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| Full name | Yukiya Arashiro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1984-09-22)22 September 1984 (age 41) Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Team Solution Tech–Vini Fantini | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2006 | Cycle Racing Team Vang | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Nippo Corporation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Meitan Hompo-GDR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2015 | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Lampre–Merida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2024 | Bahrain–Merida[1][2][3][4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Team Solution Tech–Vini Fantini | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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One-day races and Classics
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Yukiya Arashiro (新城幸也,Arashiro Yukiya; born 22 September 1984) is a Japaneseroad bicycle racer, who currently rides forUCI ProTeamTeam Solution Tech–Vini Fantini.[5]
Born inIshigaki,Okinawa Prefecture, Arashiro was the Japanese Under-23 National Time Trial and Road Race Champion in 2005. He has also won theJapanese National Road Race Championships three times, in 2007, 2013 and 2022.
In 2009 he was selected by his team to ride theTour de France.[6] Along withFumiyuki Beppu, he was the first Japanese national to complete that race, as on prior occasionsKisso Kawamuro andDaisuke Imanaka had started, but not finished, the race.[7] By finishing the2010 Giro d'Italia, he became the first Japanese person to finish twoGrand Tour events.[8] He recorded a third-place stage finish on thefifth stage, behind breakaway companionsJérôme Pineau andJulien Fouchard.[9] He completed his thirdTour de France in 2012 in 84th place—the highest placing of a Japanese person at that time[10]—and earned the most combative award on Stage 4.[11] He participated in themen's road race at the2012 Summer Olympics and finished in 48th place.[12] A few weeks after the Olympics, he became the first Japanese to win a race categorized as HC by theUCI, theTour du Limousin of thePalais des Sports de Beaublanc inLimoges.[13] Competing in the2015 Vuelta a España,[14] he became the first Japanese person to finish the threeGrand Tours.[15] He took part three further times in the Olympic road race, coming 27th (2016), 35th (2021), and 56th (2024).
Arashiro has completed all sixteen Grand Tours that he has started, with a best finish of 65th at the2014 Tour de France and the 2015 Vuelta a España.
Time trialRoad raceRoad race, National Road Championships
Time trial
Road race
OverallTour du Limousin
Combativity award Stage 4Tour de FranceRoad race, National Road Championships
Road race,Asian Road ChampionshipsCombativity award Stage 6Tour de France Team time trial Team time trial OverallTour de TaiwanRoad race Road race,Asian Road Championships| Grand Tour | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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 Giro d'Italia | — | 93 | — | — | — | 127 | — | — | — | — | — | 89 | 77 | — | 123 |
 Tour de France | 129 | 112 | — | 84 | 99 | 65 | — | 116 | 109 | — | — | — | — | — | |
 / Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — | 65 | 106 | — | — | 110 | — | 116 | — |
