# Óscar Sevilla

Óscar Miguel Sevilla Rivera (born 29 September 1976), nicknamed El Niño, is a Spanish-Colombian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Team Medellín. He is a climber with a pedigree in stage races, having finished in the top ten of the Tour de France and Vuelta a España several times.

## Biography
### Kelme–Costa Blanca (1998–2003)

Born in Ossa de Montiel, Albacete Province, Sevilla turned professional in 1998 for Spanish team Kelme–Costa Blanca, and his big breakthrough came in the 2001 Tour de France. Here, he showed himself as a great climber, ranking 7th in the overall General classification, and winning the young rider classification as the rider of 25 years of age or younger with the highest position in the general classification. After the Tour de France, he continued his great form in the 2001 Vuelta a España. He wore the leader's jersey until the final uphill time trial stage in Madrid, which he lost to winner Ángel Casero.
In the 2002 Vuelta a España, intra-team rivalry with Aitor González saw him finish fourth in the General classification, despite the team's initial assurances that he would be the only leader. González's racing in the very difficult Angliru mountain stage saw Sevilla lose valuable time that he was not able to recover in the later stages of the race, and Gonzalez took over the lead on the final stage, overtaking previous leader Roberto Heras. After a lacklustre 2003 season, Sevilla was injured in the 2003 UCI Road World Championships in a crash, resulting in a serious back injury.

### Phonak (2004)

The 2004 season saw Sevilla start with the Swiss team Phonak in support of Tyler Hamilton's bid for the 2004 Tour de France. As Hamilton sustained an injury, Sevilla assumed the leader's mantle, although without good results. He then switched to T-Mobile Team for the 2005 season.

### T-Mobile (2005–06)

Sevilla switched to T-Mobile Team for the 2005 season, but fought to achieve the same results as he initially rode as a domestique for Jan Ullrich in the 2005 Tour de France. Here, he helped Ullrich finish 3rd overall, and Sevilla's climbing improved, as well as his morale. He rode the 2005 Vuelta a España as team captain and ranked 7th overall.
He was linked to Operación Puerto doping case. After he was initially named in the investigation, Sevilla was still able to ride and won the Vuelta a Asturias. On the day before the 2006 Tour de France, Ullrich and Sevilla were explicitly linked to the investigation and not allowed to start the race. On 20 July 2006, Sevilla was fired from T-Mobile in relation to the aforementioned accusations.

### Relax–GAM and Rock Racing (2007–10)

He rode for Relax–GAM for the 2007 season and Rock Racing–Murcia between 2008 and 2010.

### Colombian teams (2011–present)

He rode for Gobernación de Antioquía in the 2011 Tour of Utah. Sevilla renewed his contract with the Colombian Medellín team, with whom he had been racing since 2017, for another season in November 2019.

## Personal life

He currently lives in Colombia, having married a Colombian woman with whom he has two daughters, and became a Colombian citizen in 2012.

## Major results
### 1999

    6th Overall Tour du Limousin
    7th Overall Tour de Romandie
       1st Stage 4

### 2000

    1st Trofeo Luis Ocaña
    1st Memorial Manuel Galera
    2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya
    2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
    6th Circuito de Getxo
    6th Subida a Urkiola

### 2001

    2nd Overall Vuelta a España
    2nd Subida al Naranco
    3rd Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
       1st Stage 1b (ITT)
    3rd Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama
    4th Overall Tour de Romandie
    4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
    5th Overall Volta a Catalunya
    7th Overall Tour de France
       1st Young rider classification

### 2002

    1st Stage 1b Escalada a Montjuïc
    2nd Classique des Alpes
    3rd Subida al Naranco
    3rd Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama
    4th Overall Vuelta a España
    4th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
    6th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León

### 2004

    3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
    6th Classique des Alpes
    9th Overall Escalada a Montjuïc

### 2005

    6th Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
    7th Overall Vuelta a España

