Yoshiyuki Abe
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Yoshiyuki Abe |
| Born |
August 15, 1969 Osaka Prefecture, Japan |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1996 | Panaria-Vinavil |
| 1997 | Banesto |
| 2001 | Colpack-Astro |
| 2003–2004 | Shimano Racing |
| 2005 | Shimano-Memory |
| 2006–2008 | Skil–Shimano |
| 2009 | Shimano Racing |
| 2010– | Team Matrix Powertag |
| Major wins | |
|
Japanese National Road Race Championship (1997, 2000) Japanese National Road Race TT Championship (1999, 2000) | |
|
Infobox last updated on 30 January 2012 | |
Yoshiyuki Abe (阿部良之 Abe Yoshiyuki) (born August 15, 1969, in Osaka Prefecture) is a Japanese professional racing cyclist, who last rode for Team Matrix Powertag. 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.
Career highlights
- 1996
- 1st Stage 6 Tour of Poland (Poland)
- 1997
- 1st
Japanese National Road Race Championships (Japan) - 1st Japan Cup (Japan)
- 1999
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
- 2000
- 1st Japanese National Road Race Championships (Japan)
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
- 2001
- 2nd National Time Trial Championships
- 2003
- 1st Overall Tour of China (China)
- 2nd Stage 2
- 2004
- 2nd National Time Trial Championships
- 2006
- 3rd Overall Tour of Hainan (China)
- 3rd Stage 2
- 3rd Asian Games, Team Time Trial
References
- ↑ 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
- Yoshiyuki Abe profile at Cycling Archives
- Team Matrix Powertag official site (Japanese)
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