Óscar Sevilla

Óscar Miguel Sevilla Rivera (born 29 September 1976), nicknamed El Niño, is a Spanish-Colombian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . He is a climber with a pedigree in stage races, having finished in the top ten of the Tour de France and Vuelta a España several times.

Biography Kelme–Costa Blanca (1998–2003)

Born in Ossa de Montiel, Albacete Province, Sevilla turned professional in 1998 for Spanish team , and his big breakthrough came in the 2001 Tour de France. Here, he showed himself as a great climber, ranking 7th in the overall General classification, and winning the young rider classification as the rider of 25 years of age or younger with the highest position in the general classification. After the Tour de France, he continued his great form in the 2001 Vuelta a España. He wore the leader's jersey until the final uphill time trial stage in Madrid, which he lost to winner Ángel Casero.

In the 2002 Vuelta a España, intra-team rivalry with Aitor González saw him finish fourth in the General classification, despite the team's initial assurances that he would be the only leader. González's racing in the very difficult Angliru mountain stage saw Sevilla lose valuable time that he was not able to recover in the later stages of the race, and Gonzalez took over the lead on the final stage, overtaking previous leader Roberto Heras. After a lacklustre 2003 season, Sevilla was injured in the 2003 UCI Road World Championships in a crash, resulting in a serious back injury.

Phonak (2004) The 2004 season saw Sevilla start with the Swiss team in support of Tyler Hamilton's bid for the 2004 Tour de France. As Hamilton sustained an injury, Sevilla assumed the leader's mantle, although without good results. He then switched to for the 2005 season.

T-Mobile (2005–06) Sevilla switched to for the 2005 season, but fought to achieve the same results as he initially rode as a domestique for Jan Ullrich in the 2005 Tour de France. Here, he helped Ullrich finish 3rd overall, and Sevilla's climbing improved, as well as his morale. He rode the 2005 Vuelta a España as team captain and ranked 7th overall.

He was linked to Operación Puerto doping case. After he was initially named in the investigation, Sevilla was still able to ride and won the Vuelta a Asturias. On the day before the 2006 Tour de France, Ullrich and Sevilla were explicitly linked to the investigation and not allowed to start the race. On 20 July 2006, Sevilla was fired from T-Mobile in relation to the aforementioned accusations.

Relax–GAM and Rock Racing (2007–10) He rode for for the 2007 season and between 2008 and 2010.

Colombian teams (2011–present) He rode for Gobernación de Antioquía in the 2011 Tour of Utah. Sevilla renewed his contract with the Colombian team, with whom he had been racing since 2017, for another season in November 2019.

Personal life He currently lives in Colombia, having married a Colombian woman with whom he has two daughters, and became a Colombian citizen in 2012.

Major results

1999 6th Overall Tour du Limousin 7th Overall Tour de Romandie 1st Stage 4 2000 1st Trofeo Luis Ocaña 1st Memorial Manuel Galera 2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya 2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos 6th Circuito de Getxo 6th Subida a Urkiola 2001 2nd Overall Vuelta a España 2nd Subida al Naranco 3rd Overall Escalada a Montjuïc 1st Stage 1b (ITT) 3rd Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama 4th Overall Tour de Romandie 4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos 5th Overall Volta a Catalunya 7th Overall Tour de France

2002 1st Stage 1b Escalada a Montjuïc 2nd Classique des Alpes 3rd Subida al Naranco 3rd Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama 4th Overall Vuelta a España 4th Coppa Ugo Agostoni 6th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León 2004 3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 6th Classique des Alpes 9th Overall Escalada a Montjuïc 2005 6th Overall Escalada a Montjuïc 7th Overall Vuelta a España 2006

1st Stage 2 2007

1st Stage 2 5th Overall Volta a Catalunya 1st Stage 4 5th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León 5th Overall Escalada a Montjuïc 6th Overall Tour of Austria 7th Overall Vuelta a Asturias 8th Overall Euskal Bizikleta 9th Overall Volta a Portugal 2008

1st Reading Classic 2nd Road race, Spanish National Road Championships 5th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake 6th Overall Tour de Georgia 9th Overall Vuelta a Colombia 1st Stage 9 2009

1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Asturias 4th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid 1st Mountains classification 4th Vuelta a La Rioja 2010

1st Overall Clásica Nacional Marco Fidel Suárez 1st Stage 1 2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 14 (ITT) 2011 1st Overall GP Internacional de Café 1st Prologue & Stage 1 1st Overall Vuelta a Antioquia 1st Prologue Vuelta al Valle del Cauca 1st Prologue Vuelta al Tolima 4th Overall Tour of Utah 5th Overall Vuelta a Colombia 1st Stages 3 (TTT), 8 & 9 2012

1st Stage 2 1st Overall Vuelta a Boyacá 1st Stages 2 & 5 1st Overall Clásico RCN 1st Points classification 1st Prologue, Stages 3 & 9 1st Overall Vuelta a Chiriquí 1st Stage 6 2nd Overall Clásica Nacional Ciudad de Anapoima 2nd Overall Vuelta al Tolima 4th Overall Vuelta a Cundinamarca 1st Stage 3 2013

1st Stage 4

1st Stage 4 1st Overall Clásica Rionegro con Futuro-Aguas de Rionegro 1st Prologue, Stages 1 & 2 1st Overall Clásica Nacional Ciudad de Anapoima 1st Stages 2 & 3 1st Overall Vuelta al Tolima 1st Prologue & Stage 2 1st Overall Vuelta a Antioquia 1st Stages 1 & 3 1st Stage 10 Clásico RCN 2nd Overall Clásica de Fusagasugá 1st Stage 1 2014

