Manabu Ishibashi

Manabu Ishibashi
Personal information
Full name
Born (1992-11-30) 30 November 1992 (age 32)
Sannohe, Aomori, Japan
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current teamJCL Team Ukyo
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2021Ciel Bleu Kanoya[1]
Professional teams
2012Team Ukyo (stagiaire)
2013–2016Team Nippo–De Rosa
2017–2020Bridgestone–Anchor[2]
2022–Team Ukyo

Manabu Ishibashi (石橋 学, Ishibashi Manabu, born 30 November 1992) is a Japanese racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team JCL Team Ukyo.

Career

He joined Team Nippo–De Rosa starting in the 2013 season while he was still a student at the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya.[3] He won the Under-23 Japanese National Time Trial Championships in 2014.[4] He stayed on with Nippo–Vini Fantini as it became a Professional Continental team starting in the 2015 season.[5]

Ishibashi became the sixth Japanese cyclist to participate in the Giro d'Italia when he rode in the 2015 edition.[6] He withdrew from the race on the 9th stage.[7] He transferred to Bridgestone–Anchor for the 2017 season.[8]

Major results

2014
1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
Asian Under-23 Road Championships
7th Time trial
9th Road race
2019
4th Tour de Okinawa
7th Overall Tour of Japan
2024
1st Best Asian rider classification Tour de Langkawi

References

  1. ^ "Jプロツアーに参戦するシエルブルー鹿屋 石橋学、伊藤舜紀ら加入" [Joining Ciel Bleu Kanoya Manabu Ishibashi, Satoshi Ito and others participating in the J Pro Tour]. Cyclowired (in Japanese). Atex Holdings Co., Ltd. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Team Bridgestone Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 8 May 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  3. ^ "NIPPOで走る鹿屋体大の石橋・徳田 中根が正式加入で平均年齢21.5歳". Cyclowired (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  4. ^ "鹿屋の石橋学がU23で優勝、山本大喜がジュニア、沢田桂太郎がU17でTT新チャンピオンに". Cyclowired (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  5. ^ "プロコン昇格のNIPPOヴィーニファンティーニが2015メンバーを発表 山本、黒枝、石橋が加入". Cyclowired (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  6. ^ "石橋学がジロ・デ・イタリア出場へ。日本勢として6人目". CycleStyle (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Giro d'Italia – Benevento – San Giorgio del Sannio". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015. The 'lanterne rouge' of the race – Japan's Manabu Ishibashi of Nippo-Vini Fantini – has withdrawn from the race.
  8. ^ "大久保、堀、石橋、面手、近谷が加入 ブリヂストンアンカーが来季体制を発表". cyclowired (in Japanese). 6 May 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.