Rui Oliveira

{{short description|Portuguese bicycle racer (born 1996)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Portuguese name|Alves|Oliveira}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Rui Oliveira | image = 2017 UEC Track Elite European Championships 395 (cropped).jpg | alt = Oliveira during a press conference in 2017 with a silver medal. He is a young, white man with brown hair, wearing a white cycling suit. | caption = Oliveira at the 2017 UEC European Track Championships | fullname = Rui Filipe Alves Oliveira | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|09|05|df=yes}} | birth_place = Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.83 m | weight = 67 kg | currentteam = {{UCI team code|UAE}} | disciplines = {{ubl|Track|Road}} | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = 2015–2016 | amateurteam1 = Liberty Seguros-Carglass | amateuryears2 = | amateurteam2 = | proyears1 = 2017–2018 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|HBA|2017}} | proyears2 = 2019– | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|UAD|2019}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/teams/2019/uae-team-emirates/|title=UAE Team Emirates|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|accessdate=6 January 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106013724/http://www.cyclingnews.com/teams/2019/uae-team-emirates/|archivedate=6 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=UAE Team Emirates complete 2020 roster with re-signing of former world champion Rui Costa |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uae-team-emirates-complete-2020-roster-with-re-signing-of-former-world-champion-rui-costa/ |date=8 October 2019 |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |access-date=3 January 2020}}</ref> | majorwins = ;''Track'' : '''Olympic Games''' ::Madison (2024) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport| Men's track cycling}} {{MedalCountry| {{POR}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold| 2024 Paris | Madison}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold|2021 Grenchen|Scratch}} {{MedalSilver|2018 Glasgow|Elimination}} {{MedalSilver|2020 Plovdiv|Madison}} {{MedalSilver|2023 Grenchen|Elimination}} {{Medal|Silver|2025 Heusden-Zolder|Elimination}} {{MedalBronze|2017 Berlin|Elimination}} {{MedalBronze|2021 Grenchen|Madison}} {{Medal|Bronze|2025 Heusden-Zolder|Madison}} {{MedalCompetition|Junior World Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2014 Gwangmyeong|Scratch}} {{MedalBronze|2014 Gwangmyeong|Madison}} {{MedalCompetition|U23 & Junior European Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2013 Anadia|Junior Scratch}} {{MedalBronze|2014 Anadia|Junior Scratch}} }}

'''Rui Filipe Alves Oliveira''' ({{IPA|pt-PT|ˈʁuj fɨˈlipɨ ˈalvɨz ɔliˈvɐjɾɐ}}; born 5 September 1996) is a Portuguese cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam {{UCI team code|UAD}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15246/1000595/279|title=UAE Team Emirates|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=2 January 2021|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210102221611/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15246/1000595/279|archivedate=2 January 2021}}</ref> He competed in the scratch event at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.<ref>{{cite web|title=2015 Track Cycling World Championships: Entries list|url=http://www.tissottiming.com/File/Download?id=00030C0003FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF01|publisher=tissottiming.com|accessdate=1 February 2016}}</ref> His twin brother, Ivo Oliveira, is also an international track cyclist.

In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-a-espana/2020/gc/startlist |title=75th La Vuelta ciclista a España: Startlist |work=ProCyclingStats |accessdate=19 October 2020}}</ref>

Competing in his first Olympic Games in Paris 2024, he won a gold medal in the Madison event alongside Iúri Leitão.

==Major results== ===Road=== {{div col|colwidth=25em}} ;2017 : 8th Overall Joe Martin Stage Race ::1st {{cjersey|white}} Young rider classification ;2018 : 1st {{cjersey|portugal}} Road race, National Under-23 Championships : 6th Arno Wallaard Memorial : 7th Handzame Classic : 7th ZLM Tour : 9th Primus Classic ;2021 : 2nd Road race, National Championships ;2022 : 4th Road race, National Championships ;2023 : 2nd Road race, National Championships : 8th Trofeo Ses Salines–Alcúdia : 9th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ;2024 : 2nd Road race, National Championships : 3rd Super 8 Classic : 8th Binche–Chimay–Binche : 9th Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969 : 10th Grand Prix de Wallonie ;2025 : 7th Vuelta a Castilla y León ;2026 : 7th Muscat Classic {{divcolend}}

====Grand Tour general classification results timeline==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Grand Tour ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 ! scope="col" | 2022 ! scope="col" | 2023 ! scope="col" | 2024 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|pink}} Giro d'Italia | — | — | 141 | — | 121 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|red}} Vuelta a España | 119 | 74 | — | 148 | — |}

{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | DNF | Did not finish |}

===Track=== {{div col}} ;2013 : 1st {{cjersey|portugal}} Scratch, National Junior Championships ;2014 : National Junior Championships ::1st {{cjersey|portugal}} Sprint ::1st {{cjersey|portugal}} Team sprint ::1st {{cjersey|portugal}} Team pursuit : UCI World Junior Championships ::3rd 15px Scratch ::3rd 15px Madison (with Ivo Oliveira) : 3rd 15px Scratch, UEC European Junior Championships ;2016 : 1st {{cjersey|portugal}} Keirin, National Championships ;2017 : 1st {{cjersey|europe}} Elimination, UEC European Under-23 Championships : 3rd 15px Elimination, UEC European Championships : 3rd Madison, UCI World Cup, Minsk (with Ivo Oliveira) ;2018 : 1st {{cjersey|portugal}} Madison, National Championships (with Ivo Oliveira) : 2nd 15px Elimination, UEC European Championships ;2019 : National Championships ::1st {{cjersey|portugal}} Madison (with João Matias) ::1st {{cjersey|portugal}} Omnium : 3rd Omnium, UCI World Cup, Minsk ;2020 : 2nd 15px Madison, UEC European Championships (with Ivo Oliveira) ;2021 : UEC European Championships ::1st {{cjersey|europe}} Scratch ::3rd 15px Madison (with Iúri Leitão) ;2023 : 2nd 15px Elimination, UEC European Championships ;2024 : 1st 15px Madison, Olympic Games (with Iúri Leitão) ;2025 : UEC European Championships ::2nd 15px Elimination ::3rd 15px Madison (with Ivo Oliveira) {{div col end}}

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