Rider Profile
Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
Intermarché-Circus-Wanty

Personal Details:
Teams history:
- 2023 - Intermarché-Circus-Wanty
- 2022 - UAE Team Emirates
- 2021 - UAE Team Emirates
- 2020 - UAE Team Emirates
- 2019 - UAE Team Emirates
- 2018 - UAE Team Emirates
- 2017 - UAE Team Emirates
- 2016 - Lampre - Merida
- 2015 - Lampre-Merida
- 2014 - Lampre-Merida
- 2013 - Movistar Team
- 2012 - Movistar Team
- 2011 - Movistar Team
- 2010 - Caisse d'Epargne
- 2009 - Caisse d'Epargne
- 2008 - Benfica
- 2007 - Benfica
Biography:
Key Results
1st UCI Road World Championships 2013
Tour de France: 3 individual stages, 2011, '13
1st Tour de Suisse, 2012-14
1st Abu Dhabi Tour 2017
1st Four Days of Dunkirk 2009
1st Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid 2011
1st GP de Montréal 2011
1st Portuguese National Time Trial Championships, 2010, '13
1st Portuguese National Road Race Champion 2015
2nd Overall Paris-Nice 2014
2nd Overall Tour of Oman 2017
2nd GP de Montréal 2014
2nd 2nd GP Ouest-France 2012
3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège 2016
3rd Il Lombardia 2014
3rd overall Tour de Romandie 2012-14
3rd overall Critérium du Dauphiné 2015
Related Articles

A major revamp but Girmay still the star at Intermarché-Circus-Wanty – 2023 team preview
By Daniel Ostanek published
Preview Fewer leaders at Belgian team after transfer churn but a stronger support squad around Eritrean

Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert sign Rui Costa for 2023
By Daniel Ostanek published
News Portuguese veteran to leave UAE Team Emirates after six seasons

Gaviria to stay with UAE Team Emirates
By Patrick Fletcher published
News Colombian one of four contract extensions at the team

Analysing UAE Team Emirates' 2021 Tour de France team
By Daniel Ostanek published
Analysis A new-look support squad built around defending champion Tadej Pogacar

Rui Costa relegated in Tour de Suisse stage 6 sprint
By Daniel Ostanek published
News Andreas Kron takes victory in Disentis-Sedrun

Costa takes Portuguese road race title
By Cyclingnews published
News Shilov takes Russian title in Samara

Rui Costa takes time trial victory in Portugal
By Cyclingnews published
News UAE Team Emirates teammates Ivo and Rui Oliveira take fourth and seventh

Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg defends Rui Costa after race crash incident
By Cyclingnews published
News 'Riders should keep their hands on their handlebars and avoid pushing' says NTT rider
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