Fumiyuki (Fumy) Beppu was first introduced to the sport of cycling in 1990, at a tender age of 7, after a family friend had made the 20km journey to visit his home by mountain bike. Fumy's father, inspired by his friends accomplishment, decided that cycling would be a sport that his whole family would enjoy.
In the same year, Fumy's eldest brother, Hajime, upon watching the World Cycling Championships Road Race on TV, which was taking place in nearby Utsunomiya, was so inspired by the race that he decided to enter bicycle races. Hajime soon joined "Watanabe Racing Cycle" cycling club named after the store owned by Tsutomu Watanabe who was also a professional keirin racer at that time. Watanabe was able to inspire and pass on the enjoyment of the sport to Fumy and his brothers.
In 1991, at the age of 9, Fumy entered his first bicycle race which was a mountain bike race along with his brothers. Fumy managed to finish in 15th place in the elementary school category and had his first taste of competition.
In 1994, at the age of 11, he had his first hand at road racing and won the elementary school category by beating students much older than himself. From that point, Fumy had a string of more than 20 consecutive victories in both road and mountain bike events before graduating junior high school. It was from this period on that Fumy had aspirations of becoming a professional cyclist in Europe.
In the same period, Fumy excelled to the highest category in mountain biking and continued to excel on the road. Japan started to have high hopes for this promising young rider.
Meanwhile, Fumy's other brother, Takumi was enjoying his own successes in the sport and started to race in France when he joined "Team Nippo". Fumy was determined to follow in his brother's footprints.
At the age of 15, just in his first year of high school, Fumy placed second in the National High School Championships. This was followed by victories in the Spring National Invitational High School Bicycle Race in consecutive years.
The following year, at age of 16, Fumy travelled to Canada where he competed in the Tour de l'Abitibi during his summer holiday. This was the first time he raced abroad and experienced international competition. He fared well against his international rivals which gave him the much needed confidence to continue in his pursuit of his dream. Later that year, he competed and finished in the World Championships held in France.
Fumy's successes continued into the following year, when he won the Japanese National High School Championships, and was also given the Best Asian Racer title. He concluded by competing and finishing in another World Championship this time held in Portugal.
Upon graduating from high school, he was given the opportunity to ride on a top Japanese team "Bridgestone Anchor". In order to prepare Fumy for European races, the team had sent him to ride with the top level French amateur club "Velo Club La Pomme Marseille". In the subsequent three year period, Fumy continued to race in Europe in top U23 events and would finish 13th in Paris-Roubaix Espoirs at the age of 19.
In his third year with the French team, Fumy continued to amass many high placings. It wasn't until late in August, when he finally won his first international race when he took the first stage of Giro della Valle d'Aosta. Fumy was then selected to participate in the World Championships (U23) for his third consecutive year.
(Results: 2002 Belgium - 43rd with main group, 2003 Canada - 24th. 2004 Italy, mechanical problems during the race, but finished 29th)
For 2005, Fumy is a member of the UCI Pro Tour professional cycling team "Discovery Channel".
=Early Sports Competitions=
Kindergarten to Junior High School: swimming
Junior High School: track and field
=Team=
2002 - 2004
VC La Pomme Marseille
2005 - 2007
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
2008 - 2009
Skil - Shimano Professional Cycling Team
2010
Team Radio Shack
[ Results ]