### 2006

    1st Overall Vuelta a Asturias
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 2

### 2007

    1st Overall Route du Sud
       1st Stage 2
    5th Overall Volta a Catalunya
       1st Stage 4
    5th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
    5th Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
    6th Overall Tour of Austria
    7th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
    8th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
    9th Overall Volta a Portugal

### 2008

    1st Overall Clásico RCN
    1st Reading Classic
    2nd Road race, Spanish National Road Championships
    5th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake
    6th Overall Tour de Georgia
    9th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
       1st Stage 9

### 2009

    1st Overall Vuelta a Chihuahua
    1st Overall Cascade Cycling Classic
    1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Asturias
    4th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
       1st Mountains classification
    4th Vuelta a La Rioja

### 2010

    1st Overall Vuelta Mexico Telmex
    1st Overall Vuelta a Antioquia
    1st Overall Clásica Nacional Marco Fidel Suárez
       1st Stage 1
    2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
       1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 14 (ITT)

### 2011

    1st Overall GP Internacional de Café
       1st Prologue & Stage 1
    1st Overall Vuelta a Antioquia
    1st Prologue Vuelta al Valle del Cauca
    1st Prologue Vuelta al Tolima
    4th Overall Tour of Utah
    5th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
       1st Stages 3 (TTT), 8 & 9

### 2012

    1st Overall Vuelta Mexico Telmex
       1st Stage 2
    1st Overall Vuelta a Boyacá
       1st Stages 2 & 5
    1st Overall Clásico RCN
       1st Points classification
       1st Prologue, Stages 3 & 9
    1st Overall Vuelta a Chiriquí
       1st Stage 6
    2nd Overall Clásica Nacional Ciudad de Anapoima
    2nd Overall Vuelta al Tolima
    4th Overall Vuelta a Cundinamarca
       1st Stage 3

### 2013

    1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia
       1st Stage 4
    1st Overall Tour do Rio
       1st Stage 4
    1st Overall Clásica Rionegro con Futuro-Aguas de Rionegro
       1st Prologue, Stages 1 & 2
    1st Overall Clásica Nacional Ciudad de Anapoima
       1st Stages 2 & 3
    1st Overall Vuelta al Tolima
       1st Prologue & Stage 2
    1st Overall Vuelta a Antioquia
       1st Stages 1 & 3
    1st Stage 10 Clásico RCN
    2nd Overall Clásica de Fusagasugá
       1st Stage 1

### 2014

    1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 5
    1st Overall Tour do Rio
       1st Stage 1
    1st Overall Vuelta al Tolima
       1st Prologue, Stages 3 & 4
    1st Overall Clásica Nacional Ciudad de Anapoima
       1st Stages 2 & 3
    1st Overall Vuelta al Valle del Cauca
       1st Stage 3
    1st Overall Clásica Rionegro con Futuro-Aguas de Rionegro
       1st Stage 1
    1st Overall Clásica de Fusagasugá
       1st Stage 3
    1st Stage 3 Clásica Club Deportivo Boyacá
    1st Stage 3 Clásico RCN
    Vuelta a Chiriquí
       1st Stages 1 & 5
    2nd 2013–14 UCI America Tour
    3rd Overall Vuelta a Guatemala
       1st Stages 1a (ITT) & 5
    4th Overall Volta de Ciclismo Internacional do Estado de São Paulo
    4th Overall Vuelta a Antioquia

### 2015

    1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1 (TTT), 9 & 13 (ITT)
    1st Overall Clásica Nacional Ciudad de Anapoima
       1st Stage 2
    1st Overall Vuelta a Antioquia
       1st Stage 1
    1st Overall Vuelta a Chiriquí
       1st Stages 3 & 9
    1st Overall Vuelta al Valle del Cauca
       1st Stage 3
    1st Tocancipá
    1st Stage 2 Clásica Nacional Marco Fidel Suárez
    1st Stage 2 Clásica Rionegro con Futuro-Aguas de Rionegro
    2nd Overall Vuelta Mexico Telmex
    2nd Overall Circuito Internacional Baja California Sur
    6th Overall Tour do Rio
       1st Stage 1

