Óscar Sevilla
![]() Sevilla in 2013 | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Óscar Miguel Sevilla Rivera |
Nickname | El Niño |
Born |
Ossa de Montiel, Spain | 29 September 1976
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Medellín–Inder |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Climbing specialist |
Amateur team(s) | |
2012 | Empacadora San Marcos |
Professional team(s) | |
1998–2003 | Kelme–Costa Blanca |
2004 | Phonak |
2005–2006 | T-Mobile Team |
2007 | Relax-Gam |
2008–2010 | Rock Racing |
2011 | Gobernación de Antioquia–Indeportes Antioquia |
2013–2016 | EPM–UNE |
2017– | Medellín–Inder |
Major wins | |
Vuelta a Asturias (2006) |
Óscar Miguel Sevilla Rivera (born 29 September 1976, in Ossa de Montiel, Albacete Province), nicknamed El Niño, is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. 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.[1]
Biography
He turned professional in 1998 for Spanish team Kelme–Costa Blanca, and his big breakthrough came in the 2001 edition of the 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 World Cycling Championship in a crash, resulting in a serious back injury. The 2004 season saw Sevilla start with the Swiss team Phonak 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 T-Mobile Team for the 2005 season.
Since then he has fought to achieve the same great results, but his 2005 season on German team T-Mobile Team initially saw him ride 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 Asturias. On the day before the Tour de France, Ullrich and Sevilla were explicitly linked to the investigation and not allowed to start the 2006 Tour de France. On 20 July 2006, Oscar Sevilla was fired from T-Mobile in relation to the aforementioned accusations.
He rode for Relax-GAM for the 2007 season and Rock Racing for the 2008 season. He rode for Gobernación de Antioquía in the 2011 Tour of Utah. He currently lives in Colombia, married a Colombian woman with whom he has two daughters, and became a Colombian citizen in 2012[2].
Career achievements
Major results
- 1999
- 7th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Romandie
- 2000
- 1st Trofeo Luis Ocana
- 1st Memorial Manuel Galera
- 2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 2001
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a España
- 4th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 7th Overall 2001 Tour de France
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 2002
- 4th Overall, Vuelta a España
- 2nd Classique des Alpes
- 6th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 2004
- 3rd Overall Dauphiné Libéré
- 2005
- 7th Overall Vuelta a España
- 2006
- 1st
Overall Vuelta Asturias- 1st Stage 2
- 2007
- 1st
Overall Route du Sud- 1st Stage 2
- 5th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stage 4
- 5th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 6th Overall Tour of Austria
- 2008
- 1st Stage 9 Vuelta a Colombia
- 1st Reading Classic
- 1st
Overall Clásico RCN - 2nd National Road Race Championships
- 5th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake
- 6th Overall Tour of Georgia
- 2009
- 1st
Overal Vuelta Chihuahua Internacional - 1st Stage 2 Vuelta Asturias
- 1st
Overall Cascade Cycling Classic - 4th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
- 4th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
- 2010
- 1st
Overall Vuelta Mexico - 1st
Overall Vuelta Antioquia - 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
Overall Vuelta Mexico- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Boyacà
- 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
Overall Vuelta a Colombia- 1st Stage 4
- 1st
Overall Tour do Rio- 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
Overall Vuelta a Colombia- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 1 (Team Time Trial) & 5
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Tour do Rio- 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
- 1st Stages 1 & 5 Vuelta a Chiriquí
- 2nd UCI America Tour
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Guatemala
- 1st Prologue & Stage 5
- 4th Overall Tour do Brasil
- 4th Overall Volta de Ciclismo Internacional do Estado de São Paulo
- 4th Overall Vuelta a Antioquia
- 2015
- 1st Overall
Vuelta a Colombia- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 9 & 13 (ITT)
- 1st
- 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
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Rio
- 2nd Overall Circuito Internacional Baja California Sur
- 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
- 1st Stages 2 (TTT), 5 & 8 Vuelta a Chiriquí
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 1 (ITT)
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Clasico El Colombiano
- 4th Overall Clásica Ramón Emilio Arcila
- 5th Overall Clásica Club Deportivo Boyacá
- 1st Stage 2
- 2017
- 1st
Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid - 1st Overall Vuelta al Valle del Cauca
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 1st Overall Clásica Nacional Ciudad de Anapoima
- 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a San Juan
- 2nd Overall Tour of Ankara
- 1st Stage 4
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 4th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
- 6th Overall Vuelta Castilla y Leon
- 9th Vuelta a Colombia
- 2018
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a San Juan
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
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Giro d'Italia | 13 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
Tour de France | — | — | 7 | DNF | — | 24 | 18 |
Vuelta a España | — | 14 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 7 |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
References
External links
- Official website
- Profile at Trap-Friis (source of wins)