Yukiya Arashiro Explained
is a Japanese road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .[4]
Career
Born in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, Arashiro was the Japanese Under-23 National Time Trial and Road Race Champion in 2005. He has also won the Japanese National Road Race Championships three times, in 2007, 2013 and 2022.
In 2009 he was selected by his team to ride the Tour de France.[5] 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.[6] By finishing the 2010 Giro d'Italia, he became the first Japanese person to finish two Grand Tour events.[7] He recorded a third-place stage finish on the fifth stage, behind breakaway companions Jérôme Pineau and Julien Fouchard.[8] He completed his third Tour de France in 2012 in 84th place—the highest placing of a Japanese person at that time[9] —and earned the most combative award on Stage 4.[10] He participated in the men's road race at the 2012 Summer Olympics and finished in 48th place.[11] 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.[12] Competing in the 2015 Vuelta a España,[13] he became the first Japanese person to finish the three Grand Tours.[14] He took part three further times in the Olympic road race, coming 27th (2016), 35th (2021), and 56th (2024).
Arashiro has completed all sixteen Grand Tours that he has started, with a best finish of 65th at the 2014 Tour de France and the 2015 Vuelta a España.
Major results
- 2005
National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Time trial
1st Road race
9th Tour de Okinawa
- 2006
3rd Overall Tour du Limousin
3rd Tour de Okinawa
- 2007
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Stage 7 Tour of Japan
2nd Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León
1st Mountains classification
2nd Tour du Jura
3rd Overall Tour de Hokkaido
1st Stage 4
3rd Tour de Okinawa
5th Japan Cup
7th Tour du Finistère
- 2008
1st Overall Tour de Okinawa
1st Stages 1 & 2
Asian Road Championships
3rd Time trial
10th Road race
3rd Overall Tour du Limousin
1st Stage 2
3rd Overall Tour de Kumano
1st Stage 2
5th Overall Tour of Japan
7th Overall Les 3 Jours de Vaucluse
7th Overall Tour de Bretagne
- 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
9th Japan Cup
- 2011
Asian Road Championships
1st Road race
4th Time trial
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
5th Overall Paris–Corrèze
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
3rd Hong Kong Challenge[15]
- 2018
Asian Road Championships
1st Team time trial
5th Road race
1st Overall Tour de Taiwan
- 2019
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2022
National Road Championships
1st Road race
3rd Time trial
- 2023
3rd Road race, Asian Road Championships
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2024
3rd Time trial, National Road ChampionshipsGrand Tour general classification results timeline
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team. Merida Bikes. Merida Industry Co., Ltd.. 1 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190101111509/https://www.merida-bikes.com/en/p/team/bahrain-merida-pro-cycling-team-119.html. 1 January 2019.
- News: 2020 Team Preview: Bahrain McLaren. Daniel. Ostanek. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 26 December 2019. 1 January 2020.
- Web site: Bahrain Victorious. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 1 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210101044146/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15229/1002125/279. 1 January 2021.
- Web site: Bahrain Victorious. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 2 January 2022. https://archive.today/20220102080955/https://www.uci.org/team-details/17173. 2 January 2022. live.
- http://www.bicycle.net/2009/arashiro-flies-flag-for-japan-in-tour-de-france Arashiro Flies Flag For Japan in Tour de France
- Web site: Quénet. Jean-François. Tour de France likely for two Japanese riders. Cyclingnews. 9 June 2009 . 16 May 2012.
- Web site: Arashiro Yukiya ga Jiro de Itaria sōgō 93-i kansō. Ayano. Makoto. 31 May 2010. Cyclowired. ja. 31 May 2010.
- News: Les. Clarke. Jean-François. Quénet. Pineau nabs Quick Step's second stage. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 13 May 2010. 28 December 2020.
- Web site: Arashiro Yukiya rēsu-go intabyū. Cyclowired. 28 July 2012.
- Web site: Benson. Daniel. Greipel wins Tour de France stage in Rouen. CyclingNews.com. 28 July 2012.
- Web site: Men's Road Race. London 2012. 9 August 2012. 5 December 2012. https://archive.today/20121205083505/www.london2012.com/cycling-road/event/men-road-race/index.html. dead.
- Web site: Tsuji. Kei. Nihonjin hatsu no chōkyū kategorī rēsu seiha. Cyclowired. 18 August 2012.
- Web site: Vuelta a España 2015 . 21 August 2015 . Cycling Fever.
- Web site: 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. 14 September 2015. ja.
- Web site: Mohoric wins inaugural Hong Kong Cyclothon. 8 October 2017 . cyclingnews.com. 8 October 2017.
