Sporting CP (cycling team)

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]

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

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

References

1. "Sporting presents new project for the cycling section". Sporting CP. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
2. "Accès équipes Sporting" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
3. "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.
4. "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.
5. "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.