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Adam Becket

Portuguese cycling team banned for 20 days after two anti-doping rule violations

APHotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense in 2023.

A Portuguese Continental cycling team, APHotels & Resorts-Tavira-SC Farense, has been suspended for 20 days after two of the team's riders returned asserted anti-doping rule violations within a 12-month period.

According to the UCI, the third-division team will be unable to race between 23 October to 11 November 2025, due to two "unexplained abnormalities" in the athlete biological passports of two riders, Venceslau Fernandes and Delio Fernández. Given the time of year, it is unlikely to restrict the team's activities too much.

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