is a Japanese
road bicycle racer
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...
, who currently rides for
UCI WorldTeam
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...
.
Career
Born in
Ishigaki,
Okinawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km2 (880 sq mi).
Naha is the capital and largest city o ...
, 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
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 ...
three times, in 2007, 2013 and 2022.
In 2009 he was selected by his team to ride the
Tour de France
The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...
. Along with
Fumiyuki Beppu
Fumiyuki Beppu ( ja, 別府史之; born 10 April 1983) is a Japanese former professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam . His older brother is the cyclist Takumi Beppu.
Career
Team Discovery (2005–2007)
Beppu turned profess ...
, 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. By finishing the
2010 Giro d'Italia
The 2010 Giro d'Italia was the 93rd edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The race started off in Amsterdam on 8 May and stayed in the Netherlands for three stages, before leaving the country. The route included climbs ...
, he became the first Japanese person to finish two
Grand Tour
The Grand Tour was the principally 17th- to early 19th-century custom of a traditional trip through Europe, with Italy as a key destination, undertaken by upper-class young European men of sufficient means and rank (typically accompanied by a tuto ...
events. He recorded a third-place stage finish on the
fifth stage
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Fifth or The Fifth may refer to:
* Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as in the expression "pleading the Fifth"
* Fifth column, a political term
* Fifth disease, a contagious rash that ...
, behind breakaway companions
Jérôme Pineau
Jérôme Pineau (born 2 January 1980) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2015 for the , and squads. Born in Mont-Saint-Aignan, Pineau now works as the general manager for UCI ProSeries te ...
and
Julien Fouchard
Julien Fouchard (born 20 June 1986) is a French former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2014, for UCI Professional Continental team . He competed in the 2012 Tour de France where he finished in 149th position.
Major ...
. He completed his third
Tour de France
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in 2012 in 84th place—the highest placing of a Japanese person at that time—and earned the most combative award on Stage 4. He participated in the
men's road race at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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and finished in 48th place.
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
Tour du Limousin is a 4-day road bicycle race held annually in Limousin, France. It was first held in 1968 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2011 it was upgraded to an 2.HC The UCI 1.HC and UCI 2.HC ar ...
of the
Palais des Sports de Beaublanc
Palais () may refer to:
* Dance hall, popularly a ''palais de danse'', in the 1950s and 1960s in the UK
* ''Palais'', French for palace
**Grand Palais, the Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées
**Petit Palais, an art museum in Paris
* Palais River in t ...
in
Limoges
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. Competing in the
2015 Vuelta a España
The 2015 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour cycling race. The race was the 70th edition of the Vuelta a España and took place principally in Spain, although two stages took place partly or wholly in Andorra, and was the 22nd race in ...
,
he became the first Japanese person to finish the three
Grand Tours
In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour is one of the three major European professional cycling stage races: Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, and Vuelta a España. Collectively they are termed the ''Grand Tours'', and all three races are similar in ...
.
He finished 27th in the
2016 Summer Olympics men's road race, and 35th in the
2020 Summer Olympics men's road race.
Arashiro has completed all fifteen Grand Tours that he has started, with a best finish of 65th at the
2014 Tour de France
The 2014 Tour de France was the 101st edition of the race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The race included 21 stages, starting in Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, on 5 July and finishing on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 27 July. The race al ...
and the 2015 Vuelta a España.
Major results
;2005
: National Under-23 Road Championships
::1st
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::1st
Road race
: 9th
Tour de Okinawa
The is an annual professional road bicycle racing 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
The UCI Continental ...
;2006
: 3rd Overall
Tour du Limousin
Tour du Limousin is a 4-day road bicycle race held annually in Limousin, France. It was first held in 1968 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2011 it was upgraded to an 2.HC The UCI 1.HC and UCI 2.HC ar ...
: 3rd
Tour de Okinawa
The is an annual professional road bicycle racing 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
The UCI Continental ...
;2007
: 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
: 1st Stage 7
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 ...
: 2nd 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 Mountains classification
: 2nd
Tour du Jura
The Tour du Jura is a one-day cycling race held annually in Switzerland. It is part of UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationa ...
: 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 ...
::1st Stage 4
: 3rd
Tour de Okinawa
The is an annual professional road bicycle racing 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
The UCI Continental ...
: 5th
Japan Cup
The is one of the most prestigious horse races in Japan. It is contested on the last Sunday of November, post time of 15:40 at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo at a distance of 2400 meters (about miles) run under weight for age conditions with ...
: 7th
Tour du Finistère
Tour du Finistère is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April around the city of Quimper, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, also being part of the Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route ...
;2008
: 1st Overall
Tour de Okinawa
The is an annual professional road bicycle racing 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
The UCI Continental ...
::1st Stages 1 & 2
:
Asian Road Championships
::3rd
Time trial
::10th Road race
: 3rd Overall
Tour du Limousin
Tour du Limousin is a 4-day road bicycle race held annually in Limousin, France. It was first held in 1968 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2011 it was upgraded to an 2.HC The UCI 1.HC and UCI 2.HC ar ...
