New Olympic gold medalist Rui Oliveira 'I've never won a single race in my life - WTF?'

Men’s madison gold medalists Rui Oliveira and lIuri Leitao of Portugal celebrate on podium
Men’s madison gold medalists Rui Oliveira and lIuri Leitao of Portugal celebrate on podium (Image credit: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com)

The contrast could not have been more obvious between the experienced champions and the young upstarts after the men's Madison in the Paris Olympics

While Elia Viviani and Simone Consonni of Italy framed their silver amid multiple Olympic medals, and Michael Mørkøv compared his new bronze medal to a dream gold medal in the Madison in Tokyo, surprise gold medalist Rui Oliveira spontaneously dropped f-bombs in his disbelief that his first pro win as a cyclist was gold at the Olympics.

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Laura Weislo
Managing Editor

Laura Weislo has been with Cyclingnews since 2006 after making a switch from a career in science. As Managing Editor, she coordinates coverage for North American events and global news. As former elite-level road racer who dabbled in cyclo-cross and track, Laura has a passion for all three disciplines. When not working she likes to go camping and explore lesser traveled roads, paths and gravel tracks. Laura specialises in covering doping, anti-doping, UCI governance and performing data analysis.