Team Bridgestone Cycling

Team Bridgestone Cycling
Team information
UCI code	BGT
Registered	Japan
Founded	2008
Discipline(s)	Road; Track; Mountain biking; Para-cycling;
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.

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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]

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Team Bridgestone Cycling

Team roster

Major wins

National champions

References

External links

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