Abraham Olano

Abraham Olano
Personal information
Full name	Abraham Olano Manzano
Born	January 22, 1970 (age 54); Anoeta, Spain
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time-trialist
Amateur team
–	Kaiku, AVSA
Professional teams
1992	CHCS
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Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (1997) 1 TTT stage (2002) Vuelta a España General classification (1998) 6 individual stages (1995, 1998, 1999, 2000) Stage races Tour de Romandie (1996) Tirreno–Adriatico (2000) Critérium International (2000) One-day races and Classics World Road Race Championships (1995) World Time Trial Championships (1998) National Road Race Championships (1994) National Time Trial Championships (1994, 1998)
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing Spain
Olympic Games
World Championships

Abraham Olano Manzano (born January 22, 1970, in Anoeta, Gipuzkoa) is a Spanish retired professional road racing cyclist, who raced between 1992 and 2002. He won the World Road Championship in 1995, and the World Time Trial Championship in 1998, becoming the first and so far only male cyclist to win both.

He also achieved distinction in Grand Tours: he won Vuelta a España in 1998 and was second in 1995, made it twice to the final podium at Giro d'Italia (third in 1996 and second in 2001), and placed three times in the top-ten at Tour de France, with the fourth place in 1997 as his personal best. In total he won six stages in the Vuelta and one in the Tour, all of them time trials.

Olano was also double Spanish Champion in both road (1994) and time trial (1994 and 1998), olympic silver medalist in time trial in Atlanta 1996 and winner of several shorter stage races, like Tour of Romandie in 1996 and Criterium International and Tirreno-Adriatico in 2000.

Amateur career

Olano started racing 11 years old at the Oria Cycling school, and already at junior level he won several races.^[1] Later, Olano went to track racing. He became Spanish Champion in pursuit (together with Etxegoyen, Pérez and Juárez), in the 1 km with standing start and in sprint.^[1] In road racing, he started as an amateur for Kaiku and AVSA. He was specialized in sprinting.

Professional career

In 1992, Olano started his professional career at CHCS. This team shortly after disbanded, and he moved to Lotus. With Lotus, Olano won his first professional race, the Gran Premio de Villafranca de Ordizia in Gipuzkoa.^[1]

In 1993, Olano switched to CLAS Cajastur, which was later merged with Mapei. Here, he started to win important races, such as the Vuelta a Asturias and the Spanish National Road Race Championships, both in road race and time trial.

In 1995, Olano won three stages in the Vuelta a España, finishing second in overall classification to Laurent Jalabert.^[1] Later in the year Olano was a vital part of a hugely successful Spanish team at the World Cycling Championship in Colombia. In the time trial, Olano took silver, finishing second to Miguel Indurain. In the Road race, the top two positions was reversed, with Olano taking the Championship and Indurain silver. The route for the road race was one of the hardest courses ever for a World Championship, and Olano showed his stamina by riding the last kilometer solo with a flat tyre.

Olano established his abilities in stage races in 1996; he won the Tour de Romandie, finished third in the Giro d'Italia (leading the race at the second to last day), and finished ninth in the Tour de France. He also won the silver medal in the time trial at the 1996 Olympic Games, losing out to Miguel Indurain by a margin of only 12 seconds.^[1]

Olano finished fourth in the 1997 Tour de France, taking 1 stage win - a long time trial in Disneyland, ahead of the eventual Tour winner Jan Ullrich.

In 1998, Olano won his only grand tour, the Vuelta a España,^[1] fighting off furious challenges from mountain specialistsFernando Escartin and Roberto Heras as well as fellow all-rounders Laurent Jalabert and Alex Zülle, all at the height of their careers. Despite the victory, Olano was reportedly not happy with the support from the Banesto team and management. Banestos own mountain specialist José Maria Jimenez took 4 stage wins, on several occasions leaving Olano alone on the climbs, and even taking the Yellow Jersey from his team captain. Olano won back the jersey on the second time trial, but the events and subsequent media speculation soured his relationship with Banesto, and he decided for a switch to the ONCE team for the following season.

