Acácio Mora da Silva (born 2 January 1961 in Montalegre, Portugal) is a Portuguese former professional road bicycle racer. He was a professional from 1982 to 1994 during which he won stages in the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia and stages in many other stage races. He won three stages in total in the Tour de France, one in 1987, one in 1988, and one in 1989. After his stage win in 1989, he wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification for four days.[1] In 1986, he won the Züri-Metzgete and was also the Portuguese national road champion.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Acácio Mora da Silva |
| Born | 2 January 1961 Montalegre, Portugal |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team | |
| 1980–1981 | CC Dudelange |
| Professional teams | |
| 1982 | Royal-Wrangler |
| 1983 | Eorotex–Magniflex |
| 1984–1985 | Malvor–Bottecchia |
| 1986–1988 | Kas |
| 1989–1990 | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond |
| 1991–1993 | Lotus–Festina |
| 1994 | Maia–Jumbo–Serrata-Beirão |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
Major results
edit- 1979
- 3rd Overall GP Général Patton
- 1980
- 1st Overall Flèche du Sud
- 1st Stage 1
- 1981
- 1st Stage 5 Flèche du Sud
- 1982
- 1st Tour de Kaistenberg
- 4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1983
- 1st Tour de Kaistenberg
- 6th GP du canton d'Argovie
- 7th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st Stage 4
- 7th Brabantse Pijl
- 8th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1984
- 1st Coppa Placci
- 1st Tour de Kaistenberg
- 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
- 2nd Milano–Vignola
- 2nd Giro del Piemonte
- 3rd Visp–Grächen
- 4th Giro dell'Emilia
- 5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 5th Tour du Nord-Ouest
- 6th Overall Giro del Trentino
- 1st Stage 1
- 8th Giro di Romagna
- 10th La Flèche Wallonne
- 1985
- 1st Giro dell'Emilia
- 1st Coppa Ugo Agostoni
- 1st Stages 8b & 10 Giro d'Italia
- 2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 4
- 2nd Coppa Sabatini
- 4th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 4th La Flèche Wallonne
- 4th Tre Valli Varesine
- 6th Tour du Nord-Ouest
- 7th Visp–Grächen
- 8th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 1 (ITT)
- 9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 10th Critérium des As
- 1986
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 1st Züri-Metzgete
- 1st Stage 3 Tour du Limousin
- 2nd Trofeo Pantalica
- 3rd Critérium des As
- 3rd Giro dell'Etna
- 4th Giro della Provincia di reggio Calabria
- 5th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 5th Giro di Lombardia
- 6th Overall Super Prestige Pernod
- 6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 6th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 7th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 9 & 21
- 8th Paris–Tours
- 1987
- 1st Hegiberg-Rundfahrt
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de France
- 2nd GP Lugano
- 6th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 7th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 7th Critérium des As
- 9th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1988
- 1st Trofeo Luis Puig
- 1st Schynberg Rundfahrt
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de France
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Galicia
- 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 3
- 3rd Omloop van het Leiedal
- 6th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st Stage 4
- 7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 10th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 1989
- Tour de France
- 1st Stage 1
- Held
Stages 1–4
- 1st Stage 2 Giro d'Italia
- 1st GP Charly Gaul
- 2nd Overall GP de Sintra
- 1st Stage 1b (ITT)
- 2nd Züri-Metzgete
- 2nd Wartenberg Rundfahrt
- 10th Grand Prix des Amériques
- 1990
- 1st Prologue Tour de Luxembourg
- 3rd Wartenberg Rundfahrt
- 1992
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a los Valles Mineros
- 1994
- 7th GP du canton d'Argovie
- 9th Overall Volta ao Algarve
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
78 | 97 | 23 | 33 | 7 | — | — | 48 | 49 | 57 | 46 | 73 |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | — | — | 82 | 64 | 92 | 84 | 108 | — | 61 | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
— | — | — | — | — | DNF | 38 | — | — | 65 | — | 64 |
References
edit- ^ "Acacio da Silva dans le Tour de France". le dico du tour. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2007.
External links
edit- Acácio da Silva at Cycling Archives
- Acácio da Silva at ProCyclingStats
- Acácio da Silva at CycleBase
- "Acacio Mora Da Silva at Memoire-du-cyclisme.net". Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - Acacio Mora Da Silva at Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu
- Official Tour de France results for Acacio Da Silva
