Portuguese sports director Nuno Ribeiro given 25-year doping suspension

W52-FC Porto in action in a race in Portugal in 2020
W52-FC Porto in action in a race in Portugal in 2020 (Image credit: Getty Images)

Portuguese sports director Nuno Ribeiro has received one of cycling’s longest ever doping suspensions, with a 25-year ban extending through to 2047.

Ribeiro, a former pro and director with the now defunct Portuguese W52-FC Porto squad, received the ban for “trafficking, possession and supply” of illegal substances. These included various hormonal drugs, amongst them testosterone, corticoids and steroids.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.