Yoshiyuki Abe

Yoshiyuki Abe (阿部良之, Abe Yoshiyuki) (born August 15, 1969, in Osaka Prefecture) is a Japanese professional racing cyclist, who last rode for Team Matrix Powertag. He turned professional with Shimano Racing, the team operated by Shimano, after graduating from Osaka Institute of Technology, but soon transferred to Italian teams. He won the Japan Cup in 1997 and is still the only Japanese to win that important race. He became Japanese national champion in the road race in 1997 and 2000, and in the individual time trial in 1999 and 2000. Abe represented Japan in the 2000 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the 2006 Asian Games in the team time trial.