Yoshiyuki Abe Explained

Yoshiyuki Abe
Birth Date:15 August 1969
Birth Place:Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Weight:65kg (143lb)
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Amateuryears1:2012–2016
Amateurteam1:Bici Corsa Avel
Amateuryears2:2017–2019
Amateurteam2:Abenova
Proyears1:1996
Proyears2:1997
Proyears3:1998–2000
Proteam3:Shimano
Proyears4:2001
Proteam4:Team Colpack–Astro
Proyears5:2002–2004
Proteam5:Shimano Racing
Proyears6:2005–2008
Proyears7:2009
Proyears8:2010–2011
Majorwins:Japanese National Road Race Championships (1997, 2000)
Japanese National Time Trial Championships (1999, 2000)
Japan Cup (1997)

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.

Major results

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
    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

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Abe Yoshiyuki: 40-sai, shintenchi de no gen'eki sokkō. Abe. Yoshiyuki. 16 April 2010. Cyclowired. ja. 21 November 2010.
    2. Web site: Chōkyū ni shōkakushita Japan Kappu. Tsuji. Kei. 22 October 2008. Cycling Time. ja. 21 November 2010.