Aisan Racing Team

Aisan Racing Team
Team information
UCI codeAIS
RegisteredJapan
Founded2006 (2006)
Discipline(s)Road
StatusUCI Continental
WebsiteTeam home page
Key personnel
General managerKoji Sawada
Team manager(s)
Team name history
2006–
Aisan Racing Team (AIS)

Aisan Racing Team (愛三工業レーシングチーム, Aisan Kōgyō Rēshingu Chīmu, UCI team code: AIS) is a Japanese UCI Continental cycling team managed by Takumi Beppu and sponsored by Aisan Industry Co. Ltd. [ja].

It was previously formed in 1976 as the bicycle club for the employees of Aisan Industry. The club started racing in earnest in 1987 after registering in the Japan Industrial Track & Field Association.[citation needed]

Team roster

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As of 16 September 2023.[1]
Rider Date of birth
 Masahiro Ishigami (JPN) (1997-10-20) 20 October 1997 (age 27)
 Keigo Kusaba (JPN) (1996-09-08) 8 September 1996 (age 28)
 Keito Nishio (JPN) (1995-07-06) 6 July 1995 (age 29)
 Hayato Okamoto (JPN) (1995-06-01) 1 June 1995 (age 29)
 Ken Sato (JPN) (1999-11-19) 19 November 1999 (age 25)
Rider Date of birth
 Yuzuru Suzuki (JPN) (1985-11-06) 6 November 1985 (age 39)
 Hayato Tobaru (JPN) (1997-06-26) 26 June 1997 (age 27)
 Ayumu Watanabe (JPN) (1998-03-08) 8 March 1998 (age 26)
 Shotaro Watanabe (JPN) (1994-08-29) 29 August 1994 (age 30)
 Kentaro Yamamoto (JPN) (1997-02-03) 3 February 1997 (age 27)

Major wins

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2006
Overall Tour de Hokkaido, Taiji Nishitani
Prologue, Kazuhiro Mori
Stage 3, Taiji Nishitani
Stage 4 Herald Sun Tour, Satoshi Hirose
2007
Stage 7 Tour de Taiwan, Satoshi Hirose
Stage 2 Tour de Hokkaido, Taiji Nishitani
Stages 7 & 8 Tour of South China Sea, Taiji Nishitani
2008
Stage 3 Tour de East Java, Taiji Nishitani
Stage 1 Tour de Kumano, Satoshi Hirose
Stages 2 & 3 Tour de Hokkaido, Kazuhiro Mori
Stage 6 Tour de Hokkaido, Taiji Nishitani
2009
 Japan Road Race Championships, Taiji Nishitani
 Japan Time Trial Championships, Kazuhiro Mori
Stage 6 Jelajah Malaysia, Taiji Nishitani
Stage 3b Tour de Singkarak, Taiji Nishitani
Stage 2 Tour de Hokkaido, Kazuhiro Mori
2010
Stage 4 Tour de Langkawi, Taiji Nishitani
Prologue Tour de Hokkaido, Taiji Nishitani
Overall Tour of South China Sea, Kazuhiro Mori
2011
Stage 4 Tour de Langkawi, Takeaki Ayabe
Stage 8 Tour de Taiwan, Taiji Nishitani
Stage 1 Tour de Kumano, Shinpei Fukuda
Stage 3 Tour de Kumano, Taiji Nishitani
Stage 4 Tour de Singkarak, Yasuharu Nakajima
Stage 2 Tour of Hainan, Yasuharu Nakajima
Overall Tour de Okinawa, Kazuhiro Mori
2012
Stage 5 Tour of Japan, Taiji Nishitani
Stage 1 Tour de Singkarak, Masakazu Ito
Stage 6 Tour de Singkarak, Yasuharu Nakajima
Stage 4 Tour of China I, Taiji Nishitani
2013
Stages 1 (ITT) & 6 Tour of Japan, Taiji Nishitani
Stage 3 Tour de Ijen, Shinpei Fukuda
2014
Overall Tour of Thailand, Yasuharu Nakajima
Stage 6, Taiji Nishitani
Stage 1 Tour de East Java, Yasuharu Nakajima
2015
Asian rider classification Tour de Langkawi, Tomohiro Hayakawa
Overall Tour of Thailand, Yasuharu Nakajima
2017
Points classification Tour de Hokkaido, Hayato Okamoto
Stage 2, Hayato Okamoto
2018
Stage 1 Tour de Taiwan, Hayato Okamoto
Stage 3 Tour de Lombok, Shiki Kuroeda
Young rider classification Tour de Kumano, Sora Nomoto
2019
Stage 3 Tour de Ijen, Kakeru Omae
2022
Stage 1 Tour de Taiwan, Hayato Okamoto
2024
Stage 3 Tour de Kumano, Hayato Okamoto

References

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  1. ^ "Aisan Racing Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste International. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
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