Sérgio Paulinho
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Sérgio Miguel Moreira Paulinho |
| Date of birth | March 26, 1980 |
| Country | Portugal |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Astana |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2003 2004 2005–2006 2007 2008– |
ASC-Vila do Conde L.A.-Pecol Liberty Seguros-Würth/Astana Discovery Channel Astana |
| Major wins | |
 Olympic Games (2004)Vuelta a España, 1 stage |
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| Infobox last updated on: | |
| February 3, 2008 | |
| Medal record | |||
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Competitor for  Portugal |
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| Road bicycle racing | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Silver | Athens 2004 | Individual Road Race | |
Sérgio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (born March 26, 1980 in Oeiras) is a Portuguese road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Astana. He is a domestique in the 2007 Tour de France for the team leaders.
Son of former cyclist Jacinto Paulinho, Paulinho won the world junior championship in 2002. In 2003, he became a professional cyclist and started gaining reference in one of the most important Portuguese teams: LA Pecol. In 2004, he was 6th in the Tour of Portugal (Volta). In the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, he was silver medalist (Italy's Paolo Bettini got gold and Axel Merckx bronze) in the cycling road race.
Following his Olympic performance, he was signed by the Liberty Seguros-Würth.
On July 6, 2006, it was announced in Belgian Sporza that he was to switch to the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team at the end of the season despite that his name was apparently implicated in the Fuentes scandal. Discovery boss Johan Bruyneel does not believe Paulinho has a case to answer to. Indeed, Bruyneel was correct since Paulinho was cleared by Spanish officials of any wrongdoing as part of the Operación Puerto doping case.[1]
He took his first Grand Tour stage win in Vuelta a Espana 2006, on stage 10. In 2004 he also won the Portuguese national time trial Championship and stage 7 and 10 at Tour of Portugal.
[edit] Palmares
- Vuelta a España - 1 stage (2006)
- Portugal Time Trial Championship (2004)
- Volta a Portugal - 2 stages (2004)
- Volta a Tras os Montes - Overall & 1 stage (2004)
- Volta a Terras de Santa Maria - 1 stages (2004)
- Volta ao Portugal do Futuro - 3 stages (2002)
World U23 Time Trial Championship (2002)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Profile at ThePaceline.com
- Palmarès at Trap-Friis.dk
- Sérgio Paulinho profile at the Cycling Website
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| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Paulinho, Sérgio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Paulinho, Sérgio Miguel Moreira |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Road bicycel racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1980-03-26 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oeiras, Portugal |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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