Utsunomiya Blitzen

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Utsunomiya Blitzen
Team information
UCI codeBLZ
RegisteredJapan
Founded2009 (2009)
Discipline(s)Road
StatusUCI Continental
WebsiteTeam home page
Key personnel
Team manager(s)Yusuke Shimizu
Team name history
2009
2010–
Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing
Utsunomiya Blitzen

Utsunomiya Blitzen (宇都宮ブリッツェン, Utsunomiya Burittsen) is a Japanese UCI Continental cycling team.[1] It was established in 2009 with a home base in Utsunomiya, Tochigi, the location of the Japan Cup cycling race.[2]

Team roster[]

As of 3 March 2021.[3]
Rider Date of birth
  (JPN) (1986-06-12) 12 June 1986 (age 35)
  (JPN) (1992-07-01) 1 July 1992 (age 29)
  (JPN) (1997-08-16) 16 August 1997 (age 24)
  (JPN) (1996-12-23) 23 December 1996 (age 24)
 Hikaru Kosaka (JPN) (1988-10-21) 21 October 1988 (age 32)
Rider Date of birth
 Nariyuki Masuda (JPN) (1983-10-23) 23 October 1983 (age 37)
  (JPN) (1997-01-20) 20 January 1997 (age 24)
 Hiroki Nishimura (JPN) (1994-10-20) 20 October 1994 (age 26)
  (JPN) (1998-06-10) 10 June 1998 (age 23)
  (JPN) (1995-09-03) 3 September 1995 (age 26)

Major wins[]

2010
Stage 1 Tour de Kumano,
2014
Tour de Okinawa, Nariyuki Masuda
2016
Overall Tour de Hokkaido, Nariyuki Masuda
Stage 2, Nariyuki Masuda
Prologue Tour de Kumano,
Stage 3 Tour de Kumano, Jin Okubo
Tour de Okinawa, Nariyuki Masuda
2017
U23 Asian Time Trial Cycling Championships,
Points classification Tour de Kumano,
2018
Mountains classification Tour of Japan,
Stage 2, Takeaki Amezawa
Prologue Tour de Kumano,
2019
Prologue Tour of Japan, Atsushi Oka
 Japan National Time Trial Championships, Nariyuki Masuda
Tour de Okinawa, Nariyuki Masuda
2021
Overall Tour of Japan, Nariyuki Masuda
Stage 1, Nariyuki Masuda
Mountains classification, Nariyuki Masuda

References[]

  1. ^ 選手・スタッフ紹介. www.blitzen.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. ^ "宇都宮にプロチーム「宇都宮BLITZEN」が誕生する". Cyclingtime.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Utsunomiya Blitzen". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.

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