Yukiya Arashiro

Yukiya Arashiro
is a Japanese road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .
Career
Born in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, Arashiro was the Japanese Under-23 National Time Trial and Road Race Champion in 2005. He has also won the Japanese National Road Race Championships three times, in 2007, 2013 and 2022.
In 2009 he was selected by his team to ride the Tour de France. 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. By finishing the 2010 Giro d'Italia, he became the first Japanese person to finish two Grand Tour events. He recorded a third-place stage finish on the fifth stage, behind breakaway companions Jérôme Pineau and Julien Fouchard. He completed his third Tour de France in 2012 in 84th place—the highest placing of a Japanese person at that time—and earned the most combative award on Stage 4. He participated in the men's road race at the 2012 Summer Olympics and finished in 48th place. A few weeks after the Olympics, he became the first Japanese to win a race categorized as HC by the UCI, the Tour du Limousin of the Palais des Sports de Beaublanc in Limoges. Competing in the 2015 Vuelta a España, he became the first Japanese person to finish the three Grand Tours. He finished 27th in the 2016 Summer Olympics men's road race, and 35th in the 2020 Summer Olympics men's road race.
Arashiro has completed all sixteen Grand Tours that he has started, with a best finish of 65th at the 2014 Tour de France and the 2015 Vuelta a España.
Major results
2005
National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Time trial
1st Road race
9th Tour de Okinawa
2006
3rd Overall Tour du Limousin
3rd Tour de Okinawa
2007
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Stage 7 Tour of Japan
2nd Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León
1st Mountains classification
2nd Tour du Jura
3rd Overall Tour de Hokkaido
1st Stage 4
3rd Tour de Okinawa
5th Japan Cup
7th Tour du Finistère
2008
1st Overall Tour de Okinawa
1st Stages 1 & 2
Asian Road Championships
3rd Time trial
10th Road race
3rd Overall Tour du Limousin
1st Stage 2
3rd Overall Tour de Kumano
1st Stage 2
5th Overall Tour of Japan
7th Overall Les 3 Jours de Vaucluse
7th Overall Tour de Bretagne
2009
9th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
10th Trophée des Grimpeurs
10th Grand Prix de Denain
2010
1st Critérium cycliste international de Quillan
5th Paris–Tours
7th Grand Prix de la Somme
9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
9th Val d'Ille Classic
9th Japan Cup
2011
Asian Road Championships
1st Road race
4th Time trial
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
5th Overall Paris–Corrèze
10th Overall Tour du Limousin
2012
1st Overall Tour du Limousin
Combativity award Stage 4 Tour de France
2013
1st Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Tour du Limousin
2014
10th Amstel Gold Race
2015
3rd Japan Cup
5th Paris–Camembert
6th Cholet-Pays de Loire
10th Road race, Asian Road Championships
2016
1st Stage 7 Tour of Japan
2nd Road race, Asian Road Championships
9th Japan Cup
Combativity award Stage 6 Tour de France
2017
Asian Road Championships
2nd Team time trial
7th Road race
3rd Hong Kong Challenge
2018
Asian Road Championships
1st Team time trial
5th Road race
1st Overall Tour de Taiwan
2019
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2022
National Road Championships
1st Road race
3rd Time trial
2023
3rd Road race, Asian Road Championships
National Road Championships
3rd Time trial
8th Road race
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
External links
Europcar Profile
CyclingNews Profile
Tour De France Profile
Japanese male cyclists
1984 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Okinawa Prefecture
Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for Japan
Cyclists at the 2022 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for Japan