Yukiya Arashiro
Yukiya Arashiro (新城幸也, Arashiro Yukiya, born 22 September 1984 in Ishigaki, Okinawa) is a Japanese road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Bahrain–McLaren.[2]
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Yukiya Arashiro |
Born | Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan | 22 September 1984
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Bahrain–McLaren |
Discipline | Road and track |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | All-rounder |
Professional teams | |
2006 | Cycle Racing Team Vang |
2007 | Nippo Corporation |
2008 | Meitan Hompo-GDR |
2009–2015 | Bbox Bouygues Telecom |
2016 | Lampre–Merida |
2017– | Bahrain–Merida[1] |
Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics
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Medal record
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Career
In 2005 he was the Japanese Under-23 National Time Trial and Road Race Champion. He has also won the Japanese National Road Race Championships twice, in 2007 and 2013.
In 2009 he was selected by his team to ride the Tour de France.[3] Along with Fumiyuki Beppu, he was the first Japanese national to complete that race, as on prior occasions Kisso Kawamuro and Daisuke Imanaka had started, but not finished, the race.[4] By finishing the 2010 Giro d'Italia, he became the first Japanese person to finish two Grand Tour events.[5] He completed his third Tour de France in 2012 in 84th place—the highest placing of a Japanese person at that time[6]—and earned the most combative award on Stage 4.[7] His highest Grand Tour finish is 65th which he achieved in the Tour as well as the Vuelta and of the twelve Grand Tours that he has entered he completed all of them.
He participated in the men's road race at the 2012 Summer Olympics and finished in 48th place.[8] A few weeks after the Olympics, he became the first Japanese to win a race categorized as HC by the UCI, the Tour du Limousin of the Palais des Sports de Beaublanc in Limoges.[9] Competing in the 2015 Vuelta a España,[10] he became the first Japanese person to finish the three Grand Tours.[11]
He finished 27th in the 2016 Summer Olympics men's road race.
Career achievements
Major results
- 2005
- National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial - 1st
Road race
- 1st
- 2006
- 3rd Overall Tour du Limousin
- 3rd Overall Tour de Okinawa
- 2007
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 1st Stage 7 Tour of Japan
- 2nd Tour du Jura
- 2nd Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León
- 3rd Overall Tour de Hokkaido
- 1st Stage 4
- 3rd Overall Tour de Okinawa
- 7th Tour du Finistère
- 2008
- 1st Overall Tour de Okinawa
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 3rd
Time trial, Asian Road Championships - 3rd Overall Tour du Limousin
- 1st Stage 2
- 3rd Overall Tour de Kumano
- 1st Stage 2
- 2009
- 9th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 10th Trophée des Grimpeurs
- 10th Grand Prix de Denain
- 2010
- 1st Critérium cycliste international de Quillan
- 5th Paris–Tours
- 7th Grand Prix de la Somme
- 9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 9th Val d'Ille Classic
- 2011
- 1st
Road race, Asian Road Championships - 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 10th Overall Tour du Limousin
- 2012
- 1st
Overall Tour du Limousin Combativity award Stage 4 Tour de France- 2013
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 2nd Overall Tour du Limousin
- 2014
- 10th Amstel Gold Race
- 2015
- 3rd Japan Cup
- 5th Paris–Camembert
- 6th Cholet-Pays de Loire
- 10th Road race, Asian Road Championships
- 2016
- 1st Stage 7 Tour of Japan
- 2nd
Road race, Asian Road Championships - 9th Japan Cup
Combativity award Stage 6 Tour de France- 2017
- Asian Road Championships
- 2nd
Team time trial - 7th Road race
- 2nd
- 3rd SHKP Hong Kong Challenge[12]
- 2018
- Asian Road Championships
- 1st
Team time trial - 5th Road race
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Tour de Taiwan - 2019
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 7th Time trial
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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— | 93 | — | — | — | 127 | — | — | — | — | — |
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129 | 112 | — | 84 | 99 | 65 | — | 116 | 109 | — | — |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 65 | 106 | — | — | 110 |
References
- "Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team". Merida Bikes. Merida Industry Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- Ostanek, Daniel (26 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Bahrain McLaren". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- Arashiro Flies Flag For Japan in Tour de France
- Quénet, Jean-François. "Tour de France likely for two Japanese riders". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- Ayano, Makoto (31 May 2010). "Arashiro Yukiya ga Jiro de Itaria sōgō 93-i kansō". Cyclowired (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 May 2010.
- "Arashiro Yukiya rēsu-go intabyū". Cyclowired. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- Benson, Daniel. "Greipel wins Tour de France stage in Rouen". CyclingNews.com. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- "Men's Road Race". London 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- Tsuji, Kei. "Nihonjin hatsu no chōkyū kategorī rēsu seiha". Cyclowired. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- Iijima, Miwa. "新城幸也が日本人初のグランツール3大会完走". Cyclist Sanspo (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- "Mohoric wins inaugural Hong Kong Cyclothon". cyclingnews.com. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
External links
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