Ricardo Jorge Mestre Correia (born 11 September 1983) is a Portuguese professional
road bicycle racer
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, who last rode for
UCI Continental team +Men
Teams
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.
On 4 October 2022, he received a three-year ban by
UCI UCI most commonly refers to:
* University of California, Irvine, a public university in Irvine, California, United States
* Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for the sport of cycling
UCI may also refer to:
* Uganda Cancer In ...
for doping.
7 W52-FC Porto riders get doping bans, former Volta a Portugal winner João Rodrigues banned for 7 years
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Major results
;2006
: Volta a Portugal
The Volta a Portugal (), also known as Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta (), is an annual multi-stage road bicycle racing competition held in Portugal. The competition takes place during a two-week span.
History
The competition started in 1927, alt ...
::1st Mountains classification
::1st Young rider classification
::1st Stage 6
;2010
: 1st
Overall GP do Minho
: 2nd Overall Tour of Bulgaria
The Tour of Bulgaria is an annual international professional bicycle race held in Bulgaria that was first staged on 21 August 1924. It is part of UCI Europe Tour and is category 2.2. The race covers about 1,500 kilometres and lasts two weeks. As ...
::1st Stage 6
: 8th Overall Volta a Portugal
The Volta a Portugal (), also known as Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta (), is an annual multi-stage road bicycle racing competition held in Portugal. The competition takes place during a two-week span.
History
The competition started in 1927, alt ...
;2011
: 1st
Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
The Grande Prémio Internacional de Torres Vedras – Troféu Joaquim Agostinho is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Torres Vedras, Portugal. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Cont ...
::1st Stage 1
: 1st
Overall Volta a Portugal
The Volta a Portugal (), also known as Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta (), is an annual multi-stage road bicycle racing competition held in Portugal. The competition takes place during a two-week span.
History
The competition started in 1927, alt ...
::1st Stage 7
: 7th Overall Tour of Bulgaria
The Tour of Bulgaria is an annual international professional bicycle race held in Bulgaria that was first staged on 21 August 1924. It is part of UCI Europe Tour and is category 2.2. The race covers about 1,500 kilometres and lasts two weeks. As ...
;2012
: 1st
Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
The Grande Prémio Internacional de Torres Vedras – Troféu Joaquim Agostinho is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Torres Vedras, Portugal. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Cont ...
::1st Stage 3
;2017
: 6th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
Vuelta Asturias is a professional cycle road race held in Spain in early May each year. The event was first run in 1925 but has not been held consistently until 1968 to present. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI ...
;2018
: 3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
Vuelta Asturias is a professional cycle road race held in Spain in early May each year. The event was first run in 1925 but has not been held consistently until 1968 to present. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI ...
::1st Stage 3
: 10th Overall Vuelta Ciclista Comunidad de Madrid
;2019
: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
See also
* Doping in sport
In competitive sports, doping is the use of banned athletic performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) by athletes, as a way of cheating. As stated in the World Anti-Doping Code by WADA, doping is defined as the occurrence of one or more of the anti-d ...
* List of doping cases in cycling
The following is an incomplete list of doping cases and recurring accusations of doping in professional cycling, where doping means "use of physiological substances or abnormal method to obtain an artificial increase of performance." It is neither ...
References
External links
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1983 births
Living people
Portuguese male cyclists
Volta a Portugal winners
Sportspeople from Faro, Portugal
Portuguese sportspeople in doping cases
Doping cases in cycling
21st-century Portuguese sportsmen
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