Fumiyuki Beppu

Fumiyuki Beppu

File:Leuven - Brabantse Pijl, 15 april 2015, vertrek (B148).JPG Beppu at the 2015 Brabantse Pijl
Personal information
Full name	Fumiyuki Beppu
Born	(1983-04-10) 10 April 1983 Kanagawa-ken, Japan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st)
Team information
Current team	Trek–Segafredo
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder Classics rider
Amateur team(s)
2001–2002	Bridgestone-Anchor
2003–2004	Vélo-Club La Pomme Marseille
Professional team(s)
2005–2007	Discovery Channel
2008–2009	Skil–Shimano
2010–2011	Team RadioShack
2012–2013	REDIRECT Template:Cycling data MTS men
2014–	Trek Factory Racing
Infobox last updated on 5 January 2015

Fumiyuki Beppu (Japanese: 別府史之; born 10 April 1983) is a Japanese professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Trek–Segafredo. His older brother is the cyclist Takumi Beppu.

Career

Team Discovery (2005–2007)

Beppu turned professional with Discovery Channel in 2005, and stayed with them until 2007.

In June 2006, Beppu was crowned the Japanese national champion in both the time trial and the road race.

On 28 September 2007, the Skil–Shimano professional cycling team announced that they had signed Beppu for a one-year contract.

Skil-Shimano years (2008–2009)

On 26 July 2009, Beppu, riding for Skil–Shimano, finished 112th out of 180 riders in the 2009 Tour de France. He won the Combativity award in the final 21st flat stage from Montereau-Fault-Yonne to Paris Champs-Élysées. He also placed 8th in stage 3 and 7th in stage 19. Along with Yukiya Arashiro, he became the first Japanese national to complete that race. Kisso Kawamuro and Daisuke Imanaka had started but not finished the race before.

RadioShack (2010–2011)

On 23 November 2009, it was announced Beppu had signed to ride with Team RadioShack for the 2010 season. Later it became clear that Beppu still had one year left on his contract with Skil-Shimano, so he had to buy himself out of the contract. In February 2010 he finally started races with RadioShack at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne.

GreenEdge (2012–2013)

In October 2011, it was announced that Beppu would ride for the new Australian based team GreenEDGE. He participated in the men's road race at the 2012 Summer Olympics and finished in 22nd place. After two years with the team, Beppu left at the end of the 2013 season to join Trek Factory Racing.

Major achievements

2000

1st National Junior Time Trial Championships

2001

1st Asian Junior Road Race Championships

1st National Junior Road Race Championships

2003

1st National Under-23 Road Race Championships

1st Stage1 Giro della Valle d'Aosta

2004

1st Stage 1 Giro della Valle d'Aosta

1st Mountains classification, Ronde de l'Isard d'Ariege

2006

1st National Road Race Championships

1st National Time Trial Championships

2007

10th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen

2008

1st Asian Road Race Championships

2009

Combativity award, Stage 21, Tour de France

1st Mountains classification, Route du Sud

2010

4th Châteauroux Classic

10th Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen

2011

1st National Road Race Championships

1st National Time Trial Championships

6th Grand Prix d'Isbergues

8th GP Ouest-France

2012

2nd Japan Cup Criterium

2013

5th Japan Cup Criterium

2014

1st National Time Trial Championships

4th Asian Games Time Trial

9th National Road Race Championships

2015

1st Japan Cup Criterium

External links

• Official website
• Fumiyuki Beppu at Cycling Archives

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