Bridgestone Anchor
Team Bridgestone Cycling () 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 as the UCI registered road-racing team Team Bridgestone-Anchor started in 2008. For the 2012 season the team made a major change, adding several non-Japanese riders and running half their races outside Japan. For 2013, they signed Damien Monier, a French stage winner at the Giro d'Italia. During this period another Frenchman Thomas Lebas was the team leader for 5 years. In 2018, the team changed its name to Team Bridgestone Cycling, with an all-Japanese team roster. Team roster Major wins ;2008 :Stage 8a Tour de Martinique, Masamichi Yamamoto ;2009 :Stage 1 Jelajah Malaysia, Makoto Iijima :Overall Tour de Okinawa, Kenji Itami ::Stage 2, Kenji Itami ;2010 :Stage 2 Tour de Taiwan, Miyataka Shimizu :Overall Tour de Martinique, Miyataka Shimizu ::Stage 7, Miyataka Shimi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lillers - Grand Prix De Lillers-Souvenir Bruno Comini, Le 9 Mars 2014 (062)
Lillers (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department in the Hauts-de-France region of France about 15 km northwest of Béthune and 40 km west of Lille. The river Clarence (river), Clarence flows through the town. History After being owned by the Counts of Flanders, Lillers, which had been fortified against the Normans was given as a dowry in 1179 to King Philip II Augustus of France. In 1327, Artois was created a county by Louis IX. His brother Robert became the first Count. In 1303, the city of Lillers was looted by the Flemings. In 1340, King Edward III of England claimed the throne of France and started the Hundred Years War, marked by two famous battles, that of Battle of Crecy, Crécy 1346 and that of Battle of Agincourt, 1415, where Robert Wavrin, Lord of Lillers, met his death. In 1542, during the war against Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, French troops burned Lillers. The population were still living in tents or hut ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kazushige Kuboki
is a Japanese professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. In June 2015, he won the Japanese National Road Race Championships. He also competed at the 2014 Asian Games. In October 2015, he announced that he would ride for in 2016. Major results Road Source: ;2007 : 1st Stage 9 Tour de l'Abitibi : 3rd Time trial, Asian Junior Road Championships ;2012 : 3rd Overall Tour de Hokkaido : 5th Time trial, National Road Championships ;2013 : 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships : 5th Overall Jelajah Malaysia ;2014 : 4th Overall Tour de Hokkaido ::1st Points classification : 9th Time trial, Asian Road Championships ;2015 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::4th Time trial : 9th Overall Tour de Hokkaido ;2016 : 8th Overall Tour of China II ;2018 : 1st Time trial, National Road Championships ;2019 : 1st Stage 8 Tour of Japan ;2022 : 1st Stage 1 Tour de Kumano ;2023 : 1st Stag ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tour De Hokkaido
The Tour de Hokkaido is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Hokkaido, Japan since 1987 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is rated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race. The event for 2018 was canceled due to the earthquake which occurred the day before the race. In 2020 and 2021, the race was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December .... In 2023, a traffic accident that caused the death of a participant forced the interruption of the 1st stage in midway and the cancellation of the following stages of the event. Past winners General classification References External links * * Statisticsat ''the-sports.org'' Tour de Hokkaidoat ''cqranking.com'' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Miyataka Shimizu
(born November 23, 1981) is a Japanese former professional racing cyclist. Career Shimizu was born in Saitama Prefecture. 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 was 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." In 2014, he was chosen to represent Japan at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships in the men's road race. He announced he would retire at the end of the 2014 season. Major results ;2005 : 3rd Overall Tour de Hokkaido ;2007 : 1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León ::1st Stage 1 ;2008 : 1st Overall Tour de Kumano ::1st Stages 2 & 3 : 1st Overall Paris–Corrèze ::1st Stage 1 : 2nd Overall Tour de Okinawa ;2009 : 3rd Kumamoto International Road Race ;2010 : 1st Overall Tour de Martinique ::1st Stage 7 : 1st Overall Tour de Hokk ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tour De Taiwan
The Tour de Taiwan is an annual professional road bicycle racing race stage, stage race held in Taiwan since 1978, and has been part of the UCI Asia Tour since 2005. It was classed a 2.1 category race for the first time in 2012. History The Tour de Taiwan was established by Giant Bicycles, Giant Sports Foundation's founder, King Liu, in 1978. The first race began in Taipei, continued through Western Taiwan, Southern Taiwan, Eastern Taiwan, and finally ended in Taipei. This cycling tour championship has been recognized by the International Cycling Union (UCI) in 2005, and was integrated with the Taipei Cycle Show, organized by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council, in 2006. Past winners See also * List of sporting events in Taiwan External links * * Statisticsat ''the-sports.org'' Tour de Taiwan at ''cqranking.com'' * {{Facebook, pages/國際自由車環台公路大賽/122239464553708 Tour de Taiwan, UCI Asia Tour races Cycle races in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kenji Itami
