Yoshiyuki Abe (阿部良之, Abe Yoshiyuki, born August 15, 1969 in Osaka Prefecture) is a Japanese racing cyclist, who last rode for Japanese amateur team Abenova. He turned professional with Shimano Racing, the team operated by Shimano, after graduating from Osaka Institute of Technology, but soon transferred to Italian teams.[1] He won the Japan Cup in 1997 and is still the only Japanese to win that important race.[2] He became Japanese national champion in the road race in 1997 and 2000, and in the individual time trial in 1999 and 2000. Abe represented Japan in the 2000 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the 2006 Asian Games in the team time trial.
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| Born | August 15, 1969 Osaka Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st) | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Amateur teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2012–2016 | Bici Corsa Avel | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Abenova | ||||||||||||||
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| 1996 | Panaria–Vinavil | ||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Mapei–GB | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Shimano | ||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Team Colpack–Astro | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Shimano Racing | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Shimano–Memory Corp | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Shimano Racing Team | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Matrix Powertag | ||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||
| Japanese National Road Race Championships (1997, 2000) Japanese National Time Trial Championships (1999, 2000) Japan Cup (1997) | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Major results
edit- 1996
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de Pologne
- 1997
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 1st Japan Cup
- 1998
- 7th Time trial, Asian Games
- 1999
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2000
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 2001
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2002
- 4th Overall Tour of China
- 2003
- 1st Overall Tour of China
- 2004
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2006
- 3rd Team time trial, Asian Games
- 3rd Overall Tour of Hainan
- 5th Overall Tour de Korea
- 2007
- 9th Overall Jelajah Malaysia
- 2008
- 10th Overall Tour de Taiwan
- 2009
- 10th Time trial, National Road Championships
References
edit- ^ Abe, Yoshiyuki (16 April 2010). "Abe Yoshiyuki: 40-sai, shintenchi de no gen'eki sokkō". Cyclowired (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ Tsuji, Kei (22 October 2008). "Chōkyū ni shōkakushita Japan Kappu". Cycling Time (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 November 2010.
External links
edit- Yoshiyuki Abe at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Yoshiyuki Abe at ProCyclingStats
- Yoshiyuki Abe at CQ Ranking
- Yoshiyuki Abe at CycleBase
- Team Matrix Powertag official site (Japanese)
