# Acácio da Silva

Acácio Mora da Silva (born 2 January 1961 in Montalegre, Portugal) is a Portuguese former professional road bicycle racer. He was a professional from 1982 to 1994 during which he won stages in the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia and stages in many other stage races. He won three stages in total in the Tour de France, one in 1987, one in 1988, and one in 1989. After his stage win in 1989, he wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification for four days. In 1986, he won the Züri-Metzgete and was also the Portuguese national road champion.

## Major results
### 1979

    3rd Overall GP Général Patton

### 1980

    1st Overall Flèche du Sud
       1st Stage 1

### 1981

    1st Stage 5 Flèche du Sud

### 1982

    1st Tour de Kaistenberg
    4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

### 1983

    1st Tour de Kaistenberg
    6th GP du canton d'Argovie
    7th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
       1st Stage 4
    7th Brabantse Pijl
    8th Overall Tour de Suisse

### 1984

    1st Coppa Placci
    1st Tour de Kaistenberg
    2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
    2nd Milano–Vignola
    2nd Giro del Piemonte
    3rd Visp–Grächen
    4th Giro dell'Emilia
    5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    5th Tour du Nord-Ouest
    6th Overall Giro del Trentino
       1st Stage 1
    8th Giro di Romagna
    10th La Flèche Wallonne

### 1985

    1st Giro dell'Emilia
    1st Coppa Ugo Agostoni
    1st Stages 8b & 10 Giro d'Italia
    2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
       1st Stage 3
    2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
       1st Stage 4
    2nd Coppa Sabatini
    4th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
    4th La Flèche Wallonne
    4th Tre Valli Varesine
    6th Tour du Nord-Ouest
    7th Visp–Grächen
    8th Overall Tour de Suisse
       1st Stage 1 (ITT)
    9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    10th Critérium des As

### 1986

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    1st Züri-Metzgete
    1st Stage 3 Tour du Limousin
    2nd Trofeo Pantalica
    3rd Critérium des As
    3rd Giro dell'Etna
    4th Giro della Provincia di reggio Calabria
    5th Overall Volta a Catalunya
    5th Giro di Lombardia
    6th Overall Super Prestige Pernod
    6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
    6th Clásica de San Sebastián
    7th Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Stages 9 & 21
    8th Paris–Tours

### 1987

    1st Hegiberg-Rundfahrt
    1st Stage 3 Tour de France
    2nd GP Lugano
    6th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
    7th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
    7th Critérium des As
    9th Overall Tour de Suisse

### 1988

    1st Trofeo Luis Puig
    1st Schynberg Rundfahrt
    1st Stage 4 Tour de France
    1st Stage 5 Tour of Galicia
    3rd Overall Tour de Suisse
       1st Stage 3
    3rd Omloop van het Leiedal
    6th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
       1st Stage 4
    7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
    10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
    10th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme

### 1989

    Tour de France
       1st Stage 1
       Held Stages 1–4
    1st Stage 2 Giro d'Italia
    1st GP Charly Gaul
    2nd Overall GP de Sintra
       1st Stage 1b (ITT)
    2nd Züri-Metzgete
    2nd Wartenberg Rundfahrt
    10th Grand Prix des Amériques

### 1990

    1st Prologue Tour de Luxembourg
    3rd Wartenberg Rundfahrt

### 1992

    3rd Overall Vuelta a los Valles Mineros

### 1994

    7th GP du canton d'Argovie
    9th Overall Volta ao Algarve

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 |
| Giro d'Italia | 78 | 97 | 23 | 33 | 7 | — | — | 48 | 49 | 57 | 46 | 73 |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | 82 | 64 | 92 | 84 | 108 | — | 61 | — |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | 38 | — | — | 65 | — | 64 |