Rui Alberto Faria da Costa, ComIH (born 5 October 1986) is a Portuguese professional

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, who currently rides for

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. He is best known for winning the

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– the first Portuguese rider to do so –, three stages of the

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...

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and

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, and the

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and

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editions of the Tour de Suisse, becoming the first cyclist to win the event for three consecutive years.

Early life and amateur career

Born in Aguçadoura,

Póvoa de Varzim Póvoa de Varzim (, ) is a Portuguese city in Northern Portugal and sub-region of Greater Porto, from its city centre. It sits in a sandy coastal plain, a cuspate foreland, halfway between the Minho and Douro rivers. In 2001, there were 63,470 ...

, Costa started his career at Guilhabreu, a civil parish of

Vila do Conde Vila do Conde (, ; "the Count's Town") is a municipality in the Norte Region of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 79,533, in an area of 149.03 km². The urbanized area of Vila do Conde, which includes the parishes of Vila do Conde, Azurar ...

, then went to Santa Maria da Feira.

Professional career

2007–2011: Early years

Costa became a professional cyclist at Benfica in 2007, and switched to in 2009. In 2009, Costa won the

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followed by a win on stage 8 of the

2010 Tour de Suisse The 2010 Tour de Suisse was the 74th edition of the Tour de Suisse stage race. It took place from 12 June to 20 June and was part of both the 2010 UCI ProTour and the World Calendar. It began with a short individual time trial in Lugano and ended ...

In 2010, Costa was involved with an altercation with

Carlos Barredo Carlos Barredo Llamazales (born 5 June 1981, in Oviedo, Asturias) is a Spanish former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional between 2004 and 2012. He was issued a suspension for the first two months of the 2011 season in response to ...

at the end of Stage 6 of the

, with Barredo removing his front wheel and attempting to club Costa with it before both riders lobbed blows at each other. Both were fined 300 francs for the incident. At the Portuguese national championships in June 2010 Costa and his brother Mário tested positive for the banned substance

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, which they claimed to have ingested inadvertently due to a tainted food supplement. Further testing proved that to be the case, and he re-signed with his former team, then known as , in April 2011 after five months of suspension.

2011

In 2011, Costa performed well in the Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid: after second places in the first and third stages, he won the overall classification. Later that season, Costa rode away solo to win

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of the

. Following his previous successes, Costa won the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, sprinting away from a late breakaway, beating breakaway companion

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. Both were chased by

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, who made a late counter-attack, but came two seconds short.

2012

In 2012, Costa finished third in the General classification of the

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. He won stage 2 in the Tour de Suisse, took the race's lead and successfully defended the yellow jersey through the Tour. He hung on to his 14 seconds overall lead over second-placed

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in the last stage, where Schleck attacked on the slopes of the Glaubenberg Pass. Schleck crested the climb with an advantage of a minute over Costa, but was reeled back in along the descent by the small group containing Costa. The pair finished the stage with the same time. He said after the important win: ''"I want to dedicate this to the team, because my teammates worked magnificently all week. I have no words to describe it."'' Costa headed to the

, slated to ride in support of his leader

Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (born 25 April 1980) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam . Valverde's biggest wins have been the Vuelta a España in 2009, Critérium du Dauphiné in 2008 and 2009, ...

, but crashes and incidents plagued Valverde, who still managed to grab a stage win and finished 20th overall. Costa placed higher than his captain in the general classification at 18th. He then participated in the

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, where he settled for second place of the French classic. He escaped on the last climb of the day with to go, but 's

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passed him in the final kilometer, and Costa protected his second place as the surging peloton crossed the finish line on his heels. In September, he headed to the Canadian province of

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to take part in the two World Tour races held there. He took the third step of the podium in the

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, winning the sprint of a group of 16 riders in hot pursuit of the two escapees,

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and

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, who finished four seconds ahead of Costa. Two days later, he aimed at defending his title in the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, but finished eighth, once again with a 4-second deficit over the winner,

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. He concluded his season in China at the

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, scoring another top ten overall placing with ninth.

