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Takashi Miyazawa
	Miyazawa at the 2012 Tour Down Under.
Personal information
Full name	Takashi Miyazawa; Japanese: 宮澤崇史;
Born	27 February 1978 (age 46); Japan
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)
Team information
Current team	Leomo Bellmare
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider (retired); Team manager
Rider type	Sprinter
Amateur team
2015–2019	Lemonade Bellmare
Professional teams
2003	Team Bridgestone Anchor
2005	Team Bridgestone Anchor
2006	Cycle Racing Team Vang
2007	Nippo Corporation
2008	Meitan Honpo-GDR
2009	Amica Chips
2009	EQA-Meitan Honpo
2010	CDC–Cavaliere
2011	Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli
2012–2013	Team Saxo Bank
2014	Vini Fantini–Nippo
Managerial team
2015–	Lemonade Bellmare
Major wins
	National Road Race Championships (2010); Asian Cycling Championship (2007); Tour de Hokkaido (2008, 2009)

Takashi Miyazawa (宮澤崇史, Miyazawa Takashi) (born 27 February 1978 in Nagano City) is a Japanese former professional racing cyclist, who competed as a professional between 2003 and 2014.

Career

Miyazawa had a varied early career, riding cyclocross at first,^[3] then participating on various teams in Japan, Italy, and France, and even riding independently at times. He once quit road cycling to participate in the keirin school. Finally settling on road cycling with Bridgestone Anchor in 2005, Miyazawa quickly established himself as one of Japan's top sprinters, reaching the podium not only in Japan, but in Asia and Europe as well. He was Asian champion in 2007 and represented Japan in the 2008 Summer Olympics. He was hired by the UCI Professional Continental team Amica Chips-Knauf in 2009 but returned to his Japanese team when Amica Chips floundered due to financial difficulties. Joining Team Nippo in 2010, he won the Japanese national championship that year. On 28 October 2010, it was announced that Miyazawa had signed to ride with the new Italian Pro Continental team, Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli, for the 2011 season.^[4] On 21 October 2011, it was announced that Miyazawa signed a one-year contract with UCI World Tour team Team Saxo Bank for the 2012 season.^[1]

For the 2014 season, Miyazawa rejoined Vini Fantini–Nippo,^[2] but announced his retirement at the end of that season.^[5] After his retirement, he assumed the post of manager of the Lemonade Bellmare cycling team.^[6]

Major results

2006

1st Tour de Okinawa

1st Stage 4 Tour of Siam

1st Stage 2 Tour de Hokkaido

5th Flèche Hesbignonne

7th Japan Cup

2007

1st Road race, Asian Road Championships

1st Tour de Okinawa

1st Stage 1 Tour of Japan

2nd Ronde van Overijssel

2nd Circuito de Getxo

3rd Road race, National Road Championships

6th Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León

6th Tro-Bro Léon

8th Grand Prix de Rennes

9th Châteauroux Classic

10th Japan Cup

2008

1st

Overall Tour de Hokkaido

1st Points classification

3rd Road race, Asian Road Championships

3rd Overall Tour de Taiwan

6th Grand Prix de Rennes

2009

1st

Overall Tour de Hokkaido

1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 5

2nd Road race, National Road Championships

4th Circuito de Getxo

10th Châteauroux Classic

2010

1st

Road race, National Road Championships

1st Kumamoto International Road Race

1st Stage 2 Vuelta Ciclista a León

2nd

Road race, Asian Games

2nd Road race, Asian Road Championships

2nd Overall Tour de Kumano

1st Prologue

4th Overall Tour de Taiwan

1st Stages 3 & 4

6th Japan Cup

7th Overall Tour de Okinawa

2011

1st Izegem Koerse

5th Paris–Brussels

6th Road race, Asian Road Championships

6th Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie

2012

5th Overall Tour de Picardie

2013

5th Grand Prix de Denain

2014

4th Road race, Asian Road Championships

5th GP Izola

7th Road race, Asian Games

Personal life

In 2001, Miyazawa donated half his liver to his mother, who was suffering from cirrhosis of the liver.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "Saxo Bank hires Japanese veteran Takashi Miyazawa". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Agence France-Presse. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b De Pasquale, Mattia (22 November 2013). "Fantini-Nippo-DeRosa, preso Miyazawa" [Fantini-Nippo-DeRosa took Miyazawa]. Spazio Ciclismo (in Italian). Tutto Mercato. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
^ Favaro, Marco. "Intervista a Takashi Miyazawa Parte 1". Il Centro Gekkan (in Japanese and Italian). Retrieved 15 November 2012.
^ Ayano, Makoto (28 October 2010). "Miyazawa Takashi ga Farunēze Vini Nēri M.Chipporini ni iseki" (in Japanese). Cyclowired. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
^ Ueno, Yoshiyuki. "Miyazawa Takashi ga intai o hyōmei". Cyclist Sanspo (in Japanese). Sankei Digital. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
^ 新ロードチーム「レモネード・ベルマーレ」誕生宮澤崇史監督が就任、欧州で生き残る選手育成へ [New road team "Lemonade Bellmare" born. Takashi Miyazawa appointed director, for rider development to compete in Europe]. Cyclist Sanspo (in Japanese). Sankei Digital. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
^ Harada, Akio; Naoko Kobayashi. "Haha o tasuke boku wa hashiru". Asahi (in Japanese). 10 August 2008. Archived from the original on 18 June 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2010.