Nelson Oliveira
.JPG) Oliveira in April 2015 | |||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
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| Full name | Nelson Filipe Santos Simões Oliveira | ||||||||||||
| Born |
6 March 1989 Anadia, Portugal | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st) | ||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||
| Current team | Lampre–Merida | ||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
| Rider type | Time-Trialist | ||||||||||||
| Professional team(s) | |||||||||||||
| 2010 | Xacobeo–Galicia | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | Team RadioShack | ||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | RadioShack–Nissan[1] | ||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Lampre–Merida | ||||||||||||
| 2016– | Movistar Team | ||||||||||||
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Infobox last updated on 4 September 2015 | |||||||||||||
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Nelson Filipe Santos Simões Oliveira (born 6 March 1989 in Anadia, Portugal) is a Portuguese professional road racing cyclist riding for UCI ProTour team Lampre–Merida.[2]
Career
In September 2009, he won the silver medal in the under-23 time trial at the UCI Road World Championships.[3] In November 2009, Oliveira signed with Xacobeo–Galicia.
In September 2010, he went again to the World Championships Sub 23, and was 4th, not repeating a podium by just 4 seconds.[4] In 2011 he won the National Time Trial Championships and finished 17thin the world time trial Championships.
Oliveira left RadioShack–Leopard at the end of the 2013 season, and joined Lampre–Merida for the 2014 season.[2] In 2014, he won the national time trial championships again. He also won the National Road Race Championships several days later. In September 2015 it was reported that Oliveira would leave Lampre–Merida and join Movistar Team for 2016.[5]
Achievements
- 2004
- 1st
National Novice Time Trial Championships - 2006
- 1st National Junior Time Trial Championships
- 2007
- 1st Stage 3a Vuelta Valladolid (juniors)
- 2008
- 3rd Overall, Volta a Madeira
- 2009
- 1st National U23 Time Trial Championships
- 2nd World U23 Time Trial Championships
- 5th Overall Volta a Madeira
- 1st Stage 6
- 2010
- 1st National U23 Time Trial Championships
- 2nd European U23 Road Race Championships
- 2nd Overall, GP du Portugal
- 3rd European U23 Time Trial Championships
- 6th Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt
- 6th Overall Giro delle Regione
- 2011
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
- 17th World Time Trial Championships
- 2012
- 1st
Mountains classification Ster ZLM Toer - 3rd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 18th Summer Olympics Time trial
- 2014
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
- 1st National Road Race Championships
- 7th World Time Trial Championships
- 2015
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
- 1st Stage 13 Vuelta a España
- 5th Chrono des Nations
References
- ↑ "RadioShack-Nissan-Trek announces lineup for 2012". VeloNews (Competitor Group, Inc.). 5 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- 1 2 "Nélson Filipe Santos Simões Oliveira: Portuguese youth for Lampre-Merida". Lampre–Merida (New Master SRL). 26 September 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
- ↑ Bobridge conquers Swiss Worlds course for gold, Oliveira second by 18"
- ↑ Phinney claims rainbow bands for USA
- ↑ "El Movistar Team ficha a Nelson Oliveira" [The Movistar Team signs Nelson Oliveira]. marca.com (in Spanish). 17 September 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nélson Oliveira. |
- Nelson Oliveira at Sports Reference
- Nelson Oliveira profile at Cycling Archives
- Nelson Oliveira profile at Cycling Quotient
- Nelson Oliveira profile at ProCyclingStats