Miyataka Shimizu
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Miyataka Shimizu |
| Born |
November 23, 1981 Japan |
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2004–2005 | Team Bridgestone Anchor |
| 2006 | Cycle Racing Team Vang |
| 2007 | Nippo Corporation |
| 2008–2009 | Meitan Honpo-GDR |
| 2010–2014 | Bridgestone–Anchor |
| Major wins | |
|
Vuelta a León (2007) Tour de Kumano (2008) Paris–Corrèze (2008) Tour de Hokkaido (2010) | |
|
Infobox last updated on 29 March 2014 | |
Miyataka Shimizu (清水 都貴 Shimizu Miyataka) (born November 23, 1981 in Saitama Prefecture) is a Japanese former professional racing cyclist. 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, the first of a UCI category 1 stage race by a Japanese, has been termed "epoch making."[1][2] In 2014, he was chosen to represent Japan at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships in the men's road race.[3][4] He announced he would retire at the end of the 2014 season.[2]
Career highlights
- 2005
- 3rd Overall Tour de Hokkaido (Japan)
- 2007
- 1st
Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León (Spain)
- 1st Stage 1
- 2008
- 1st Overall Tour de Kumano (Japan)
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 1st Overall Paris–Corrèze (France)
- 1st Stage 1
- 2nd Overall Tour de Okinawa (Japan)
- 2009
- 3rd Kumamoto International Road Race (Japan)
- 2010
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Taiwan (Taiwan)
- 1st Overall Tour de Martinique (France)
- 1st Stage 7
- 1st Overall Tour de Hokkaido (Japan)
- 1st Stage 2
- 2011
- 2nd Overall Tour of Thailand (Thailand)
- 3rd National Road Race Championships
- 2012
- 3rd National Road Race Championships
- 2013
- 1st
Mountains classification Tour Alsace - 2nd National Road Race Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour de Guadeloupe
- 1st
Combination classification - 1st
Mountains classification
- 1st
- 2014
- 3rd Overall Tour International de Constantine
- 3rd Circuit International d'Alger
- 8th Overall Tour International de Setif
References
- ↑ Ayano, Makoto (August 10, 2008). "Shimizu Miyataka ga sōgō yūshō!" (in Japanese). Cycling Time. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
- 1 2 "Miyazawa Takashi, Nishitani Taiji, Shimizu Miyataka, Mori Kazuhiro: Nihon no toppu rēsā ga intai o hyōmei". Cyclowired. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ↑ Isobe, So. ロード世界選代表メンバー決定. Cyclowired (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ↑ "Results: 2014 UCI World Road Championships, elite men". VeloNews. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
External links
- Miyataka Shimizu profile at Cycling Archives
- Bridgestone Anchor Cycling Team (official blog, Japanese)
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