Fumiyuki Beppu Explained
Fumiyuki Beppu (Japanese: 別府史之; born 10 April 1983) is a Japanese former professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam .[6] [7] His older brother is the cyclist Takumi Beppu.
Career
Team Discovery (2005–2007)
Beppu turned professional with in 2005, and stayed with them until 2007.
In June 2006, Beppu was crowned the Japanese national champion in both the time trial and the road race.
On 28 September 2007, the professional cycling team announced that they had signed Beppu for an initial one-year contract.
Skil-Shimano (2008–2009)
On 26 July 2009, Beppu, riding for, finished 112th out of 180 riders in the Tour de France. He won the Combativity award in the final 21st flat stage from Montereau-Fault-Yonne to Paris Champs-Élysées. He also placed 8th in stage 3 and 7th in stage 19.[8] Along with Yukiya Arashiro, he became the first Japanese national to complete that race. Kisso Kawamuro and Daisuke Imanaka had started but not finished the race before.[9]
RadioShack (2010–2011)
On 23 November 2009, it was announced Beppu had signed to ride with for the 2010 season. Later it became clear that Beppu still had one year left on his contract with Skil-Shimano, so he had to buy himself out of the contract.[10] In February 2010 he finally started races with RadioShack at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne.[11]
GreenEdge (2012–2013)
In October 2011, it was announced that Beppu would ride for the new Australian based team .[2] He participated in the men's road race at the 2012 Summer Olympics and finished in 22nd place.[12] After two years with the team, Beppu left at the end of the 2013 season to join .[3]
Trek Factory Racing (2014–2019)
He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España.[13]
Major results
- 2000
1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
- 2001
1st Road race, Asian Junior Road Championships
1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 2003
1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Stage 1 Giro della Valle d'Aosta Mont Blanc
- 2004
1st Stage 1 Giro della Valle d'Aosta Mont Blanc
1st Mountains classification Ronde de l'Isard
3rd Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher
- 2006
National Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
Asian Games
4th Time trial
9th Road race
- 2007
10th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 2008
1st Road race, Asian Road Championships
- 2009
1st Mountains classification Route du Sud
Combativity award Stage 21 Tour de France
- 2010
4th Châteauroux Classic
10th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 2011
National Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
6th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
8th GP Ouest–France
- 2012
1st Stage 2 (TTT) Eneco Tour
2nd Japan Cup Criterium
- 2013
5th Japan Cup Criterium
- 2014
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
4th Time trial, Asian Games
- 2015
1st Japan Cup Criterium
- 2016
1st Japan Cup Criterium
3rd Road race, Asian Road Championships
Combativity award Stage 18 Vuelta a España
- 2017
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
4th Road race, Asian Road Championships
- 2018
Asian Road Championships
1st Team time trial
2nd Road race
4th Time trial
Asian Games
2nd Road race
3rd Time trial
- 2019
3rd Time trial, National Road ChampionshipsGrand Tour general classification results timeline
Notes and References
- Web site: Fumiyuki Beppu – Trek Factory Racing . Trekfactoryracing.com . 10 May 2014 .
- News: Beppu finally confirmed for GreenEdge. 5 October 2011. 1 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
- News: Beppu signs for new Trek WorldTour Team. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 8 August 2013. 8 August 2013.
- News: Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women. Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. 5 January 2019.
- Web site: Nippo Delko Provence. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 8 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200108004154/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14015/1001647/266. 8 January 2020.
- Web site: EF Education - Nippo. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 1 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210101135037/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15238/1000987/279. 1 January 2021.
- News: Fumiyuki Beppu joins EF Pro Cycling. . Slipstream Sports, Inc.. 8 December 2020. 8 December 2020. 21 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210921051453/https://www.efprocycling.com/fumiyuki-beppu-joins-ef-pro-cycling/. dead.
- Web site: Tour de France 2009: Rider 192 – Fumiyuki Beppu . Letour.fr . 26 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090802081337/http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/RIDERS/us/coureurs/192.html . 2 August 2009 . dead .
- Web site: Quénet. Jean-François. Tour de France likely for two Japanese riders. Cyclingnews. 9 June 2009 . 20 May 2012.
- Web site: Richard Tyler . Skil-Shimano terminates contract with Beppu . Cyclingnews.com . 3 February 2010 .
- Web site: Beppu gets off to a Classic start with RadioShack . 24 February 2010 .
- Web site: Men's Road Race. London 2012. 9 August 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20121205083505/www.london2012.com/cycling-road/event/men-road-race/index.html. 5 December 2012.
- Web site: 71st Vuelta a España . 20 August 2016 . ProCyclingStats.
