AP Hotels & Resorts–Tavira–SC Farense (in accordance with sponsorship and naming rights agreements), also known as Clube de Ciclismo de Tavira (the official, legal name of the sports organization since its foundation) is a Portuguese professional cycling team, founded in 1979, which is based in Tavira, in the Portuguese region of Algarve. It is one of the European teams in the UCI Continental Tour.^[1]

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Team information
UCI code	ATF
Registered	Portugal
Founded	1979 (1979)
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	Continental
Key personnel
General manager	Marcelino Teixeira
Team manager(s)	Vidal Fitas Nentcho Dimitrov
Team name history
1986 1987 1988 1989–1995 1996 1997 1998 1999–2001 2002 2003 2004 2005–2007 2008–2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2013–2014 2015 2016–2019 2020–2022 2023–	Tavira–Stand Custodio Tavira–Nao Team Tavira–Stand Custodio–Varzea Atum Bom Petisco–Tavira Tavira–Recer Progecer–Tavira Gresco–Tavira–Progecer Gresco–Tavira Porta da Ravessa–Zurich Porta da Ravessa–Tavira Würth–Atum Bom Petisco–Tavira Duja–Tavira Palmeiras Resort–Tavira Palmeiras Resort–Prio Tavira–Prio Carmim–Prio Carmim–Tavira BIC–Carmim Tavira Sporting / Tavira Atum General–Tavira–Maria Nova Hotel AP Hotels & Resorts–Tavira–SC Farense
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Founded in 1979, and the oldest Portuguese professional cycling team in continuous operation, it became professional in 1980.^[2] José Manuel Brito da Mana, known simply as Brito da Mana, was its founder and one of the longest-serving directors of the team, leaving the post in 2003.^[3] For several years, the team was sponsored by Atum Bom Petisco, a leading Portuguese canned tuna brand.^[4][5] From 2016 until 2019, the team had the commercial designation of Sporting Clube de Portugal/Tavira, as the result of a sponsorship from Sporting Clube de Portugal.^[6] In 2022, the Clube de Ciclismo de Tavira celebrated an agreement with SC Farense valid for three years.^[7]

As of 28 May 2023.^[8]

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Rider Date of birth  Diogo Barbosa (POR) (2000-06-13) 13 June 2000 (age 23)  Jose Bicho (POR) (2004-01-04) 4 January 2004 (age 20)  Samuel Blanco (ESP) (1994-06-03) 3 June 1994 (age 29)  Venceslau Fernandes (POR) (1996-01-24) 24 January 1996 (age 28)  Delio Fernández (ESP) (1986-02-17) 17 February 1986 (age 38)  David Livramento (POR) (1983-12-18) 18 December 1983 (age 40)

Rider Date of birth  Rafael Lourenço (POR) (1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 26)  Válter Pereira (POR) (1990-02-22) 22 February 1990 (age 34)  Carlos Salgueiro (POR) (1999-06-09) 9 June 1999 (age 24)  Rúben Simão (POR) (2000-10-08) 8 October 2000 (age 23)  Álvaro Trueba (ESP) (1993-01-10) 10 January 1993 (age 31)

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