Team RadioShack's Nelson Oliveira took the gold medal at the Portuguese time trial championships in Pataias. The 22-year-old RadioShack rider covered the 34km course in 42:18 to top silver medalist Hugo Sabido (LA-Antarte) by 1:01, with Sabido's teammate Ermani Broco claiming bronze 1:26 back.
In his first year as a professional rider Nelson Oliveira impressed already in last week's closing time trial in the Tour de Suisse in Schaffhausen where he finished fourth behind Fabian Cancellara and RadioShack teammates Andreas Klöden and Levi Leipheimer.
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| 1 | Nelson Oliveira (Team RadioShack) | 0:42:18 |
| 2 | Hugo Sabido (LA/Antarte) | 0:01:01 |
| 3 | Hernâni Brôco (LA/Antarte) | 0:01:26 |
| 4 | Ricardo Vilela (ONDA) | 0:01:29 |
| 5 | Ricardo Mestre (Tavira/Prio) | 0:01:32 |
| 6 | Sérgio Sousa (Barbot/Efapel) | 0:01:39 |
| 7 | Rui Sousa (Barbot/Efapel) | 0:01:41 |
| 8 | Filipe Cardoso (Barbot/Efapel) | 0:01:51 |
| 9 | Hélder Oliveira (ONDA) | 0:02:01 |
| 10 | José Mendes (CCC/Polsat) | 0:02:02 |
| 11 | Mário Costa (Louletano/Loulé Concelho) | 0:02:03 |
| 12 | Bruno Silva (LA/Antarte) | 0:02:46 |
| 13 | Daniel Mestre (Tavira/Prio) | 0:02:52 |
| 14 | João Cabreira (ONDA) | 0:03:02 |
| 15 | Nelson Vitorino (Tavira/Prio) | 0:03:30 |
| 16 | Sergio Ribeiro (Barbot/Efapel) | 0:03:35 |
| 17 | André Cardoso (Tavira/Prio) | 0:04:06 |
| 18 | Alfredo Hernandez (Swift/Carboom/Prototype) | 0:08:02 |
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