Acácio da Silva

Acácio da Silva Mora

Personal information
Full name	Acácio da Silva Mora
Born	January 2, 1961 Montalegre, Portugal
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1982	Royal-Wrengler
1983	Eorotex-Magniflex
1984–1985	Malvor-Bottecchia
1986–1988	Kas
1989–1990	Carrera Jeans–Vagabond
1991–1993	Festina-Lotus
1994	Hippermercados Jumbo
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 3 individual stages (1987,1988,1989) Giro d'Italia 5 individual stages (1985,1986,1989) One-day races and Classics Züri-Metzgete (1986) Coppa Agostoni (1985) Giro dell'Emilia (1985) National Road Race Championships (1986)

Acácio da Silva Mora (born January 2, 1961 in Montalegre, Portugal) is a former Portuguese 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 maillot jaune for four days.^[1] In 1986 he won the Züri-Metzgete and was also Portuguese road champion.

Major results

1982

Tour de Kaistenberg

1983

Tour de Kaistenberg

Tour du Limousin

1984

Tour de Kaistenberg

Coppa Placci

1985

Coppa Ugo Agostoni

Giro d'Italia:

Winner stages 8B and 10

Giro dell'Emilia

1986

 Portugal National Road Race Championship

Züri-Metzgete

Giro d'Italia:

Winner stages 9 and 21

1987

Hegiberg-Rundfahrt

Schlossberg

Tour de France:

Winner stage 3

1988

Trofeo Luis Puig

Schynberg Rundfahrt Sulz

Tour de France:

Winner stage 4

1989

GP Charly Gaul

1989

Giro d'Italia:

Winner stage 2

Tour de France:

Winner stage 1

1991

Elgg

1992

Elgg

Langenthal

1994

Fontanelas

References

1. "Acacio da Silva dans le Tour de France". le dico du tour. Retrieved 2007-10-16.

External links

• profile on cyclebase.nl
• Palmeres
• Acácio da Silva profile at Cycling Archives
• Official Tour de France results for Acácio da Silva