Miyataka Shimizu

Miyataka Shimizu

Personal information
Full name	Miyataka Shimizu
Born	(1981-11-23) November 23, 1981 Japan
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st)
Team information
Current team	Bridgestone Anchor
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
Vuelta a León (2007) Tour de Kumano (2008) Paris–Corrèze (2008) Tour de Hokkaido (2010)

Miyataka Shimizu (清水都貴, Shimizu Miyataka) (born November 23, 1981, in Saitama Prefecture) is a Japanese professional racing cyclist, currently riding for Team Bridgestone Anchor. After beginning cycling at Hatoyama High School, he attended the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya before becoming a professional in 2004. Shimizu is in general considered an all-rounder. His victory at Paris–Corrèze in 2008, one of the first of a UCI category 1 stage race in Europe by a Japanese, has been termed "epoch making."

Career highlights

2005

3rd Overall Tour de Hokkaido (Japan)

3rd Stage 1

2007

1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León (Spain)

1st Stage 1

Tour of Hainan (China)

2nd Stage 5

3rd Stage 6

2008

1st Overall Tour de Kumano (Japan)

2nd Stage 1

1st Stage 2

1st Stage 3

1st Overall Paris–Corrèze (France)

1st Stage 1

3rd Stage 3 Tour de Hokkaido (Japan)

2nd Overall Tour de Okinawa (Japan)

2nd Stage 2

2009

2nd Stage 7 Tour de Korea (Korea)

3rd Kumamoto International Road Race (Japan)

2010

1st Stage 2 Tour de Taiwan (Taiwan)

1st Overall Tour de Martinique (France)

1st Stage 7, 2nd Stages 3, 5 and 8, 3rd Stage 6

1st Overall Tour de Hokkaido (Japan)

1st Stage 2

2011

2nd Overall Tour of Thailand (Thailand)

2nd Stage 6

3rd Japanese National Road Race Championships, Road

2012

3rd Japanese National Road Race Championships, Road

External links

• Miyataka Shimizu at Cycling Archives
• Team Bridgestone Anchor (official site, Japanese)