Yukiya Arashiro: Difference between revisions

In 2009 he was selected by his team to ride the [[2009 Tour de France|Tour de France]].<ref>[http://www.bicycle.net/2009/arashiro-flies-flag-for-japan-in-tour-de-france Arashiro Flies Flag For Japan in Tour de France]</ref> Along with [[Fumiyuki Beppu]], he was the first Japanese national to complete that race, as on prior occasions [[Kisso Kawamuro]] and [[Daisuke Imanaka]] had started, but not finished, the race.<ref>{{cite web|last=Quénet|first=Jean-François|title=Tour de France likely for two Japanese riders|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-de-france-likely-for-two-japanese-riders|work=Cyclingnews|date=9 June 2009 |access-date=16 May 2012}}</ref> By finishing the [[2010 Giro d'Italia]], he became the first Japanese person to finish two [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]] events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclowired.jp/?q=node/33745|title=Arashiro Yukiya ga Jiro de Itaria sōgō 93-i kansō|last=Ayano|first=Makoto|date=31 May 2010|work=Cyclowired|language=ja|access-date=31 May 2010}}</ref> He recorded a third-place stage finish on the [[2010 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 5|fifth stage]], behind breakaway companions [[Jérôme Pineau]] and [[Julien Fouchard]].<ref>{{cite news|first1=Les|last1=Clarke|first2=Jean-François|last2=Quénet|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/giro-ditalia-2010/stage-5/results/|title=Pineau nabs Quick Step's second stage|work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|publisher=[[Future plc]]|date=13 May 2010|access-date=28 December 2020}}</ref> He completed his third [[2012 Tour de France|Tour de France]] in 2012 in 84th place—the highest placing of a Japanese person at that time<ref>{{cite web|title=Arashiro Yukiya rēsu-go intabyū|url=http://www.cyclowired.jp/?q=node/88707|work=Cyclowired|access-date=28 July 2012}}</ref>—and earned the most combative award on Stage 4.<ref>{{cite web|last=Benson|first=Daniel|title=Greipel wins Tour de France stage in Rouen|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/tour-de-france/stage-4/results|work=CyclingNews.com|access-date=28 July 2012}}</ref> He participated in the [[Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics&nbsp;– Men's road race|men's road race]] at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] and finished in 48th place.<ref name=London>{{cite web|title=Men's Road Race|url=http://www.london2012.com/cycling-road/event/men-road-race/index.html|work=London 2012|access-date=9 August 2012|archive-date=5 December 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205083505/www.london2012.com/cycling-road/event/men-road-race/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> A few weeks after the Olympics, he became the first Japanese to win a race categorized as HC by the [[Union Cycliste Internationale|UCI]], the [[Tour du Limousin]] of the [[Palais des Sports de Beaublanc]] in [[Limoges]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Tsuji|first=Kei|title=Nihonjin hatsu no chōkyū kategorī rēsu seiha|url=http://www.cyclowired.jp/?q=node/89862|work=Cyclowired|access-date=18 August 2012}}</ref> Competing in the [[2015 Vuelta a España]],<ref name="Vuelta">{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingfever.com/editie.html?detp=view&_ap=startlijst&editie_idd=MjYwNzQ= |title=Vuelta a España 2015 |access-date=21 August 2015 |work=Cycling Fever}}</ref> he became the first Japanese person to finish the three [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]].<ref name=Iijima>{{cite web|last1=Iijima|first1=Miwa|title=新城幸也が日本人初のグランツール3大会完走|url=http://cyclist.sanspo.com/204915|website=Cyclist Sanspo|access-date=14 September 2015|language=ja}}</ref> He finishedtook 27thpart three further times in the Olympic road race, coming 27th ([[Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|2016 Summer Olympics men's road race]]), and 35th in the ([[Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|20202021]]), and 56th ([[Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics men– Men's individual road race|2024]]).