Vitória–SC (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 two years as a professional team, 2006 and 2007, that it achieved the European status of UCI Continental Tour, just one category below the UCI WorldTour. This team had an initial budget of 350 thousand euros when União Ciclista de Vila do Conde joined Vitória SC de Guimarães, the team being known as Vitória–ASC.

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.

Major wins

 * 2002
 * Jersey_yellow.svg Overall Circuito Montañés: Óscar Serrano
 * Jersey_green.svg Points classification: Óscar Serrano
 * Stage 4: Rafael Milá
 * Stage 5 & 7: Óscar Serrano
 * Stage 1 Volta ao Alentejo: Rubén Galván
 * MaillotPortugal.PNG Portuguese Under-23 Time Trial Championship: Sérgio Paulinho
 * Teams classification Volta a Portugal do Futuro
 * Jersey_green.svg Points classification: Sérgio Paulinho
 * Mountains classification: Sérgio Paulinho
 * MaillotPortugal.PNG Prologue, Stage 2, 3 & 4: Sérgio Paulinho


 * 2003
 * Sprints classification Volta ao Algarve: Óscar Serrano
 * Jersey_green.svg Points classification Circuito Montañés: Óscar Serrano
 * Stage 5a & 6
 * Stage 3 Volta a Portugal: Victoriano Fernández


 * 2004
 * T-shirt_(White).svg 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 Jersey_green.svg 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
 * T-shirt_(White).svg 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