Mário Costa

Marío Costa

Costa in September 2015
Personal information
Full name Mário Jorge Faria da Costa
Born (1985-11-15) November 15, 1985
Matosinhos
Team information
Current team Lampre-Merida
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Amateur team(s)
2002 Marilina-ASC-Vila do Conde
2003–2004 ASC-Guilhabreu-Vila do Conde
2005–2006 Santa Maria da Feira-E Leclerc
2007 Benfica Juniors
2011 Louletano-Dunas Douradas
Professional team(s)
2008 Benfica
2009–2010 Efapel-Glassdrive
2013–2014 OFM-Quinta da Lixa
2015– Lampre-Merida
Infobox last updated on
2/20/15

Mário Jorge Faria da Costa (born November 15, 1985 in Matosinhos) is a Portuguese cyclist riding for UCI ProTeam Lampre-Merida.[1]

At the Portuguese national championships in June 2010 Costa and his brother Rui tested positive for the banned substance methylhexanamine, which they claimed to have ingested inadvertently due to a tainted food supplement. This turned out to be true.

Palmares

Road

2003
1st Junior National Road Race Championships
2006
2nd National Time Trial Championships
2010
3rd National Time Trial Championships
2011
2nd National Road Race Championships

Cyclo-cross

2015
1st National Cyclo-cross Championships

References

  1. "Marío Costa". Retrieved 20 February 2015.

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