>>2000 "Jounior 1st season"
Japan Highschool Championships RR JPN
1st Overall
Japanese TT Championships "Junior" JPN
1st Place Overall
Japanese RR Championships "Junior" JPN
2nd Place Overall
Tour de l'Abitibi International(UCI 2.9.1) CAN
7th Place stage2
*First International Race
UCI TT World Championships "Junior" FRA
52nd Place Overall
UCI RR World Championships "Junior" FRA
55th Place Overall
>>2001 "Jounior 2nd season"
Japan Highschool Championships RR JPN
1st Overall
Japanese TT Championships "Junior" JPN
3rd Place Overall
Japanese RR Championships "Junior" JPN
1st Place Overall
Asian Championships "Junior" TPE
1st Place Overall
UCI TT World Championships "Junior" POR
43nd Place Overall
UCI RR World Championships "Junior" POR
69th Place Overall
>>2002 "U23 1st season"
Paris-Roubaix Espoirs (UCI 1.7.1) FRA
28th Place Overall
Japanese RR Championships "U23"
2nd Place Overall
UCI RR World Championships "U23" BEL
43th Place Overall
>>2003 "U23 2nd season"
Paris-Roubaix Espoirs (UCI 1.7.1) FRA
13th Place Overall
Japanese RR Championships "U23" JPN
1st Place Overall
Giro della Valle d'Aosta (UCI 2.6) ITA
1st Place Stage1(TTT)
4th Place Stage4
UCI RR World Championships "U23" CAN
24th Place Overall
>>2004 "U23 3rd season"
Souvenir Vietto - Gianello / GP De Rocheville (1.12.4) FRA
3rd Place Overall
GP de la ville d'Antibes (1.12.4) FRA
5th Place Overall
Menton-Savona (UCI 1.6) ITA
16th Place Overall
GP Pierre Pinel(1.12.1) FRA
11th Place Overall
Les Monts du Luberon Coupe de France DN1 FRA
26th Place Overall
Bordeaux - Saintes (UCI 1.6) FRA
14th Place Overall
La Roue Tourangelle (UCI 1.7.1) FRA
20th Place Overall
Annemasse - Bellegade - Annemasse (UCI 1.6)
9th Place Stogat
Prix des Flandres Francaises (UCI 1.6)
16th Place Overall
Tour du Loir-et-Cher(UCI 2.6)
3rd Place Overall
5th Place Stage2
2rd Place Stage5
Ronde de l'isard (UCI 2.7.1) FRA
3rd Place Stage1(TTT)
6th Place Stage3
1st Mountains classification
1st Teams classification
Tour d'eure et loir coupe de France DN1 (UCI 1.7.2) FRA
5th Place Overall
Ronde de L'oise (2.12.1) FRA
2nd Place Stage1(TTT)
8th Place Stage3
6th Place Stage5
3rd Place Overall
La Deux-Sevrienne CLM par equipe comptant pour la coupe de France de DN1 FRA
1st Place Overall(TTT)
Trophee des Champions (1.12.1) FRA
3rd Place Overall
Cinq Jour des As de Provence #4 / GP des meubles Espi a Pelisanne(1.12.1) FRA
3rd Place Overall
Tour des Pyreenees (UCI 2.6) FRA
7th Place Stage3
GP Cita di Felino (UCI 1.6) ITA
3rd Place Overall
Giro della Valle d'Aosta (UCI 2.6) ITA
1st Place Stage1
6th Place Stage4
Milano-Rapallo (1.12.1) ITA
6th Place Overall
UCI RR World Championships "U23" ITA
29th Place Overall
>>2005 1st season in Professional
28,Jan-6,Feb
Tour de langkawi (UCI AsiaTour 2.HC) MAS
10th Place Stage4 (ITT 20.3km)
4-6,March
Record-Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen (UCI EuropeTour 2.1) BEL
*Race Cancel by snow
23,Mar
Dwars door Vlaanderen (UCI EuropeTour 1.1) BEL
27,Mar
Brabantse Pijl/Fleche Brabanconne (UCI EuropeTour 1.1) BEL
*with Lance Armstrong
29,Mar
Paris-Camembert Lepetit (UCI EuropeTour 1.1) FRA
*with Lance Armstrong
5-8,Apr
Circuit Cycliste Sarthe-Pays de la Loire (UCI EuropeTour 2.1) FRA
10th Place Stage2b (ITT 8.8km)
13th Place Overall
3rd Place Best Young Rider3位
13,Apr
Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen (Europe Tour 1.HC) BEL
26,Apr-1,May
Tour de Romandie (UCI ProTour) SWI
100th Place Overall
16-22,May
Volta a Catalunya (UCI ProTour) ESP
→ Final Winner Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
31,May
Wachovia Invitational - Lancaster (UCI AmericaTour 1.1) USA
2,Jun
Wachovia Classic - Trenton (UCI AmericaTour 1.1) USA
53rd Place Overall
5,Jun
Wachovia USPRO Championships (UCI AmericaTour 1.HC) USA
26th Place Overall
25,Jun
Japanese Road Race Championships (National Championships) JPN
20-24,Jul
Sachsen-Tour International (UCI EuropeTour 2.1) GER
8th Place Stage3
53th Place Overall
31,Jul
HEW-Cyclassics (UCI ProTour) GER
7-10,Aug
