Fumiyuki Beppu
Fumiyuki Beppu (Japanese: 別府史之; born 10 April 1983) is a Japanese professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Trek–Segafredo. His older brother is the cyclist Takumi Beppu.
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 a one-year contract.
Skil-Shimano years (2008–2009)
On 26 July 2009, Beppu, riding for Skil–Shimano, finished 112th out of 180 riders in the 2009 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. 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.
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