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Sergio Paulinho

Key Stats

Team: Astana
Nationality: Portugese
Born: March 26, 1980
Hometown: Oeiras, Portugal
Residence: Oeiras, Portugal
Height: 5-foot-8
Weight: 140 pounds
Strengths: climbing, stage racing

Palmares

Career Highlights:

Olympic silver road race medalist 2004

2006
1st, stage 10, Vuelta a España

2005
3rd, mountains competition, Tirreno-Adriatico

2004
1st, Portugese time trial championship
1st, stages 7 and 10, Volta a Portugal
2nd, Olympic road race
6th overall, Volta a Portugal

2003
9th overall, Volta a Portugal

Biography

The son of former cyclist Jacinto Paulinho, Paulinho won the world under-23 time trial championship in 2001. He turned pro the following year with the Portuguese team LA Pecol. In 2004, he placed a narrow second to Paolo Bettini at the Olympic road race. After two years with Liberty Seguros/Astana, Paulinho rode for Discovery Channel in 2007, including working as a domestique at the Tour de France. For 2008, he returns to Astana.