Ricardo Mestre

Ricardo Mestre
Personal information
Full nameRicardo Jorge Mestre Correia
Born (1983-09-11) 11 September 1983 (age 41)
Castro Marim, Portugal
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb; 9 st)
Team information
Current teamSuspended
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Breakaway specialist
  • Climber
Amateur team
2002–2004CC Tavira
Professional teams
2005–2012Duja–Tavira
2013Euskaltel–Euskadi
2014Efapel–Glassdrive[1]
2015Tavira
2016–2022W52 / FC Porto / Porto Canal[2][3]
Major wins
Stage races
Volta a Portugal (2011)
Troféu Joaquim Agostinho (2011, 2012)
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Mestre and the second or paternal family name is Correia.

Ricardo Jorge Mestre Correia (born 11 September 1983) is a Portuguese professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI Continental team W52 / FC Porto.[4]

On 4 October 2022, he received a three-year ban by UCI for doping.[5]

  1. ^ "Ricardo Mestre perto da Efapel-Glassdrive" [Ricardo Mestre next to Efapel-Glassdrive]. A Bola (in Portuguese). Sociedade Vicra Desportiva. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Presentata la rosa della W52-FC Porto: sedici i corridori, sei i nuovi acquisti" [The W52-FC Porto team has been announced: sixteen riders, six new signings]. Cicloweb.it (in Italian). Cicloweb. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  3. ^ "W52 / FC Porto". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  4. ^ "W52 / FC Porto". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  5. ^ 7 W52-FC Porto riders get doping bans, former Volta a Portugal winner João Rodrigues banned for 7 years