# 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 Movistar Team.

## 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 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. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the men's road race and the men's individual time trial.
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. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed in the road race and the men's individual time trial.

## Major results

Source:

### 2006

    1st 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 Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
    2nd Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
    5th Overall Volta a Madeira
       1st Stage 6

### 2010

    1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
    UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
       2nd Road race
       3rd 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 Time trial, National Road Championships

### 2012

    1st Mountains classification, Ster ZLM Toer
    3rd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe

### 2014 (2)

    National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       1st Road race
    7th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

### 2015 (2)

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    1st Stage 13 Vuelta a España
    5th Chrono des Nations

### 2016 (1)

    National Road Championships
       1st 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 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

### 2024

    7th Time trial, Olympic Games

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | 64 | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | 87 | 47 | 80 | — | — | 79 | 55 | — | 52 | 53 |
| Vuelta a España | 118 | — | — | — | 21 | — | 47 | 71 | 46 | 39 | 72 | 37 | 53 |

### Major championships results timeline

| Event | Event | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Olympic Games | Road race | NH | 69 | Not held | Not held | Not held | DNF | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | 41 | Not held | Not held |
| Olympic Games | Time trial | NH | 18 | Not held | Not held | Not held | 7 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | 21 | Not held | Not held |
| World Championships | Road race | 122 | — | — | 67 | 16 | DNF | 55 | 39 | DNF | 38 | 55 | 44 | 46 |
| World Championships | Time trial | 17 | — | 15 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 6 |
| European Championships | Road race | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | |
| European Championships | Time trial | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| National Championships | Road race | — | — | — | 1 | 14 | 2 | — | — | 17 | — | 15 | — | — |
| National Championships | Time trial | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |