ARASHIRO Yukiya

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Road Race
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	27
2012	London, GBR	48

UCI Road World Championships

Year	Location	Road Race
2020	Imola, ITA	DNF
2019	Harrogate, GBR	DNF
2017	Bergen, NOR	46
2016	Doha, QAT	35
2015	Richmond, VA, USA	17
2014	Ponferrada, ESP	DNF
2012	Valkenburg, NED	DNF
2011	Copenhagen, DEN	133
2010	Melbourne, VIC, AUS	9
2009	Mendrisio, SUI	DNF
2008	Varese, ITA	76
2007	Stuttgart, GER	DNF

Tour de France

Rank	Event	Year	Location
65	Men's Individual	2014	Paris, FRA
84	Men's Individual	2012	Paris, FRA
99	Men's Individual	2013	Paris, FRA
109	Men's Individual	2017	Paris, FRA
112	Men's Individual	2010	Paris, FRA
116	Men's Individual	2016	Paris, FRA
129	Men's Individual	2009	Paris, FRA

Giro d'Italia

Rank	Event	Year	Location
77	Men's Individual	2021	Milan, ITA
89	Men's Individual	2020	Milan, ITA
93	Men's Individual	2010	Verona, ITA
127	Men's Individual	2014	Trieste, ITA

Vuelta a Espanya

Rank	Event	Year	Location
65	Men's Individual	2015	Madrid, ESP
106	Men's Individual	2016	Madrid, ESP
110	Men's Individual	2019	Madrid, ESP

Ten best WorldTour performances in career

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
10	2014	Road Race	Amstel Gold Race	Valkenburg, NED
23	2020	Road Race	Great Ocean Road Race	Geelong, VIC, AUS
24	2013	Road Race	Amstel Gold Race	Valkenburg, NED
25	2011	Road Race	GP de Quebec	Quebec, QC, CAN
26	2019	Road Race	RideLondon Classic	London, GBR
27	2012	Road Race	Bretagne Classic	Plouay, FRA
28	2011	Road Race	Gent - Wevelgem	Wevelgem, BEL
29	2020	Men's Individual	Tour Down Under	Willunga Hill, SA, AUS
29	2010	Road Race	GP de Quebec	Quebec, QC, CAN
30	2020	Road Race	Bretagne Classic	Plouay, FRA

Asian Championships

Year	Location	Road Race	Team Time Trial
2018	Naypyidaw, MYA	4	1
2017	Manama, BRN	7	2

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, OTL - Outside the Time Limit

Athlete

Wife Miwa Iijima

English, French, Japanese

Bahrain Victorious [Bahrain] since 2017

Turned professional in 2006

In March 2019 he fractured the left side of his pelvis after he fell while training in Thailand. He underwent surgery on his left elbow in order to insert a screw, and was sidelined for two months. (jsports.co.jp, 21 Jan 2020; GCN Japan YouTube channel, 18 Jan 2020; cyclist.sanspo.com, 01 Jan 2019)

He withdrew from the 2018 Tour of Japan after fracturing his left scapula [shoulder] and damaging the surrounding ligaments following a crash. He also fractured his right elbow in August 2018. (jsports.co.jp, 21 Jan 2020; teambahrainmerida.com, 23 May 2018)

In 2016 he had surgery on his left thigh bone after fracturing it during the 2016 Tour of Qatar. He required three months of recovery. (teambahrainmerida.com, 04 Aug 2018; sportiva.shueisha.co.jp, 16 Mar 2016; sankei.com, 14 Feb 2016)

He fractured the scapula bone in his left shoulder during the 2015 Liege-Bastogne-Liege in Belgium. (zasshi.news.yahoo.co.jp, 16 Mar 2016)

In April 2012 he fractured his left wrist. (jsports.co.jp, 21 Jan 2020; zasshi.news.yahoo.co.jp, 16 Mar 2016)

He first experienced road cycling when he was at junior school, but only concentrated on the sport after graduating from high school. (shinichikoji.com, 29 Nov 2007)

He was inspired by watching a video of his father's friend Shinichi Fukushima win the 2004 Tour of Japan. Fukushima invited him to visit France where he realised his talent for cycling. (jpla-ex.sakura.ne.jp, 17 Dec 2009; shinichikoji.com, 29 Nov 2007)

To compete at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. (cyclist.sanspo.com, 02 Jan 2020)

He was presented with a sports award by Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun in 2011 due to his success at the Asian championships. (yaeyamanippo-news.com, 20 Dec 2011)