2013

In 2013, Costa started the year by winning the

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and finishing third in the

and also aimed to defend his Tour de Suisse title. He later successfully defended his title after winning stage seven, and then taking the yellow jersey from

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after winning the final stage, a hill climb time trial. In the

, Costa left the Pyrenees inside the top ten. On stage 13, Costa lost close to ten minutes after going back to try to help his team leader, Valverde, who suffered a puncture. On stage 16, Costa ended up on a breakaway where he attacked on the last climb of the day, the Col de Manse before the final downhill to a solo finish in Gap. He was also awarded the combativity prize of that stage. A few days later, Costa won stage 19 after escaping from the lead group on the Col de la Croix Fry, he ended up with another solo finish in Le Grand-Bornand. Costa won the elite men's race at the

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in Tuscany, Italy, becoming the first Portuguese rider to wear the rainbow jersey. After the race Costa said: ''"After the

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, the goal was to reach the World Cup in the best possible conditions and make a good race. But I never thought I could win a race as important as this. It means everything to me. It is the reward for a lifetime of effort and hard work."'' Costa left the at the end of the 2013 season, and joined for the 2014 season.

2014

Costa started the 2014 season by taking third place and the points classification jersey in the

Volta ao Algarve The Volta ao Algarve (Portuguese; en, Tour of the Algarve) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Algarve, Portugal. Since 2017, it has been organised as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became part of the new UCI P ...

. He then finished second overall in Paris-Nice and, for the third consecutive year, claimed the third place in the

. Costa's first win of the season in the world champion's rainbow jersey occurred in the last stage of the Tour de Suisse. With this victory Costa took the yellow jersey from Tony Martin and successfully defended his title, thus becoming the first cyclist to win Tour de Suisse three consecutive times. Costa entered the

with high hopes, aiming for a podium finish, but started to lose touch with the front riders due to

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. During the second rest day, his health condition worsened and he was diagnosed with

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. Ranked 13th in the general classification, Costa was forced to withdraw from the Tour. He returned to

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competition at the

, crossing the finish line in 92nd place, 11 seconds behind winner

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. Costa then competed in the

and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, securing a runner-up place in the latter race, behind Simon Gerrans. Costa went to the

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, Spain, with the aim of defending his road race title; he finished in 23rd place, seven seconds behind the winner and his successor,

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of Poland.

2015

Costa took the fourth place in the general classification of

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as a first notable result, thanks in part to a third place on the time trial up

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. He finished seventh in the mountainous World Tour race, the

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. He also grabbed the fourth place in the

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, where

imposed himself; a week later he would come again in fourth place at

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. He decided not to go defend his title at the Tour de Suisse, which he had won three times in a row, and participated in the concurrent

Critérium du Dauphiné The Critérium du Dauphiné, before 2010 known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, is an annual cycling road race in the Dauphiné region in the southeast of France. The race is run over eight days during the first half of June. It is par ...

instead. Costa won the sixth stage of the race after being in the breakaway for most of the day, passing

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near the finish line. A week before the

, Costa won the

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. At the Tour de France he retired due to injuries picked up in a crash, leading him to announce he would ride for stage wins in the future.

2017

He was named in the start list for the

2017 Giro d'Italia The 2017 Giro d'Italia was the 100th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The race started on 5 May in Alghero on the island of Sardinia, and ended on 28 May in Milan. The race was won by Tom Dumoulin, who became ...

Career achievements

Major results

;2007 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

Giro delle Regioni The Giro delle Regioni was a multi-day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 2.ncup, meaning it was part of the UCI Under 23 Nations' Cup The UCI Under 23 Nations' Cup is an annual, season-long competitio ...

;2008 : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 4 : 2nd Overall

Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay The Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay was a bicycle stage race held annually in Saguenay, Quebec, Canada. It was part of the UCI America Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 20 ...

::1st Stage 4 (

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) : 2nd Overall

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir ( en, Tour of the Future) is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independen ...

: UCI Under-23 Road World Championships ::5th Road race ::8th Time trial : 5th Overall

Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas is a three-day professional cycle road race held in Spain in May each year. The event was first run in 1984 but was not held in 1988 and 1990. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI ...

;2009 : 1st Jersey pink

Overall

::1st

Young rider classification : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall

Vuelta a Chihuahua Vuelta Chihuahua Internacional (Vuelta a Chihuahua) was a stage race held annually in October in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. The Vuelta a Chihuahua was first contested in 2005, as part of the UCI America Tour schedule, and was run over seve ...

::1st

Mountains classification ::1st Stage 3 ;2010 : 1st MaillotPortugal

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, National Road Championships : 1st Trofeo Deià : 1st Stage 8 Tour de Suisse : 2nd Overall

::1st

Young rider classification : 6th Overall

;2011 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid ::1st Jersey green

Points classification : 1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal : 1st Stage 8

: 4th Overall

Circuit de Lorraine The Circuit de Lorraine is a multi-stage road bicycle racing event held annually in Lorraine, France. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road ...

