Djamolidine Abdoujaparov

Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (born 1964), whose name is also written Jamoliddin Abdujaparov in Uzbek, is a former professional road racing cyclist from Uzbekistan. He was a sprinter nicknamed The Tashkent Terror because he was so ferocious in the finish, and his unorthodox and often erratic sprinting caused a number of crashes. He had numerous tussles with Laurent Jalabert for the green points jersey of the Tour de France in the early 1990s. He competed in the individual road race at the Olympic Games twice, in 1988 for the Soviet Union, when he placed fifth, and in 1996 for Uzbekistan. After failing seven separate anti-doping tests during the 1997 season, including twice at the 1997 Tour de France, he retired from cycling.