Federação Portuguesa de Ciclismo

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Federação Portuguesa de Ciclismo
(FPC)
FPC logo
purpose Cycling association
Chair: Delmino Pereira
Establishment date: 1899
Seat : Lisbon
Website: uvp-fpc.pt

The Federação Portuguesa de Ciclismo ( Portuguese Cycling Federation ) is the association for cyclists in Portugal. It was founded in 1899 and is based in Lisbon.

Delmino Pereira , former cyclist and two-time Portuguese road champion, has been president of the association since 2012 .

The UVP-FPC is a member of the Union Cycliste Internationale and the Union Européenne de Cyclisme . The association is also a member of the umbrella organization Confederação do Desporto de Portugal and the Comité Olímpico de Portugal , the National Olympic Committee of Portugal.

history

The Portuguese cycling association FPC was founded on December 14, 1899 as União Velocipédica Portuguesa (UVP); since 1944 the association has been called UVP-FPC. The founding president was Bernardo Homem Machado , Conde de Caria. In 1901 the first general meeting of delegates took place. At this time, cycling in Portugal took place almost exclusively on cycle tracks ; the first opened in Algés in 1888 , and many others followed. The first cycling clubs were departments of well-known football clubs such as Benfica Lisbon .

Today the association has its permanent seat in Lisbon in a building made available to it by the city.

activities

In the Velódromo Nacional
Artur M. Lopes, President of the FPC from 1992 to 2012

The FPC organizes several cycling races, including the Tour of Portugal .

Since 2009 she has been running the Velódromo Nacional in Sangalhos , 90 kilometers south of Porto , where several European track championships for juniors have taken place. The center of excellence ( Centro de Alto Rendimento , CAR) of the cycling association is also located here.

President

  • 1899–1911: Bernardo Homem Machado, Conde de Caria
  • 1911–1912: José Pontes
  • 1913–1914: António Nunes Soares Júnior
  • 1914-1929: JJ Mendes Arnaut
  • 1929: Carlos Alberto Simões
  • 1929: Mário Nunes de Carvalho
  • 1930: Vítor Alves
  • 1930: Pedro José de Moura
  • 1931-1933: Benvindo Cardoso
  • 1934/35 and 1949: Álvaro de Oliveira
  • 1935/36: Raul Vieira
  • 1945: Manuel Mota
  • ?: Pita Castelejo
  • 1955–1966: Vicente Paulo Martins
  • 1967-1973/74, 1975/76: Idalino de Freitas
  • 1974: Fell Farinha
  • 1976-1983: Mário Ferreira
  • 1984-1992: Henrique Castro
  • 1992–2012: Artur Lopes
  • since 2012: Delmino Pereira

Web links

Coordinates: 38 ° 43 '59.8 "  N , 9 ° 9' 48.7"  W.