Omar Fraile
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Omar Fraile Matarranza |
Born | Santurtzi, Spain | 17 July 1990
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] |
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb)[1] |
Team information | |
Current team | Ineos Grenadiers |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | |
Professional teams | |
2012 | Orbea |
2013–2015 | Caja Rural |
2016–2017 | Team Dimension Data |
2018–2021 | Astana[2][3] |
2022– | Ineos Grenadiers |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Omar Fraile Matarranza (born 17 July 1990)[4] is a Spanish racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.[5] He is a winner of stages in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, and has twice won the Mountains classification in the Vuelta a España.
Career
[edit]Caja Rural (2013–2015)
[edit]He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. On 26 April 2015, Fraile won the Giro dell'Appennino from a small group of riders, outsprinting Stefano Pirazzi and Damiano Cunego.[6] The victory at Giro dell'Appennino was Omar's first professional victory. Later that year, Fraile won Stage 4 at the 4 Jours de Dunkerque. He rode in the 2015 Vuelta a España where he won the mountains classification,[7] by making well-timed breakaways in order to gain points for the classification.[8]
Team Dimension Data (2016–2017)
[edit]2016
[edit]Subsequently, Team Dimension Data announced that Fraile would join them for the 2016 season.[9] He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia,[10] but abandoned the race on Stage 5.[11] However, before abandoning, Fraile managed to wear the Mountains Jersey on stage 3 after collecting enough points on stage 2. Fraile then won the Mountains classification at the Vuelta a Burgos. He then rode the Vuelta a España where he won the Mountains classification once again.[12]
2017
[edit]One week before riding the Giro d'Italia, Fraile finished 2nd on the final stage of the Tour de Yorkshire, and therefore 2nd in the general classification. On stage 11 of the Giro d'Italia, Fraile made the breakaway and ended up winning the stage in a sprint between his breakaway companions.[13] He also managed to pick up points for the Mountains classification which made him wear the Mountains Jersey for 2 days, after eventually losing it later in the race.
Astana (2018–2021)
[edit]2018
[edit]At the Paris-Nice, Fraile finished 2nd on the final stage behind David de la Cruz in the sprint.[14] However a month later he took revenge by winning stage 5 at the Tour of the Basque Country.[15] At the end of April, Fraile won the bunch sprint on stage 1 at the Tour de Romandie.[16] Fraile finished 3rd at Spanish National Road Race Championships.[17]
In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the 2018 Tour de France.[18] He went on to win stage 14 of the race.[19] Fraile was placed 57th on the final general classification of the Tour de France 2018.[20]
On 4 August 2018, Fraile competed in Clásica de San Sebastián and was placed 24th; 52 seconds behind winner Julian Alaphilippe.[21]
Major results
[edit]- 2011
- 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2013
- 10th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 2015 (2 pro wins)
- 1st Giro dell'Appennino
- Vuelta a España
- 1st
Mountains classification
Combativity award Stages 3 & 9
- 1st
- 1st
Mountains classification, Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st Stage 4 Four Days of Dunkirk
- 4th Classic Loire Atlantique
- 10th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 2016
- Vuelta a España
- 1st
Mountains classification
Combativity award Stage 6
- 1st
- 1st
Mountains classification, Vuelta a Burgos
- 7th Gran Premio di Lugano
- Giro d'Italia
- Held
after Stage 2
- Held
- 2017 (1)
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 11
- Held
after Stages 12–13
- 2nd Overall Tour de Yorkshire
Combativity award Stage 12 Vuelta a España
- 2018 (3)
- 1st Stage 14 Tour de France
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of the Basque Country
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
Combativity award Stage 17 Vuelta a España
- 2019
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
- 5th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
- 2020
- 1st
Mountains classification, Vuelta a Murcia
- 2021 (1)
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
- 9th GP Miguel Induráin
- 2022
- 3rd Overall Tour of Britain
- 10th Overall CRO Race
- 2023 (1)
- 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Andalucía
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]Grand Tour | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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— | DNF | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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— | — | — | 57 | 71 | 60 | 57 | — | 60 |
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88 | 69 | DNF | 63 | 79 | 64 | DNF | — | 115 |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Astana – Pro Team". Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ "Astana Pro Team presented renewed roster for 2019". Astana. Apgrade. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Astana Pro Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Omar Fraile Matarranza". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ "Astana - Premier Tech". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Fraile wins Giro dell'Appennino". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ^ "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ Puddicome, Stephen (13 September 2015). "Five talking points from stage 21 of the Vuelta a España". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ O'Shea, Sadhbh (1 October 2015). "Haas and Fraile sign for Dimension Data". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ "99th Giro d'Italia Startlist". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "Fraile abandons Giro, Sbaragli 11th". SuperSport. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ "Vuelta a Espana #21: Omar Fraile crowned King of the Mountains". Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "Fraile clinches Dimension Data's first Giro d'Italia stage win with long break | Cyclingnews.com". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "Paris-Nice, stage 8: De la Cruz takes stage, Soler steals overall win | VeloNews.com". VeloNews.com. 11 March 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "Tour of the Basque Country 2018 Stage 5: Fraile wins seven-up sprint, Roglic cements lead". Cyclingstage.com. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "Tour of Romandie: Astana's Omar Fraile wins first stage of Tour of Romandie". BBC Sport. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "Results at the spanish road championship 2018". Cyclingnews. 24 June 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ "2018: 105th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ "Tour de France 2018: Omar Fraile claims victory on stage 14 of Tour". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "Cyclingnews Results Stage 21". Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ^ "Union Cycliste Internationale, Road, Results". Retrieved 5 August 2018.
External links
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- Official website
- Omar Fraile at UCI
- Omar Fraile at Cycling Archives
- Omar Fraile at ProCyclingStats
- Omar Fraile at Cycling Quotient
- Omar Fraile at CycleBase