Manabu Ishibashi

Manabu Ishibashi (石橋 学, Ishibashi Manabu, born 30 November 1992) is a Japanese professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Team Bridgestone Cycling.[1] He won the Under-23 Japanese National Time Trial Championships in 2014.[2] He joined Team Nippo–De Rosa starting in the 2013 season while he was still a student at the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya.[3] He stayed on with Nippo–Vini Fantini as it became a Professional Continental team starting in the 2015 season.[4]

Manabu Ishibashi
Personal information
Full name
Born (1992-11-30) 30 November 1992
Sannohe, Aomori, Japan
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current teamTeam Bridgestone Cycling
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
2012Team UKYO (stagiaire)
2013–2016Team Nippo–De Rosa
2017–Bridgestone–Anchor

Ishibashi became the sixth Japanese cyclist to participate in the Giro d'Italia when he rode in the 2015 edition.[5] He withdrew from the race on the 9th stage.[6] He transferred to Bridgestone–Anchor for the 2017 season.[7]

Major results
2014
1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
Asian Under-23 Road Championships
7th Time trial
9th Road race
2019
4th Tour de Okinawa
7th Overall Tour of Japan

References
  1. "Team Bridgestone Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 8 May 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  2. "鹿屋の石橋学がU23で優勝、山本大喜がジュニア、沢田桂太郎がU17でTT新チャンピオンに". Cyclowired (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  3. "NIPPOで走る鹿屋体大の石橋・徳田 中根が正式加入で平均年齢21.5歳". Cyclowired (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  4. "プロコン昇格のNIPPOヴィーニファンティーニが2015メンバーを発表 山本、黒枝、石橋が加入". Cyclowired (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  5. "石橋学がジロ・デ・イタリア出場へ。日本勢として6人目". CycleStyle (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  6. "Giro d'Italia – Benevento – San Giorgio del Sannio". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015. The 'lanterne rouge' of the race – Japan's Manabu Ishibashi of Nippo-Vini Fantini – has withdrawn from the race.
  7. "大久保、堀、石橋、面手、近谷が加入 ブリヂストンアンカーが来季体制を発表". cyclowired (in Japanese). 6 May 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
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