Nélson Oliveira (cyclist)

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Nélson Oliveira Road cycling
Nélson Oliveira at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships
Nélson Oliveira at the
2018 UCI Road World Championships
To person
Date of birth 6th March 1989 (age 31)
nation PortugalPortugal Portugal
discipline Street
height 180 cm
Racing weight 67 kg
To the team
Current team Movistar
function driver
Team (s)
2010
2011
2012–2013
2014–2015
2016– 		Xacobeo Galicia
Team RadioShack
RadioShack Leopard
Lampre-Merida
Movistar
Most important successes

a stage Vuelta a España 2015

Last updated: September 27, 2018

Nélson Filipe Oliveira Santos Simoes (born March 6, 1989 in Vilarinho do Bairro ) is a Portuguese road cyclist .

Career

After Oliveira won the silver medal in the individual time trial of the U23 class at the 2009 road world championships in Mendrisio , he joined the Professional Continental Team Xacobeo Galicia in 2010 . In 2010 he repeated his victories at the Portuguese U23 time trial championships of the previous two years.

He received his first contract with a UCI WorldTeam in 2011 with Team RadioShack . This year he took part in a Grand Tour , the Vuelta a España 2011, for the first time and finished the tour in 117th position. In 2011 he became the Portuguese elite time trial champion and repeated this success in 2014 and 2015. In 2014, he was also Portuguese road champion. At the 2012 Summer Olympics , he was 69th in the road race and 18th in the time trial.

His greatest international success to date was celebrated at the Vuelta a España in 2015 , when he was able to break away from a 24-man leading group on the 13th stage 30 km from the finish and won in the time trial style with a lead of over a minute.

Oliveira in the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships 2017 in Bergen

In 2016 Oliveira became the Portuguese time trial champion for the fourth time. At the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , he was seventh in the time trial competition. In 2017 he missed bronze at the world championships in the individual time trial by eight seconds and finished fourth. In 2018, the Portuguese finished fifth in the time trial at the World Championships in Innsbruck .

successes

2006
  • MaillotPortugal.PNG Portuguese Champion - Individual Time Trial (Juniors)
2008
  • MaillotPortugal.PNG Portuguese Champion - Individual Time Trial (U23)
2009
  • MaillotPortugal.PNG Portuguese Champion - Individual Time Trial (U23)
  • silver World Championship - Individual Time Trial (U23)
2010
  • MaillotPortugal.PNG Portuguese Champion - Individual Time Trial (U23)
2011
  • MaillotPortugal.PNG Portuguese champion - individual time trial
2014
  • MaillotPortugal.PNG Portuguese champion - individual time trial
  • MaillotPortugal.PNG Portuguese champion - road racing
2015
2016
  • MaillotPortugal.PNG Portuguese champion - individual time trial
  • silver Portuguese Championship - Road Racing
2017
2019

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia - 64 80 - - - - - -
Yellow jersey Tour de France - - - 87 47 80 - - 79
Red jersey Vuelta a España 117 - - - 21st - 47 71 46

Teams

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oliveira: That was the longest 30 kilometers of my life. radsport-news.com, September 5, 2015, accessed May 6, 2015 .

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personal data
SURNAME Oliveira, Nélson
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oliveira Santos Simoes, Nélson Filipe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese road cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Vilarinho do Bairro , Portugal