Utsunomiya Blitzen Explained

Utsunomiya Blitzen
Code:	BLZ
Registered:	Japan
Discipline:	Road
Status:	UCI Continental
Website:	https://www.blitzen.co.jp/
Generalmanager:	Yoshimasa Hirose
Teammanager:	Yasutaka Tashiro
Season:	2009 2010–
Oldname:	Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Utsunomiya Blitzen

is a Japanese UCI Continental cycling team.^[1] It was established in 2009 with a home base in Utsunomiya, Tochigi, the location of the Japan Cup cycling race.^[2]

Major wins

2010

Stage 1 Tour de Kumano, Yoshimitsu Tsuji

2014

Tour de Okinawa, Nariyuki Masuda

2016

Overall Tour de Hokkaido, Nariyuki Masuda

Stage 2, Nariyuki Masuda

Prologue Tour de Kumano, Takayuki Abe

Stage 3 Tour de Kumano, Jin Okubo

Tour de Okinawa, Nariyuki Masuda

2017

U23 Asian Time Trial Cycling Championships, Rei Onodera

Points classification Tour de Kumano, Takayuki Abe

2018

Mountains classification Tour of Japan, Yuzuru Suzuki

Stage 2, Takeaki Amezawa

Prologue Tour de Kumano, Takayuki Abe

2019

Prologue Tour of Japan, Atsushi Oka

National Time Trial Championships, Nariyuki Masuda

Tour de Okinawa, Nariyuki Masuda

2021

Overall Tour of Japan, Nariyuki Masuda

Stage 1, Nariyuki Masuda

Mountains classification, Nariyuki Masuda

2022

Young rider classification Tour of Japan, Taishi Miyazaki

Notes and References

Web site: https://www.blitzen.co.jp/team/blitzen/ . ja:選手・スタッフ紹介 . ja . www.blitzen.co.jp . 12 April 2018.
Web site: 宇都宮にプロチーム「宇都宮BLITZEN」が誕生する. Cyclingtime.com. 13 March 2015. ja.