Omar Fraile

Omar Fraile

Omar Fraile in 2015
Personal information
Full name Omar Fraile Matarranza
Born (1990-07-17) 17 July 1990
Spain
Team information
Current team Team Dimension Data
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2012 Orbea
2013–2015 Caja Rural
2016– Team Dimension Data
Major wins

Grand Tours

Vuelta a España
Mountains classification (2015)
Infobox last updated on
10 January 2016
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Fraile and the second or maternal family name is Matarranza.

Omar Fraile Matarranza (born 17 July 1990)[1] is a Spanish racing cyclist.[2] He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. On 26 April 2015, Fraile won the Giro dell'Appennino from a small group of riders, outsprinting Stefano Pirazzi and Damiano Cunego.[3] He rode in the 2015 Vuelta a España where he won the mountains classification,[4] by making well-timed breakaways in order to gain points for the classification.[5] Subsequently Team Dimension Data announced that Fraile would join them for the 2016 season.[6] He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia.[7]

Palmarès

2013
10th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
10th National Time Trial Championships
2014
9th National Time Trial Championships
2015
1st Giro dell'Appennino
1st Mountains classification Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stage 4 Four Days of Dunkirk
4th Classic Loire Atlantique
10th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
Vuelta a España
1st Mountains classification
Combativity award Stages 3 & 9
2016
7th Gran Premio di Lugano

References

  1. "Omar Fraile Matarranza". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  2. "Omar Fraile". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  3. "Fraile wins Giro dell'Appennino". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). 26 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  4. "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  5. Puddicome, Stephen (13 September 2015). "Five talking points from stage 21 of the Vuelta a España". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  6. O'Shea, Sadhbh (1 October 2015). "Haas and Fraile sign for Dimension Data". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  7. "99th Giro d'Italia Startlist". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 6 May 2016.

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