Kelly–Simoldes–UDO () is a

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based in

Oliveira de Azeméis Oliveira de Azeméis () is a city and municipality in the Porto Metropolitan Area of Portugal. Administratively, the municipality belongs to the District of Aveiro. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 68,611, in an area of 161.10 ...

, that holds a

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licence. The cycling team is affiliated with

União Desportiva Oliveirense União Desportiva Oliveirense (UDO), commonly known as Oliveirense, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Oliveira de Azeméis, in Aveiro District. The club was founded on 25 October 1922. The main football team currently plays at the E ...

(UDO), the largest multisports club of Oliveira de Azeméis.

History

Manuel Correia and Luís Pinheiro, both former road bicycle racers, founded the ''Bike Clube de Portugal'' in 2014 on the initiative to develop young riders. The club, with backing from insurance company

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and vehicle glass repair company Carglass, started racing the following year in the Under-23 rankings. In 2018 the team gained

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status.

Team roster

Major wins

;2015 :

Portuguese National Track Scratch race, Luís Gomes : MaillotPortugal

Portuguese National Track Points race, Luís Gomes : MaillotPortugal

Portuguese National Track Omnium,

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:Stage 4

Volta a Portugal do Futuro Volta a Portugal do Futuro is a road bicycle race held annually in Portugal. It has been organized as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 ...

, Luís Gomes ;2016 : MaillotPortugal

Portuguese U23 Time Trial,

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:Stage 2

, José Fernandes ;2017 : MaillotPortugal

Portuguese U23 Time Trial, José Fernandes : Jersey yellow

Overall

, José Fernandes ::Stage 2, José Fernandes ;2020 : MaillotPortugal

Portuguese U23 Time Trial,

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:Stage 1

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, Luís Gomes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kelly-Simoldes-UDO UCI Continental Teams (Europe) Cycling teams based in Portugal Cycling teams established in 2015