::1st Stage 2
: 3rd 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 ...
::1st Stage 2
: 5th 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 ...
: 7th Overall
Les 3 Jours de Vaucluse
Les 3 Jours de Vaucluse is a road bicycle race held annually in the French department of Vaucluse. It is contested over three days. The first edition was held in 2007; it is classified as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental ...
: 7th Overall
Tour de Bretagne
Tour de Bretagne Cycliste, also known as the Tour de Bretagne trophée des granitiers and formerly known as Ruban Granitier Breton, is an annual early season professional cycling stage race held in late April and early May in Brittany, France. T ...
;2009
: 9th Overall
Four Days of Dunkirk
The Four Days of Dunkirk (french: Quatre Jours de Dunkerque) is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Despite the name of the race, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has been h ...
: 10th
Trophée des Grimpeurs
The Trophée des Grimpeurs, called Polymultipliée until 1970, was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in the region of Val-d'Oise, France, between Argenteuil and Sannois. Between 1980 and 2002 it was a criterium. Since 2005, t ...
: 10th
Grand Prix de Denain
Grand Prix de Denain is a professional cycle road race held in Denain, France. For 10 years from 2005 the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions whi ...
;2010
: 1st Critérium cycliste international de Quillan
: 5th
Paris–Tours
Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m, ...
: 7th
Grand Prix de la Somme
The Grand Prix de la Somme (formerly the Tour de la Somme) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in May in Somme, France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It al ...
: 9th
Road race,
UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and a mixed team relay.
Events
...
: 9th
Val d'Ille Classic
The Val d'Ille U Classic 35 was a road bicycle race held annually in France. It was organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour from 2010 until 2012, and as a 1.1 for its final edition in 2013. The event was last held in 2013. It was part of UC ...
: 9th
Japan Cup
The is one of the most prestigious horse races in Japan. It is contested on the last Sunday of November, post time of 15:40 at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo at a distance of 2400 meters (about miles) run under weight for age conditions with ...
;2011
:
Asian Road Championships
::1st
Road race
::4th Time trial
: 2nd
Road race, National Road Championships
: 5th Overall
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 ...
: 10th Overall
Tour du Limousin
Tour du Limousin is a 4-day road bicycle race held annually in Limousin, France. It was first held in 1968 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2011 it was upgraded to an 2.HC The UCI 1.HC and UCI 2.HC ar ...
;2012
: 1st
Overall
Tour du Limousin
Tour du Limousin is a 4-day road bicycle race held annually in Limousin, France. It was first held in 1968 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2011 it was upgraded to an 2.HC The UCI 1.HC and UCI 2.HC ar ...
:
Combativity award
The combativity award is a prize given in road bicycle racing to a stage's or the overall race's most aggressive rider.
References
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Cycling jerseys ...
Stage 4
Tour de France
The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...
;2013
: 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
: 2nd Overall
Tour du Limousin
Tour du Limousin is a 4-day road bicycle race held annually in Limousin, France. It was first held in 1968 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2011 it was upgraded to an 2.HC The UCI 1.HC and UCI 2.HC ar ...
;2014
: 10th
Amstel Gold Race
The Amstel Gold Race is an annual one-day classic road cycling race held in the province of Limburg, Netherlands. It traditionally marks the turning point of the spring classics, with the climbers and stage racers replacing the cobbled classics r ...
;2015
: 3rd
Japan Cup
The is one of the most prestigious horse races in Japan. It is contested on the last Sunday of November, post time of 15:40 at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo at a distance of 2400 meters (about miles) run under weight for age conditions with ...
: 5th
Paris–Camembert
Paris–Camembert (also Paris–Camembert Trophée Lepetit or Paris–Camembert Lepetit) is a semi classic held annually in April. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The route of the race has varied over th ...
: 6th
Cholet-Pays de Loire
Grand Prix Cholet-Pays de la Loire is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in March in Cholet, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle rac ...
: 10th Road race,
Asian Road Championships
;2016
: 1st Stage 7
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 ...
: 2nd
Road race,
Asian Road Championships
: 9th
Japan Cup
The is one of the most prestigious horse races in Japan. It is contested on the last Sunday of November, post time of 15:40 at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo at a distance of 2400 meters (about miles) run under weight for age conditions with ...
:
Combativity award
The combativity award is a prize given in road bicycle racing to a stage's or the overall race's most aggressive rider.
References
{{cycling-stub
Cycling jerseys ...
Stage 6
Tour de France
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;2017
:
Asian Road Championships
::2nd
Team time trial
::7th Road race
: 3rd
Hong Kong Challenge
;2018
:
Asian Road Championships
::1st
Team time trial
::5th Road race
: 1st
Overall
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 ...
;2019
: 2nd
Road race, National Road Championships
;2022
: National Road Championships
::1st
Road race
::3rd
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Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
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Japanese male cyclists
1984 births
Living people
People from Okinawa Prefecture
Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists of Japan