Afonso Eulálio

Afonso Oliveira Eulálio (born 30 September 2001) is a Portuguese cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .

Career

Eulálio initially competed in mountain biking, representing the São João de Ver team, before signing with in 2020. In 2022, he won the Under-23 Portuguese Road World Championship, and in 2024 he wore the yellow jersey at the Volta a Portugal for seven days and finished within the Top 10 overall.

In 2025, Eulálio signed for . In his debut season with the team, he finished in tenth place on stage 17 of the Giro d'Italia, and finished on the podium at the Vuelta a Burgos. He also finished in ninth position at the World Championships road race.

At the 2026 Giro d'Italia, Eulálio took the race lead on stage five after joining the day's breakaway, gaining an advantage of more than six minutes over the race favourites. He held on to the jersey through the early mountain stages, and also through the time trial on stage 10, however conceded it to Jonas Vingegaard on stage 14. He ended the race in sixth position, and as the winner of the young rider classification, having the lowest general-classification time among riders born in 2001 or later.

Major results

2022 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships 2023 2nd 5th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia 6th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho 1st Young rider classification 7th Overall Grand Prix Jeseníky 2024 2nd Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho 1st Points classification 1st Young rider classification 1st Stage 3 2nd 3rd Overall Grande Prémio Jornal de Notícias 1st Stage 5 5th Overall Vuelta a Asturias 9th Circuito de Getxo 10th Overall Volta a Portugal 2025 6th Overall Tour of Britain 9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships 2026 5th Overall AlUla Tour 6th Overall Giro d'Italia 1st Young rider classification Held after Stages 5–13

Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2025 2026 Giro d'Italia DNF6 Tour de France — Vuelta a España —