*anese professional cyclist

Miyataka Shimizu (清水 都貴, Shimizu Miyataka) (born November 23, 1981) is a *anese former professional racing cyclist.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Major results
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Career

Shimizu was born in Saitama Prefecture. After beginning cycling at Hatoyama High School, he attended the National Ins*ute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya before becoming a professional in 2004. Shimizu was in general considered an all-rounder. His victory at Paris–Corrèze in 2008, the first of a UCI category 1 stage race by a *anese, has been termed "epoch making." In 2014, he was chosen to represent *an at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships in the men's road race. He announced he would retire at the end of the 2014 season.

Major results

20053rd Overall Tour de Hokkaido20071st Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León1st Stage 120081st Overall Tour de *ano1st Stages 2 & 31st Overall Paris–Corrèze1st Stage 12nd Overall Tour de Okinawa20093rd *amoto International Road Race20101st Overall Tour de Martinique1st Stage 71st Overall Tour de Hokkaido1st Stage 21st Stage 2 Tour de Taiwan20112nd Overall Tour of Thailand3rd Road race, National Road Championships20123rd Road race, National Road Championships20131st Mountains cl*ification Tour Alsace2nd Road race, National Road Championships3rd Overall Tour de Guadeloupe1st Combination cl*ification1st Mountains cl*ification20143rd Overall Tour International de Constantine3rd Circuit International d'Alger8th Overall Tour International de Sétif

References

External links

• Miyataka Shimizu at ProCyclingStats
• Miyataka Shimizu at Cycling Archives
• Bridgestone Anchor Cycling Team (official blog, *anese)