Casactiva–Quinta das Arcas–UCS Casactiva–Quinta das Arcas–Madeilongo–UCS Casactiva–Quinta das Arcas–Aluvia Aluvia–Valongo Pauperval–Estanhos Dom António–Valongo OFM/Valongo OFM–Quinta da Lixa–Goldentimes W52–Quinta da Lixa W52–FC Porto–Porto Canal W52–FC Porto–Mestre da Cor W52–FC Porto
Founded in 2004, the team spent the first eight years competing at youth level (up to under-23) until it was registered as a UCI Continental team in 2013, under the commercial designation of OFM–Quinta da Lixa–Goldentimes. That year, the team competed for the first time in the Volta a Portugal, where it won three stages and, through Alejandro Marque, the general classification.[3] The team won the general classification in the following four editions – through Gustavo César (2), Rui Vinhas and João Rodrigues – and added victories in the team classification.[4][5]
In 2022, the team's sports license was revoked by UCI for doping, with seven cyclists being suspended from three to seven years. The team's assistant sports director, José Rodrigues, received a 25-year suspension by ADoP.[6]
Doping scandal
In March 2021, W52–FC Porto's rider Raúl Alarcón had 19 victories stripped for doping, including two wins at Volta a Portugal.[7] In April 2022, twelve cyclists of W52–FC Porto were made arguidos (formal suspects) in relation to a doping scandal.[8][9] Later in July, eight cyclists and two mechanics were suspended for 120 days by ADoP,[10] with the UCI revoking the team's sports license days later, thus excluding W52–FC Porto from the 2022 Volta a Portugal.[11]
