Masatoshi Ichikawa
Personal information | |
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Born | Japan | January 11, 1961
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Professional teams | |
1987–1989 | Hitachi |
1990 | Frank-Toyo |
1991–1992 | Bleiker |
1993 | Navigare-Blue Storm |
1994 | Inoac-Deki |
Masatoshi Ichikawa (市川 雅敏, Ichikawa Masatoshi, born 11 January 1961, in Tokyo) was a pioneering Japanese professional racing cyclist. He was the first Japanese to ride professionally in Europe,[1] riding for such teams as the Belgian team Hitachi and the Swiss team Bleiker in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was also the first to complete a Grand Tour event,[2] finishing 50th in the Giro d'Italia in 1990.[3]
Career highlights[]
- 1989
- 1st Sierre - Loye
- 1st Ruggell
- 1990
- 50th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1992
- 1st Martigny - Mauvoisin
- 1st Monthey
- 1st Sierre - Loye
- 1993
- 1st Horw-Schwendelberg
References[]
- ^ "Chīmu BCF". All Japan Businessman Cycling Federation. Missing or empty
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(help) - ^ "Hatsu no gurando tsūru o hashiri Doi Yukihiro". Cyclingtime. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ^ Quénet, Jean-François. "Arashiro makes Giro d'Italia debut". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
External links[]
- Masatoshi Ichikawa at Cycling Archives
Categories:
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Japanese male cyclists
- People from Tokyo
- Asian Games medalists in cycling
- Cyclists at the 1982 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games
- Japanese cycling biography stubs