Djamolidine Abdoujaparov
Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union | |
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
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Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Sprinter |
Professional teams | |
1990 | Alfa Lum |
1991–1992 | Carrera Jeans–Tassoni |
1993 | Lampre–Polti |
1994 | Team Polti–Vaporetto |
1995 | Novell–Decca–Colnago |
1996 | Refin–Mobilvetta |
1997 | Lotto–Mobistar–Isoglass |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Djamolidine Mirgarifanovich Abdoujaparov (
Career
Abdoujaparov was born in Tashkent to a Crimean Tatar family which was forcibly deported to Uzbekistan during Soviet rule.[2] A graduate of the Soviet sports programme, he came into his prime just as his country gained independence; after initial difficulties (including Uzbekistan's not being affiliated to the UCI, which caused problems with the Cycling World Championship) he signed for a Western professional team and became one of the world's top sprinters. Abdoujaparov first rode with the Alfa Lum team in 1990 before the team folded and he joined Carrera Jeans–Tassoni in 1991.[4] Abdoujaparov had numerous tussles with
In his last complete tour in 1996, Abdoujaparov achieved a mountain breakaway for his last stage win, unusual for a sprinter. By this stage, though, results were not as good, and after failing seven separate anti-
Major results
- 1985
- Tour de l'Avenir
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 6b
- Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
- 1st Stages 4, 6 & 9
- Circuit de la Sarthe-Pays de la Loire
- 1st Stages 4a & 4b
- 1987
- Peace Race
- 1st Stages 7, 11 & 14
- 3rd Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
- 1988
- Peace Race
- Tour de Pologne
- 1st Stages 2, 6 & 7
- 5th Olympic Games
- 1989
- 1st Stage 1 Peace Race
- 3rd Gran Premio della Liberazione
- 1990
- 8th Coppa Bernocchi
- 1991
- 1st Gent–Wevelgem
- 1st Giro del Piemonte
- Tour de France
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 4
- 1st Stage 7 Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stage 1 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- Vuelta a Murcia
- 1st Stages 2 & 4b
- 4th Milan–San Remo
- 1992
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 2a, 4, 11 & 21
- Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 1st Stages 5a & 6
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of Britain
- 1993
- Tour de France
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 3, 18 & 20
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stages 9, 12 & 20
- 1st Stage 10 Tour de Suisse
- 3rd Gent–Wevelgem
- 4th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 1994
- 1st Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
- 1st Polynormande
- Tour de France
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 20
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Intergiro classification
- 1st Stage 10
- Paris–Nice
- 1st Stages 3 & 8a
- 1st Stage 10 Tour DuPont
- 2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 1st Stages 1 & 3a
- 2nd Overall Ronde van Nederland
- 1st Stages 2 & 4
- 2nd Classic Haribo
- 3rd Scheldeprijs
- 5th Gent–Wevelgem
- 1995
- 1st Stage 20 Tour de France
- 1st Stage 3 Tour DuPont
- 5th Scheldeprijs
- 10th Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
- 1996
- 1st Stage 14 Tour de France
- 1st Stage 2 Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Murcia
- 1st Stage 2 Giro di Sardegna
- 3rd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
- 1997
- 1st La Côte Picarde
- 1st Stage 7 Four Days of Dunkirk
- Critérium du Dauphiné Liberé
- 1st Stages 1 & 3
See also
- List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
- List of doping cases in cycling
References
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Djamolidine Abdoujaparov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Djamolidine Abdoujaparov interview from ATR". ATR. 30 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ^ "'Tashkent terror' banned from cycling for one year". BBC News. 26 January 1998. Retrieved 18 July 2007.
- ^ Zanca, Salvatore (10 July 1991). "Overall Leader of Tour injures his collarbone". The Deseret News. p. 15. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ Carlson, Dean. "Abdoujaparov - Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 April 2014.