José Mendes

This article is about the cyclist José Mendes. For other people, see José Mendes (disambiguation) and José Méndez .

José Mendes at the 2014 Tour de France

José João Pimenta Costa Mendes (born April 24, 1985 in Guimarães ) is a Portuguese road cyclist .

Career

After Mendes won the Volta ao Portugal do Futuro in 2007 , he joined the Portuguese Professional Continental Team Benfica in 2008 . At the Tour of Luxembourg , he came ninth in the overall ranking and thus finished third in the junior ranking. In 2010 he won a stage at the Grande Prémio Internacional de Torres Vedras and - after a doping qualification - the original winner - the Tour of Portugal . With the Vuelta a España 2013 he contested his first Grand Tour and finished the race 22nd. In 2016 and 2019 he became Portuguese road racing champion

successes

2010

• a stage Grande Prémio Internacional de Torres Vedras
• a stage Volta a Portugal

2015

• Team time trial Giro del Trentino

2016

• Portuguese Championship - Individual Time Trial
• Portuguese Championship - Road Racing

2019

• Portuguese Championship - Road Racing

Grand Tour overall ranking

Grand Tour	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Giro d'Italia	-	-	-	-	48	-
Tour de France	-	124	140	-	-	-
Vuelta a España	22nd	-	-	54	-	83

Teams

• 2008: Benfica
• 2009: Liberty Seguros
• 2010: LA Rota dos Móveis
• 2011: CCC Polsat Polkowice
• 2012: LA Aluminios-Antarte
• 2013: Team NetApp-Endura
• 2014: Team NetApp-Endura
• 2015: Bora-Argon 18
• 2016: Bora-Argon 18
• 2017: Bora-hansgrohe
• 2018: Burgos bra
• 2019: Sporting / Tavira

Remarks

1. ↑ The stage was originally won by Joaquín Ortega and disallowed because of doping.

Web links

Commons : José Mendes  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• José Mendes in the Radsportseiten.net database
• José Mendes in the ProCyclingStats.com database