Abraham Olano

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Abraham Olano

Personal information
Full name	Abraham Olano Manzano
Date of birth	January 22, 1970 (1970-01-22) (age 38)
Country	Spain
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time-trialist
Major wins
World Time Trial Champion (1998) World Road Race Champion (1995) National Time Trial Champion (1994) National Road Race Champion (1994, 1998) Tour de France, 1 stage Vuelta a España (1998), 5 stages
Infobox last updated on:
September 11, 2007

Medal record
Competitor for  Spain
Road bicycle racing
Olympic Games
Silver	1996 Atlanta	Individual Time Trial
World Championships
Gold	1995 Duitama	Elite Men's Road Race
Gold	1998 Valkenburg	Elite Men's Time Trial
Silver	1995 Duitama	Elite Men's Time Trial

Abraham Olano Manzano (born on January 22, 1970 in Anoeta) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist. His crowning achievement came in 1995 when he became World Road Champion. In 1998 he won the World Time Trial Championship. Seen for a time by many as the natural successor to the great Spaniard Miguel Indurain, Olano would ultimately fail to live up to those hopes and expectations. An under-achieving stage racer, Olano placed third in the Giro d'Italia in 1996 and second in 2001, and won a depleted Vuelta a España in 1998. Although a superb time-triallist, Olano was never able to stay with the best in the high Alps and Pyrenees of the Tour de France. Olano won some a number of smaller stage races and one day events.

In November 2006 he ran the San Sebastian marathon in a time of 2:39:19. This substantially bettered the marathon times of other former pros Laurent Jalabert and Lance Armstrong.

[edit] Major achievements

Sporting positions
Preceded by Luc Leblanc	World Road Racing Champion 1995	Succeeded by Johan Museeuw
Preceded by Alex Zülle	Winner of the Vuelta a España 1998	Succeeded by Jan Ullrich
Preceded by Laurent Jalabert	World Time Trial Champion 1998	Succeeded by Jan Ullrich