Afonso Eulálio
 Eulálio at the 2025 Giro d'Italia | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Afonso Oliveira Eulálio |
| Born | 30 September 2001 Figueira da Foz, Portugal |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Bahrain Victorious |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur team | |
| 2019 | Vito–Feirense–PNB junior[1] |
| Professional teams | |
| 2020–2021 | Feirense[2] |
| 2022 | Glassdrive–Q8–Anicolor |
| 2023–2024 | ABTF Betão–Feirense[3] |
| 2025– | Team Bahrain Victorious |
| Major wins | |
| Grand Tours | |
Afonso Oliveira Eulálio (born 30 September 2001) is a Portuguese cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious.[4][5]
Career
Eulálio initially competed in mountain biking, representing the São João de Ver team, before signing with Feirense in 2020. In 2022, he won the Under-23 Portuguese Road World Championship, and in 2024 he wore the yellow jersey at the Volta a Portugal for seven days and finished within the Top 10 overall.[6]
In 2025, Eulálio signed for Team Bahrain Victorious. In his debut season with the team, he finished in tenth place on stage 17 of the Giro d'Italia, and finished on the podium at the Vuelta a Burgos.[6] He also finished in ninth position at the World Championships road race.[7]
At the 2026 Giro d'Italia, Eulálio took the race lead on stage five after joining the day's breakaway, gaining an advantage of more than six minutes over the race favourites.[8] He held on to the jersey through the early mountain stages,[9] and also through the time trial on stage 10,[10] however conceded it to Jonas Vingegaard on stage 14.[11] He ended the race in sixth position, and as the winner of the young rider classification, having the lowest general-classification time among riders born in 2001 or later.[12]
Major results
- 2022
- 1st
Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships - 2023
- 2nd Grand Prix de Mortágua
- 5th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 6th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 7th Overall Grand Prix Jeseníky
- 2024
- 2nd Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 2nd Prova de Abertura
- 3rd Overall Grande Prémio Jornal de Notícias
- 1st Stage 5
- 5th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 9th Circuito de Getxo
- 10th Overall Volta a Portugal
- 2025
- 6th Overall Tour of Britain
- 9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 2026
- 5th Overall AlUla Tour
- 6th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st
Young rider classification - Held
after Stages 5–13
- 1st
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Giro d'Italia |
DNF | 6 |
 Tour de France |
— | |
 Vuelta a España |
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References
- ↑ "Afonso Eulálio". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ↑ "Feirense". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 26 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ↑ "ABTF Betão - Feirense". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ↑ "Bahrain Victorious". UCI. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ↑ "Against all odds, Portuguese Conti rider Afonso Eulalio headlines Bahrain's four newest recruits for upcoming season". cyclinguptodate.com. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- 1 2 "Quem é Afonso Eulálio, o ciclista que está a brilhar na Volta a Itália?" [Who is Afonso Eulálio, the cyclist who is shining in the Giro d'Italia?]. MaisFutebol (in Portuguese). 30 May 2026. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
- ↑ Quinn, Gavin (19 May 2026). ""He really wasn't the 'team kid' Eulálio anymore" - Turning point in Giro leader Afonso Eulálio's career highlighted". CyclingUpToDate. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
- ↑ Warwick, Matt (13 May 2026). "Arrieta beats Eulalio to win epic wet Giro stage". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
- ↑ Frattini, Kirsten (18 May 2026). "'I'm not expecting a good TT' - Odds stacked against maglia rosa Afonso Eulálio in flat, fast Giro d'Italia time trial". Cycling News. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
- ↑ Netherton, Alexander (19 May 2026). "Afonso Eulalio shocked to retain lead at Giro d'Italia after Stage 10 time trial - 'I don't believe it'". TNT Sports. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
- ↑ "Giro d'Italia: Jonas Vingegaard grabs pink jersey with solo summit stage win". The Guardian. 23 May 2026. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
- ↑ Farrand, Stephen (30 May 2026). "'This Giro has been incredible for me' - Afonso Eulálio celebrates after holding off Davide Piganzoli in Giro d'Italia white jersey battle". Cycling News. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
External links
- Afonso Eulálio at UCI
- Afonso Eulálio at ProCyclingStats
- Afonso Eulálio at Cycling Quotient