Rui Oliveira Explained
| Rui Oliveira |
| Fullname: | Rui Filipe Alves Oliveira |
| Birth Date: | 5 September 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal |
| Height: | 1.83 m |
| Weight: | 67 kg |
| Role: | Rider |
| Amateuryears1: | 2015–2016 |
| Amateurteam1: | Liberty Seguros-Carglass |
| Proyears1: | 2017–2018 |
| Proyears2: | 2019– |
| Proteam2: | [1] [2] |
| Majorwins: |
- Track
Madison, Olympic Games (2024) |
Rui Filipe Alves Oliveira (pronounced as /pt/; born 5 September 1996) is a Portuguese cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .[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
- 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
9th Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969Grand Tour general classification results timeline
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Track
- 2013
1st Scratch, National Junior Championships
- 2014
National Junior Championships
1st Sprint
1st Team sprint
1st Team pursuit
UCI World Junior Championships
3rd Scratch
3rd Madison (with Ivo Oliveira)
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
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)
- 2023
2nd Elimination, UEC European Championships
- 2024
1st Madison, Olympic Games (with Iúri Leitão)Notes and References
- Web site: UAE Team Emirates. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 6 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190106013724/http://www.cyclingnews.com/teams/2019/uae-team-emirates/. 6 January 2019.
- News: UAE Team Emirates complete 2020 roster with re-signing of former world champion Rui Costa . 8 October 2019 . . . 3 January 2020.
- Web site: UAE Team Emirates. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 2 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210102221611/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15246/1000595/279. 2 January 2021.
- Web site: 2015 Track Cycling World Championships: Entries list. tissottiming.com. 1 February 2016.
- Web site: 75th La Vuelta ciclista a España: Startlist . ProCyclingStats . 19 October 2020.
