# Djamolidine Abdoujaparov

Djamolidine Mirgarifanovich Abdoujaparov (Uzbek: Jamoliddin Mirgarifanovich Abdujaparov; born 28 February 1964) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Uzbekistan. Abdoujaparov was a sprinter, nicknamed "The Tashkent Terror" 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.

## Career

Abdoujaparov was born in Tashkent to a Crimean Tatar family which was forcibly deported to Uzbekistan during Soviet rule. A graduate of the Soviet sports programme, he came into his prime just as his country gained independence; after initial difficulties (including Uzbekistan's not being affiliated to the UCI, which caused problems with the Cycling World Championship) he signed for a Western professional team and became one of the world's top sprinters. Abdoujaparov first rode with the Alfa Lum team in 1990 before the team folded and he joined Carrera Jeans–Tassoni in 1991. Abdoujaparov had numerous tussles with Laurent Jalabert in the Tour de France's green sprinters jersey competition in the early 1990s. In 1991 Abdoujaparov won the competition despite a spectacular crash during the final stage on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, where he collided with the barriers 100 m before the finish and somersaulted into the air. Despite still holding enough points to win the sprinters' jersey, he had to cross the line unaided. Members of his team picked him up, put him back on the bike, and he rode slowly over the last few meters, medical staff walking alongside him.
In his last complete tour in 1996, Abdoujaparov achieved a mountain breakaway for his last stage win, unusual for a sprinter. By this stage, though, results were not as good, and after failing seven separate anti-doping tests during the 1997 season, including twice at the 1997 Tour de France, he retired from cycling. He failed the tests screening for the presence in his body of, among others, the anti-asthma drug clenbuterol.
Abdoujaparov, a British rock band formed by former Carter USM guitarist Les "Fruitbat" Carter, is named after him.

## Major results
### 1985

    Tour de l'Avenir
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 6b
    Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
       1st Stages 4, 6 & 9
    Circuit de la Sarthe-Pays de la Loire
       1st Stages 4a & 4b

### 1987

    Peace Race
       1st Stages 7, 11 & 14
    3rd Gran Premio Palio del Recioto

### 1988

    Peace Race
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1 & 12
    Tour de Pologne
       1st Stages 2, 6 & 7
    5th Road race, Olympic Games

### 1989

    1st Stage 1 Peace Race
    3rd Gran Premio della Liberazione

### 1990

    8th Coppa Bernocchi

### 1991

    1st Gent–Wevelgem
    1st Giro del Piemonte
    Tour de France
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1 & 4
    1st Stage 7 Volta a Catalunya
    1st Stage 1 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
    Vuelta a Murcia
       1st Stages 2 & 4b
    4th Milan–San Remo

### 1992

    Vuelta a España
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 2a, 4, 11 & 21
    Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
       1st Stages 5a & 6
    1st Stage 3 Tour of Britain

### 1993

    Tour de France
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 3, 18 & 20
    Vuelta a España
       1st Stages 9, 12 & 20
    1st Stage 10 Tour de Suisse
    3rd Gent–Wevelgem
    4th Overall Three Days of De Panne

### 1994

    1st Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
    1st Polynormande
    Tour de France
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1 & 20
    Giro d'Italia
       1st Points classification
       1st Intergiro classification
       1st Stage 10
    Paris–Nice
       1st Stages 3 & 8a
    1st Stage 10 Tour DuPont
    2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
       1st Stages 1 & 3a
    2nd Overall Ronde van Nederland
       1st Stages 2 & 4
    2nd Classic Haribo
    3rd Scheldeprijs
    5th Gent–Wevelgem

### 1995

    1st Stage 20 Tour de France
    1st Stage 3 Tour DuPont
    5th Scheldeprijs
    10th Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen

### 1996

    1st Stage 14 Tour de France
    1st Stage 2 Tirreno–Adriatico
    1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Murcia
    1st Stage 2 Giro di Sardegna
    3rd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato

### 1997

    1st La Côte Picarde
    1st Stage 7 Four Days of Dunkirk
    Critérium du Dauphiné Liberé
       1st Stages 1 & 3