Rui Oliveira
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| Full name | Rui Filipe Alves Oliveira | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 September 1996 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | UAE Team Emirates XRG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2015–2016 | Liberty Seguros-Carglass | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2017–2018 | Axeon–Hagens Berman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | UAE Team Emirates[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Rui Filipe Alves Oliveira (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁuj fɨˈlipɨ ˈalvɨz ɔliˈvɐjɾɐ]; born 5 September 1996) is a Portuguese cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates XRG.[3] He competed in the scratch event at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[4] His twin brother, Ivo Oliveira, is also an international track cyclist.
In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España.[5]
Competing in his first Olympic Games in Paris 2024, he won a gold medal in the Madison event alongside Iúri Leitão.
Major results
Road
- 2017
- 8th Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 2018
- 1st
Road race, National Under-23 Championships - 6th Arno Wallaard Memorial
- 7th Handzame Classic
- 7th ZLM Tour
- 9th Primus Classic
- 2021
- 2nd Road race, National Championships
- 2022
- 4th Road race, National Championships
- 2023
- 2nd Road race, National Championships
- 8th Trofeo Ses Salines–Alcúdia
- 9th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 2024
- 2nd Road race, National Championships
- 3rd Super 8 Classic
- 8th Binche–Chimay–Binche
- 9th Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969
- 10th Grand Prix de Wallonie
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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— | — | 141 | — | 121 |
 Tour de France
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— | — | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
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119 | 74 | — | 148 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
Track
- 2013
- 1st Scratch, National Junior Championships
- 2014
- National Junior Championships
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Team sprint
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st
- UCI World Junior Championships
- 3rd
Scratch - 3rd Madison (with Ivo Oliveira)
- 3rd
- 3rd
Scratch, UEC European Junior Championships - 2016
- 1st Keirin, National Championships
- 2017
- 1st
Elimination, UEC European Under-23 Championships - 3rd Elimination, UEC European Championships
- 3rd Madison (with Ivo Oliveira), UCI World Cup, Minsk
- 2018
- 1st Madison (with Ivo Oliveira), National Championships
- 2nd
Elimination, UEC European Championships - 2019
- National Championships
- 1st Madison (with João Matias)
- 1st Omnium
- 1st
- 3rd Omnium, UCI World Cup, Minsk
- 2020
- 2nd Madison, UEC European Championships (with Ivo Oliveira)
- 2021
- UEC European Championships
- 1st Scratch
- 3rd Madison (with Iúri Leitão)
- 1st
- 2023
- 2nd Elimination, UEC European Championships
- 2024
- 1st
Madison, Olympic Games (with Iúri Leitão) - 2025
- UEC European Championships
- 2nd Elimination
- 3rd Madison (with Ivo Oliveira)
- 2nd
References
- ^ "UAE Team Emirates". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ "UAE Team Emirates complete 2020 roster with re-signing of former world champion Rui Costa". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "UAE Team Emirates". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "2015 Track Cycling World Championships: Entries list". tissottiming.com. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "75th La Vuelta ciclista a España: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rui Oliveira.
- Rui Oliveira at UCI
- Rui Oliveira at Cycling Archives
- Rui Oliveira at ProCyclingStats
- Rui Oliveira at Cycling Quotient
- Rui Oliveira at CycleBase
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