José Azevedo
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | José Bento Azevedo Carvalho | ||
| Nickname | The Ace | ||
| Born | September 19, 1973  Portugal |
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| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 61 kg (9 st 8 lb) | ||
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| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Rider type | Climbing specialist | ||
| Professional team(s) | |||
| 1994–1995 1996–2000 2001–2003 2004–2006 2007 |
Recer-Boavista Maia-MSS ONCE-Eroski US Postal SL Benfica |
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| Managerial team(s) | |||
| From 2010 | Team RadioShack | ||
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| Infobox last updated on July 21, 2006 |
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José Bento Azevedo Carvalho (born 19 September 1973 in Vila do Conde, Grande Porto) is a Portuguese former professional road racing cyclist. As of 2010, he is also a team manager with Team RadioShack. During his racing career, Azevedo rode for ONCE-Eroski between 2001 and 2003 and for US Postal between 2004 and 2006.
[edit] Career
Azevedo's principal career successes have been fifth overall at the 2001 Giro d'Italia, sixth overall at the 2002 Tour de France and fifth overall at the 2004 Tour de France. He also made a second place in the Germany Tour, just behind Michael Rogers. He won the queen-stage of the German competition.
Until 2005 he was a renowned domestique; his primary role was to serve as Lance Armstrong's lieutenant in mountain stages, specifically stages in the Pyrenees Mountains.Lance Armstrong described him as the best lieutenant he has ever had. Nicknamed "The Ace", he moved to US Postal (which became the now-defunct Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team) from Team ONCE (also defunct) in 2004.
Azevedo claimed the highest finish in the general classification amongst his Discovery Channel teammates in the 2006 Tour de France. Azevedo finished 18th overall, 37 minutes and 11 seconds behind race winner Óscar Pereiro, following the disqualification of apparent winner Floyd Landis.
To be able to spend more time with his family, Azevedo opted for a home team. He is now the leader of the Benfica cycling team. Azevedo finished his career at the end of the Tour of Portugal 2008.
[edit] Major achievements
- 2001
- 5th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 2002
- 6th Overall Tour de France
- 2003
- 1st Stage 5 Deutschland-Tour
- 2004
- 5th Overall Tour de France
- 2005
- 10th Overall Tour de Georgia
- 2006
- 4th Overall Dauphiné Libéré
[edit] External links
- José Azevedo profile at Cycling Archives
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