Rui Costa (cyclist)

This article is about the cyclist. For the footballer, see Rui Costa.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Faria and the second or paternal family name is Costa.
Rui Costa
Costa at the 2022 Giro d'Italia.
Personal information
Full nameRui Alberto Faria da Costa
Born (1986-10-05) 5 October 1986 (age 38)
Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamEF Education–EasyPost
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur team
2005–2006Santa Maria da Feira–E-Leclerc
Professional teams
2007–2008S.L. Benfica
2009–2013Caisse d'Epargne[2]
2014–2022Lampre–Merida[3][4][5][6]
2023Intermarché–Circus–Wanty
2024–EF Education–EasyPost
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
3 individual stages (2011, 2013)
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2023)

Stage races

Tour de Suisse (2012, 2013, 2014)
Abu Dhabi Tour (2017)
Four Days of Dunkirk (2009)
Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid (2011)
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (2023)

One-day races and Classics

World Road Race Championships (2013)
National Road Race Championships (2015, 2020, 2024)
National Time Trial Championships (2010, 2013)
GP de Montréal (2011)
Japan Cup (2023)
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing  Portugal
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Florence Road race

Rui Alberto Faria da Costa ComIH (born 5 October 1986) is a Portuguese professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–EasyPost.[7] He is best known for winning the 2013 UCI Road World Championships in Tuscany, Italy (the first Portuguese rider to do so), three stages of the Tour de France in 2011 and 2013, one stage in the Vuelta a España in 2023, and the 2012, 2013 and 2014 editions of the Tour de Suisse, becoming the first cyclist to win the event for three consecutive years.[8]

  1. ^ a b "Rui Costa – UAE team Emirates". Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Costa signs three year contract with Team Movistar". Velonation.com. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa al Team Lampre–Merida" [Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa to Team Lampre–Merida]. Lampre–Merida (in Italian). CGS Cycling Team AG. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  4. ^ "UAE Team Emirates". Cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  5. ^ "UAE Team Emirates complete 2020 roster with re-signing of former world champion Rui Costa". Cyclingnews.com. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  6. ^ "UAE Team Emirates". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  7. ^ "EF Education-EasyPost". Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Rui Costa faz história na Volta à Suíça com o terceiro triunfo consecutivo".