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Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (b. 28 February 1964) is former professional cyclist from Uzbekistan. Born in Tashkent, he went on to have a successful career in cycling. He was a specialist sprinter, and was nicknamed The Tashkent Terror as he was so ferocious in the sprints. His erratic sprinting style caused him to have a number of spectacular crashes. February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
A cyclist is a person who engages in cycling whether as a sport or rides a bicycle for recreation or transportation. ...
Tashkent Tashkent (Toshkent or Тошкент in Uzbek, ТашкеÌнт in Russian; its name is Turkoman language for Stone City It is the current capital of Uzbekistan. ...
A cycling sprinter is a road bicycle racer or track racer who can finish a race very explosively by accelerating, sometimes using the slipstream of another cyclist or group of cyclists tactically to gain greater momentum. ...
Abdoujaparov and Laurent Jalabert fought over the Tour de France's green sprinters jersey in the early 1990's. Most famously in 1991, "Abdou" won the competition despite his spectacular crash on the Champs-Élysées, where he swerved into the barrier, collided with a giant promotional Coke can and somersaulted into the air. Photograph of Laurent Jalabert, present at the arrival of the Tour dAlsace at the Ballon dAlsace, France, 2005 // Biography Laurent Jalabert was born in France in 1968, a professional cyclist from 1989-2002. ...
The maillot vert (French for green jersey) is the jersey or t-shirt worn by the leader of the Tour de Frances points classification. ...
1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Avenue des Champs-Élysées from Place de la Concorde, seen from above the obelisk The Champs-Élysées (pronounced audio? literally the Elysian fields) is a broad avenue in the French capital Paris. ...
He had to cross the line unaided to win, so the team picked him up, put him back on the bike and he rode slowly over the last few meters with team members and medical staff either side of him ready to catch him if he fell. In his last tour, he actually achieved a major mountain breakaway for his last stage win, an unsual feat for a sprinter.
Abdoujaparov was suspended after failing anti-doping tests conducted during the 1997 Tour de France’s second stage. In sports, doping refers to the use of performance-enhancing drugs, such as anabolic steroids, particularly those that are forbidden by the organizations that regulate competitions. ...
Tour de France record
- 1990: 145th
- 1991: 85th, Green jersey winner
- 1992: 76th, green jersey winner
- 1993: 57th, green jersey winner
- Won stage 1 (Lille-Euralille to Armentières)
- Won stage 20
- 1995: 56th
- Won stage 20 (Sainte Geneviève des Bois to Paris)
- 1996: 78th
- Won Stage 14 (Besse to Tulle)
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