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{{short description|Portuguese cyclist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Portuguese name|Chagas|Martins}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name           = Marco Chagas
| image          = Marco_Chagas_no_Circuito_do_Pereiro.jpg
| image_size     =
| caption        =
| full_name      = Marco António Chagas Martins
| nickname       =
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1956|11|19|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Pontével]], [[Cartaxo]], Portugal
| height         =
| weight         =
| currentteam    = Retired
| discipline     = Road
| role           = Rider
| ridertype      =
| amateuryears1  = 1981–1982
| amateurteam1   = FC Porto–UBP
| amateuryears2  = 1983
| amateurteam2   = Mako Jeans
| proyears1      = 1976
| proteam1       = Costa do Sol
| proyears2      = 1977–1978
| proteam2       = CD Os Águias–Clok
| proyears3      = 1979
| proteam3       = Lousa–Trinaranjus
| proyears4      = 1980
| proteam4       = {{UCI team code|SEM|1980}}
| proyears5      = 1984–1987
| proteam5       = [[Sporting CP (cycling team)|Sporting–Raposeira]]
| proyears6      = 1988–1989
| proteam6       = {{UCI team code|LLC|1988}}
| proyears7      = 1990
| proteam7       = Orima–Cantanhede
| majorwins      = '''[[Stage races]]'''
:[[Volta a Portugal]] (1982, 1983, 1985, 1986)
:[[Volta ao Alentejo]] (1984)
'''[[Classic cycle races|One-day races and Classics]]'''
:[[Portuguese National Road Race Championships|National Road Race Championships]] (1976, 1982, 1985)
| medaltemplates =
| show-medals    =
}}
'''Marco António Chagas Martins''' (born 19 November 1956) is a Portuguese former [[racing cyclist]] who is a cycling commentator on [[Rádio e Televisão de Portugal|RTP]]. A professional rider from 1976 to 1990, he won the [[Volta a Portugal]] four times, in 1982, 1983, 1985 and 1986, making him the second most successful rider in the competition, after [[David Blanco]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/marco-chagas | title=Marco Chagas | work=ProCyclingStats | accessdate=13 August 2021}}</ref> Chagas was stripped from his win at the 1979 Volta a Portugal due to doping.<ref>{{cite news|date=30 March 2022|title=TAS confirma quatro anos de suspensão por doping de Raul Alarcón|trans-title= |url=https://www.publico.pt/2022/03/30/desporto/noticia/tas-confirma-quatro-anos-suspensao-doping-raul-alarcon-2000731|language=pt|work=Público|access-date=23 July 2023|quote=corredor a perder o triunfo na Volta a Portugal por doping, depois de Marco Chagas (1979)}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Flórido|first=Carlos|date=25 April 2022|title=Casos de doping já levaram ao fim de duas equipas do ciclismo português|trans-title= |url=https://www.ojogo.pt/modalidades/ciclismo/noticias/casos-de-doping-ja-levaram-ao-fim-de-duas-equipas-do-ciclismo-portugues-14798025.html|language=pt|work=O Jogo|access-date=23 July 2023|quote=há Voltas a Portugal perdidas por Joaquim Agostinho e Marco Chagas devido a doping}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=15 August 2022|title=Volta a Portugal: o historial de vencedores|trans-title= |url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/modalidades/ciclismo/volta-a-portugal-o-historial-de-vencedores|language=pt|work=Maisfutebol|access-date=23 July 2023|quote=****O vencedor Marco Chagas (Lousa-Trinaranjus) foi desclassificado por doping.}}</ref>

