Tiago Machado
Introduction '''Tiago José Pinto Machado''' (born 18 October 1985) is a Portuguese former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2022 for seven different teams. He took three victories during his career – the 2009 Portuguese National Time Trial Championships, a stage at the 2010 Circuit de la Sarthe, and the general classification at the 2014 Tour of Slovenia.
Career Machado was born in Vila Nova de Famalicão.===NetApp–Endura (2014)===After spending two seasons with , Machado joined  for the 2014 season. Following a successful start of the season, which saw him winning the overall classification of the Tour of Slovenia, his first Category 2.1 overall win, Machado started the Tour de France for the first time in his career. Machado had a strong start, and was third overall after nine stages. On stage ten, Machado crashed badly on a descent  from the finish, sliding down the road for about . After being checked by the doctors and when he was expected to abandon the race, he ordered his team to give him back his bicycle, climbed 3 mountains and arrived to the finishing line last, 43 minutes behind the day's winner, Vincenzo Nibali. He was sutured after the stage, and despite arriving outside the time limit, the commissaires allowed Machado to continue on the race due to his efforts. French newspaper ''L'Équipe'' described Machado's effort as "heroic".===Team Katusha (2015–2018)===Machado left  after the 2014 campaign and joined  on an initial two-year contract. He signed a contract extension for the 2017 season in October 2016.===Return to Portuguese teams (2019–22)===Having ridden at UCI World Tour level for eight of the previous nine seasons, Machado dropped down to UCI Continental level with  in 2019.He rode for  in 2020, before moving to  for the 2021 season; he had made his professional début with the team in 2005 when it was known as .At the 2022 Portuguese National Road Championships, Machado announced that he would retire from cycling at the end of the season.
Personal life Machado is a supporter of S.L. Benfica.
Major results Source: ;2006: 9th Overall GP CTT Correios de Portugal;2007: 1st 20px Young rider classification, Volta a Portugal: 2nd Overall Grand Prix du Portugal: 4th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho: 6th Overall Volta ao Algarve;2008: 1st Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho: National Road Championships::2nd Time trial::2nd Road race: 4th Overall Volta ao Alentejo: 5th Overall Vuelta a Extremadura: 9th Overall Volta a Portugal::1st 20px Young rider classification;2009: 1st 20px Time trial, National Road Championships: 2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias: 2nd Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho: 4th Overall Volta ao Algarve: 4th Overall GP CTT Correios de Portugal: 5th Overall Vuelta a Extremadura: 5th Overall Volta a Portugal::1st 20px Young rider classification: 6th Overall Volta ao Alentejo;2010: 2nd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe::1st Stage 2b (ITT): 3rd Overall Volta ao Algarve::1st 20px Portuguese rider classification: 3rd Overall Critérium International::1st 20px Young rider classification: 4th Overall Tour of Austria: 6th Overall Tour de Romandie: 7th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León: 10th Overall Tour de Pologne;2011: 2nd Overall Giro del Trentino: 5th Overall Critérium International: 5th Overall Volta ao Algarve: 7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico;2012: 3rd Overall Tour Down Under: 5th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León: 5th Trofeo Deià: 6th Overall Volta ao Algarve: 8th Overall Tour de Pologne: 9th Overall Tour of California;2013: 1st 20px Mountains classification, Tour de Wallonie: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships: 4th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen: 6th Overall Volta ao Algarve: 9th Overall Tour Down Under: 10th Overall Tour of Utah;2014: 1st 20px Overall Tour of Slovenia: 2nd Vuelta a Murcia: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships: 3rd Overall Critérium International: 4th Overall Tour of California: 6th Overall Giro del Trentino: 9th Clásica de Almería: 9th Coppa Bernocchi;2015: National Road Championships::2nd Time trial::3rd Road race: 2nd Overall Bayern Rundfahrt: 3rd Overall Volta ao Algarve::1st 20px Portuguese rider classification: 4th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe: 7th Vuelta a Murcia;2016: 8th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe: 20px Combativity award Stages 5 & 11 Vuelta a España;2017: 10th Clássica Aldeias do Xisto;2018: National Road Championships::3rd Time trial::4th Road race;2020: 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships===Grand Tour general classification results timeline=== Grand Tour 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 alt=A pink jersey Giro d'Italia19—36————— alt=A yellow jersey Tour de France———7272—74— alt=A red jersey Vuelta a España3240——3685—79
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