František Raboň

František Raboň

Raboň in his National Time Trial champion colours
Personal information
Full name	František Raboň
Born	(1983-09-26) 26 September 1983 (age 41) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Team information
Current team	Specialized Racing Factory Mountain Bike Team
Discipline	MTB Road (former)
Role	Rider
Rider type	Endurance (MTB) Time-Trialist (road)
Amateur team
2002–2005	PSK–Remerx
Professional teams
2006–2011	T-Mobile Team
2012–2013	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2014–	Specialized Racing Factory Mountain Bike Team
Major wins
Tour de Romandie 2 Stages Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia (2010) 2 Stages (2010) National Time Trial Championships (2008, 2009, 2010)

František Raboň (born 26 September 1983) is a Czech mountain biker for the Specialized Racing Factory Mountain Bike Team.^[1] He was formerly a road racing cyclist for UCI ProTeams HTC–Highroad, and Omega Pharma–Quick-Step.^[2]

Born in Prague, Raboň turned professional in 2006 with German outfit T-Mobile Team, after having been European road champion the previous season and 3 times Czech Under 23 time trial and one time road race champion.

For the 2014 season, Raboň moved into mountain biking with the Specialized Racing Factory Mountain Bike Team.^[1]

Palmares

2003

1st Stage 5 Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour

2004

1st Stage 9 Tour du Maroc

1st Stage 4 Tour de Slovaquie

6th GP Palma

7th Overall Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour

2005

1st European Under-23 Road Race Championships

1st Memorial Andrzeja Trochnowskiego

1st Stage 4a (ITT) Tour de Slovaquie

2nd GP Kooperativa

3rd Overall Course de la Solidarité Olympique

3rd Porec Trophy

4th Overall Paths of King Nikola

1st Stage 3

4th Overall Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour

5th GP Palma

8th Overall Tour of Małopolska

1st Stage 1

2006

3rd National Time Trial Championships

2008

1st National Time Trial Championships

1st Stage 5 Tour of Ireland

3rd Praha–Karlovy Vary–Praha

6th Overall Danmark Rundt

8th Hel van het Mergelland

2009

1st National Time Trial Championships

Tour de Romandie

1st Prologue (ITT) & Stage 3 (TTT)

1st Stage 3 (ITT) Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia

2nd Overall Critérium International

2010

1st National Time Trial Championships

1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia

1st Stage 4 (ITT)

7th Overall Volta ao Algarve

2012

1st Stage 2b (TTT) Tour de l'Ain

2nd National Road Race Championships

3rd National Time Trial Championships

2013

4th Tour Bohemia

9th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen

References

1. "WorldTour road racer Rabon switches to mountain bike racing". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
2. "Rabon signs for Omega Pharma-Quick Step". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2012.

External links

• František Raboň at Cycling Archives (archived)