Cândido Joaquim Venda Moreira Barbosa (born December 31, 1974, in Rebordosa, Portugal) is a former professional

road racing cyclist Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

from 1995 to 2010, where he decided to end his career as a professional

due to a serious injury on both of his knees.

Major results

;1995 : Volta ao Algarve ::1st Stages 3 & 6 ;1996 : Volta ao Algarve ::1st Stages 1 & 2 ;1997 :1st Overall Volta ao Algarve ::1st Stages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 :1st

Porto–Lisboa Porto–Lisbon (''Portuguese: Porto–Lisboa'') was an annual road cycling race held in Portugal on 10 June in celebration of Portugal Day. Covering a distance of approximately 330-340 kilometres, the race was the longest on the professional calen ...

;1999 : Volta ao Algarve ::1st Stages 1 & 2 ;2001 :1st Stage 4 Volta a Portugal ;2002 :1st Overall Volta ao Algarve ::1st Stages 3 & 4 : Volta a Portugal ::1st Stages 3 & 6 ;2003 :1st Stage 3 Volta ao Algarve : Volta a Portugal ::1st Stages 1, 4, 7 & 8 ;2004 :1st Overall

GP CTT Correios de Portugal The GP CTT Correios de Portugal is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Portugal. 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 competitions ...

::1st Stages 1 & 3 :1st Stage 2 Volta ao Algarve :2nd Overall Volta a Portugal ::1st Stage 2 ;2005 :1st MaillotPortugal

Time trial, National Road Championships :1st Overall Volta ao Distrito de Santarém ::1st Stage 1 :1st Troféu Sergio Paulinho :1st Stage 3 GP Internacional Paredes Rota dos Móveis :1st Stage 3

Volta ao Alentejo The Volta ao Alentejo (Portuguese; en, Tour of Alentejo) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Alentejo, Portugal. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a seri ...

:2nd Overall Volta a Portugal ::1st Stages 2, 6 & 7 ;2006 :1st Stage 1 Volta a Portugal ;2007 :1st MaillotPortugal

Road race, National Road Championships :1st Stage 2 GP Internacional Paredes Rota dos Móveis :2nd Overall Volta a Portugal ::1st Stages 3, 4, 5 & 8 ;2008 : Volta a Portugal ::1st Stages 6 & 8 ;2009 :

::1st Stages 4 & 5 : GP Internacional Paredes Rota dos Móveis ::1st Stages 2 & 3 ;2010 :1st Stage 10 Volta a Portugal

External links

* * * * * * * https://web.archive.org/web/20120128164801/http://candido-barbosa.com/noticias.php Portuguese male cyclists 1974 births Living people Olympic cyclists for Portugal Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics {{portugal-cycling-bio-stub