Yoshiyuki Abe

Yoshiyuki Abe
Personal information
Full name	Yoshiyuki Abe; Japanese: 阿部良之;
Born	August 15, 1969 (age 55); 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
Amateur teams
2012–2016	Bici Corsa Avel
2017–2019	Abenova
Professional teams
1996	Panaria–Vinavil
1997	Mapei–GB
1998–2000	Shimano
2001	Team Colpack–Astro
2002–2004	Shimano Racing
2005–2008	Shimano–Memory Corp
2009	Shimano Racing Team
2010–2011	Matrix Powertag
Major wins
	Japanese National Road Race Championships (1997, 2000); Japanese National Time Trial Championships (1999, 2000); Japan Cup (1997)
Medal record
Representing Japan
Men's road bicycle racing
Asian Games

Yoshiyuki Abe (阿部良之, Abe Yoshiyuki, born August 15, 1969 in Osaka Prefecture) 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

References

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

External links

Yoshiyuki Abe at Cycling Archives
Yoshiyuki Abe at ProCyclingStats
Yoshiyuki Abe at CQ Ranking
Yoshiyuki Abe at CycleBase
Team Matrix Powertag official site (Japanese)

[Cyclowired-1] Abe, Yoshiyuki (16 April 2010). "Abe Yoshiyuki: 40-sai, shintenchi de no gen'eki sokkō". Cyclowired (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 November 2010.

[CT-2] Tsuji, Kei (22 October 2008). "Chōkyū ni shōkakushita Japan Kappu". Cycling Time (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 November 2010.

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