Sho Hatsuyama (初山 翔, Hatsuyama Shō, born August 17, 1988) is a Japanese former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2011 and 2019 for the Utsunomiya Blitzen, Bridgestone–Anchor and Nippo–Vini Fantini–Faizanè teams. His first victory in a road race as a professional was in the 2013 Tour de Okinawa, which he won after the first-place finisher was demoted due to rule violations.[3] In October 2015, he won the ninth stage of the Tour de Singkarak.[4] He became the Japanese road race champion in June 2016.[5] In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.[6]

Sho Hatsuyama
Hatsuyama in 2015
Personal information
Full nameSho Hatsuyama
Born (1988-08-17) August 17, 1988 (age 36)
Japan
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2006You Can
2007Cannondale–Diadora
2008–2009Colnago
2009Malmantile–Romano Gaini
2010S.C. Cene Vallesseliana
Professional teams
2011–2012Utsunomiya Blitzen
2013–2017Bridgestone–Anchor
2018–2019Nippo–Vini Fantini–Europa Ovini[1][2]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2016)

Major results

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2012
10th Overall Tour de Kumano
2013
1st Tour de Okinawa
2014
9th Overall Tour de Singkarak
2015
6th Tour de Okinawa
7th Overall Tour de Kumano
10th Overall Tour de Singkarak
1st Stage 9
2016
1st   Road race, National Road Championships
2017
1st Mountains classification Tour of Japan
10th Overall Tour de Korea

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2019
  Giro d'Italia 142
  Tour de France
  Vuelta a España

References

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  1. ^ "Nippo-Vini Fantini hoping to secure Giro d'Italia wildcard". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Nippo-Fantini-Faizanè, 17 uomini in organico nel 2019" [Nippo-Fantini-Faizanè, 17 men on roster in 2019]. SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net (in Italian). Gravatar. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  3. ^ "初山翔がおきなわでつかんだ初栄冠". Cyclowired (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  4. ^ Tanaka, Sonoko. "「ツール・ド・シンカラ」最終ステージで初山翔が優勝". Cyclist Sanspo (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  5. ^ "数を揃えたブリヂストンアンカーのワン・ツー勝利 初山翔が初の日本チャンピオンに". Cyclowired (in Japanese). 26 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  6. ^ "2019: 102nd Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
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