António Morgado

António Morgado
António Morgado during the 2024 World Championships
Personal information
Born (2004-01-28) January 28, 2004 (age 20)
Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
Team information
Current teamUAE Team Emirates
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2021–2022Bairrada Cycling Team
Professional teams
2023Hagens Berman Axeon[1]
2024–UAE Team Emirates
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Time Trial Championships (2024)
Medal record
Men's road cycling
Representing  Portugal
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Glasgow Under-23 road race
Silver medal – second place 2022 Wollongong Junior road race

António Morgado (born 28 January 2004) is a Portuguese road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates.[2]

Career

At the 2022 UCI Road World Championships held in Wollongong, Australia, Morgado won a silver medal in the men's junior road race after he was outsprinted by Emil Herzog at the line.[3]

After a highly successful two years as a junior, Morgado was recruited by UCI Continental team Hagens Berman Axeon for 2023.[1] That season, he won the International Tour of Rhodes and repeated his performance at the World Championships, winning another silver medal, this time in the under-23 road race.

The following season, he joined UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates on a four-year contract. After finishing fifth in the Tour of Flanders in late March, he took his first pro win at the newly revived Giro della Romagna three weeks later.[4][5]

Major results

2021
National Junior Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race
1st Overall Volta a Portugal Juniores
1st Points classification
1st Mountains classification
1st Young rider classification
1st Stages 1 & 3 (ITT)
1st Overall Vuelta al Besaya
1st Points classification
1st Young rider classification
1st Stages 3 & 4
1st Overall Volta ao Concelho de Loulé
1st Points classification
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 2
1st Overall Ruta do Albariño
1st Prologue
1st Gipuzkoa Klasika
2nd Overall Bizkaiko Itzulia
1st Points classification
1st Stages 2 & 4 (ITT)
2nd Overall Vuelta a Valladolid
6th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
2022
National Junior Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
1st Overall Volta ao Concelho de Loulé
1st Points classification
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 2 & 3 (TTT)
1st Overall Vuelta al Besaya
1st Points classification
1st Mountains classification
1st Stages 1 & 3
1st Overall Volta a Portugal Juniores
1st Mountains classification
1st Stages 3 (ITT) & 5
1st Overall Grande Prémio do Minho
1st Points classification
1st Stage 3
1st Overall Ruta do Albariño
1st Prologue & Stage 1
1st Overall Vuelta a Valladolid
1st Stages 1 & 2 (ITT)
1st Overall Vuelta Ribera del Duero
1st Stages 1 & 3
1st Overall Giro della Lunigiana
1st Mountains classification
2nd Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
2nd Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
1st Mountains classification
2nd Overall Gipuzkoa Klasikoa
2nd Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan
4th Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud
9th Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships
2023
1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Overall International Tour of Rhodes
1st Young rider classification
2nd Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
4th Overall Circuit des Ardennes
4th Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
6th Overall Orlen Nations Grand Prix
1st Stage 5
8th Coppa Citta di San Daniele
2024 (3 pro wins)
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Giro della Romagna
1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Asturias
2nd Le Samyn
5th Tour of Flanders
10th Overall Volta ao Algarve
1st Young rider classification

References

  1. ^ a b Childers, Chad (30 August 2022). "ANTONIO MORGADO TO JOIN HAGENS BERMAN AXEON IN 2023". Hagens Berman Axeon. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  2. ^ "UAE Team Emirates". UCI. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  3. ^ Christian, Nick (23 September 2022). "EMIL HERZOG OUTSPRINTS ANTONIO MORGADO IN THRILLER TO WINS MEN'S JUNIOR ROAD RACE AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". Eurosport. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  4. ^ Treloar, Iain (1 April 2024). "Meet António Morgado, the neo-pro who placed fifth at Flanders". escapecollective.com. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  5. ^ "António Morgado wins Giro della Romagna". Cycling News. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.