Spanish cyclist
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Sevilla and the second or maternal family name is
Rivera .
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
Team Medellín .
[2] 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.
[3]
Biography
Kelme–Costa Blanca (1998–2003)
Sevilla riding for Kelme in 2002
Born in
Ossa de Montiel ,
Albacete Province , Sevilla turned professional in 1998 for Spanish team
Kelme–Costa Blanca , 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
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.
T-Mobile (2005–06)
Sevilla switched to
T-Mobile Team 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
Relax–GAM for the 2007 season and
Rock Racing–Murcia 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
Medellín team, with whom he had been racing since 2017, for another season in November 2019.
[4]
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.
[5]
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
1st
Young rider classification
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
Overall
Vuelta a Asturias
1st
Points classification
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
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
Overall
Clásico RCN
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
Overall
Vuelta a Chihuahua
1st
Overall
Cascade Cycling Classic
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
Vuelta Mexico Telmex
1st
Overall
Vuelta a 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 Telmex
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
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 Stages 1 (
TTT ) & 5
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
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
Overall
Vuelta a Colombia
1st
Points classification
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
Team time trial, Colombian National Road Championships
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
Points classification
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 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
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
Points classification
1st Stage 3
4th
Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
6th Overall
Vuelta a Castilla y León
8th Overall
Vuelta a Colombia
2018
1st
Overall
Vuelta a San Juan
1st Stage 5
1st
Overall
Vuelta al Ecuador
1st Stage 1
2nd
Gran Premio FECOCI
3rd Overall
Vuelta a Colombia
4th Overall
Clásico RCN
1st Points classification
1st Stage 5
2019
1st
Overall
Vuelta Ciclista de Chile
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
Mountains classification,
Vuelta del Porvenir San Luis
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
Tour de Panamá [
es ]
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
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Legend
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Did not compete
DNF
Did not finish
References
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