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miyazawa at the 2012 tour down under . takashi miyazawa 2015 -- 22 february 2015 ppo 2014 lemonade bellmare japan 60 kg lb st on national championship -lrb- 2007 -rrb- tour de hokkaido -lrb- 2008 , road 2009 -rrb- race championships -lrb- 2010 -rrb- asian cycling 1.65 road 27 february 1978 2014 rider -lrb- retired -rrb- takashi miyazawa.jpg takashi miyazawa
 takashi miyazawa lemonade bellmare
takashi miyazawa

miyazawa had a varied early career , riding cyclocross at first , then participating on various teams in japan , italy , and france , and even riding independently at times .
he once quit road cycling to participate in the keirin school .
finally settling on road cycling with bridgestone anchor in 2005 , miyazawa quickly established himself as one of japan 's top sprinters , reaching the podium not only in japan , but in asia and europe as well .
he was asian champion in 2007 and represented japan in the 2008 summer olympics .
he was hired by the uci professional continental team amica chips-knauf in 2009 but returned to his japanese team when amica chips floundered due to financial difficulties .
joining team nippo in 2010 , he won the japanese national championship that year .
on 28 october 2010 , it was announced that miyazawa had signed to ride with the new italian pro continental team , , for the 2011 season .
on 21 october 2011 , it was announced that miyazawa signed a one-year contract with uci world tour team for the 2012 season .
for the 2014 season , miyazawa rejoined , but announced his retirement at the end of that season .
after his retirement , he assumed the post of manager of the lemonade bellmare cycling team .
