Utsunomiya Blitzen

Utsunomiya Blitzen (宇都宮ブリッツェン, Utsunomiya Burittsen) is a Japanese UCI Continental cycling team.[1] It was established in 2009 with a home base in Utsunomiya, Tochigi, the location of the Japan Cup cycling race.[2]

A team car at the 2022 Tour of Japan
Utsunomiya Blitzen
The team at the 2022 Japan Cup
Team information
UCI codeBLZ
RegisteredJapan
Founded2009 (2009)
Discipline(s)Road
StatusUCI Continental
WebsiteTeam home page
Key personnel
General managerYoshimasa Hirose
Team manager(s)Yasutaka Tashiro
Team name history
2009
2010–
Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing
Utsunomiya Blitzen

Team roster
As of 3 March 2021.[3]
Rider Date of birth
 Takayuki Abe (JPN) (1986-06-12) 12 June 1986
 Takaaki Hori (JPN) (1992-07-01) 1 July 1992
 Ryota Kaihara (JPN) (1997-08-16) 16 August 1997
 Keien Kojima (JPN) (1996-12-23) 23 December 1996
 Hikaru Kosaka (JPN) (1988-10-21) 21 October 1988
Rider Date of birth
 Nariyuki Masuda (JPN) (1983-10-23) 23 October 1983
 Kaito Nakamura (JPN) (1997-01-20) 20 January 1997
 Hiroki Nishimura (JPN) (1994-10-20) 20 October 1994
 Kazusa Oikawa (JPN) (1998-06-10) 10 June 1998
 Rei Onodera (JPN) (1995-09-03) 3 September 1995

Major wins
2010
Stage 1 Tour de Kumano, Yoshimitsu Tsuji
2014
Tour de Okinawa, Nariyuki Masuda
2016
Overall Tour de Hokkaido, Nariyuki Masuda
Stage 2, Nariyuki Masuda
Prologue Tour de Kumano, Takayuki Abe
Stage 3 Tour de Kumano, Jin Okubo
Tour de Okinawa, Nariyuki Masuda
2017
U23 Asian Time Trial Cycling Championships, Rei Onodera
Points classification Tour de Kumano, Takayuki Abe
2018
Mountains classification Tour of Japan, Yuzuru Suzuki
Stage 2, Takeaki Amezawa
Prologue Tour de Kumano, Takayuki Abe
2019
Prologue Tour of Japan, Atsushi Oka
 Japan National Time Trial Championships, Nariyuki Masuda
Tour de Okinawa, Nariyuki Masuda
2021
Overall Tour of Japan, Nariyuki Masuda
Stage 1, Nariyuki Masuda
Mountains classification, Nariyuki Masuda
2022
Young rider classification Tour of Japan, Taishi Miyazaki

References
  1. 選手・スタッフ紹介. www.blitzen.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. "宇都宮にプロチーム「宇都宮BLITZEN」が誕生する". Cyclingtime.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  3. "Utsunomiya Blitzen". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
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