Olano finished 1998 in style, winning the World Championship Time Trial i Valkenburg, ahead of compatriot Melcior Mauri. Olano is the only male rider of the modern era to win the world Championship in both the Road race (1995) and the time trial (1998).

In 1999, Olano was back to defend the Vuelta title. In the prologue, severe rains put the late starters (including most of the GC contenders) at a big disadvantage, but Olano nevertheless managed to take 2nd place. In the stage 7 time trial, Olano won with a clear margin to main challenger Jan Ullrich, taking the top spot on the GC and the Yellow Jersey. Olano defended his lead through several mountain stages, but a crash on the stage to Alto de Angliru cost him a broken rib, and he was eventually forced to abandon the race.

In 2000, Olano made a shift in focusing on shorter stage races, and won Tirreno-Adriatico and Criterium International, among others. He would make his last mark at the grand Tours with a 2nd place in the 2001 Giro d'Italia. He retired from racing in 2002.^[1]

On account of results early in his career, a Basque background and some physical similarities, Olano was seen by many supporters as the successor to five-times Tour de France winner Miguel Indurain. The comparison would haunt Olano for all of his career, as he went on to have a career that was very successful by almost any other standard. Olano was one of the very best time trialists of his generation, and a rider with enormous stamina. However, he was a reluctant climber, and a tendency to lose valuable time to the specialists on the steepest and highest climbs, would keep his number of Grand Tour Wins to 1.

Doping revelations

Olano is one of the people responsible for designing stages for the Vuelta a España.^[1] He was fired from this position after a report from the French senate revealed that he had delivered a suspicious sample during the 1998 Tour de France, indicating use of EPO.^[2] The International Olympic Committee also refused to give the bronze medal to him, since Lance Armstrong had been doping like him.

Later life

In November 2006 Olano ran the San Sebastian marathon in a time of 2:39:19. In October 2015, he took over as new national coach for Gabon, with the task of building the national team "from scratch".^[3]

Career achievements

Major results

1992

1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia

3rd Clasica de Almeria

1994

National Road Championships

1st

Road race

1st

Time trial

1st

Overall Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas

1st

Overall Vuelta a Asturias

5th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

1995

UCI Road World Championships

1st

Road race

2nd

Time trial

2nd Overall Vuelta a España

1st Prologue, Stages 7 (ITT) & 20 (ITT)

4th Overall Paris–Nice

1996

1st

Overall Tour de Romandie

1st Stage 6 (ITT)

1st

Overall Tour of Galicia

2nd

Time trial, Olympic Games

2nd Road race, National Road Championships

2nd GP du Canton d'Argovie

3rd Overall Giro d'Italia

3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country

8th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

9th Overall Tour de France

1997

1st

Overall Euskal Bizikleta

1st Stage 4b (ITT)

1st Grand Prix Eddy Merckx

2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

3rd Overall Vuelta a Aragon

4th Overall Tour de France

1st Stage 20 (ITT)

1998

1st

Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

1st

Time trial, National Road Championships

1st

Overall Vuelta a España

1st Stage 9 (ITT)

1st

Overall Euskal Bizikleta

1st Stage 4b (ITT)

1st Vuelta Ciclista a La Rioja

1st Grand Prix Eddy Merckx

6th Overall Volta a Catalunya

1999

1st

Overall Vuelta a Burgos

1st Stage 6 (ITT) Vuelta a España

6th Overall Tour de France

2000

1st

Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

1st Stage 5

1st

Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

1st Stage 5b (ITT)

1st

Overall Critérium International

1st Stage 8 (ITT) Vuelta a España

4th Time trial, Olympic Games

5th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

8th Overall Tour Méditerranéen

2001

1st

Overall Clásica de Alcobendas

2nd Overall Giro d'Italia

7th GP Primavera

2002

1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France

2nd Road race, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	2	—
Tour de France	DNF	30	—	9	4	DNF	6	34	—	78
Vuelta a España	—	20	2	—	DNF	1	DNF	19	64	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Abraham Olano". Giant Tours. Archived from the original on 2012-02-12.
^ "Zabel "geht in sich", Olano gefeuert" (in German). Eurosport. 25 July 2013. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
^ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/abraham-olano-becomes-gabon-national-coach/

External links

[gt-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Abraham Olano". Giant Tours. Archived from the original on 2012-02-12.

