Miyataka Shimizu Explained

Miyataka Shimizu
Birth Date:	23 November 1981
Birth Place:	Japan
Weight:	60kg (130lb)
Currentteam:	Retired
Discipline:	Road
Role:	Rider
Proyears1:	2004–2005
Proteam1:	Team Bridgestone Anchor
Proyears2:	2006
Proteam2:	Cycle Racing Team Vang
Proyears3:	2007
Proteam3:	Nippo Corporation
Proyears4:	2008–2009
Proteam4:	Meitan Honpo–GDR
Proyears5:	2010–2014
Majorwins:	Vuelta a León (2007) Tour de Kumano (2008) Paris–Corrèze (2008) Tour de Hokkaido (2010)

(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."^[1] ^[2] In 2014, he was chosen to represent Japan at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships in the men's road race.^[3] ^[4] He announced he would retire at the end of the 2014 season.

1st Stage 1

1st Stages 2 & 3

1st Stage 1

1st Stage 7

1st Stage 2

3rd Road race, National Road Championships

3rd Road race, National Road Championships

1st Mountains classification Tour Alsace

2nd Road race, National Road Championships

1st Combination classification

1st Mountains classification

Web site: Shimizu Miyataka ga sōgō yūshō!. Ayano. Makoto. August 10, 2008. Cycling Time. Japanese. 9 June 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100212153241/http://www.cyclingtime.com/modules/ctnews/view.php?p=8969. 12 February 2010. dead.
Web site: Miyazawa Takashi, Nishitani Taiji, Shimizu Miyataka, Mori Kazuhiro: Nihon no toppu rēsā ga intai o hyōmei. Cyclowired. 21 October 2014.
Web site: Isobe. So. ja:ロード世界選代表メンバー決定. http://www.cyclowired.jp/news/node/145801. Cyclowired. 17 October 2014. Japanese.
Web site: Results: 2014 UCI World Road Championships, elite men. VeloNews. 17 October 2014.