Full name Ryota Nishizono Weight 62 kg 2012 Bridgestone-Anchor Height 1.70 m | 2011 Shimano Racing Name Ryota Nishizono Discipline Road 2015– Bridgestone-Anchor Current team Bridgestone-Anchor | |
Born 1 September 1987 (age 37) Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan ( 1987-09-01 ) | ||
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Ryota Nishizono (西薗 良太, Nishizono Ryōta, born 1 September 1987) is a Japanese professional racing cyclist.
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Career
Born in Kirishima, Kagoshima, Nishizono attended Tokyo University, Japan's most elite university. While there in 2009, he won the Inter-College Championships. After graduation, he first joined Shimano Racing, for which he won the first stage of the Tour de Hokkaido in 2011. He moved to Bridgestone–Anchor in 2012 and won the men's time trial at the Japanese National Road Race Championships. For the 2013 season, he signed with UCI Professional Continental team Champion System.
In December 2013, Nishizono announced his retirement as a professional cyclist. He came out of retirement to join Bridgestone–Anchor for the 2015 season. In 2016 he regained his national time trial title.