is a Japanese racing cyclist, who last rode for Japanese amateur team Abenova. 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.
Major results
1996 1st Stage 6 Tour de Pologne 1997 1st Road race, National Road Championships 1st Japan Cup 1998 7th Time trial, Asian Games 1999 1st Time trial, National Road Championships 2000 National Road Championships 1st Road race 1st Time trial 2001 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 2002 4th Overall Tour of China 2003 1st Overall Tour of China 2004 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 2006 3rd Team time trial, Asian Games 3rd Overall Tour of Hainan 5th Overall Tour de Korea 2007 9th Overall Jelajah Malaysia 2008 10th Overall Tour de Taiwan 2009 10th Time trial, National Road Championships
References
External links
Team Matrix Powertag official site (Japanese)