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Nelson Oliveira

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Place: Aveiro
Birth: 06/03/1989
Country: POR
Height: 180 Cm
Weight: 67 Kg
Pro debut: 2010
Years in team: 5
Career path:

2016-2020: Movistar Team
2014-2015: Lampre
2011-2013: RadioShack
2010: Xacobeo-Galicia

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Nelson Oliveira

One of the world's best specialists

BRILLIANT TT SPECIALIST. His fourth place in the 2017 World time trial championships, or the 8th spot at the 2019 Yorkshire ITT Worlds, are a proof of his splendid TT abilities. He’s also been a four-time national champion of Portugal; third in the 2016 Tour de France longest TT, behind Dumoulin and Froome; and 7th in the Rio Olympic Games. Always focused on supporting the team leaders, he doesn’t miss his chances to shine as an individual, both in TTs -3th in the 2020 La Vuelta (Ézaro), silver medalist in the 2019 European Games- and road races -6th overall in the 2020 Vuelta a San Juan-.

VUELTA STAGE WIN. After some injuries early in his career, Oliveira’s true colours came to the fore during the 2014 Vuelta a España, where he took a spectacular win on stage 13 in Tarazona, leaving behind a 30-strong breakaway with a strong, intelligent solo attack inside the final 25 kilometers.

MULTITASKER. He’s not only a world-class TT specialist: Oliveira also won the 2014 Portuguese road race Championships. His power on flat stages and resistance into the mountains -small hills and even big cols at times- have made him a coveted team player for the Grand Tours, which he has been part of eleven times (5 Vueltas / 4 Tours / 2 Giros). He doesn’t do bad on one-day classics, either: he’s finished 12th in San Sebastián and twice within the top-20 of the Ronde van Vlaanderen.

 He was actually one of the best riders in the world as an under-23, with a silver medal in the 2009 Mendrisio TT Worlds and two podium finishes in the 2010 European champs in Turkey: a silver in the road race and a bronze in the time trial.

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Palmares

6 Victories as professional

1st Portuguese ITT Championship 2016
1st (13th stage) Vuelta a España 2015
1st Portuguese ITT Championship 2015
1st Portuguese RR Championship 2014
1st Portuguese ITT Championship 2014
1st Portuguese ITT Championship 2011

Other results

2nd WORLD ITT CHAMP. U23 2009
2nd PORTUGUESE RR CHAMP. 2016
3rd EUROPEAN ITT WORLD CHAMP. U23 2010
4th WORLD ITT CHAMP. 2017
4th EUROPEAN ITT CHAMP. 2016
7th OLYMPIC GAMES ITT 2016
12th CLASICA SAN SEBASTIAN 2015
18th RONDE VAN VLAANDEREN 2017
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Results
2021

37 Days of Racing
5946.8 Km covered

2nd Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
2nd (4th stage) Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
4th (8th stage) Giro d'Italia
5th (6th stage) Tirreno-Adriatico
7th (3rd stage) Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
8th (1st stage) Vuelta a Asturias
8th (4th stage) Giro d'Italia
8th (14th stage) Giro d'Italia
9th Vuelta a Asturias
14th (3rd stage) Vuelta a Asturias
16th (1st stage) Giro d'Italia
17th (7th stage) Tirreno-Adriatico
19th (5th stage) Giro d'Italia
27th Giro d'Italia
28th (2nd stage) Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
28th (5th stage) Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
29th (10th stage) Giro d'Italia
29th (1st stage) Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
33th (11th stage) Giro d'Italia
37th GP Larciano
37th (17th stage) Giro d'Italia
38th (16th stage) Giro d'Italia
40th (21th stage) Giro d'Italia
46th (19th stage) Giro d'Italia
53th (3rd stage) Giro d'Italia
56th (6th stage) Giro d'Italia
58th (3rd stage) Tirreno-Adriatico
59th (20th stage) Giro d'Italia
62th (2nd stage) Giro d'Italia
68th Tirreno-Adriatico
68th (15th stage) Giro d'Italia
72th (12th stage) Giro d'Italia
77th (9th stage) Giro d'Italia
77th (4th stage) Tirreno-Adriatico
79th (5th stage) Tirreno-Adriatico
79th (13th stage) Giro d'Italia
85th (2nd stage) Tirreno-Adriatico
85th Milano-Sanremo
85th (18th stage) Giro d'Italia
107th (1st stage) Tirreno-Adriatico
130th (7th stage) Giro d'Italia