Bridgestone-Anchor

Bridgestone-Anchor
Team information

UCI code	BGT
Registered	Japan 2008–
Founded	2008 (2008)
Discipline	Road
Status	Continental
Key personnel
Team manager(s)	Junichi Shibuya Denis Leproux Keisuke Miyazaki

Bridgestone-Anchor Cycling Team (UCI Team Code: BGT) is a continental cycling team based in Japan that participates in UCI Continental Circuits races. The team's history can be traced back to 1964, but its current incarnation started in 2008. For the 2012 season, the team made a major change, adding several non-Japanese riders and running half their races outside of Japan.^[1] For 2013, they signed Damien Monier, a French stage winner at the Giro d'Italia.^[2]

Team roster

As of 14 March 2015.^[3]

	Rider	Date of birth
Sho Hatsuyama (JPN)		(1988-08-17) 17 August 1988
Shogo Ichimaru (JPN)		(1992-01-04) 4 January 1992
Kazuo Inoue (JPN)		(1981-02-17) 17 February 1981
Thomas Lebas (FRA)		(1985-12-14) 14 December 1985
Damien Monier (FRA)		(1982-08-27) 27 August 1982

	Rider	Date of birth
Ryota Nishizono (JPN)		(1987-09-01) 1 September 1987
Takero Terasaki (JPN)		(1991-11-18) 18 November 1991
Hiroshi Tsubaki (JPN)		(1991-05-18) 18 May 1991
Kohei Uchima (JPN)		(1988-11-08) 8 November 1988