1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 5

1st Stage 1 1st Overall Vuelta al Tolima 1st Prologue, Stages 3 & 4 1st Overall Clásica Nacional Ciudad de Anapoima 1st Stages 2 & 3 1st Overall Vuelta al Valle del Cauca 1st Stage 3 1st Overall Clásica Rionegro con Futuro-Aguas de Rionegro 1st Stage 1 1st Overall Clásica de Fusagasugá 1st Stage 3 1st Stage 3 Clásica Club Deportivo Boyacá 1st Stage 3 Clásico RCN Vuelta a Chiriquí 1st Stages 1 & 5 2nd 2013–14 UCI America Tour 3rd Overall Vuelta a Guatemala 1st Stages 1a (ITT) & 5 4th Overall Volta de Ciclismo Internacional do Estado de São Paulo 4th Overall Vuelta a Antioquia 2015

1st Stages 1 (TTT), 9 & 13 (ITT) 1st Overall Clásica Nacional Ciudad de Anapoima 1st Stage 2 1st Overall Vuelta a Antioquia 1st Stage 1 1st Overall Vuelta a Chiriquí 1st Stages 3 & 9 1st Overall Vuelta al Valle del Cauca 1st Stage 3 1st Tocancipá 1st Stage 2 Clásica Nacional Marco Fidel Suárez 1st Stage 2 Clásica Rionegro con Futuro-Aguas de Rionegro 2nd Overall Vuelta Mexico Telmex 2nd Overall Circuito Internacional Baja California Sur 6th Overall Tour do Rio 1st Stage 1 2016

1st Overall Vuelta al Valle del Cauca 1st Stages 4 & 5 1st Overall Clásica Nacional Ciudad de Anapoima 1st Stages 1 & 3 1st Overall Vuelta a Antioquia 1st Stage 3 1st Overall Vuelta a Santander 1st Stage 1 1st Overall Clásico RCN 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Chiriquí 1st Stages 2 (TTT), 5 & 8 2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia

1st Stage 1 (ITT) 3rd Overall Clasico El Colombiano 4th Overall Clásica Ramón Emilio Arcila 5th Overall Clásica Club Deportivo Boyacá 1st Stage 2 2017

1st Overall Vuelta al Valle del Cauca 1st Stages 2 & 3 1st Overall Clásica Nacional Ciudad de Anapoima 1st Stages 1 & 3 1st Stage 7 Clásico RCN 2nd Overall Vuelta a San Juan 2nd Overall Tour of Ankara 1st Points classification 1st Stage 4 2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias

1st Stage 3 4th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic 6th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León 8th Overall Vuelta a Colombia 2018

1st Stage 5

1st Stage 1 2nd Gran Premio FECOCI 3rd Overall Vuelta a Colombia 4th Overall Clásico RCN 1st Points classification 1st Stage 5 2019

1st Prologue, Stages 2 & 4 (ITT) 1st Overall Clásico RCN 1st Points classification 1st Stage 2 1st Overall Vuelta a Chiloé 1st Prologue & Stages 2 & 4 1st Sprints classification, Tour Colombia 2nd Overall Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional 1st Stage 6 2nd Overall Tour of the Gila 2nd Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake 1st Stage 1 (TTT) 3rd Overall Vuelta a San Juan 3rd Overall Vuelta a Colombia 1st Prologue & Stage 10 8th Overall Tour of Taihu Lake 2020 2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia 1st Stage 7 2nd Overall Clásico RCN 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 5 2nd Gran Premio de la Patagonia 3rd Overall Vuelta a San Juan 2021 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a Antioquia 2nd Overall Vuelta al Táchira 1st Stage 4 (ITT) 2nd Overall Clásico RCN 1st Stage 1 (TTT) 3rd Overall Joe Martin Stage Race 3rd Overall Clásica de Guayaquil 1st Stage 1 8th Overall Vuelta a Colombia 1st Prologue 8th Overall Tour du Rwanda 2022 1st Overall Clásica de Guayaquil

1st Sprints classification, Tour of South Florida 2023 1st Overall Tour of Hainan 1st Overall Vuelta Bantrab 1st Stage 1 1st Overall Clásica de Rionegro 1st Stage 1 (TTT) 1st Overall 1st Mountains classification 1st Stage 1 (TTT) 1st Stage 5 Clásico RCN 2nd Overall Vuelta a Formosa Internacional 1st Stage 4a (ITT) 2nd Overall Tour of the Gila 1st Stage 5 3rd Clásica de Villeta 6th Overall Vuelta a Colombia 7th Overall Joe Martin Stage Race 8th Overall Tour de Catamarca 10th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake 2024 1st Stage 1 Vuelta al Ecuador 1st Stage 1 (ITT) Clásico RCN 3rd Overall Tour do Rio 6th Overall Tour of the Gila 2025

3rd Overall Tour de Beauce 8th Overall Vuelta al Tolima 10th Overall Tour of Hainan 1st Doglocy classic 2nd Overall 1st Stage 1 2026 1st Stage 1 (TTT) 7th Overall Tour de Beauce

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Giro d'Italia DNF 13 16 — — — — — Tour de France — — —7 DNF — 24 18 Vuelta a España — — 1424 12 227

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish