Tiago José Pinto Machado (born 18 October 1985) is a Portuguese professional

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, who rides for UCI Continental team .

Career

Machado was born in

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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

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, his first Category 2.1 overall win, Machado started the

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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,

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. 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 ''

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'' 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

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level for eight of the previous nine seasons, Machado dropped down to

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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

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;2007 : 1st Jersey orange

Young rider classification,

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: 2nd Overall Grand Prix du Portugal : 4th Overall

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: 6th Overall Volta ao Algarve ;2008 : 1st Overall

: National Road Championships ::2nd

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::2nd

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: 4th Overall Volta ao Alentejo : 5th Overall Vuelta a Extremadura : 9th Overall

::1st

Young rider classification ;2009 : 1st MaillotPortugal

, National Road Championships : 2nd Overall

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: 2nd Overall

: 4th Overall Volta ao Algarve : 4th Overall

: 5th Overall Vuelta a Extremadura : 5th Overall

::1st

Young rider classification : 6th Overall Volta ao Alentejo ;2010 : 2nd Overall

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::1st Stage 2b (

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) : 3rd Overall Volta ao Algarve ::1st Jersey pink

Portuguese rider classification : 3rd Overall

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::1st

Young rider classification : 4th Overall

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: 6th Overall

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: 7th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León : 10th Overall

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (Polish: ''Wyścig Dookoła Polski'', English: ''Tour of Poland'', official abbreviation TdP,) is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stage ...

;2011 : 2nd Overall

Giro del Trentino The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino ( en, Tour of Trentino) until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region o ...

: 5th Overall

: 5th Overall Volta ao Algarve : 7th Overall

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;2012 : 3rd Overall

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: 5th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León : 5th

Trofeo Deià The Challenge Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca ( en, Tour of Majorca, ca, Challenge Volta Ciclista a Mallorca) is a series of four (five until 2012) professional one day road bicycle races held on the Spanish island of Mallorca in late January or ear ...

: 6th Overall Volta ao Algarve : 8th Overall

: 9th Overall Tour of California ;2013 : 1st Jersey white

Mountains classification, Tour de Wallonie : 2nd

, National Road Championships : 4th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen : 6th Overall Volta ao Algarve : 9th Overall

: 10th Overall Tour of Utah ;2014 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

: 2nd

Vuelta a Murcia The Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia ( en, Tour of Murcia) is a road bicycle race held in and around Murcia, Spain. The first four editions were reserved to amateurs. Originally the race was held in early March and consisted of five stages. However, due ...

: 3rd

, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall

: 4th Overall Tour of California : 6th Overall

: 9th

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: 9th

Coppa Bernocchi The Coppa Bernocchi is a European bicycle race held in Legnano, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 1919 the business magnate Antonio Bernocchi founded the Coppa Bernocchi (or Bernocchi Cu ...

;2015 : National Road Championships ::2nd

::3rd

: 2nd Overall

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: 3rd Overall Volta ao Algarve ::1st Jersey orange

Portuguese rider classification : 4th Overall

: 7th

;2016 : 8th Overall

Combativity award Stages 5 & 11

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;2017 : 10th Clássica Aldeias do Xisto ;2018 : National Road Championships ::3rd

::4th

;2020 : 3rd

, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

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