Yoshiyuki Abe

Yoshiyuki Abe
Personal information
Full name Yoshiyuki Abe
Born (1969-08-15) 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)

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

  1. ↑ Abe, Yoshiyuki (16 April 2010). "Abe Yoshiyuki: 40-sai, shintenchi de no gen'eki sokkō". Cyclowired (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 November 2010.
  2. ↑ Tsuji, Kei (22 October 2008). "Chōkyū ni shōkakushita Japan Kappu". Cycling Time (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 November 2010.


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