Matrix Powertag

Matrix Powertag
Team information
Registered Japan
Founded 2006
Discipline Road
Status UCI Continental
Bicycles Focus
Website Team home page
Key personnel
General manager Masahiro Yasuhara
Team manager(s) Kojiro Nakagawa
Team name history
2006
2007-		 Matrix
Matrix Powertag

Matrix Powertag (マトリックスパワータグ Matorikkusu Pawātagu) is a UCI Continental cycling team based in Japan.[1] It was founded in 2006.[2] For the 2014 season, the team added several riders from Spain,[1] including Eduard Prades for the last part of the season.[3] Masahiro Yasuhara is currently the manager of the team.[4]

Current roster

As of 1 January 2015.

Rider Date of birth
 Ryo Chikatani (JPN) (1992-04-17) April 17, 1992
 Airan Fernández (ESP) (1988-10-30) October 30, 1988
 Ryosuke Hashimoto (JPN) (1992-03-08) March 8, 1992
 Keisuke Kitanishi (JPN) (1996-10-07) October 7, 1996
 Kazuyuki Manabe (JPN) (1970-02-16) February 16, 1970
 Naoki Mukaigawa (JPN) (1980-12-27) December 27, 1980
 Daisei Nagara (JPN) (1974-04-09) April 9, 1974
Rider Date of birth
 Benjamin Prades (ESP) (1983-10-26) October 26, 1983
 Kenji Takubo (JPN) (1995-09-11) September 11, 1995
 José Vicente Toribio (ESP) (1985-12-22) December 22, 1985
 Chikara Wada (JPN) (1992-03-18) March 18, 1992
 Daiki Yasuhara (JPN) (1991-02-12) February 12, 1991
 Hayato Yoshida (JPN) (1989-05-19) May 19, 1989

Major Results

2007
1st Stage 2 Tour of Thailand, Masahiko Mifune
2011
1st Stage 2 Tour de Hokkaido, Takahiro Yamashita
2012
1st Stage 2 Tour of Malopolska, Mariusz Wiesiak
2014
1st Stage 5 Tour of Thailand, Sebastián Mora
2015
1st Stage 2 Tour de Ijen, Benjamin Prades
1st Stage 4 Tour of Japan, Benjamin Prades
1st Overall Tour de Kumano, Benjamin Prades
1st Stage 2, Benjamin Prades

References

  1. 1 2 Takagi, Hideaki. スペイン選手3人加入　10人体制のマトリックス. Cyclowired (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "新チーム マトリックスパワータグ・スペシャライズド の体制". Cyclingtime.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Eduard Prades ficha por el equipo japonés Matrix Powertag". Escyclismo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "ホセ・ビセンテ、吉田隼人ら加入で戦闘力増すマトリックス". Cyclowired (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 May 2015.
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