Sérgio Paulinho

Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Sérgio Paulinho


fullname = Sérgio Miguel Moreira Paulinho
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|3|26
country = Portugal
height =
weight =
currentteam = Astana
discipline = Road
role = Rider
ridertype =
amateuryears =
amateurteams =
proyears = 2003
2004
2005–2006
2007
2008–
proteams = ASC-Vila do Conde
L.A.-Pecol
Liberty Seguros-Würth/Astana
Discovery Channel
Astana
majorwins = sica Olympic Games (2004)
Vuelta a España, 1 stage
updated = February 3, 2008

Sérgio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (born March 26, 1980 in Oeiras) is a Portuguese road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Astana. He was a domestique in the 2007 Tour de France.

Son of former cyclist Jacinto Paulinho, Paulinho won the world junior championship in 2002. In 2003, he became a professional cyclist and started gaining reference in one of the most important Portuguese teams: LA Pecol. In 2004, he was 6th in the Tour of Portugal (Volta). In the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, he was silver medalist (Italy's Paolo Bettini got gold and Axel Merckx bronze) in the cycling road race.

Following his Olympic performance, he was signed by the Liberty Seguros-Würth team.

On July 6, 2006, it was announced in Belgian Sporza that he was to switch to the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team at the end of the season despite that his name was apparently implicated in the Fuentes scandal. Discovery directeur sportif Johan Bruyneel, however, did not believe Paulinho was doping. Indeed, Paulinho was cleared by Spanish officials of any wrongdoing as part of the Operación Puerto doping case. [ [http://www.velonews.com/race/int/articles/10588.0.html VeloNews | Wednesday's EuroFile: Astana 5’ cleared by Spanish courts; Landis sets post-Tour schedule | The Journal of Competitive Cycling ] ]

He took his first Grand Tour stage win in Vuelta a Espana 2006, on stage 10.In 2004 he also won the Portuguese national time trial Championship and stages 7 and 10 of the Tour of Portugal. In 2008, he won again the national time trial championship.

Palmares

* Time Trial Championship (2008)
* Vuelta a España - 1 stage (2006)
* Time Trial Championship (2004)
* Volta a Portugal - 2 stages (2004)
* Volta a Tras os Montes - Overall & 1 stage (2004)
* Volta a Terras de Santa Maria - 1 stages (2004)
* Volta ao Portugal do Futuro - 3 stages (2002)
* World U23 Time Trial Championship (2002)

References

External links

* [http://thepaceline.com/rider.aspx?id=22 Profile at ThePaceline.com]
*trapfriis|portugal.Paulinho.htm
*cyclingwebsite|3357

Persondata
NAME= Paulinho, Sérgio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Paulinho, Sérgio Miguel Moreira
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Road bicycel racer
DATE OF BIRTH=1980-03-26
PLACE OF BIRTH=Oeiras, Portugal
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=