Djamolidine Abdoujaparov

Djamolidine Abdoujaparov

Abdoujaparov in 1993
Personal information
Full name	Djamolidine Abdoujaparov
Nickname	The Tashkent Express, The Tashkent Terror, Abdou[1]
Born	(1964-02-28) 28 February 1964 (age 60) Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional teams
1990	Alfa Lum
1991–1992	Carrera Jeans–Tassoni
1993	Lampre–Polti
1994	Team Polti–Vaporetto
1995	Novell–Decca–Colnago
1996	Refin–Mobilvetta
1997	Lotto–Mobistar–Isoglass
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France Points classification (1991, 1993, 1994) 9 individual stages (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996) Giro d'Italia Points classification (1994) Intergiro classification (1994) 1 individual stage (1994) Vuelta a España Points classification (1992) 7 individual stages (1992, 1993) One-day races and Classics Gent–Wevelgem (1991)

Djamolidine Mirgarifanovich Abdoujaparov (Uzbek: Jamoliddin Mirgarifanovich Abdujaparov; born 28 February 1964) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Uzbekistan.^[2] Abdoujaparov was a sprinter, nicknamed "The Tashkent Terror"^[3] as he was so ferocious in the sprints. His unorthodox and often erratic sprinting caused a number of crashes. He competed in the individual road race at the Olympic Games on two occasions: in 1988 for the Soviet Union and in 1996 for Uzbekistan; he placed fifth in 1988.^[1]