is a Japanese former professional cyclist. He won the Tour de Okinawa in 2009. Major results ;2009 :1st Overall Tour de Okinawa ::1st Stage 2 ;2010 :2nd Tour de Okinawa The is an annual professional road bicycle racing classic one-day race held in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It was first started in 1989 as an amateur race, but became professional in 1999. It became part of the UCI Asia Tour in 2005. Until 2007, ... References External links * * * 1988 births Living people Japanese male cyclists {{Japan-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tour De Okinawa
The is an annual professional road bicycle racing classic one-day race held in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It was first started in 1989 as an amateur race, but became professional in 1999. It became part of the UCI Asia Tour in 2005. Until 2007, it was a one-day race, billing itself as the longest single-day course in Japan, but was transformed into a two-day stage race in 2008, its UCI category changing from 1.2 to 2.2. In 2008, the first day was a criterium, but from 2009, it was changed to a time trial run on the streets of Nago is a city located in the northern part of Okinawa Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of December 2012, the city has an estimated population of 61,659 and a population density of 293 persons per km2. Its total area is 210.30 km2. Geo .... The 2010 edition extended the second stage to 210 kilometers. The 2012 edition again returned to a single-day event. In addition to the main international champion race, there is also a women's and ju ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Makoto Iijima
is a Japanese former professional road and track cyclist. Considered one of Japan's most successful cyclists in his decade, Iijima has claimed a total of nine track cycling medals (two golds, three silver, and four bronze) at the Asian Championships, two silvers at the Asian Games (1998 and 2002), and three national time trial titles at the Japanese Championships (1998, 2004, and 2005). He also represented his nation Japan in three editions of the Olympic Games (2000, 2004, and 2008). He announced his retirement from professional cycling in October 2010 as a member of the team. Racing career Iijima was born in Hino, Tokyo. Amateur years Despite earning his first career medal in road racing at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand, Iijima made his official debut, as a 29-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he finished sixteenth in the men's points race with a total score of six sprint points. At the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, Iijima paired up with Shin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jelajah Malaysia
The Jelajah Malaysia is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Malaysia since 1963. The race is part of the UCI Asia Tour and was classified by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race. The race consists of only a men's competition over seven stages. History Jelajah Malaysia is the oldest bicycle race in Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ... and it is ranked 2.2 class by UCI. Past winners General classification Points classification Mountains classification Asian rider classification Malaysian rider classification Team classification Asian team classification Malaysian team classification External links * * {{Cycling ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Masamichi Yamamoto
is a Japanese former professional cyclist. Major results ;1999 :1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2000 :1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships :3rd Tour de Okinawa ;2004 :1st Shimano Suzuka Road race ;2005 :1st Shimano Suzuka Road race ;2008 :1st Stage 8a Tour de la Martinique Tour or Tours may refer to: Travel * Tourism, travel for pleasure * Tour of duty, a period of time spent in military service * Campus tour, a journey through a college or university's campus * Guided tour, a journey through a location, directed ... External links * 1978 births Living people Japanese male cyclists Sportspeople from Fujisawa, Kanagawa {{Japan-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tour De Martinique
The Tour de Martinique is a multi-day road cycling race held annually in Martinique. First held in 1965, it was part of the UCI America Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the ... in 2005 and then from 2008 to 2011 as a 2.2 event. Winners Notes References {{reflist Cycle racing in Martinique UCI America Tour races Cycle races in France Recurring sporting events established in 1956 1965 establishments in France ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tetsuo Yamamoto ''
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