Ryota Nishizono

Ryota Nishizono
Personal information
Full name Ryota Nishizono
Born (1987-09-01) 1 September 1987
Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb; 9.8 st)
Team information
Current team Bridgestone-Anchor
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2011 Shimano Racing
2012 Bridgestone–Anchor
2013 Champion System
2015– Bridgestone–Anchor
Major wins
National Time Trial Championships (2012, 2016)
Infobox last updated on
28 June 2016

Ryota Nishizono (西薗 良太 Nishizono Ryōta, born 1 September 1987) is a Japanese professional racing cyclist.

Career

Born in Kirishima, Kagoshima, Nishizono attended Tokyo University, Japan's most elite university. While there in 2009, he won the Inter-College Championships.[1] After graduation, he first joined Shimano Racing, for which he won the first stage of the Tour de Hokkaido in 2011.[2] He moved to Bridgestone–Anchor in 2012[3] and won the men's time trial at the Japanese National Road Race Championships.[4] For the 2013 season, he signed with UCI Professional Continental team Champion System.[4]

In December 2013, Nishizono announced his retirement as a professional cyclist.[5] He came out of retirement to join Bridgestone–Anchor for the 2015 season.[6] In 2016 he regained his national time trial title.[7]

Major results

2011
1st Stage 1 Tour de Hokkaido
2012
1st National Time Trial Championships
2nd Overall Tour de Hokkaido
2013
2nd National Time Trial Championships
6th Overall Tour of Japan
2016
1st National Time Trial Championships
2nd National Road Race Championships

References

  1. ↑ Hideaki, Takagi. "Nishizono Ryōta intabyū". Cyclowired (in Japanese).
  2. ↑ シマノ西薗良太、畑中勇介がワン・ツー！. Cyclowired (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  3. ↑ Ayano, Makoto. "メンバー大刷新のブリヂストン・アンカー". Cyclowired. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  4. 1 2 Tsuji, Kei. "全日本TTチャンピオンの西薗良太がチャンピオンシステムと契約". Cyclowired. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  5. ↑ 西薗良太が引退を発表. Cyclowired (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "西薗良太が現役復帰". Cyclowired (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "西薗良太念願のタイトル奪還 與那嶺恵理圧倒の連覇". Cyclowired (in Japanese). 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
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