Liberty Seguros Continental
Liberty Seguros was a Portuguese cycling team .
In 1996 the team was founded under the name LA Aluminios-Pecol. Thanks to a collaboration with Liberty Seguros , the team has been participating in the UCI Continental Circuits as a Continental team since 2005 . The Olympic runner-up in Athens 2004 Sérgio Paulinho and Nuno Ribeiro switched to the Liberty Seguros team . At the Tour of Portugal in 2005, Cândido Barbosa won three stages and was second overall.
Since 2007, the team only drove under the name Liberty Seguros after the insurance company left the ProTeam in the summer of 2006 . In September 2009 it was announced that the drivers Héctor Guerra , Isidro Nozal and Nuño Ribeiro , winners of the Tour of Portugal , were positive for the doping agent CERA during training tests on August 3rd. Thereupon Liberty Seguros withdrew as main sponsor with immediate effect.
2009 season
Successes in the Continental Circuits
Additions Disposals
| Accesses | Team 2008 | Departures | Team 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|
| José Mendes | Benfica | Pablo Urtasun | Euskaltel-Euskadi |
| Edgar Pinto | Benfica | César Antunes Quiterio | Centro Ciclismo de Loulé-Louletano |
| Rubén Plaza | Benfica | Koldo Gil | End of career |
| Ricardo Vilela | Neoprofi | José Carlos Rodrigues | Unknown |
| Ricardo Miguel Sousa | Unknown |
team
| Surname | birthday | nationality | Team 2010 |
| Hernâni Broco | June 13, 1981 |
 Portugal
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LA Rota dos Móveis |
| Filipe Cardoso | May 15, 1984 |
Portugal
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LA Rota dos Móveis |
| Manuel António Cardoso | April 7, 1983 |
Portugal
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Footon Servetto |
| Vitor Goncalves | August 26, 1982 |
Portugal
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| Héctor Guerra | August 6, 1978 |
 Spain
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Doping ban |
| António Jesus | 20th January 1984 |
Portugal
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| José Mendes | April 24, 1985 |
Portugal
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LA Rota dos Móveis |
| Carlos Nozal | May 15, 1981 |
Spain
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| Isidro Nozal | October 18, 1977 |
Spain
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Doping ban |
| Edgar Pinto | August 27, 1985 |
Portugal
|
LA Rota dos Móveis |
| Rubén Plaza | February 29, 1980 |
Spain
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Caisse d'Epargne |
| Nuño Ribeiro | September 9, 1977 |
Portugal
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Doping ban |
| Vítor Rodrigues | March 9, 1986 |
Portugal
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Caja Rural |
| Rui Sousa | 17th July 1976 |
Portugal
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Barbot siper |
| Ricardo Vilela | 18th December 1987 |
Portugal
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Boavista |
Placements in UCI rankings
UCI world rankings
| season | Team ranking | Driver ranking |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 57. |
Joaquim Gomes (372.)
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| 1997 | 56. |
Joaquim Gomes (332.)
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| 1998 | 51. |
Pedro Miguel Lopes (362nd)
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| 1999 | 32nd (GSII) |
 Michele Laddomada (457.)
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| 2000 | 23. (GSII) |
 Andrei Zinchenko (152.)
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| 2001 | 21. (GSII) |
Andrei Zintschenko (170.)
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| 2002 | 17. (GSII) |
Cândido Barbosa (167.)
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| 2003 | 7. (GSII) |
Nuno Ribeiro (187.)
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| 2004 | 7. (GSII) |
Sérgio Paulinho (108.)
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UCI Africa Tour
| season | Team ranking | Driver ranking |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4th |
Filipe Cardoso (5th)
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UCI America Tour
| season | Team ranking | Driver ranking |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 40. |
José Mendes (310.)
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UCI Europe Tour
| season | Team ranking | Driver ranking |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 30th |
Cândido Barbosa (11th)
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| 2006 | 33. |
Cândido Barbosa (101.)
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| 2007 | 18th |
Cândido Barbosa (8th)
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| 2008 | 10. |
Héctor Guerra (7th)
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| 2009 | 3. |
Héctor Guerra (8th)
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