LA-MSS
LA-MSS was a Portuguese cycling team .
The manager was Aires Azevedo de Silva and Manuel Ramos Zeferino helped him as the sporting director . Since 2005 the team has participated in the UCI Europe Tour as a Continental Team . The team used to be known as Maia Milaneza until it was renamed LA-MSS in 2007.
2008 season
On May 22nd, 2008 the team headquarters in Pavoa de Marzim, the home of the team boss and the homes of six professional cyclists were searched by LA-MSS. Medicines that can be used for doping have been seized. In addition, the Portuguese police investigated against the Spanish team doctor Marcos Maynar. As part of this investigation, the five drivers Tiago Silva , Rogério Baptista , Claudio Faria , Pedro Cardoso , Afonso Azevedo , the masseur Paulo Silva, the team doctor Marcos Marino Maynar, the sporting director Manuel Ramos Zeferino and the club president Luis Almeida were suspended from the Portuguese Association.
Success in the Europe Tour
date | run | winner |
12. April |
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Bruno Pires |
1st of May |
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Xavier Tondo |
May 3rd |
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Ángel Vicioso |
May 3-7 |
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Ángel Vicioso |
17th of May |
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Constantino Zaballa |
May 18 |
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Pedro Cardoso |
May 15-18 |
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Pedro Cardoso |
June 29th |
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João Cabreira |
July 19 |
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Ángel Vicioso |
Success in cyclocross 2008/2009
date | run | driver |
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October 18 |
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Constantino Zaballa |
Additions Disposals
Accesses | Team 2007 | Departures | Team 2008 |
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Constantino Zaballa | Caisse d'Epargne | Antonio Amorim | Barbot siper |
Ángel Vicioso | Relax GAM | Edgar Anão | Fercase-Rota dos Móveis |
Pedro Romero | Extremadura spook | Pedro Andrade | Unknown |
Tiago Silva | Neoprofi | Vitor Bruno Carvalho | Unknown |
Ángel Vázquez | Unknown |
team
Surname | birthday | nationality | Team 2009 |
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Alfonso Azevedo | July 18, 1984 |
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João Cabreira | May 12, 1982 |
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Doping ban |
Pedro Cardoso | April 12, 1974 |
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Claudio Faria | 1st October 1977 |
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José Antonio Garrido | November 28, 1975 |
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Bruno Neves (†) | 5th September 1981 |
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deceased |
Bruno Pires | May 15, 1981 |
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Barbot siper |
Pedro Romero | 4th June 1982 |
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Centro Ciclismo de Loulé-Louletano |
Rogério Silva | 2nd December 1983 |
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Centro Ciclismo de Loulé-Louletano |
Tiago Silva | October 6, 1986 |
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Xavier Tondo | 5th November 1978 |
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Andalucía-Cajasur |
Ángel Vicioso | April 13, 1977 |
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Andalucía-Cajasur |
Constantino Zaballa | May 15, 1978 |
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Paredes Rota dos Móveis |
2007 season
Success in the Europe Tour
date | run | winner |
April 14th |
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Bruno Pires |
May 20th |
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Bruno Pires |
14.-17. June |
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Pedro Cardoso |
July 11th |
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Xavier Tondo |
11-15 July |
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Xavier Tondo |
4th-15th August |
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Xavier Tondo |
Placements in UCI rankings
UCI world rankings
season | Team ranking | Driver ranking |
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1995 | 43. |
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1996 | 40. |
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1997 | 48. |
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1998 | 47. |
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1999 | 36. (GSII) |
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2000 | 16. (GSII) |
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2001 | 8. (GSII) |
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2002 | 22nd |
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2003 | 23. |
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2004 | 28. |
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UCI Europe Tour
season | Team ranking | Driver ranking |
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2005 | 26th |
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2006 | 25th |
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2007 | 21st |
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2008 | 12. |
Web links
- Official Website (Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ^ Rad-net.de: Police action against Portuguese team , accessed on May 22, 2008.
- ↑ Dopage: Cinq cyclistes de LA-MSS (Portugal) suspendus à titre préventif tsr.ch June 27, 2008 ( Memento of December 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive )