By Think of real road racing in Portugal in modern times, one event pops up for me, the Xassos Urban Cup.
Coinciding with the Oliver’s Mount Cock O’The North, Chimay Classics meetings, the fifteenth event-edition saw the Yamaha DT 50 powered squad of Nelson Barbara/Lidio Pereira bank overall race honours.
Racing under the Team Moto Piri banner, they chalked up 84 laps on their way to victory.
Outright race runners-ups’ Emanuel Nobrega/David Martins, headed category X whilst leading veterans class competitor in the 3-hours long, 50cc machinery led Endurance race was sixth overall, Jose Paraiso.
2024 Xassos Urban Cup Race Result, is as follows:
1st – Nelson Barbara/Lidio Pereira
2nd – Emanuel Nobrega/David Martins
3rd – Paulo Guimaraes/Joel Silva
4th – Telmo Martins
5th – Lucas Pereira
6th – Jose Paraiso
7th – Renato Dias/Luis Meireles/Ricardo Teixeira
8th – Jorge Pedroso/Jorge Bruxado
9th – Francisco Silva
10th – Manuel Gonzalez
11th – Noel Dominguez
12th – Pedro Nogueira
13th – Marco Cardoso
14th – Norberto Duarte/Tiago Ramos
15th – Joao Silva/Marcelo Silva/Joao Vilela
16th – Romeu Amorin
17th – Marco Quintal/Paulo Guerra
18th – Antonio Coutinho/Tiago Rodrigues
19th – Antonio Costa/Fernando Moreira
20th – Renato Rodrigues
21st – Bruno Coelho/Miguel Carneiro/Manuel Silva/Armando
22nd – Jorge Braga/Rodrigo Braga/Diogo Braga
23rd – Tiago Maia/Rui Maia
24th – Mario Pinto
25th – Manuel Igrejas/Pablo Siara/Alexandro Fernandes
26th – Patrick Oliveira/Joao Ribeiro
27th – Diogo Teixeira
28th – Ricardo Roriz/Joao Santos
29th – Ricardo Machado
30th – Alvaro Ferreira
31st – Nando Nunes
32nd – Angelo Luz
33rd – Daniel Silva/Graciano Correira
Photo courtesy of Mesquita Paulo
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
