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]
 Hatsuyama in 2015 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Sho Hatsuyama |
| Born | August 17, 1988 Japan |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2006 | You Can |
| 2007 | Cannondale–Diadora |
| 2008–2009 | Colnago |
| 2009 | Malmantile–Romano Gaini |
| 2010 | S.C. Cene Vallesseliana |
| Professional teams | |
| 2011–2012 | Utsunomiya Blitzen |
| 2013–2017 | Bridgestone–Anchor |
| 2018–2019 | Nippo–Vini Fantini–Europa Ovini[1][2] |
| Major wins | |
| One-day races and Classics | |
Major results edit
- 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 edit
| Grand Tour | 2019 |
|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
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142 |
 Tour de France
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 Vuelta a España
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— |
References edit
- ^ "Nippo-Vini Fantini hoping to secure Giro d'Italia wildcard". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "初山翔がおきなわでつかんだ初栄冠". Cyclowired (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "2019: 102nd Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sho Hatsuyama.
- Sho Hatsuyama at UCI
- Sho Hatsuyama at Cycling Archives
- Sho Hatsuyama at ProCyclingStats
- Sho Hatsuyama at Cycling Quotient
- Sho Hatsuyama at UCI
