Fumiyuki Beppu

Fumiyuki Beppu (Japanese: 別府史之; born 10 April 1983) is a Japanese professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–Nippo.[6][7] His older brother is the cyclist Takumi Beppu.

Fumiyuki Beppu
Beppu at the 2015 Brabantse Pijl
Personal information
Full name
NicknameFumy
Born (1983-04-10) 10 April 1983
Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st)[1]
Team information
Current teamEF Education–Nippo
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Classics rider
Amateur teams
2001–2002Bridgestone–Anchor
2003–2004Vélo-Club La Pomme Marseille
Professional teams
2005–2007Discovery Channel
2008–2009Skil–Shimano
2010–2011Team RadioShack
2012–2013GreenEDGE[2]
2014–2019Trek Factory Racing[3][4]
2020Nippo–Delko–One Provence[5]
2021–EF Education–Nippo
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
Asian Road Race Chiampionships (2008)
National Road Race Championships (2006, 2011)
National Time Trial Championships (2006, 2011, 2014)

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 an initial one-year contract.

Skil-Shimano (2008–2009)

On 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)

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.[10] In February 2010 he finally started races with RadioShack at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne.[11]

GreenEdge (2012–2013)

In 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)

He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España.[13]

Major results
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
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
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
Asian Games
2nd Road race
3rd Time trial
2019
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Giro d'Italia — — 66 121 — 82 117 —
Tour de France 109 — — — — — — —
Vuelta a España — — — — — — — 120

References
  1. "Fumiyuki Beppu – Trek Factory Racing". Trekfactoryracing.com. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  2. "Beppu finally confirmed for GreenEdge". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. "Beppu signs for new Trek WorldTour Team". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  4. "Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  5. "Nippo Delko Provence". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  6. "EF Education - Nippo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  7. "Fumiyuki Beppu joins EF Pro Cycling". EF Pro Cycling. Slipstream Sports, Inc. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  8. "Tour de France 2009: Rider 192 – Fumiyuki Beppu". Letour.fr. Archived from the original on 2 August 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
  9. Quénet, Jean-François. "Tour de France likely for two Japanese riders". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  10. Richard Tyler (3 February 2010). "Skil-Shimano terminates contract with Beppu". Cyclingnews.com.
  11. {http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/beppu-gets-off-to-a-classic-start-with-radioshack}
  12. "Men's Road Race". London 2012. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  13. "71st Vuelta a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
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