(born November 23, 1981) is a Japanese former professional

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Career

Shimizu was born in

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. After beginning cycling at Hatoyama High School, he attended the

National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya is a national university in Kanoya, Kagoshima, Japan, founded in 1981. Four alumni participated in the swimming and volleyball events in the Beijing Olympics, including Athens Olympics swimming gold medalist Ai Shibata. Four players parti ...

before becoming a professional in 2004. Shimizu was in general considered an all-rounder. His victory at

Paris–Corrèze Paris–Corrèze was a road bicycle race held annually in France, usually between a department near Paris and the department of Corrèze. It was created by Laurent Fignon and Max Mamers. It was first held in 2001 and since 2005 it has been organi ...

in 2008, the first of a UCI category 1

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by a Japanese, has been termed "epoch making." In 2014, he was chosen to represent Japan at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships in the men's road race. He announced he would retire at the end of the 2014 season.

Major results

;2005 : 3rd Overall

Tour de Hokkaido The Tour de Hokkaido is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Hokkaido, Japan since 1987 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is rated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race. The event for 2018 was ...

;2007 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

Vuelta Ciclista a León Vuelta Ciclista a León, also known as La Vuelta León, is a former road bicycle race held annually in the province of León in Spain. From 2005 until 2013 it was organised as a 2.2 event on the professional UCI Europe Tour. The other editions w ...

::1st Stage 1 ;2008 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

Tour de Kumano The is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Mie Prefecture, Japan, named after Kumano. It was first created in 2006 as the amateur level, later moved up to the professional level in 2008 when included into the UCI Asia T ...

::1st Stages 2 & 3 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st Stage 1 : 2nd Overall

Tour de Okinawa The is an annual professional road bicycle racing Classic cycle races, classic one-day race held in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It was first started in 1989 as an amateur race, but became professional in 1999. It became part of the UCI Asia Tour i ...

;2009 : 3rd

Kumamoto International Road Race The Kumamoto International Road Race was a professional cycling race held annually in Japan. It was part of UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cy ...

;2010 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

Tour de Martinique The Tour de Martinique is a multi-day road cycling race held annually in Martinique. First held in 1965, it was part of the UCI America Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 20 ...

::1st Stage 7 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st Stage 2 : 1st Stage 2

Tour de Taiwan The Tour de Taiwan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Taiwan since 1978, and has been part of the UCI Asia Tour since 2005. It has been classed a 2.1 category race for the first time in 2012. History The Tour de Taiw ...

;2011 : 2nd Overall

Tour of Thailand The Tour of Thailand, officially the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhon's Cup Tour of Thailand is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Thailand. It was classified by the International Cycling Union as a 2.2 category race as ...

: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships ;2012 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships ;2013 : 1st Jersey red

Mountains classification

Tour Alsace The Tour Alsace (or Tour d'Alsace) is a 6-day road bicycle race held annually in Alsace, France. It was first held in 2004 and it is a 2.2 rated event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing compe ...

: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall

Tour de Guadeloupe The Tour de Guadeloupe (; en, Tour of Guadeloupe) is an annual men's multiple stage road bicycle race held each August in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. Founded in 1948 under the name Tour Cycliste de la Guadeloupe, this elite me ...

::1st

Combination classification ::1st Jersey polkadot

Mountains classification ;2014 : 3rd Overall

Tour International de Constantine The Tour de Constantine was a stage race held in Algeria between 2014 and 2016, that was rated 2.2 and was held as part of the UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in ...

: 3rd

Circuit International d'Alger The Circuit d'Alger was a cycling race held annually from 2011 to 2016 in Algeria. It was rated 2.2 event on the UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the ...

: 8th Overall

Tour International de Sétif The Tour International de Sétif is a cycling race held annually since 2014 in Algeria. It is part of UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cyclis ...

References

External links

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Bridgestone Anchor Cycling Team
(official blog, Japanese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Shimizu, Miyataka 1981 births Living people Japanese male cyclists Sportspeople from Saitama Prefecture