Fumiyuki Beppu
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Fumiyuki Beppu |
| Born | April 10, 1983 Kanagawa-ken, Japan |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] |
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | GreenEDGE |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2003–2004 | VC La Pomme |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2005–2007 2008–2009 2010–2011 2012– |
Discovery Channel Skil-Shimano Team RadioShack GreenEDGE |
| Infobox last updated on 1 January 2012 |
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Fumiyuki Beppu (Japanese: 別府史之; born 10 April 1983) is a Japanese professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team GreenEDGE.[2] His older brother is the cyclist Takumi Beppu.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Team Discovery (2005–2007)
Beppu turned professional with Discovery Channel in 2005, and stayed with them until 2007.
In June 2006, Beppu was crowned the Japanese national champion in both the time trial and the road race.
On September 28, 2007, the Skil-Shimano professional cycling team announced that they had signed Beppu for a one year contract.
[edit] Skil-Shimano years (2008–2009)
On 26 July 2009, Beppu, riding for Skil-Shimano, finished 112th out of 180 riders in the 2009 Tour de France. He won the Combativity award in the final 21st flat stage from Montereau-Fault-Yonne to Paris Champs-Élysées. He also placed 8th in stage 3 and 7th in stage 19.[1]
[edit] RadioShack (2010 - 2011)
On 23 November 2009, it was announced Beppu had signed to ride with Team RadioShack for the 2010 season. Later it became clear that Beppu still had one year left on his contract with Skil-Shimano, so he had to buy himself out of the contract.[3] In February 2010 he finally started races with RadioShack at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne.[4]
[edit] GreenEdge 2012 -
In October 2011, it was announced that Beppu would ride for the new Australian based team GreenEDGE.[2]
[edit] Major achievements
- 2003
U23 National Road Race Cycling Champion- 2004
- 1st, Stage 1 – Giro della Valle d'Aosta
- 1st, Mountains classification, Ronde de l'Isard d'Ariege
- 2005
- 3rd, Best Young Rider Competition – Circuit de la Sarthe
- 2006
- 1st Japanese National Road Race Championships, Time Trial (Japan)
- 1st Japanese National Road Race Championships, Road (Japan)
- 2007
- 2nd, Stage 3, Tour de Romandie
- 2009
- 2nd, Mountains classification, Stage 1, Route du Sud
Combativity award, Stage 21, Tour de France- 2011
- 1st Japanese National Road Race Championships, Time Trial (Japan)
- 1st Japanese National Road Race Championships, Road (Japan)
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Team RadioShack
- Fumiyuki Beppu profile at Cycling Archives
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Tour de France 2009: Rider 192 - Fumiyuki Beppu
- ^ a b "Beppu finally confirmed for GreenEdge". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 5 October 2011. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/beppu-finally-confirmed-for-greenedge. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ Skil-Shimano terminates contract with Beppu
- ^ {http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/beppu-gets-off-to-a-classic-start-with-radioshack}
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