Utsunomiya Blitzen (宇都宮ブリッツェン, Utsunomiya Burittsen) is a Japanese UCI Continental cycling team.[1] It was established in 2009 with a home base in Utsunomiya, Tochigi, the location of the Japan Cup cycling race.[2]
 The team at the 2022 Japan Cup | |
| Team information | |
|---|---|
| UCI code | BLZ |
| Registered | Japan |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Discipline(s) | Road |
| Status | UCI Continental |
| Website | Team home page |
| Key personnel | |
| General manager | Yoshimasa Hirose |
| Team manager(s) | Yasutaka Tashiro |
| Team name history | |
2009 2010– | Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Utsunomiya Blitzen |
Team roster edit
- As of 8 February 2024.[3]
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Major wins edit
- 2010
- Stage 1 Tour de Kumano, Yoshimitsu Tsuji
- 2014
- Tour de Okinawa, Nariyuki Masuda
- 2016
- Overall Tour de Hokkaido, Nariyuki Masuda
- Stage 2, Nariyuki Masuda
- Prologue Tour de Kumano, Takayuki Abe
- Stage 3 Tour de Kumano, Jin Okubo
- Tour de Okinawa, Nariyuki Masuda
- 2017
- U23 Asian Time Trial Cycling Championships, Rei Onodera
- Points classification Tour de Kumano, Takayuki Abe
- 2018
- Mountains classification Tour of Japan, Yuzuru Suzuki
- Stage 2, Takeaki Amezawa
- Prologue Tour de Kumano, Takayuki Abe
- 2019
- Prologue Tour of Japan, Atsushi Oka
Japan National Time Trial Championships, Nariyuki Masuda- Tour de Okinawa, Nariyuki Masuda
- 2021
- Overall Tour of Japan, Nariyuki Masuda
- Stage 1, Nariyuki Masuda
- Mountains classification, Nariyuki Masuda
- 2022
- Young rider classification Tour of Japan, Taishi Miyazaki
References edit
- ^ 選手・スタッフ紹介. www.blitzen.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ "宇都宮にプロチーム「宇都宮BLITZEN」が誕生する". Cyclingtime.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ^ "Utsunomiya Blitzen". UCI.org. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
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