Nelson Oliveira (cyclist)

Nelson Oliveira
Oliveira in 2018
Personal information
Full nameNelson Filipe dos Santos Simões Oliveira
Born (1989-03-06) 6 March 1989 (age 35)
Anadia, Portugal
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight67 kg (148 lb; 10 st 8 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamMovistar Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeTime trialist
Professional teams
2010Xacobeo–Galicia
2011Team RadioShack
2012–2013RadioShack–Nissan[2]
2014–2015Lampre–Merida
2016–Movistar Team[3][4]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2015)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2014)
National Time Trial Championships
(2011, 2014–2016)
Medal record
Representing  Portugal
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2009 Mendrisio Under-23 time trial
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk Time trial
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Ankara Under-23 road race
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Ankara Under-23 time trial
Representing Movistar Team

Nelson Filipe dos Santos Simões Oliveira[5] (born 6 March 1989) is a Portuguese professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Nelson Oliveira". Movistar Team. Movistar Team. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  2. ^ "RadioShack-Nissan-Trek announces lineup for 2012". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Movistar Team launches 2019 season with highest hopes". Telefónica. Telefónica, S.A. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Movistar Team ready to open new era in 2020". Movistar Team. Abarca Sports SL. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  5. ^ Portugueses | Tóquio 2020 | PÚBLICO
  6. ^ "Movistar Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.