Omar Fraile

Omar Fraile
	Fraile in Espelette, 2024 Itzulia.
Personal information
Full name	Omar Fraile Matarranza
Born	17 July 1990 (age 34); Santurtzi, Spain
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb)
Team information
Current team	Ineos Grenadiers
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber; Breakaway specialist;
Professional teams
2012	Orbea
2013–2015	Caja Rural
2016–2017	Team Dimension Data
2018–2021	Astana
2022–	Ineos Grenadiers
Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (2018) Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (2017) Vuelta a España Mountains classification (2015, 2016) 1 TTT stage (2019) One-Day Races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2021)

Omar Fraile Matarranza (born 17 July 1990)^[4] is a Spanish racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.^[5] 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.^[6] 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,^[7] by making well-timed breakaways in order to gain points for the classification.^[8]

Team Dimension Data (2016–2017)

2016

Subsequently, Team Dimension Data announced that Fraile would join them for the 2016 season.^[9] He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia,^[10] but abandoned the race on Stage 5.^[11] 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.^[12]

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.^[13] 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.^[14] However a month later he took revenge by winning stage 5 at the Tour of the Basque Country.^[15] At the end of April, Fraile won the bunch sprint on stage 1 at the Tour de Romandie.^[16] Fraile finished 3rd at Spanish National Road Race Championships.^[17]

In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the 2018 Tour de France.^[18] He went on to win stage 14 of the race.^[19] Fraile was placed 57th on the final general classification of the Tour de France 2018.^[20]

On 4 August 2018, Fraile competed in Clásica de San Sebastián and was placed 24th; 52 seconds behind winner Julian Alaphilippe.^[21]