José João Pimenta Costa Mendes (born 24 April 1985) is a Portuguese former professional cyclist, who competed from 2008 to 2024 for ten different teams, including the cycling teams of the Portuguese Big Three clubs – , and .
He competed in six Grand Tours between 2013 and 2018, the road race at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and was a two-time winner at the Portuguese National Road Race Championships, in 2016 and 2019 – his only two professional victories.
Major results Source:
2003 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships 2005 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships 2008 9th Overall Tour de Luxembourg 10th Overall Vuelta a Chihuahua 2009 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships 3rd Circuit de Lorraine 2010 1st Stage 3 Troféu Joaquim Agostinho 2012 6th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho 2014 7th Vuelta a Murcia 2015 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships 5th Overall Critérium International 5th Overall Coppa Bernocchi 6th Overall Giro del Trentino 1st Stage 1 (TTT) 2016 National Road Championships 1st Road race 2nd Time trial 6th Overall Tour of Norway 7th Overall Tour of Slovenia 2017 4th Time trial, National Road Championships 2018 6th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho 2019 1st Road race, National Road Championships 2023 5th Overall Aziz Shusha 6th Overall Tour of Małopolska 6th The Tour Oqtosh-Chorvoq-Mountain 7th Tour of Bostonliq II 8th Overall Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran)
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Giro d'Italia———— 48— Tour de France— 124 140——— Vuelta a España 22—— 54— 83
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
References
External links Profile - Team Bora Argon 18