.JPG) | |
| Team information | |
|---|---|
| UCI code | BGT |
| Registered | Japan |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Discipline(s) | |
| Status | Continental |
| Website | Team home page |
| Key personnel | |
| General manager | Junichi Shibuya |
| Team manager(s) | Keisuke Miyazaki |
| Team name history | |
2008–2009 2010–2013 2014–2017 2018– | Team Bridgestone Anchor Bridgestone Anchor Bridgestone Anchor Cycling Team Team Bridgestone Cycling |
Team Bridgestone Cycling (UCI team code: BGT) is a continental cycling team based in Japan that participates in UCI Continental Circuits races.
The team's history can be traced back to 1964, but its current incarnation as the UCI registered road-racing team Team Bridgestone-Anchor started in 2008.[citation needed] For the 2012 season the team made a major change, adding several non-Japanese riders and running half their races outside Japan.[1] For 2013, they signed Damien Monier, a French stage winner at the Giro d'Italia.[2] During this period another Frenchman Thomas Lebas was the team leader for 5 years.
In 2018, the team changed its name to Team Bridgestone Cycling, with an all-Japanese team roster.[3]
- ^ "メンバー大刷新のブリヂストン・アンカー". Cyclowired. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ "Damien Monier signe chez Bridgestone-Anchor". VeloRacingNews. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ 新生「チーム ブリヂストンサイクリング」が発足 東京五輪自転車競技開催地の静岡県を拠点に (in Japanese). cyclist.sanspo.com. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2018.