Omar Fraile

Omar Fraile Matarranza (born 17 July 1990) is a Spanish former professional racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam . 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

Caja Rural (2013–2015) 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. 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, by making well-timed breakaways in order to gain points for the classification.

Team Dimension Data (2016–2017)

2016 Subsequently, announced that Fraile would join them for the 2016 season. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia, but abandoned the race on Stage 5. 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.

2017 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. 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)

2018 At the Paris-Nice, Fraile finished 2nd on the final stage behind David de la Cruz in the sprint. However a month later he took revenge by winning stage 5 at the Tour of the Basque Country. At the end of April, Fraile won the bunch sprint on stage 1 at the Tour de Romandie. Fraile finished 3rd at Spanish National Road Race Championships.

In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the 2018 Tour de France. He went on to win stage 14 of the race. Fraile was placed 57th on the final general classification of the Tour de France 2018.

On 4 August 2018, Fraile competed in Clásica de San Sebastián and was placed 24th; 52 seconds behind winner Julian Alaphilippe.

Major results

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 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 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 Grand Tour 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Giro d'Italia — DNF 65 — — — — — — Tour de France — — — 57 71 60 57 — 60 Vuelta a España 88 69 DNF 63 79 64 DNF — 115

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish