Abduzhaparov, Jamolidin Mirgarifanovich

Dzhamolidin Mirgarifanovich Abduzhaparov ( Uzbek. Jamolidin Mirgarifanovich Abdujaparov ; born February 28, 1964 in Tashkent , Uzbek SSR ) is a Soviet and Uzbek professional road racing cyclist . Honored Master of Sports of Russia (2007).

Jamolidin Abdujaparov
Uzbek Jamolidin abdujaparov
personal information
Full name	Jamolidin Dzharilhasanovich Abduzhaparov
Nickname	Abdu , Tashkent Terminator , Tashkent Express
Citizenship	USSR → Uzbekistan
Date of Birth	February 28, 1964 ( 1964-02-28 ) (55 years old)
Place of Birth	Tashkent , Uzbek SSR
Growth	174 cm
Weight	72 kg
Racer Information
Current team	completed his career
Specialization	sprinter
Professional teams
1990 1991-1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Alpha lum Carrera Lampre Polti Novell Refin Lotto
Major victories
Champion of the USSR - group race (1987) Tour de France point classification (1991, 1993, 1994 ) 9 stage wins Giro d'Italia points classification (1994) 1 stage win Vuelta of Spain points classification (1992) 7 stage wins
000000 Medals State and departmental awards

Abdujaparov was a sprinter. “Tashkent Terminator” - that’s what they called him in cycling for an aggressive and dangerous way to finish.

A graduate of the Soviet sports program, Abdujaparov reached the peak of his career when his country gained independence; after initial difficulties (including Uzbekistan’s rejection of the UCI , which caused problems with Abdujaparov’s participation in the World Cup), he began to play for the West European professional team, becoming one of the best sprinters in the world.

Abdujaparov remains famous for participating in the fight for the green sprint shirt with Laurent Jalaber at the Tour de France in the early 1990s. In 1991, Abdou won the competition despite a spectacular drop during the last leg of the Champs Elysees in Paris, where, 100 meters before the finish, he caught on to the barriers and turned over his head. Despite the fact that he had enough points to win the sprinter jersey , he had to cross the finish line without any help. Members of his team put him on a bicycle, and he slowly drove the remaining meters, accompanied by physicians walking nearby.

In his last full round in 1996, Abdujaparov arranged a mountain break for his last victory at the stage, very unusual for the sprinter . Nevertheless, the results were not so good, and after not passing the anti-doping tests during the second stage in 1997 at the Tour de France, he left cycling. He did not pass the doping test, hiding the presence in his body, among other things, of a medicine for asthma clenbuterol .

Abdujaparov along with Eddie Merckx , Laurent Jalaber , Alessandro Petakki and Mark Cavendish are among the five cyclists who managed to win all three Grand Tours in points.