Negasi Abreha
Negasi Abreha in 2023
Personal information
Full nameNegasi Haylu Abreha[1]
Born (2000-05-09) 9 May 2000
Ethiopia
Team information
Current teamQ36.5 Pro Cycling Team[2]
Disciplines
  • Road
RoleRider
Professional teams
2019NiCe–Ethiopia Cycling Team
2020–2022NTT Continental Cycling Team
2023–Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2019)

Negasi Haylu Abreha (born 9 May 2000) is an Ethiopian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team.[3][1][2]

Personal life

Abreha has not been able to return home since violence broke out surrounding his home town in November 2020.[4]

Career

In 2019 Abreha won the national road racing championships beating the competition in a sprint finish.[5] Abreha was selected to ride the 2021 UCI Road World Championships,[6] he raced in the under-23 time trial finishing 64th.[7] At the Giro d'Italia Giovani Under 23 in 2022 Abreha finished 14th overall as the highest placed African in the race.[8] Abreha will join UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team for its inaugural season in 2023.[9]

Major results

Sources:[1][10]

2018
7th African Youth Games, Time trial
2019
1st Road race, National Road Championships
10th Overall Tour de l'Espoir

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Negasi Haylu Abreha". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Negasi Haylu ABREHA". UCI. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  3. ↑ Long, Jonny (4 November 2022). "Doug Ryder's new Q36.5 team has announced its 23-man squad". CyclingTips. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "Pro Cyclist Negasi Haylu Abreha Has Unexpectedly Become a Refugee". Bicycling. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "National Championships Ethiopia - Road Race 2019 One day race results". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  6. ↑ Ford, Jeremy (13 September 2021). "2021 UCI World Championships to go ahead in Flanders, Belgium". Team Africa Rising. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "World Championships U23 - ITT 2021 Time trial results". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "Impressive Negasi finishes as the top African rider at the Giro d'Italia under 23 – Team Qhubeka". teamqhubeka.com. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  9. ↑ "El Qhubeka, nuevo inquilino de la categoría Pro Team con otra denominación y luciendo a Vincenzo Nibali de asesor". Revista Mundo Ciclístico (in Spanish). 6 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  10. ↑ "Negasi Haylu Abreha". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
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