[guardian24oct12-2] "Zabel "geht in sich", Olano gefeuert" (in German). Eurosport. 25 July 2013. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.

[3] ttp://www.cyclingnews.com/news/abraham-olano-becomes-gabon-national-coach/

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1946–1959	1946: Hans Knecht (SUI) 1947: Theo Middelkamp (NED) 1948: Briek Schotte (BEL) 1949: Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) 1950: Briek Schotte (BEL) 1951: Ferdinand Kübler (SUI) 1952: Heinz Müller (FRG) 1953: Fausto Coppi (ITA) 1954: Louison Bobet (FRA) 1955: Stan Ockers (BEL) 1956: Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) 1957: Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) 1958: Ercole Baldini (ITA) 1959: André Darrigade (FRA)
1960–1979	1960: Rik Van Looy (BEL) 1961: Rik Van Looy (BEL) 1962: Jean Stablinski (FRA) 1963: Benoni Beheyt (BEL) 1964: Jan Janssen (NED) 1965: Tom Simpson (GBR) 1966: Rudi Altig (FRG) 1967: Eddy Merckx (BEL) 1968: Vittorio Adorni (ITA) 1969: Harm Ottenbros (NED) 1970: Jean-Pierre Monseré (BEL) 1971: Eddy Merckx (BEL) 1972: Marino Basso (ITA) 1973: Felice Gimondi (ITA) 1974: Eddy Merckx (BEL) 1975: Hennie Kuiper (NED) 1976: Freddy Maertens (BEL) 1977: Francesco Moser (ITA) 1978: Gerrie Knetemann (NED) 1979: Jan Raas (NED)
1980–1999	1980: Bernard Hinault (FRA) 1981: Freddy Maertens (BEL) 1982: Giuseppe Saronni (ITA) 1983: Greg LeMond (USA) 1984: Claude Criquielion (BEL) 1985: Joop Zoetemelk (NED) 1986: Moreno Argentin (ITA) 1987: Stephen Roche (IRL) 1988: Maurizio Fondriest (ITA) 1989: Greg LeMond (USA) 1990: Rudy Dhaenens (BEL) 1991: Gianni Bugno (ITA) 1992: Gianni Bugno (ITA) 1993: Lance Armstrong (USA) 1994: Luc Leblanc (FRA) 1995: Abraham Olano (ESP) 1996: Johan Museeuw (BEL) 1997: Laurent Brochard (FRA) 1998: Oscar Camenzind (SUI) 1999: Óscar Freire (ESP)
2000–2019	2000: Romāns Vainšteins (LAT) 2001: Óscar Freire (ESP) 2002: Mario Cipollini (ITA) 2003: Igor Astarloa (ESP) 2004: Óscar Freire (ESP) 2005: Tom Boonen (BEL) 2006: Paolo Bettini (ITA) 2007: Paolo Bettini (ITA) 2008: Alessandro Ballan (ITA) 2009: Cadel Evans (AUS) 2010: Thor Hushovd (NOR) 2011: Mark Cavendish (GBR) 2012: Philippe Gilbert (BEL) 2013: Rui Costa (POR) 2014: Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) 2015: Peter Sagan (SVK) 2016: Peter Sagan (SVK) 2017: Peter Sagan (SVK) 2018: Alejandro Valverde (ESP) 2019: Mads Pedersen (DEN)
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