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 , , (two spells), and teams. He now works as a directeur sportif for his final professional team, UCI Continental team .

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.

Upon returning from the ban, Ribeiro joined . He remained with the team until the end of the 2013 season, when he joined .

Major results

2002 4th Gran Premio de Llodio 9th Overall Volta a Portugal 2003 1st Overall Volta a Portugal 1st Stage 5

2nd Road race, National Road Championships 7th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho 2004 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 3rd Overall Volta a Portugal 9th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho 2006 5th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho 6th Overall Volta ao Alentejo 2007 7th Overall GP Internacional Paredes Rota dos Móveis 2008 1st Overall GP CTT Correios de Portugal 1st Stage 8 Volta a Portugal 9th Overall GP Internacional Paredes Rota dos Móveis 2009 1st Overall Volta a Portugal 1st Stage 10 2nd Subida al Naranco 3rd Overall GP Internacional Paredes Rota dos Móveis 4th Overall Vuelta a Asturias 2012 8th Overall Volta a Portugal 2013 9th Overall Volta a Portugal 2014 9th Overall Tour do Rio