Omar Fraile

Omar Fraile

Omar Fraile in 2015
Personal information
Full name Omar Fraile Matarranza
Born (1990-07-17) 17 July 1990
Santurtzi, Spain
Team information
Current team Team Dimension Data
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2012 Orbea
2013–2015 Caja Rural
2016– Team Dimension Data
Major wins

Grand Tours

Vuelta a España
Mountains classification (2015, 2016)
Infobox last updated on
10 January 2016
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Fraile and the second or maternal family name is Matarranza.

Omar Fraile Matarranza (born 17 July 1990)[1] is a Spanish racing cyclist.[2]

Career

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.[3] He rode in the 2015 Vuelta a España where he won the mountains classification,[4] by making well-timed breakaways in order to gain points for the classification.[5] Subsequently, Team Dimension Data announced that Fraile would join them for the 2016 season.[6] He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia,[7] but abandoned the race on Stage 5.[8]

Career achievements

Major results

2013
10th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
10th National Time Trial Championships
2014
9th National Time Trial Championships
2015
Vuelta a España
1st Mountains Classification
Combativity award Stages 3 & 9
1st Giro dell'Appennino
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 Mountains classification Vuelta a Burgos
7th Gran Premio di Lugano
Giro d'Italia
Held after Stage 2

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2015 2016
Pink jersey Giro - WD
Yellow jersey Tour - -
red jersey Vuelta 88 69

WD = Withdrew; IP = In Progress

References

  1. ↑ "Omar Fraile Matarranza". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Omar Fraile". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Fraile wins Giro dell'Appennino". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Puddicome, Stephen (13 September 2015). "Five talking points from stage 21 of the Vuelta a España". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  6. ↑ O'Shea, Sadhbh (1 October 2015). "Haas and Fraile sign for Dimension Data". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "99th Giro d'Italia Startlist". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "Fraile abandons Giro, Sbaragli 11th". SuperSport. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
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