Fumiyuki Beppu (Japanese: 別府史之; born 10 April 1983) is a Japanese former professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–Nippo.[6][7] His older brother is the cyclist Takumi Beppu.
.JPG) Beppu at the 2015 Brabantse Pijl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | Fumy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 April 1983 Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | All-rounder Classics rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2001–2002 | Bridgestone–Anchor | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Vélo-Club La Pomme Marseille | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2005–2007 | Discovery Channel | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Skil–Shimano | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Team RadioShack | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | GreenEDGE[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2019 | Trek Factory Racing[3][4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Nippo–Delko–One Provence[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | EF Education–Nippo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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One-day races and Classics
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Medal record
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Career
editTeam Discovery (2005–2007)
editBeppu 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 an initial one-year contract.
Skil-Shimano (2008–2009)
editOn 26 July 2009, Beppu, riding for Skil–Shimano, finished 112th out of 180 riders in the 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.[8] 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.[9]
RadioShack (2010–2011)
editOn 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.[10] In February 2010 he finally started races with RadioShack at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne.[11]
GreenEdge (2012–2013)
editIn October 2011, it was announced that Beppu would ride for the new Australian based team GreenEDGE.[2] He participated in the men's road race at the 2012 Summer Olympics and finished in 22nd place.[12] After two years with the team, Beppu left at the end of the 2013 season to join Trek Factory Racing.[3]
Trek Factory Racing (2014–2019)
editHe was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España.[13]
Major results
edit- 2000
- 1st
Time trial, National Junior Road Championships - 2001
- 1st
Road race, Asian Junior Road Championships - 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 2003
- 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st Stage 1 Giro della Valle d'Aosta Mont Blanc
- 2004
- 1st Stage 1 Giro della Valle d'Aosta Mont Blanc
- 1st
Mountains classification Ronde de l'Isard - 3rd Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher
- 2006
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- Asian Games
- 4th Time trial
- 9th Road race
- 2007
- 10th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 2008
- 1st Road race, Asian Road Championships
- 2009
- 1st Mountains classification Route du Sud
Combativity award Stage 21 Tour de France- 2010
- 4th Châteauroux Classic
- 10th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 2011
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 6th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 8th GP Ouest–France
- 2012
- 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Eneco Tour
- 2nd Japan Cup Criterium
- 2013
- 5th Japan Cup Criterium
- 2014
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 4th Time trial, Asian Games
- 2015
- 1st Japan Cup Criterium
- 2016
- 1st Japan Cup Criterium
- 3rd
Road race, Asian Road Championships - Combativity award Stage 18 Vuelta a España
- 2017
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 4th Road race, Asian Road Championships
- 2018
- Asian Road Championships
- 1st Team time trial
- 2nd
Road race - 4th Time trial
- 1st
- Asian Games
- 2nd
Road race - 3rd
Time trial
- 2nd
- 2019
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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— | — | 66 | 121 | — | 82 | 117 | — |
 Tour de France
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109 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 120 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Fumiyuki Beppu – Trek Factory Racing". Trekfactoryracing.com. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Beppu finally confirmed for GreenEdge". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Beppu signs for new Trek WorldTour Team". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
- ^ "Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Nippo Delko Provence". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "EF Education - Nippo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Fumiyuki Beppu joins EF Pro Cycling". EF Pro Cycling. Slipstream Sports, Inc. 8 December 2020. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Tour de France 2009: Rider 192 – Fumiyuki Beppu". Letour.fr. Archived from the original on 2 August 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
- ^ Quénet, Jean-François (9 June 2009). "Tour de France likely for two Japanese riders". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ^ Richard Tyler (3 February 2010). "Skil-Shimano terminates contract with Beppu". Cyclingnews.com.
- ^ "Beppu gets off to a Classic start with RadioShack". 24 February 2010.
- ^ "Men's Road Race". London 2012. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ "71st Vuelta a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
External links
edit
- Official website
- Fumiyuki Beppu at UCI
- Fumiyuki Beppu at Cycling Archives
- Fumiyuki Beppu at ProCyclingStats
- Fumiyuki Beppu at Cycling Quotient
- Fumiyuki Beppu at CycleBase
