting Clube de Portugal sports club based in Lisbon. It participated in the 1978 and 1984 editions of the Tour de France,^[3]^[4] with Paulo Ferreira's victory in the fifth stage in 1984 the team's sole win of the race.^[5]

Between 2016 and 2019, Sporting had a protocol with CC Tavira and the team was called "Sporting-Tavira".

References

^ "Sporting presents new project for the cycling section". Sporting CP. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
^ "Accès équipes Sporting" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
^ "The history of the Tour de France – Year 1975 – The starters". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 5 May 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
^ "The history of the Tour de France – Year 1984 – The starters". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 2 May 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
^ "The history of the Tour de France – Year 1984 – The stage winners". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 2 September 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2017.