František Raboň (born 26 September 1983) is a Czech mountain biker for the Specialized Racing Factory Mountain Bike Team. He was formerly a

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for

UCI ProTeam UCI most commonly refers to: * University of California, Irvine, a public university in Irvine, California, United States * Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for the sport of cycling UCI may also refer to: * Uganda Cancer In ...

s , and . Born in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

, Raboň turned professional in 2006 with

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outfit , after having been European road champion the previous season and 3 times Czech Under 23

time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...

and one time road race champion. For the 2014 season, Raboň moved into mountain biking with the Specialized Racing Factory Mountain Bike Team.

Palmares

;2003 : 1st Stage 5

Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour The Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour is a cycling race in West Poland that runs between the Baltic Sea and the Karkonosze. The first edition was held in 1993 as an amateur race as the Karkonosze Tour with stages in the Wałbrzych Voivodeship and Jelenia ...

;2004 : 1st Stage 9

Tour du Maroc Tour du Maroc is the most important road bicycle race in the African state of Morocco. The editions 1957–1993 were reserved to amateurs. Since 2006, it is organized as a 2.2 The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing body ...

: 1st Stage 4 Tour de Slovaquie : 6th GP Palma : 7th Overall

;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 Course may refer to: Directions or navigation * Course (navigation), the path of travel * Course (orienteering), a series of control points visited by orienteers during a competition, marked with red/white flags in the terrain, and correspondi ...

: 3rd Porec Trophy : 4th Overall Paths of King Nikola ::1st Stage 3 : 4th Overall

: 5th GP Palma : 8th Overall Tour of Małopolska ::1st Stage 1 ;2006 : 3rd National Time Trial Championships ;2008 : 1st MaillotRepúblicaCheca

National Time Trial Championships : 1st Stage 5

Tour of Ireland The Tour of Ireland (Irish: Turas na hÉireann, known from 1985 to 1992 as the Nissan Classic) was a bicycle stage race held in August, which ran for 35 editions over a 56-year period. Irish rider Seán Kelly recorded the most wins, four. Th ...

: 3rd Praha–Karlovy Vary–Praha : 6th Overall Danmark Rundt : 8th

Hel van het Mergelland Volta Limburg Classic is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in late March or early April in Limburg, Netherlands. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of ro ...

;2009 : 1st MaillotRepúblicaCheca

National Time Trial Championships :

Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ...

::1st Prologue (ITT) & Stage 3 (TTT) : 1st Stage 3 (ITT) Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia : 2nd Overall

Critérium International The Critérium International was a two-day bicycle stage race held in France every spring from 1932 until 2016, typically the last weekend of March. It was formerly known as the Critérium National de la Route, first run in 1932. For many years ...

;2010 : 1st MaillotRepúblicaCheca

National Time Trial Championships : 1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia ::1st Stage 4 (ITT) : 7th Overall

Volta ao Algarve The Volta ao Algarve (Portuguese; en, Tour of the Algarve) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Algarve, Portugal. Since 2017, it has been organised as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became part of the new UCI P ...

;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 Dwars door West-Vlaanderen is a road bicycle race through the Belgian province of West Flanders. History The race was originally created unter the name Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen (''English'': Tour of the Flemish Ardennes) in 1945 as a one-day ...

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* Czech male cyclists Sportspeople from Prague 1983 births Living people Cape Epic cyclists {{CzechRepublic-cycling-bio-stub