Marco António Chagas Martins (born 19 November 1956) is a Portuguese former racing cyclist who is a cycling commentator on RTP. A professional rider from 1976 to 1990, he won the Volta a Portugal four times, in 1982, 1983, 1985 and 1986, making him the second most successful rider in the competition, after David Blanco.[1] Chagas was stripped from his win at the 1979 Volta a Portugal due to doping.[2][3][4]
Major results
- 1976
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 6th Overall Volta a Portugal
- 1st Stages 3, 10b[clarification needed] & 12b (ITT)
- 1977
- 2nd Overall Grande Prémio do Minho
- 1st Stage 3b (ITT)
- 5th Overall Volta a Portugal
- 1978
- 1st Overall Rapport Toer
- 2nd Overall GP Abimota
- 1979
1st
Overall Volta a Portugal- 1st Stages 3a, 6b (ITT) & 9b
- 5th Overall Grande Prémio Jornal de Notícias
- 5th Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 1981
- 3rd Overall Grande Prémio Jornal de Notícias
- 1st Prologue (TTT)
- 7th Overall Volta a Portugal
- 1st Stage 2 (TTT)
- 1982
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st Overall Volta a Portugal
- 1st Stages 2 & 10b
- 3rd Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 1983
- 1st Overall Volta a Portugal
- 1st Stages 7 & 11
- 1st Porto–Lisboa
- 1984
- 1st Overall Volta ao Alentejo
- 1st Stage 4a (ITT)
- 1st Prologue & Stages 3a (ITT) & 6b Volta a Portugal
- 1st Stage 1 Grande Prémio Jornal de Notícias
- 5th Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 1st Stage 4a
- 1985
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st Overall Volta a Portugal
- 1st Prologue & Stages 9 & 13a (ITT)
- 2nd Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 1st Stages 2 & 6
- 1986
- 1st Overall Volta a Portugal
- 1st Overall Grande Prémio do Minho
- 1st Stages 1, 3 & 5
- 2nd Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 3rd Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
- 1987
- 1st Stage 5a (ITT) Volta a Portugal
- 1st Stage 1a Volta ao Alentejo
- 1988
- 2nd Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 1st Stage 10
- 3rd Overall Volta ao Alentejo
- 1989
- 1st Stage 1 Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
- 1st Stage 5 Grande Prémio do Minho
- 2nd Overall Volta ao Alentejo
- 1st Stage 7b
- 2nd Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 7th Overall GP Costa Azul
- 1st Prologue (ITT) & Stage 3
- 10th Overall Volta a Portugal
- 1990
- 1st Stages 1 & 3a Volta ao Alentejo
- 5th Overall Volta a Portugal
- 7th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France
|
41 | — | — | — | 77 | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| DNF | Did not finish |
See also
References
- ^ "Marco Chagas". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "TAS confirma quatro anos de suspensão por doping de Raul Alarcón". Público (in Portuguese). 30 March 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
corredor a perder o triunfo na Volta a Portugal por doping, depois de Marco Chagas (1979)
- ^ Flórido, Carlos (25 April 2022). "Casos de doping já levaram ao fim de duas equipas do ciclismo português". O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 July 2023.
há Voltas a Portugal perdidas por Joaquim Agostinho e Marco Chagas devido a doping
- ^ "Volta a Portugal: o historial de vencedores". Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). 15 August 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
****O vencedor Marco Chagas (Lousa-Trinaranjus) foi desclassificado por doping.
External links
- Marco Chagas at Cycling Archives (archived, or current page in French)
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