Tiago Machado

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Tiago Machado

| image = 2015 Tour de France team presentation, Tiago Machado.jpg

| caption = Machado at the 2015 Tour de France

| fullname = Tiago José Pinto Machado

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|10|18}}

| birth_place = Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal

| height = {{height|m=1.78|precision=0}}

| weight = {{convert|63|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| currentteam = Retired

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = All-rounder

| amateuryears1 =

| amateurteam1 =

| proyears1 = 2005–2009

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|BOA|2005}}

| proyears2 = 2010–2011

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|RSH|2010}}

| proyears3 = 2012–2013

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|RNT|2012}}

| proyears4 = 2014

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|TNE|2014}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bennett-and-machado-sign-for-netapp-endura|first=José|last=Been|title=Bennett and Machado sign for NetApp-Endura|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=15 October 2013|access-date=16 December 2013}}

| proyears5 = 2015–2018

| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|KAT|2015}}

| proyears6 = 2019

| proteam6 = {{UCI team code|STA|2019}}

| proyears7 = 2020

| proteam7 = {{UCI team code|EFP|2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15061/1000677/257|title=Efapel|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=21 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321182943/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15061/1000677/257|archive-date=21 March 2020}}

| proyears8 = 2021–2022

| proteam8 = {{UCI team code|RPB|2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15367/1000995/276|title=Radio Popular - Boavista|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=22 February 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222212248/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15367/1000995/276|archivedate=22 February 2021}}

| majorwins = One-day races and Classics

:National Time Trial Championships (2009)

| medaltemplates =

}}

Tiago José Pinto Machado (born 18 October 1985) is a Portuguese former professional road racing cyclist,{{cite news|url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/outras-modalidades/tiago-machado-anuncia-termino-da-carreira-de-ciclista-no-final-da-epoca_d1415535|title=Tiago Machado anuncia término da carreira de ciclista no final da época|language=Portuguese|trans-title=Tiago Machado announces the end of his cycling career at the end of the season|work=RTP.pt|publisher=Rádio e Televisão de Portugal|agency=Lusa News Agency|date=26 June 2022|accessdate=13 November 2022}} 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 {{UCI team code|RLT|2013}}, Machado joined {{UCI team code|TNE|2014}} 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 {{convert|96|km|abbr=off}} from the finish, sliding down the road for about {{convert|100|m|abbr=off}}. 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".{{cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Actualites/Le-calvaire-de-machado/482633 |title=Tour de France : Héroïque Machado|publisher=L'Equipe |date=14 July 2014 |access-date=15 July 2014}}

=Team Katusha (2015–2018)=

Machado left {{UCI team code|TNE|2014|nolink=yes}} after the 2014 campaign and joined {{UCI team code|KAT|2015}} on an initial two-year contract.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/machado-signs-two-year-deal-with-katusha|title=Machado signs two-year deal with Katusha|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=21 September 2014|access-date=21 September 2014}} He signed a contract extension for the 2017 season in October 2016.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/katusha-re-signs-belkov-kochetkov-losada-machado-and-vicioso-news-shorts/|title=Katusha re-signs Belkov, Kochetkov, Losada, Machado and Vicioso – News shorts|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=5 October 2016|access-date=8 November 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 {{UCI team code|ATM|2019}} in 2019.{{cite news|url=https://www.ojogo.pt/modalidades/ciclismo/noticias/tiago-machado-e-o-sporting-tavira-tinha-equipas-que-dependiam-so-de-mim-11165494.html|title=Tiago Machado e o Sporting-Tavira: "Tinha equipas que dependiam só de mim"|language=Portuguese|trans-title=Tiago Machado and Sporting-Tavira: "I had teams that depended only on me"|work=O Jogo|publisher=Global Media Group|date=30 July 2019|accessdate=13 November 2022}} He rode for {{UCI team code|EFP|2020}} in 2020, before moving to {{UCI team code|RPB|2021}} for the 2021 season; he had made his professional début with the team in 2005 when it was known as {{UCI team code|RPB|2005|nolink=yes}}.{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/modalidades/ciclismo/detalhe/tiago-machado-regressa-ao-boavista|title=Tiago Machado regressa ao Boavista|language=pt|trans-title=Tiago Machado returns to Boavista|work=Record|publisher=Cofina|date=12 November 2020|access-date=13 November 2020}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/interviews/tiago-machado-gets-pezd/ |title=Tiago Machado Gets PEZ’d |last1=Hamilton |first1=Alastair |date=11 December 2014 |website=PezCycling News |access-date=26 December 2014}}

Major results

Source:{{cite web|url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=708|title=Tiago Machado|work=FirstCycling.com|publisher=FirstCycling AS|accessdate=13 November 2022}}

;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=

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