points with the school Unidos de Vila Isabel, that won for having better notes in the requirements of tie breaking). In 2007, the school homaged its city, Duque de Caxias, plot signed by the carnaval producer Roberto Szaniecki (that already signed the carnavals of 1996, 2005, and 2006 of the school). The school conquered its vice-championship for the second time. For the carnaval of 2008, the school of Duque de Caxias brought to the Sambadrome the importance of the gas in our daily lives, homaging the city of Coari, in Amazonas, that possesses the petrochemical pole of Petrobrás, conquering a third place and finishing with the departure of Roberto Szaniecki after the results. In 2010, the school took runner up honors in that year's Carnival edition. In the carnaval of 2018, In 2018, the school has hired the experienced carnival Renato Lage and Márcia Lage that together signed the last fifteen carnivals in of the school-godmother, the Salgueiro. Where a problem in the last car of the school and holes in evolution, in which resulted in a loss of 0.5 tenths and the school's relegation to Serie A after 26 years, however the decision was overturned and the school remains as of today part of the Special Group. The 2022 Carnival would prove to be Grande Rio's best finish yet, as it ended with the school's first general championship of the Special Group division. Titles and prizes Grupo Especial (First division of Rio Carnival): 2022 Estandarte de Ouro (best plot - Grupo Especial): 2022 Grupo de Acesso A (second division): 1992 Estandarte de Ouro (best plot): 1994 Estandarte de Ouro (best samba/Grupo de Acesso): 1992 Best place in the Special Group: 2006 and 2007 (2 vice-championships) Historic names of the school Joãosinho Trinta Nêgo Jayder Soares Leandrinho Mestre Odilon Milton Perácio Emerson Dias Susana Vieira Paolla Oliveira Classifications References Article translated from Lusophone Wikipedia External links Profile of Grande Rio Samba School in English Samba schools of Rio de Janeiro Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro