Rui Costa (cyclist)
Costa at the 2022 Giro d'Italia | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Rui Alberto Faria da Costa | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 October 1986 Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | EF Education–EasyPost | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||
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| 2005–2006 | Santa Maria da Feira–E-Leclerc | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | S.L. Benfica | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2013 | Caisse d'Epargne | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2022 | Lampre–Merida | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Intermarché–Circus–Wanty | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | EF Education–EasyPost | ||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||
Grand Tours
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Medal record
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Rui Alberto Faria da Costa ComIH (born 5 October 1986) is a Portuguese professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–EasyPost. He is best known for winning the 2013 UCI Road World Championships in Tuscany, Italy (the first Portuguese rider to do so), three stages of the Tour de France in 2011 and 2013, one stage in the Vuelta a España in 2023, and the 2012, 2013 and 2014 editions of the Tour de Suisse, becoming the first cyclist to win the event for three consecutive years.