Bruno Pires (cyclist) - Misplaced Pages

Portuguese racing cyclist

Bruno Pires
Personal information
Pires at the 2011 Tour de Romandie.
Full name	Bruno Manuel Pires Silva
Born	(1981-05-15) 15 May 1981 (age 43) Redondo, Portugal
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb; 9.9 st)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Amateur teams
2001	Vitória de Setúbal
2003	ASC–Guilhabreu–Vila do Conde

Professional teams
2002	ASC–Vila do Conde
2004–2008	Milaneza–Maia
2009–2010	Barbot–Siper
2011	Leopard Trek
2012–2015	Team Saxo Bank
2016	Team Roth

Major wins
National Road Race Championships (2006)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pires and the second or paternal family name is Silva.

Bruno Manuel Pires Silva (born 15 May 1981) is a Portuguese former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2002 and 2016.

Born in Redondo, Portugal, Pires began his professional career at the ASC-Vila do Conde team and was part of Milaneza–Maia and Barbot–Siper, before joining his first foreign team, Leopard Trek, in 2011. He then competed for four years with Tinkoff–Saxo, and his final season in 2016 was with Team Roth.