Yukihiro Doi

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Yukihiro Doi
Yukihiro Doi, Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop 2009-3.jpg
Doi at the 2009 Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop.
Personal information
Full name
Born (1983-09-18) 18 September 1983 (age 37)
Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6+12 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb; 9.1 st)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
2004Shimano Racing
2005–2012Shimano–Memory Corp
2013–2015Team Ukyo[1]
2016–2018Matrix Powertag
Major wins
National Road Race Championships (2012)

Yukihiro Doi (土井 雪広, Doi Yukihiro, born 18 September 1983, in Yamagata Prefecture) is a Japanese former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2018.

After graduating from Hosei University, he joined the Shimano Racing team in 2004. After that, Doi mostly raced abroad, finishing second in the Tour of Siam (2007), eighth in the Tour de Langkawi (2007), fifth in the Tour de Hokkaido (2007), and sixth in the Tour of Turkey (2010). In 2011, he became the first Japanese to compete in the Vuelta a España,[2] finishing in 150th place. In 2012, he won the Japanese National Road Race Championships.[3] In November 2012, it was announced that in 2013 he would be riding for Team Ukyo, a cycling team run by the racing driver Ukyo Katayama.[1]

Major results[]

2007
2nd Overall Tour of Siam
5th Overall Tour de Hokkaido
8th Overall Tour de Langkawi
9th Japan Cup
2008
1st Stage 1b (TTT) Brixia Tour
9th Japan Cup
2010
6th Overall Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey
8th Overall Tour of Hainan
2012
1st MaillotJapón.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
2013
4th Overall Tour de East Java
5th Overall Tour de Kumano
8th Road race, National Road Championships
2014
National Road Championships
5th Road race
9th Time trial
10th Overall Tour of Iran
2015
6th Overall Tour de Taiwan
8th Time trial, National Road Championships
2016
9th Road race, National Road Championships

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Tsuji, Kei. "Doi Yukihiro ga Chīmu Ukyo e no iseki". Cyclowired. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  2. ^ Quénet, Jean-François. "Vuelta CT Interview with Yukihiro Doi". Cyclingtime.com. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Zen Nihon rōdo erīto". Cyclowired. Retrieved 29 April 2012.

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