Yukihiro Doi
 Doi at the 2009 Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Yukihiro Doi |
| Born |
18 September 1983 Japan |
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb; 9.1 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Ukyo |
| Discipline | Road |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2004 2005–2012 2013– |
Shimano Racing Skil-Moser Team Ukyo |
| Major wins | |
| National Road Race Championships (2012) | |
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Infobox last updated on 7 September 2013 | |
Yukihiro Doi (土井 雪広 Doi Yukihiro, born 18 September 1983, in Yamagata Prefecture) is a Japanese professional racing cyclist, currently riding for Team Ukyo.[1] After graduating from Hosei University, he joined the Shimano Racing team in 2004. Since then, he has mostly raced abroad, finishing second in the Tour of Siam (2007), eighth in the Tour de Langkawi (2007), fifth in the Tour de Hokkaido (2007), and sixth in the Tour of Turkey (2010). In 2011, he became the first Japanese to compete in the Vuelta a España,[2] finishing in 150th place. In 2012, he won the Japanese National Road Race Championship.[3] In November 2012, it was announced that in 2013 he would be riding for Team Ukyo, a cycling team run by the racing driver Ukyo Katayama.[1]
Career highlights
- 2007
- 2nd Overall Tour of Siam
- 2008
- 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Brixia Tour
- 2011
- 150th Overall Vuelta a España
- 2012
- 1st
National Road Race Championships - 139th Overall Vuelta a España
- 2013
- 4th Overall Tour de East Java
- 5th Overall Tour de Kumano
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tsuji, Kei. "Doi Yukihiro ga Chīmu Ukyo e no iseki". Cyclowired. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ↑ Quénet, Jean-François. "Vuelta CT Interview with Yukihiro Doi". Cyclingtime.com. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ↑ "Zen Nihon rōdo erīto". Cyclowired. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
External links
- Yukihiro Doi profile at Cycling Archives