Djamolidine Abdoujaparov
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Djamolidine Abdoujaparov |
| Nickname | The Tashkent Terror |
| Born | 28 February 1964 Tashkent, Soviet Union |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Professional teams | |
| 1990 | Alfa Lum |
| 1991–1992 | Carrera |
| 1993 | Lampre |
| 1994 | Polti |
| 1995 | Novell |
| 1996 | Ceramiche Refin - Mobilvetta |
| 1997 | Lotto |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (Template:Lang-en; Russian: Джамолиди́н Абдужапа́ров) (born 28 February 1964 in Tashkent) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Uzbekistan.[1] Abdoujaparov was a sprinter, nicknamed "The Tashkent Terror"[2] as he was so ferocious in the sprints. His unorthodox and often erratic sprinting caused a number of crashes. He competed at the Olympic Games on two occasions; in 1988 for the Soviet Union and in 1996 for Uzbekistan.[3]
Career
Abdoujaparov was born in Tashkent to a Crimean Tatar family which was forcibly deported to Uzbekistan during Soviet rule.[1] 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 had numerous tussles with Laurent Jalabert in the Tour de France's green sprinters jersey competition in the early 1990s. In 1991 Abdoujaparov won the competition despite a spectacular crash during the final stage on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, where he collided with the barriers 100 m before the finish and somersaulted into the air. Despite still holding enough points to win the sprinters' jersey, he had to cross the line unaided. Members of his team picked him up, put him back on the bike, and he rode slowly over the last few meters, medical staff walking alongside him.
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 anti-doping tests during the 1997 Tour de France’s second stage, he retired from cycling. He failed the tests screening for the presence in his body of, among others, the anti-asthma drug clenbuterol.
Abdoujaparov, a British rock band formed by former Carter USM guitarist Les "Fruitbat" Carter, is named after him.[4]
Major results
- 1987
- 3 Stages Peace race
- 1988
- Peace race
- 1st
Points classification - 2 Stages
- 1st
- 5th Olympic Games Road Race
- 1989
- 1 Stage Peace race
- 1991
- Tour de France
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 1 & 4
- 1st
- 1st Gent–Wevelgem
- 1st Giro del Piemonte
- 1 Stage Semana Siciliana
- 2 Stages Vuelta a Murcia
- 1 Stage Volta a Catalunya
- 1st G.P. Montreal
- 4th Milan–San Remo
- 1992
- Vuelta a España
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 2a, 4, 11 & 21
- 1st
- 1 stage Tour of Britain
- 1993
- Tour de France
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 3, 18 & 20
- 1st
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stages 9, 12 & 20
- 1st Stage 10 Tour de Suisse
- 3rd Gent–Wevelgem
- 4th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- Criterium Amiens
- Criterium Lisieux
- Criterium Hendaya
- 1994
- Tour de France
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 20
- 1st
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Intergiro Classification
- 1st Stage 10
- 1st
- Paris–Nice
- 1st Stages 3 & 8a
- 1st Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
- 1st Polynormande
- 2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 1st Stages 1 & 3a
- 2nd Overall Tour of Holland
- 2 Stages
- 1 Stage Tour DuPont
- Omnium Elsloo
- Profronde Roosendaal:Criterium Vayrac
- Criterium Bavikhove
- 3rd Scheldeprijs
- 5th Gent–Wevelgem
- 1995
- 1st Stage 20 Tour de France
- 1 Stage Tour DuPont
- Criterium Quillan
- 5th Scheldeprijs
- 1996
- 1st Stage 14 Tour de France
- 1st Stage 2 Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1 Stage Vuelta a Murcia
- 1 Stage Giro di Sardegna
- Criterium Dijon
- Criterium Cauderan-Burdeos
- 1997
- 1st La Côte Picarde
- 1st Stage 7 Four Days of Dunkirk
- 2 Stages Dauphiné Liberé
See also
References
- ^ a b "Djamolidine Abdoujaparov interview from ATR". ATR. 30 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2 December 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 2 December 2013 suggested (help) - ^ "'Tashkent terror' banned from cycling for one year". BBC News. 26 January 1998. Retrieved 18 July 2007.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Djamolidine Abdoujaparov Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ Carlson, Dean. "Abdoujaparov - Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Uzbekistani male cyclists
- Doping cases in cycling
- Uzbekistani Tour de France stage winners
- Sportspeople from Tashkent
- Uzbekistani people of Crimean Tatar descent
- Tour de France Champs Elysées stage winners
- Uzbekistani Giro d'Italia stage winners
- Vuelta a España stage winners
- Uzbekistani sportspeople in doping cases
- Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists of the Soviet Union
- Olympic cyclists of Uzbekistan
- Tour de Suisse stage winners
- Vuelta a España cyclists
- Tour de France cyclists
- Giro d'Italia cyclists