Tiago Machado

Tiago José Pinto Machado (born 18 October 1985) is a Portuguese former professional road racing cyclist, 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 , Machado joined for the 2014 season.

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 UCI World Tour level for eight of the previous nine seasons, Machado dropped down to UCI Continental level with in 2019. He rode for in 2020,

At the 2022 Portuguese National Road Championships, Machado announced that he would retire from cycling at the end of the season.

Major results Source:

2006 9th Overall GP CTT Correios de Portugal 2007

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

2009

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

6th Overall Volta ao Alentejo 2010 2nd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe 1st Stage 2b (ITT) 3rd Overall Volta ao Algarve

3rd Overall Critérium International

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

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

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

4th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe 7th Vuelta a Murcia 2016 8th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe

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