Nelson Oliveira

Nelson Filipe dos Santos Simões Oliveira is a Portuguese road cyclist and time-trial specialist, born on 6 March 1989 in Anadia. He is 1.80 m tall and weighs 67 kg. He has ridden for Movistar Team since 2016, and ProCyclingStats lists him with the team through 2027.

Oliveira first came to attention as a young time trialist. He took the silver medal in the under-23 time trial at the 2009 UCI Road World Championships and was fourth in the same event a year later. In 2010 he also won two medals at the European under-23 championships, silver in the road race and bronze in the time trial. He turned professional in 2010 with Xacobeo–Galicia, then rode for RadioShack from 2011 to 2013 and for Lampre–Merida in 2014 and 2015. He has won the Portuguese time trial title several times, and in 2014 he also won the national road race. On stage 13 of the 2015 Vuelta a España he won in Tarazona from a breakaway.

With Movistar he became a regular in major time trials. He finished seventh at the 2016 Olympic Games and third in the long time trial at the 2016 Tour de France. His World Championship time trial results include fourth in 2017, fifth in 2018, eighth in 2019 and 2022, and sixth in 2023. He won silver in the time trial at the 2019 European Games, and in 2024 he finished seventh in the Olympic time trial in Paris. He is also an experienced Grand Tour team rider, and in 2021 he finished second overall at the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana.

In 2026 he rode both the Giro d’Italia, finishing 66th, and the Tour de France, finishing 65th. In April he was third in the opening time trial of O Gran Camiño and finished 11th overall. At the world championships in Montréal he placed 20th in the time trial on 20 September and 56th in the road race a week later. He was 15th in the time trial at the European Championships on 7 October.