;2012 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Tour de Suisse ::1st Stage 2 : 2nd GP Ouest–France : 2nd Trofeo Deià : 3rd Overall

: 3rd

: 4th GP Miguel Induráin : 5th Overall

: 7th Overall

Tour du Poitou-Charentes Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a road bicycle race held annually in the former region of Poitou-Charentes (now Nouvelle-Aquitaine) France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located ...

: 8th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal : 9th Overall

: 10th

;2013 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Road race,

: 1st

, National Road Championships : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Tour de Suisse ::1st Stages 7 & 9 (

) : 1st

::1st Stages 16 & 19 :: Jersey red number

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Stage 16 : 3rd Overall

: 4th Overall

: 4th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana : 5th Overall

: 5th

: 6th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal : 9th

: 9th

;2014 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Tour de Suisse ::1st Stage 9 : 2nd

, National Road Championships : 2nd Overall

: 2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal : 3rd Overall

::1st

Points classification : 3rd Overall

: 3rd

Giro di Lombardia The Giro di Lombardia ( en, Tour of Lombardy), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five ' Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in ...

: 4th

: 4th Overall

;2015 : 1st MaillotPortugal

Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall

::1st Stage 6 : 3rd Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal : 4th Overall

: 4th

: 7th Overall

: 9th

: 9th Road race,

;2016 : 3rd

: 5th Overall

Tour of Oman The Tour of Oman is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Oman since 2010 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It was scheduled to become part of the new UCI ProSeries in 2020, but both the 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled ...

: 6th Road race, UEC European Road Championships : 6th Overall

: 7th Overall

: 7th Overall Tour de Suisse : 10th Road race,

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: 10th Overall

: 10th

La Flèche Wallonne La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium. The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week betw ...

Stage 19

;2017 : 1st Jersey red

Overall

Abu Dhabi Tour The Abu Dhabi Tour was a men's cycling stage race that took place in the United Arab Emirates, held annually between 2015 and 2018. In 2019 The Abu Dhabi Tour merged with the Dubai Tour to become the UAE Tour. History When inaugurated, it was p ...

::1st Stage 3 : 2nd Overall

: 5th Overall

Vuelta a San Juan The Vuelta a San Juan is a road cycling race held in Argentina. The race consists of only a men's competition over seven stages. From 2017 to 2019, the race had a 2.1 The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing body in the sp ...

::1st Stage 5 : 5th Overall Tour de Suisse : 10th Overall

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (Polish language, Polish: ''Wyścig Dookoła Polski'', English language, English: ''Tour of Poland'', official abbreviation TdP,) is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race prim ...

;2018 : 5th Overall

: 6th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal : 8th Overall

: 10th Road race,

: 10th Overall

;2019 : 2nd Overall

: 4th Overall

: 7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal : 10th Road race,

: 10th Overall

Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of the season, it is considered to be an important prep ...

: 10th Overall

Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (; en, Tour of the Valencian Community or Tour of Valencia) is a road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community (''Comunitat Valenciana''), Spain. Its position in the cycling calendar means it is often ...

: 10th Overall

Vuelta a Burgos Vuelta Ciclista a Burgos is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Burgos province of Spain. The men's Vuelta a Burgos has been a multi-day stage race as part of the UCI Europe Tour since 2005. In 2019, a multi-day wo ...

;2020 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotPortugal

Road race ::2nd

: 3rd Overall

Saudi Tour The Saudi Tour, formerly known as the Tour of Saudi Arabia, is an annual professional road bicycle racing race stage, stage race first held in Saudi Arabia in 1999. It has been held intermittently since its creation, and in 2020 joined the UCI Asi ...

::1st Stage 1 : 3rd Overall

Tour du Limousin Tour du Limousin is a 4-day road bicycle race held annually in Limousin, France. It was first held in 1968 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle rac ...

: 4th Overall

: 10th Overall

;2021 : 2nd

Grand Prix of Aargau Canton Grand Prix of Aargau Canton (german: Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau) is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Aargau canton, one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. The race consists of fifteen laps around the Swiss town of G ...

: 7th Overall Tour de Suisse ;2022 : 3rd Overall

: 3rd Overall

: 10th Overall

General classification results timeline

Classics results timeline

Major championships timeline

Awards

* Portuguese Sportsman of the Year ( pt, Prémio Desportista Masculino do Ano): 2012, 2013, 2014

References

External links

* * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Costa, Rui 1986 births Living people Portuguese male cyclists Portuguese expatriate cyclists Portuguese Tour de France stage winners People from Póvoa de Varzim Tour de Suisse stage winners Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Portugal UCI Road World Champions (elite men) 2013 Tour de France stage winners 2011 Tour de France stage winners Sportspeople from Porto District