### 2016

    1st Team time trial, Colombian National Road Championships
    1st Overall Vuelta al Valle del Cauca
       1st Stages 4 & 5
    1st Overall Clásica Nacional Ciudad de Anapoima
       1st Stages 1 & 3
    1st Overall Vuelta a Antioquia
       1st Stage 3
    1st Overall Vuelta a Santander
       1st Stage 1
    1st Overall Clásico RCN
       1st Stage 2
    Vuelta a Chiriquí
       1st Stages 2 (TTT), 5 & 8
    2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 1 (ITT)
    3rd Overall Clasico El Colombiano
    4th Overall Clásica Ramón Emilio Arcila
    5th Overall Clásica Club Deportivo Boyacá
       1st Stage 2

### 2017

    1st Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
    1st Overall Vuelta al Valle del Cauca
       1st Stages 2 & 3
    1st Overall Clásica Nacional Ciudad de Anapoima
       1st Stages 1 & 3
    1st Stage 7 Clásico RCN
    2nd Overall Vuelta a San Juan
    2nd Overall Tour of Ankara
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 4
    2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 3
    4th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
    6th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
    8th Overall Vuelta a Colombia

### 2018

    1st Overall Vuelta a San Juan
       1st Stage 5
    1st Overall Vuelta al Ecuador
       1st Stage 1
    2nd Gran Premio FECOCI
    3rd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
    4th Overall Clásico RCN
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 5

### 2019

    1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista de Chile
       1st Prologue, Stages 2 & 4 (ITT)
    1st Overall Clásico RCN
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 2
    1st Overall Vuelta a Chiloé
       1st Prologue & Stages 2 & 4
    1st Sprints classification, Tour Colombia
    2nd Overall Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional
       1st Stage 6
    2nd Overall Tour of the Gila
    2nd Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake
       1st Stage 1 (TTT)
    3rd Overall Vuelta a San Juan
    3rd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
       1st Prologue & Stage 10
    8th Overall Tour of Taihu Lake

### 2020

    2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
       1st Stage 7
    2nd Overall Clásico RCN
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 5
    2nd Gran Premio de la Patagonia
    3rd Overall Vuelta a San Juan

### 2021

    1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a Antioquia
    2nd Overall Vuelta al Táchira
       1st Stage 4 (ITT)
    2nd Overall Clásico RCN
       1st Stage 1 (TTT)
    3rd Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
    3rd Overall Clásica de Guayaquil
       1st Stage 1
    8th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
       1st Prologue
    8th Overall Tour du Rwanda

### 2022

    1st Overall Clásica de Guayaquil
    1st Mountains classification, Vuelta del Porvenir San Luis
    1st Sprints classification, Tour of South Florida

### 2023

    1st Overall Tour of Hainan
    1st Overall Vuelta Bantrab
       1st Stage 1
    1st Overall Clásica de Rionegro
       1st Stage 1 (TTT)
    1st Overall Tour de Panamá [es]
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Stage 1 (TTT)
    1st Stage 5 Clásico RCN
    2nd Overall Vuelta a Formosa Internacional
       1st Stage 4a (ITT)
    2nd Overall Tour of the Gila
       1st Stage 5
    3rd Clásica de Villeta
    6th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
    7th Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
    8th Overall Tour de Catamarca
    10th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake

### 2024

    1st Stage 1 Vuelta al Ecuador
    1st Stage 1 (ITT) Clásico RCN
    3rd Overall Tour do Rio
    6th Overall Tour of the Gila

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Giro d'Italia | DNF | 13 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | 7 | DNF | — | 24 | 18 |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | 14 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 7 |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |