# Vitória S.C. (cycling team)

Vitória–ASC (UCI code: ASC) was a Portuguese cycling team in the UCI Continental category that was formed from the association between União Ciclista de Vila do Conde and Vitória SC of Guimarães. The professional team was dissolved in 2007 due to a lack of support and investment in the team, however, continuing with basic training.

## History

União Ciclista de Vila do Conde is a Portuguese cycling team that is currently only under-23 and also races predominantly in cyclocross. The team was founded in 1998, at the time under the name ASC–Guilhabreu–Vila do Conde, and was professional between 2002 and 2007 with the intention of asserting itself as a professional road cycling team.
However, it was in the last three years, 2005, 2006 and 2007, as a professional team that it achieved the European status of UCI Continental Tour, just one category below the UCI WorldTour. The first of these three years the team operated under the name ASC–Chenco Jeans. In the following two years, the União Ciclista de Vila do Conde joined Vitória SC de Guimarães and was therefore renamed Vitória–ASC and had an initial budget of 350 thousand euros.
During the 2000s, it tried to assert itself with a road race professional cycling team, achieving European UCI Continental Tour status.
From 2008 to 2011, U.C. de Vila do Conde has continued to be associated with Vitória and only in under-23 road cycling, its most common name being ASC–Vitória–RTL.
Since 2012, the team has been called ASC–KTM–Vitória in national road cycling races.
It was also in 2011 that Vitória SC began cross-country cycling with an amateur team called Vitória SC–Bikeworld, participating in regional and national competitions.

## Team roster

As of January 2007
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Paulo Barroso (POR) | Paulo Barroso (POR) | (1972-10-29)29 October 1972 (aged 34) |
| Pedro Costa (POR) | Pedro Costa (POR) | (1977-11-20)20 November 1977 (aged 29) |
| Ángel Edo (ESP) | Ángel Edo (ESP) | (1970-08-04)4 August 1970 (aged 36) |
| Juan Gomis (ESP) | Juan Gomis (ESP) | (1978-03-28)28 March 1978 (aged 28) |
| Micael Isidoro (POR) | Micael Isidoro (POR) | (1982-08-12)12 August 1982 (aged 24) |
| José Martins (POR) | José Martins (POR) | (1984-04-01)1 April 1984 (aged 22) |
| Yong Li Ng (MAS) | Yong Li Ng (MAS) | (1985-10-06)6 October 1985 (aged 21) |
| José Rodrigues (POR) | José Rodrigues (POR) | (1978-07-04)4 July 1978 (aged 28) |
| Gilberto Sampaio (POR) | Gilberto Sampaio (POR) | (1981-08-06)6 August 1981 (aged 25) |
| Daniel Silva (POR) | Daniel Silva (POR) | (1985-06-08)8 June 1985 (aged 21) |
| José Sousa (POR) | José Sousa (POR) | (1980-09-20)20 September 1980 (aged 26) |

## Major wins
### 2002

    Overall Circuito Montañés: Óscar Serrano
       Points classification: Óscar Serrano
       Stage 4: Rafael Milá
       Stage 5 & 7: Óscar Serrano
    Stage 1 Volta ao Alentejo: Rubén Galván
    Portuguese Under-23 Time Trial Championship: Sérgio Paulinho
    Teams classification Volta a Portugal do Futuro
       Points classification: Sérgio Paulinho
       Mountains classification: Sérgio Paulinho
       Prologue, Stage 2, 3 & 4: Sérgio Paulinho

### 2003

    Sprints classification Volta ao Algarve: Óscar Serrano
    Points classification Circuito Montañés: Óscar Serrano
    Stage 5a & 6
    Stage 3 Volta a Portugal: Victoriano Fernández

### 2004

    Young rider classification GP M.R. Cortez–Mitsubishi: Sérgio Ribeiro
    Sprints classification Volta ao Alentejo: Óscar Serrano

### 2005

    Stage 1 Volta a Portugal: Fidel Chacón

### 2006

    Stage 1 GP Abimota: Pedro Costa

### 2007

    Winner Clássica de Amarante: José Rodrigues
    Winner Circuito de São Bernardo, Alcobaça: Gilberto Sampaio
    Winner Circuito de Nafarros: José Rodrigues
    Stage 4b GP Vinhos da Estremadura: José Rodrigues Points classification: José Rodrigues

### 2010

    Stage 3 Volta às Terras de Santa Maria Feira: Bruno Borges
    Winner of Portuguese Under-23 Cup: Bruno Borges

### 2011

    Winner of Troféu Festival da Bicicleta, cyclocross, Elite/Under-23: Mário Costa
    National Championship, Track, Speed, Under-23: Leonel Coutinho
    Stage 3 & 5 Volta a Portugal do Futuro: Leonel Coutinho

### 2012

    Stage 1 Volta a Portugal do Futuro: David Rodrigues
    Mountains classification Under-23 Stage 1 GP Liberty Seguros: Rui Barros
    Young rider classification Under-23 GP Liberty Seguros: David Rodrigues

## Notable cyclists

Some Portuguese cyclists passed through Vitória-ASC, such as:
* Sérgio Paulinho
* Sérgio Ribeiro
* Bruno Pires
* Bruno Neves
* Rui Costa
* José Mendes
* Daniel Silva
* Márcio Barbosa
* Bruno Lima
* João Cabreira
* Mário Costa
* David Rodrigues
* Pedro Costa