Nélson Oliveira

Nelson Oliveira

Oliveira in April 2015
Personal information
Full name	Nelson Filipe Santos Simões Oliveira
Born	(1989-03-06) 6 March 1989 (age 27) Anadia, Portugal
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st)
Team information
Current team	Movistar Team
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time trialist
Professional team(s)
2010	Xacobeo–Galicia
2011	Team RadioShack
2012–2013	RadioShack–Nissan
2014–2015	Lampre–Merida
2016–	Movistar Team
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 Road bicycle racing World Championships 2009 Mendrisio Under-23 time trial

Grand Tours

One-day races and Classics

Nelson Filipe Santos Simões Oliveira (born 6 March 1989) is a Portuguese professional road racing cyclist riding for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team.

In September 2009, Anadia-born Oliveira won the silver medal in the under-23 time trial at the UCI Road World Championships. In November 2009, Oliveira signed with Xacobeo–Galicia.

In September 2010, he went again to the UCI Road World Championships, and was 4th in the under-23 time trial, not repeating a podium by just 4 seconds. In 2011 he won the Portuguese National Time Trial Championships and finished 17th in the UCI World Time Trial Championships.

Oliveira left RadioShack–Leopard at the end of the 2013 season, and joined Lampre–Merida for the 2014 season. In 2014, he won the Portuguese National Time Trial Championships again. He also won the Portuguese National Road Race Championships several days later. In September 2015 it was reported that Oliveira would leave Lampre–Merida and join Movistar Team for 2016.

WD = Withdrew; IP = In Progress