José Mendes (cyclist)
José João Pimenta Costa Mendes (born 24 April 1985) is a Portuguese former professional cyclist, who competed from 2008 to 2024 for ten different teams, including the cycling teams of the Portuguese Big Three clubs – Benfica, Sporting / Tavira and W52 / FC Porto.[6]
He competed in six Grand Tours between 2013 and 2018, the road race at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and was a two-time winner at the Portuguese National Road Race Championships,[6] in 2016 and 2019 – his only two professional victories.
Major results
Source:[7]
- 2003
- 1st
Time trial, National Junior Road Championships - 2005
- 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2008
- 9th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 10th Overall Vuelta a Chihuahua
- 2009
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Circuit de Lorraine
- 2010
- 1st Stage 3 Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
- 2012
- 6th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
- 2014
- 7th Vuelta a Murcia
- 2015
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 5th Overall Critérium International
- 5th Overall Coppa Bernocchi
- 6th Overall Giro del Trentino
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- 2016
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 6th Overall Tour of Norway
- 7th Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 2017
- 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2018
- 6th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
- 2019
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 2023
- 5th Overall Aziz Shusha
- 6th Overall Tour of Małopolska
- 6th The Tour Oqtosh-Chorvoq-Mountain
- 7th Tour of Bostonliq II
- 8th Overall Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran)
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — | — | 48 | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | 124 | 140 | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
22 | — | — | 54 | — | 83 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ^ "José Mendes". Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- ^ "Burgos-BH ready for move into Pro-Continental ranks". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
Burgos-BH has bolstered its roster for its first season in the Pro-Continental division with the addition of WorldTour riders Matvey Mamykin (Katusha-Alpecin) and Bora-Hansgrohe duo Jose Mendes and Silvio Herklotz.
- ^ "W52 / FC Porto". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ "W52 / FC Porto". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ "João Pimenta Costa José MENDES". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ a b "José Mendes anuncia fim de carreira" [José Mendes announces the end of his career]. Record (in Portuguese). Medialivre. Lusa News Agency. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ "Jose Mendes". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
External links
- Profile - Team Bora Argon 18
- José Mendes at UCI
- José Mendes at ProCyclingStats
