Takashi Miyazawa
 Miyazawa at the 2012 Tour Down Under. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Takashi Miyazawa |
| Born |
27 February 1978 Japan |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Lemonade Bellmare |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role |
Rider (retired) Team manager |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2003 | Team Bridgestone Anchor |
| 2005 | Team Bridgestone Anchor |
| 2006 | Cycle Racing Team Vang |
| 2007 | Nippo Corporation |
| 2008 | Meitan Honpo-GDR |
| 2009 | Amica Chips |
| 2009 | EQA-Meitan Honpo |
| 2010 | CDC–Cavaliere |
| 2011 | Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli |
| 2012–2013 | Team Saxo Bank[1] |
| 2014 | Vini Fantini–Nippo[2] |
| Managerial team(s) | |
| 2015– | Lemonade Bellmare |
| Major wins | |
|
National Road Race Championships (2010) Asian Cycling Championship (2007) Tour de Hokkaido (2008, 2009) | |
Takashi Miyazawa (宮澤崇史 Miyazawa Takashi) (born 27 February 1978, in Nagano City) is a Japanese former professional racing cyclist, who competed as a professional between 2003 and 2014.
Miyazawa had a varied early career, riding cyclocross at first,[3] then participating on various teams in Japan, Italy, and France, and even riding independently at times. He once quit road cycling to participate in the keirin school. Finally settling on road cycling with Bridgestone Anchor in 2005, Miyazawa quickly established himself as one of Japan's top sprinters, reaching the podium not only in Japan, but in Asia and Europe as well. He was Asian champion in 2007 and represented Japan in the 2008 Summer Olympics. He was hired by the UCI Professional Continental team Amica Chips-Knauf in 2009 but returned to his Japanese team when Amica Chips floundered due to financial difficulties. Joining Team Nippo in 2010, he won the Japanese national championship that year. On 28 October 2010, it was announced that Miyazawa had signed to ride with the new Italian Pro Continental team, Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli, for the 2011 season.[4] On 21 October 2011, it was announced that Miyazawa signed a one-year contract with UCI World Tour team Team Saxo Bank for the 2012 season.[1]
For the 2014 season, Miyazawa rejoined Vini Fantini–Nippo,[2] but announced his retirement at the end of that season.[5] After his retirement, he assumed the post of manager of the Lemonade Bellmare cycling team.[6]
Career highlights
- 2006
- 1st Tour de Okinawa
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of Siam
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Hokkaido
- 5th Flèche Hesbignonne
- 7th Japan Cup
- 2007
- 1st Asian Road Race Championships
- 1st Tour de Okinawa
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Japan
- 2nd Ronde van Overijssel
- 2nd Circuito de Getxo
- 3rd National Road Race Championships
- 6th Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León
- 6th Tro-Bro Léon
- 8th Grand Prix de Rennes
- 9th Châteauroux Classic
- 10th Japan Cup
- 2008
- 1st
Overall Tour de Hokkaido - 3rd Asian Road Race Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour de Taiwan
- 6th Grand Prix de Rennes
- 86th Olympic Games road race
- 2009
- 1st Overall Tour de Hokkaido
- 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 5
- 2nd National Road Race Championships
- 4th Circuito de Getxo
- 10th Châteauroux Classic
- 2010
- 1st
National Road Race Championships - 1st Kumamoto International Road Race
- 1st Stage 2 Vuelta Ciclista a León
- 2nd Asian Road Race Championships
- 2nd
Asian Games Road race - 2nd Overall Tour de Kumano
- 1st Prologue (ITT)
- 4th Overall Tour de Taiwan
- 1st Stages 3 & 4
- 6th Japan Cup
- 7th Overall Tour de Okinawa
- 2011
- 1st Izegem Koerse
- 5th Paris–Brussels
- 6th Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
- 2012
- 5th Overall Tour de Picardie
- 2013
- 5th Grand Prix de Denain
- 2014
- 4th Asian Road Race Championships
- 5th GP Izola
Personal life
In 2001, Miyazawa donated half his liver to his mother, who was suffering from cirrhosis of the liver.[7]
References
- 1 2 "Saxo Bank hires Japanese veteran Takashi Miyazawa". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Agence France-Presse. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
- 1 2 De Pasquale, Mattia (22 November 2013). "Fantini-Nippo-DeRosa, preso Miyazawa" [Fantini-Nippo-DeRosa took Miyazawa]. Spazio Ciclismo (in Italian). Tutto Mercato. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
- ↑ Favaro, Marco. "Intervista a Takashi Miyazawa Parte 1". Il Centro Gekkan (in Japanese and Italian). Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ↑ Ayano, Makoto (28 October 2010). "Miyazawa Takashi ga Farunēze Vini Nēri M.Chipporini ni iseki" (in Japanese). Cyclowired. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
- ↑ Ueno, Yoshiyuki. "Miyazawa Takashi ga intai o hyōmei". Cyclist Sanspo (in Japanese). Sankei Digital. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ↑ 新ロードチーム「レモネード・ベルマーレ」誕生 宮澤崇史監督が就任、欧州で生き残る選手育成へ [New road team "Lemonade Bellmare" born. Takashi Miyazawa appointed director, for rider development to compete in Europe]. Cyclist Sanspo (in Japanese). Sankei Digital. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ↑ Harada, Akio; Naoko Kobayashi. "Haha o tasuke boku wa hashiru". Asahi (in Japanese). 10 August 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Takashi Miyazawa. |
- Takashi Miyazawa at Cycling Archives
- Official website (in Japanese)