Tiago Machado

“I believe that success relies on people close to you and a good team spirit. I take my strengths out of our team.”

The 28-year old Portuguese climber Tiago Machado will greatly contribute to our line-up. In the season of 2013, he took the mountain jersey at the Tour de Wallonie as well as at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and also ranked inside the top ten at four other races. He reached another six top ten placings during the 2012 season at high-class races, among others a third place at the Tour Down Under. Tiago is not just a great climber, his strengths also lies in time trials. He was Portuguese U23 national time trial champion twice and won the title as an elite rider in 2009. His strengths lies in shorter stage races, as they suit him very well, but he can also be a big help for Leopold König during bigger races or Grand Tours. 

Born
Vila Nova de Famalicão, Braga, Portugal
Date of Birth
18/10/1985
Height
1,78 m
Weight
64 kg
Speciality
Climber, GC
UCI Rank
11
UCI Rank Team
5
UCI Points
139.8
UCI Points Team
471.4
Previous Teams
2008–2009 - Madeinox-Boavista
2010–2011 - Team RadioShack
2012–2013 - RadioShack-Nissan
2014 Team NetApp-Endura

Palmarès

2014
6th General Classification, Giro del Trentino
9th stage 4 Giro del Trentino
8th stage 3 Giro del Trentino
2nd stage 1 Giro del Trentino, TTT
3rd General Classification, Criterium International
8th Points Classification, Criterium International
6th Mountains Classification, Criterium International
3rd stage 3 Criterium International
9th Clasica de Almeria
2nd Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia
5th stage 4 Volta ao Algarve

2013
1st Mountains classification, Tour de Wallonie
1st Mountains classification, Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
2nd National Road Race Championships
4th Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
6th Volta ao Algarve
9th Tour Down Under
10th Tour of Utah

2012
3rd Tour Down Under
5th Vuelta a Castilla y León
5th Trofeo Deia
6th Volta ao Algarve
8th Tour de Pologne
9th Tour of California

2011
2nd Giro del Trentino
5th Critérium International
6th Volta ao Algarve
7th Tirreno–Adriatico

2010
2nd Circuit de la Sarthe
1st Circuit de la Sarthe, Stage 2b (ITT)
3rd Overall, Volta ao Algarve
1st Young rider Classification
3rd Critérium International
1st Young rider classification
4th Tour of Austria
6th Tour de Romandie
7th Vuelta a Castilla y León
10th Tour de Pologne

2009
1st National Time Trial Championships
2nd Vuelta a Asturias
4th Volta ao Algarve
5th Volta a Portugal
1st Young rider Classification

2008
1st Young rider classification, Volta a Portugal
1st Torres Vedras
2nd National Time Trial Championships
2nd National Road Race Championships

2007
1st National Time Trial Championships (U23)

2006
1st National Time Trial Championships (U23)