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is a Japanese former professional racing cyclist.
Time trial, National Road Championships
: 2nd Overall Time trial
::2nd Road race
: 7th Tour de Okinawa
;2017
: 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
: Asian Road Championships
::2nd Team time trial
::7th Individual time trial
: 2nd Overall
Career
Born inKirishima, Kagoshima
is a city located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
Kirishima has the second largest population of the cities in Kagoshima Prefecture. It is a crossroads for commerce between Kagoshima and Miyazaki Prefectures. It is also the home of the Kagoshi ...
, Nishizono attended Tokyo University, Japan's most elite university. While there in 2009, he won the Inter-College Championships. After graduation, he first joined , for which he won the first stage of the 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 ...
in 2011. He moved to in 2012 and won the men's time trial at the Japanese National Road Race Championships
The Japanese National Road Race Championships are conducted every year under the auspices of the Japan Cycling Federation.
Men Elite
U23
Women
See also
*Japanese National Time Trial Championships
The Japanese National Time Trial Champions ...
. For the 2013 season, he signed with UCI Professional Continental team
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) – the governing body of cycling – categorizes teams into three divisions. The first division, consisting of the top 18 teams, is classified as UCI WorldTeams, and competes in the UCI World Tour. The secon ...
.
In December 2013, Nishizono announced his retirement as a professional cyclist. He came out of retirement to join for the 2015 season. In 2016 he regained his national time trial title. In 2017 he announced to retire again by the end of season.
Major results
;2011 : National Road Championships ::3rd Time trial ::4th Road race : 8th OverallTour 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 ...
::1st Stage 1
;2012
: 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
: 2nd 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 ...
;2013
: 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
: 6th Overall Tour of Japan
The Tour of Japan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Japan since 1996 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race.
History
Tour of Japan was formed a ...
;2015
: 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
: 5th 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 ...
;2016
: National Road Championships
::1st Time trial
::2nd Road race
: 7th Tour de Okinawa
;2017
: 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
: Asian Road Championships
::2nd Team time trial
::7th Individual time trial
: 2nd 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 ...
: 4th Overall Tour de Kumano
References
External links
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nishizono, Ryota 1987 births Living people Japanese male cyclists Sportspeople from Kagoshima Prefecture University of Tokyo alumni