==Major results==
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;1976
: 1st [[File:MaillotPortugal.PNG|20px]] [[Portuguese National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 6th Overall [[Volta a Portugal]]
::1st Stages 3, 10b{{Clarify|reason=what are "a" and "b" stages? As in 10b or 5a.|date=August 2021}} & 12b ([[individual time trial|ITT]])
;1977
: 2nd Overall Grande Prémio do Minho
::1st Stage 3b ([[individual time trial|ITT]])
: 5th Overall [[Volta a Portugal]]
;1978
: 1st Overall [[Rapport Toer]]
: 2nd Overall {{ill|GP Abimota|fr}}
;1979
: <s>1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall [[Volta a Portugal]]</s>
:: 1st Stages 3a, 6b ([[individual time trial|ITT]]) & 9b
: 5th Overall [[Grande Prémio Jornal de Notícias]]
: 5th Overall [[Volta ao Algarve]]
;1981
: 3rd Overall [[Grande Prémio Jornal de Notícias]]
::1st Prologue ([[team time trial|TTT]])
: 7th Overall [[Volta a Portugal]]
::1st Stage 2 ([[team time trial|TTT]])
;1982
: 1st [[File:MaillotPortugal.PNG|20px]] [[Portuguese National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall [[Volta a Portugal]]
::1st Stages 2 & 10b
: 3rd Overall [[Volta ao Algarve]]
;1983
: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall [[Volta a Portugal]]
::1st Stages 7 & 11
: 1st [[Porto–Lisboa]]
;1984
: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall [[Volta ao Alentejo]]
::1st Stage 4a ([[individual time trial|ITT]])
: 1st Prologue & Stages 3a ([[individual time trial|ITT]]) & 6b [[Volta a Portugal]]
: 1st Stage 1 [[Grande Prémio Jornal de Notícias]]
: 5th Overall [[Volta ao Algarve]]
::1st Stage 4a
;1985
: 1st [[File:MaillotPortugal.PNG|20px]] [[Portuguese National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall [[Volta a Portugal]]
::1st Prologue & Stages 9 & 13a ([[individual time trial|ITT]])
: 2nd Overall [[Volta ao Algarve]]
::1st Stages 2 & 6
;1986
: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall [[Volta a Portugal]]
::1st Stages 4, 7 ([[individual time trial|ITT]]), 11a & 11b ([[individual time trial|ITT]])
: 1st Overall Grande Prémio do Minho
::1st Stages 1, 3 & 5
: 2nd Overall [[Volta ao Algarve]]
: 3rd Overall [[Troféu Joaquim Agostinho]]
;1987
: 1st Stage 5a ([[individual time trial|ITT]]) [[Volta a Portugal]]
: 1st Stage 1a [[Volta ao Alentejo]]
;1988
: 2nd Overall [[Volta ao Algarve]]
::1st Stage 10
: 3rd Overall [[Volta ao Alentejo]]
;1989
: 1st Stage 1 [[Troféu Joaquim Agostinho]]
: 1st Stage 5 Grande Prémio do Minho
: 2nd Overall [[Volta ao Alentejo]]
::1st Stage 7b
: 2nd Overall [[Volta ao Algarve]]
: 7th Overall [[GP Costa Azul]]
::1st Prologue ([[individual time trial|ITT]]) & Stage 3
: 10th Overall [[Volta a Portugal]]
;1990
: 1st Stages 1 & 3a [[Volta ao Alentejo]]
: 5th Overall [[Volta a Portugal]]
: 7th Overall [[Troféu Joaquim Agostinho]]
{{div col end}}

===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]]
! scope="col" | 1980
! scope="col" | 1981
! scope="col" | 1982
! scope="col" | 1983
! scope="col" | 1984
! scope="col" | 1985
! scope="col" | 1986
! scope="col" | 1987
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey]] [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
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|—
|—
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|—
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]] [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]]
|[[1980 Tour de France|41]]
|—
|—
|—
|[[1984 Tour de France|77]]
|—
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|—
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px|link=|alt=A gold jersey]] [[List of Vuelta a España general classification winners|Vuelta a España]]
|—
|—
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|[[1987 Vuelta a España|DNF]]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|DSQ || Disqualified
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|DNF || Did not finish
|}

==See also==
* [[Doping in sport]]
* [[List of doping cases in cycling]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cycling Archives|1132}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chagas, Marco}}
[[Category:1956 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Cartaxo]]
[[Category:Portuguese male cyclists]]
[[Category:Volta a Portugal winners]]
[[Category:Portuguese sportspeople in doping cases]]
[[Category:Doping cases in cycling]]
[[Category:20th-century Portuguese sportsmen]]


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