Hiroki Nishimura

Hiroki Nishimura
Personal information
Full name
Born (1994-10-20) 20 October 1994 (age 30)
Tokyo, Japan
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Team information
Current teamUtsunomiya Blitzen
DisciplineRoad
Role
Amateur team
2017Nippo–Vini Fantini (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2013–2017Shimano Racing Team
2018–2019Nippo–Vini Fantini–Europa Ovini[1][2]
2020–2022Utsunomiya Blitzen[3][4]
Managerial team
2023–Utsunomiya Blitzen

Hiroki Nishimura (西村 大輝, Nishimura Hiroki, born 20 October 1994, in Tokyo) is a Japanese former cyclist, who now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Utsunomiya Blitzen.

In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.[5] On the first stage, he finished outside the time limit and had to leave the race.[6]

  1. ^ "Nippo-Vini Fantini hoping to secure Giro d'Italia wildcard". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Nippo-Fantini-Faizanè, 17 uomini in organico nel 2019" [Nippo-Fantini-Faizanè, 17 men on roster in 2019]. SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net (in Italian). Gravatar. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Utsunomiya Blitzen". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 25 May 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Utsunomiya Blitzen". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  5. ^ "2019: 102nd Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Nishimura misses time cut in Giro d'Italia opener".