Óscar Sevilla

Óscar Miguel Sevilla Rivera (born 29 September 1976), nicknamed El Niño, is a Spanish-Colombian professional road bicycle racer. He is a climber with a pedigree in stage races, having finished in the top ten of the Tour de France and Vuelta a España several times.

Kelme–Costa Blanca (1998–2003)

Born in Ossa de Montiel, Albacete Province, Sevilla turned professional in 1998 for Spanish team Kelme–Costa Blanca, and his big breakthrough came in the 2001 Tour de France. Here, he showed himself as a great climber, ranking 7th in the overall General classification, and winning the young rider classification as the rider of 25 years of age or younger with the highest position in the general classification. After the Tour de France, he continued his great form in the 2001 Vuelta a España. He wore the leader's jersey until the final uphill time trial stage in Madrid, which he lost to winner Ángel Casero.

In the 2002 Vuelta a España, intra-team rivalry with Aitor González saw him finish fourth in the General classification, despite the team's initial assurances that he would be the only leader. González's racing in the very difficult Angliru mountain stage saw Sevilla lose valuable time that he was not able to recover in the later stages of the race, and Gonzalez took over the lead on the final stage, overtaking previous leader Roberto Heras. After a lacklustre 2003 season, Sevilla was injured in the 2003 UCI Road World Championships in a crash, resulting in a serious back injury.

Phonak (2004)

The 2004 season saw Sevilla start with the Swiss team Phonak in support of Tyler Hamilton's bid for the 2004 Tour de France. As Hamilton sustained an injury, Sevilla assumed the leader's mantle, although without good results. He then switched to T-Mobile Team for the 2005 season.

T-Mobile (2005–06)

Sevilla switched to T-Mobile Team for the 2005 season, but fought to achieve the same results as he initially rode as a domestique for Jan Ullrich in the 2005 Tour de France. Here, he helped Ullrich finish 3rd overall, and Sevilla's climbing improved, as well as his morale.He rode the 2005 Vuelta a España as team captain and ranked 7th overall.

He was linked to Operación Puerto doping case. After he was initially named in the investigation, Sevilla was still able to ride and won the Vuelta a Asturias. On the day before the 2006 Tour de France, Ullrich and Sevilla were explicitly linked to the investigation and not allowed to start the race. On 20 July 2006, Sevilla was fired from T-Mobile in relation to the aforementioned accusations.

Relax–GAM and Rock Racing (2007–10)

He rode for Relax–GAM for the 2007 season and Rock Racing–Murcia between 2008 and 2010.

Colombian teams (2011–present)

He rode for Gobernación de Antioquía in the 2011 Tour of Utah. Sevilla renewed his contract with the Colombian Medellín team, with whom he had been racing since 2017, for another season in November 2019.

He currently lives in Colombia, having married a Colombian woman with whom he has two daughters, and became a Colombian citizen in 2012.

1999

6th Overall Tour du Limousin

7th Overall Tour de Romandie

1st Stage 4

2000

1st Trofeo Luis Ocaña

1st Memorial Manuel Galera

2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya

2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos

6th Circuito de Getxo

6th Subida a Urkiola

2001

2nd Overall Vuelta a España

2nd Subida al Naranco

3rd Overall Escalada a Montjuïc

1st Stage 1b (ITT)

3rd Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama

4th Overall Tour de Romandie

4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos

5th Overall Volta a Catalunya

7th Overall Tour de France

2011

1st Overall GP Internacional de Café

1st Prologue & Stage 1

1st Overall Vuelta a Antioquia

1st Prologue Vuelta al Valle del Cauca

1st Prologue Vuelta al Tolima

4th Overall Tour of Utah

5th Overall Vuelta a Colombia

1st Stages 3 (TTT), 8 & 9

Grand Tour general classification results timeline