is a Japanese former professional

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and

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, active in cycling between 1996 and 2018.

Biography

Born in

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, Fukushima started cycling at

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and practised road racing in the

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before becoming professional with Team Bridgestone Anchor in 1996. He has competed around the world, winning races in both Asia and Europe. He became national champion in 2003 and became the first and still only Japanese to win the overall classification at the

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in 2004. He won the overall at the 2005

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and became only the third Asian to win a stage at the

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in 2007, where he also won the blue jersey as the best Asian rider in 2008. With his brother Koji Fukushima, also a professional cyclist, he has been involved in the development of young riders, in part by starting the development team Bonne Chance, with the help of

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, where their father works. In 2010, at the age of 38 and even after suffering a tire puncture, Fukushima won the Japanese National Road Racing Time Trial Championship with a course record. In October 2013, Fukushima announced that he would retire at the end of the season.

Major results

;1999 : 3rd

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, ...

;2001 : 2nd

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;2002 : 1st Stage 5

: 2nd Men's Madison

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: 3rd Overall

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;2003 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Stage 4

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 can ...

;2004 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

: 1st GP Saint-Etienne Loire : 1st Stage 2

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: 2nd Overall

Tour of China The Tour of China is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in China since 1995. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race as part of the UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits ...

: 2nd

: 3rd Overall Circuit des Ardennes ::1st Stage 1 ;2005 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st Stage 3 ;2006 : 1st Stage 1

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: 2nd Road race, Asian Road Championships : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 1 : 3rd Flèche Hesbignonne Cras Avernas : 3rd

Châteauroux Classic The Châteauroux Classic de l'Indre Trophée Fenioux was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in the region of Indre, France, starting and finishing in Châteauroux. It was created in 2004 and since 2005 the race had been organi ...

;2007 : 1st Stage 7

: 2nd Overall

Tour de Korea The Tour de Korea is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in South Korea since 2000 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It was rated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race between 2005 and 2013, then promot ...

::1st Stage 1 ;2008 : 1st Stage 3

;2009 : 2nd

Kumamoto International Road Race The Kumamoto International Road Race was a professional cycling race held annually in Japan. It was part of UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycl ...

: 3rd Overall

;2010 : 1st

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, National Road Championships : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st Stage 2 : 3rd Overall

Tour de Kumano The is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Mie Prefecture, Japan, named after Kumano. It was first run in 2006 at the amateur level, and moved to the professional level in 2008, when included into the UCI Asia Tour Th ...

;2011 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Tour de Brunei : Tour d'Indonesia ::1st Stages 8 & 10 : 1st Stage 5

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 ...

;2012 :

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 consist ...

::1st Stages 1 & 6

References

External links

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Official site
(Japanese)
Bonne Chance Iida official site
(Japanese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Fukushima, Shinichi 1971 births Living people Japanese male cyclists Sportspeople from Nagano Prefecture Asian Games silver medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan