Tiago Machado


Tiago José Pinto Machado is a Portuguese professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team.

Career

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.

Major results

;2007
;2008
;2009
;2010
;2011
;2012
;2013
;2014
;2015
;2016
;2017
;2018

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour201020112012201320142015201620172018
Giro d'Italia—19—36—————
Tour de France————7272—74—
Vuelta a España—3240——3685—79

Personal life

Machado is a supporter of S.L. Benfica.