Nuno Ribeiro

Nuno Jorge Ribeiro Gaspar (born 9 September 1977 in Sobrado, Valongo) is a Portuguese former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2014 for the Barbot–Torrié Cafés, Liberty Seguros–Würth, Liberty Seguros (two spells), Efapel–Glassdrive and OFM–Quinta da Lixa teams. He now works as the general manager of his final professional team, UCI Continental team W52–FC Porto.[1]

Nuno Ribeiro

Personal information
Full name	Nuno Jorge Ribeiro Gaspar
Born	(1977-09-09) 9 September 1977 Sobrado, Portugal
Team information
Current team	W52–FC Porto
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider (retired) Directeur sportif
Professional teams
2000–2002	Barbot–Torrié Cafés–Gondomar
2003–2004	LA Alumínios–Pecol–Bombarral
2005	Liberty Seguros–Würth
2005–2009	LA Alumínios–Liberty Seguros
2012–2013	Efapel–Glassdrive
2014	OFM–Quinta da Lixa
Managerial team
2015–	W52–Quinta da Lixa

He was the winner of the 2003 Volta a Portugal, and he also placed first in the 2009 edition, however he was later disqualified due to testing positive for CERA in a doping test and was banned for two years.[2]

Upon returning from the ban, Ribeiro joined Efapel–Glassdrive. He remained with the team until the end of the 2013 season, when he joined OFM–Quinta da Lixa.[3]