Taiji Nishitani Explained
is a Japanese former professional racing cyclist who competed professionally between 2006 and 2014, entirely for the . He was the winner of the Japanese National Road Race Championships in 2009. He retired at the end of the 2014 season, and now works as a directeur sportif for the .[3]
He joined soon after graduating from Nihon University and had success on the UCI Asia Tour. He was the third Japanese to win a stage at the HC classified Tour de Langkawi.[4] In addition to road races, Nishitani also represented Japan in international track cycling competitions, riding in such events as the scratch race, Madison, and omnium.
Major results
- 2003
Tour de Hokkaido
1st Prologue & Stage 2
- 2004
Tour de Hokkaido
1st Prologue, Stages 2 & 3
- 2006
1st Overall Tour de Hokkaido
1st Stage 3
- 2007
Tour of South China Sea
1st Stages 6 & 8
1st Stage 2 Tour de Hokkaido
- 2008
1st Stage 3 Tour de East Java
1st Stage 6 Tour de Hokkaido
- 2009
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Stage 6 Jelajah Malaysia
1st Stage 3b Tour de Singkarak
- 2010
1st Stage 4 Tour de Langkawi
1st Prologue Tour de Hokkaido
- 2011
1st Stage 8 Tour de Taiwan
1st Stage 3 Tour de Kumano
- 2012
1st Stage 6 Tour of Japan
1st Stage 4 Tour of China I
- 2013
Tour of Japan
1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 6
7th Overall Tour de Korea
8th Overall Tour de East Java
1st Points classification
9th Japan Cup
- 2014
1st Stage 6 Tour of ThailandNotes and References
- Web site: Miyazawa Takashi, Nishitani Taiji, Shimizu Miyataka, Mori Kazuhiro: Nihon no toppu rēsā ga intai o hyōmei. Cyclowired. 21 October 2014.
- Web site: 8名で戦うアジアツアー 愛三工業がこだわる日本人選手によるUCIポイント獲得. Cyclowired. 31 December 2014. Japanese.
- Web site: Aisan Racing Team. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 23 February 2020. https://archive.today/20200223190933/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14055/1001116/257. 23 February 2020.
- Web site: Nishitani wins at Langkawi, Erler keeps lead. Velo News. 31 May 2012.
