Utsunomiya Blitzen

Utsunomiya Blitzen

Team information
UCI code	BLZ
Registered	Japan
Founded	2009 (2009)
Discipline	Road
Status	UCI Continental
Team name history
2009 2010–	Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Utsunomiya Blitzen

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

Major results

2010

1st Stage 1 Tour de Kumano, Yoshimitsu Tsuji

2014

1st Tour de Okinawa, Nariyuki Masuda

2015 squad

As of 15 March 2015.

Rider Date of birth Takayuki Abe (JPN) (1986-06-12) 12 June 1986 Kazuyuki Aoyanagi (JPN) (1989-02-21) 21 February 1989 Takaaki Hori (JPN) (1992-07-01) 1 July 1992 Nariyuki Masuda (JPN) (1983-10-23) 23 October 1983 Jin Okubo (JPN) (1988-10-08) 8 October 1988

Rider Date of birth Yamato Shirota (JPN) (1994-11-25) 25 November 1994 Yuzuru Suzuki (JPN) (1985-11-06) 6 November 1985 Shinri Suzuki (JPN) (1974-12-25) 25 December 1974 Takuya Yamagata (JPN) (1989-07-08) 8 July 1989