Abraham Olano
Abraham Olano Manzano (born 22 January 1970 in Anoeta, Gipuzkoa) is a Spanish retired professional road racing cyclist, who raced as a professional from 1992 to 2002. He won the World Road Championship in 1995, and the World Time Trial Championship in 1998, becoming the first male cyclist to win both.
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| Full name | Abraham Olano Manzano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 January 1970 Anoeta, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Time-trialist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| – | Kaiku, AVSA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1992 | CHCS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Lotus–Festina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | CLAS–Cajastur | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1997 | Mapei–CLAS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Banesto | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2002 | ONCE–Deutsche Bank | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grand Tours
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He won Vuelta a España in 1998, 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 Critérium International and Tirreno–Adriatico in 2000.