Mehdi Sohrabi

Sohrabi at the 2008 Iranian National Road Race Championships.
Personal information
Full name	Mehdi Sohrabi
Born	(1981-10-12) 12 October 1981 (age 42) Iran
Team information
Current team	Suspended
Disciplines	Road Track
Role	Rider
Amateur team
Nosazi Madares Zanjan
Professional teams
2005	Paykan
2007–2009	Islamic Azad University Cycling Team
2009–2011	Tabriz Petrochemical Team
2012	Lotto–Belisol
2013–2015	Tabriz Petrochemical Team
2016	Tabriz Shahrdari Team
2017–2018	Pishgaman Cycling Team
Major wins
UCI Asia Tour (2009–10, 2010–11) Asian Road Race Championships (2006, 2010) Jelajah Malaysia (2007, 2011) Tour de Indonesia (2009) Kerman Tour (2011) International Azerbaïjan Tour (2011) Melaka Chief Minister Cup (2008) Milad De Nour Tour (2009) National Road Race Championships (2005, 2010, 2016–2017) National Time Trial Championships (2005, 2009)
Medal record Representing  Iran Men's road bicycle racing Asian Games 2006 Doha Road race Asian Championships 2006 Kuala Lumpur Road race 2010 Sharjah Road race 2012 Kuala Lumpur Road race 2018 Naypyidaw Team time trial 2018 Naypyidaw Road race Men's track cycling Asian Games 2002 Busan Team pursuit 2006 Doha Team pursuit 2006 Doha Madison 2010 Guangzhou Points race Asian Championships 2009 Tenggarong Scratch 2003 Changwon Points race 2003 Changwon Scratch 2003 Changwon Team pursuit 2004 Yokkaichi Team pursuit 2005 Ludhiana Team pursuit 2007 Bangkok Individual pursuit 2007 Bangkok Team pursuit 2008 Nara Team pursuit 2006 Kuala Lumpur Madison 2007 Bangkok Madison

Mehdi Sohrabi (Persian: مهدی سهرابی; born 12 October 1981) is an Iranian professional racing cyclist, who is currently suspended from the sport following an anti-doping rule violation.^[1]

Career

Sohrabi was born in Zanjan, Iran. In 2010 and 2011, Sohrabi won the UCI Asia Tour. At the end of the 2011 season, Sohrabi had many UCI-points, and because of this was contracted by UCI ProTeam Lotto–Belisol, that needed these points to secure their ProTeam status for the next season.^[2] After one year as a rider for Lotto–Belisol, Sohrabi returned to his former team in 2013.^[3] After three years he moved to the Tabriz Shahrdari Team for 2016, but moved to the Pishgaman Cycling Team for 2017.^[4]

Major results