Nelson Oliveira (cyclist)

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

Career
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.

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. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the men's road race and the men's individual time trial.

Oliveira left at the end of the 2013 season, and joined  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 and join  for 2016. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed in the road race and the men's individual time trial.

Major results
Source:


 * 2006
 * 1st MaillotPortugal.PNG Time trial, National Junior Road Championships


 * 2007
 * 1st Stage 3a Vuelta Valladolid Juniors
 * 7th Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships


 * 2008
 * 3rd Overall Volta a Madeira


 * 2009
 * 1st MaillotPortugal.PNG Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal uci.svg Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
 * 5th Overall Volta a Madeira
 * 1st Stage 6


 * 2010
 * 1st MaillotPortugal.PNG Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
 * UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal europe.svg Road race
 * 3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Time trial
 * 2nd Overall Grand Prix du Portugal
 * 4th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
 * 6th Overall Bayern Rundfahrt
 * 6th Overall Giro delle Regioni


 * 2011 (1 pro win)
 * 1st MaillotPortugal.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships


 * 2012
 * 1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification, Ster ZLM Toer
 * 3rd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe


 * 2014 (2)
 * National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotPortugal.PNG Time trial
 * 1st MaillotPortugal.PNG Road race
 * 7th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships


 * 2015 (2)
 * 1st MaillotPortugal.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 1st Stage 13 Vuelta a España
 * 5th Chrono des Nations


 * 2016 (1)
 * National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotPortugal.PNG Time trial
 * 2nd Road race
 * 3rd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
 * 4th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
 * 7th Time trial, Olympic Games


 * 2017
 * 4th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships


 * 2018
 * 5th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
 * 10th Overall Volta ao Algarve


 * 2019
 * European Games
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Time trial
 * 10th Road race
 * 6th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
 * 6th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
 * 8th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships


 * 2020
 * 6th Overall Vuelta a San Juan


 * 2021
 * 2nd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
 * 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 9th Overall Vuelta a Asturias


 * 2022
 * 8th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships


 * 2023
 * 6th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
 * 6th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships