| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Miyataka Shimizu | ||
| Born | November 23, 1981 Japan |
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| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Weight | 60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st) | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | Bridgestone Anchor | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Professional team(s) | |||
| 2004–2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010– |
Team Bridgestone Anchor Cycle Racing Team Vang Nippo Corporation Meitan Honpo-GDR EQA-Meitan Honpo Team Bridgestone Anchor |
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| Infobox last updated on September 19, 2010 |
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Miyataka Shimizu ( 清水都貴 Shimizu Miyataka) (born November 23, 1981, in Saitama Prefecture) is a Japanese professional racing cyclist, currently riding for Team Bridgestone Anchor. After beginning cycling at Hatoyama High School, he attended the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya before becoming a professional in 2004. Shimizu is in general considered an all-rounder. His victory at Paris–Corrèze in 2008, one of the first of a UCI category 1 stage race in Europe by a Japanese, has been termed "epoch making."[1]