Nelson Oliveira
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 Oliveira during the time trial at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships | |||||||||||||
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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 2011 2012–2013 2014– |
Xacobeo-Galicia Team RadioShack RadioShack-Nissan[1] Lampre-Merida | ||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||
| National Time Trial Championships (2011) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Infobox last updated on 2 January 2014 | |||||||||||||
This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Santos Simões and the second or paternal family name is Oliveira.
Nelson Filipe Santos Simões Oliveira (born 6 March 1989 in Anadia, Portugal) is a Portuguese professional road racing cyclist for the Lampre-Merida team.[2] 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 Championship Sub 23, and was 4th, not repeating a podium by just 4 seconds.[4]
Oliveira left RadioShack-Leopard at the end of the 2013 season, and joined Lampre-Merida for the 2014 season.[2]
Palmarès
- 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 Under-23 Time Trial Championships
- 2nd, World Under-23 Time Trial Championships
- 5th Overall, Volta a Madeira
- 1st, Stage 6
- 2010
- 1st National Under-23 Time Trial Championships
- 2nd, European Under-23 Road Race Championships
- 2nd Overall, GP du Portugal
- 3rd, European Under-23 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
References
- ↑ "RadioShack-Nissan-Trek announces lineup for 2012". VeloNews (Competitor Group, Inc.). 5 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "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
External links
Media related to Nelson Oliveira at Wikimedia Commons
- Nelson Oliveira profile at Cycling Archives
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