Tour de l'Ain (UCI EuropeTour 2.1) FRA
16th Place Stage1
18th Place Overall
4,Sep
San Francisco Grand Prix (UCI AmericaTour 1.HC) USA
22,Sep
UCI TT World Championships "Elite" ESP
28th Place Overall +3.12
>>2006 2nd season in Professional
1-5,Mar
Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia (UCI EuropeTour 2.1) ESP
13th Place Stage1
17th Place Stage2 (ITT 21.6km)
22,Mar
Dwars door Vlaanderen (UCI EuropeTour 1.1) BEL
25,Mar
E3 Prijs Vlaanderen (UCI EuropeTour 1.HC) BEL
5,Apr
Gent - Wevelgem (UCI ProTour) BEL
16,Apr
Amstel Gold Race (UCI ProTour) NED
19,Apr
La Fleche Wallonne (UCI ProTour) BEL
106th Place Overall
23,Apr
Liege - Bastogne - Liege (UCI ProTour) BEL
25-30,Apr
Tour de Romandie (UCI ProTour) SUI
15-21,May
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (UCI ProTour) ESP
18th Place Stage2
18th Place Stage3
118th Place Overall
24-28,May
Tour of Belgium (UCI EuropeTour 2.1) Bel
21st Place Stage3a (ITT 15.9km)
9th Place Stage4
22rd Place Overall
11,Jun
Japan National Championships Ind. Time Trial (Akita) JPN
1st Place Overall
25,Jun
Japan National Championships Ind. Rord Race (Hiroshima) JPN
1st Place Overall
19-23,Jul
Sachsen-Tour (UCI EuropeTour 2.1) GER
25th Place Stage4 (ITT 24km)
50th Place Overall
Final Winner: Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
27,Aug
Grand Prix Ouest-France (UCI ProTour) FRA
53h Place Overall
4-10,Sep
Tour de Pologne (UCI ProTour) POL
52th Place Overall
24,Sep
World Championships (Salzburg) AUT
124th Place Overall
1,Oct
Zuri Metzgete (UCI ProTour) SUI
8,Oct
Paris - Tours (UCI ProTour) FRA
14,Oct
Giro di Lombardia (UCI ProTour) ITA
72nd Place Overall
25,Oct
Japan Cup (UCI AsiaTour 1.1) JPN
12th Place Oveall
>>2007 3rd season in Professional
9-11, Mar
Record-Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen (2.1) BEL
49th Place Stage1
28th Place Stage2
36th Place Stage3
10th Place Overall
28, Mar
Dwars door Vlaanderen (1.1) BEL
67th Place Overall
31, Mar
E3 Prijs Vlaanderen (1.HC) BEL
53rd Place Overall
9 - 14, Apr
Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco (PT) ESP
121st Place Stage1
141st Place Stage2
145th Place Stage3
15, Apr
Paris - Roubaix (PT) FRA
22, Apr
Amstel Gold Race (PT) NED
1 - 6, May
Tour de Romandie (PT) SUI
108th Place Prologue
130th Place Stage1
144th Place Stage2
2nd Place Stage3
30,May - 3,Jun
Tour de Belgique / Ronde Van Belgie (2.1) BEL
22nd Place Stage1
45th Place Stage2
44th Place Stage3
64th Place Stage4
66th Place Stage5
28th Place Overall
16 - 24, Jun
Tour de Suisse (PT) SUI
90th Place Stage1
143rd Place Stage2
141st Place Stage3
118th Place Stage4
111th Place Stage5
79th Place Stage6
113st Place Stage7
97th Place Stage8
54th Place Stage9
124th Place Overall
14 - 22, Jul
Tour de Qinghai Lake (2.HC) CHI
103nd Place Stage1
108th Place Stage2
31st Place Stage3
100th Place Stage4
62nd Place Stage5
62nd Place Stage6
37th Place Stage7
36th Place Stage8
47th Place Stage9
64th Place Overall
12 - 15, Aug
Tour de l'Ain (2.1) FRA
17th Place Stage1
25th Place Stage2
24th Place Stage3
14h Place Stage4
21th Place Overall
19, Aug
Vattenfall Cyclassics (PT) GER
25th Overall
22 - 29, Aug
Eneco Tour (PT)
87th Place Stage2
43rd Place Stage3
84th Place Stage4
52nd Place Stage5
73rd Place Stage6
123th Place Stage7
71st Place Stage8
59th Place Stage9
38th Place Overall
2, Sep
Grand Prix Ouest-France (PT) FRA
17th Place Overall
9 - 15, Sep
Tour de Pologne (PT) POL
75th Place Stage1
25 - 30, Sep
World Championships GER
>>2008 4th season in Professional
Jan.27 - Feb.1
Tour of Qatar (Qatar) UCI Asia Tour 2.1
3rd Place Stage1 (Team TT)
87th Place Stage2
48th Place Stage3
68th Place Stage4
40th Place Stage5
34th Place Stage6
44th Place Overall
Feb.10 - 14
Mallorca Challenge (Spain) UCI Europe Tour 1.1 ×5
11th Place Stage1
96th Place Stage2
66th Place Stage3
99th Place Stage5
Mar.1
Omloop Het Volk (Belgium) UCI Europe Tour 1.HC
131st Place Overall
Mar.2
Kuurne - Brussel - Kuune (Belgium) UCI Europe Tour 1.1
68th Place Overall
Mar.9 - 16
Paris - Nice (France) UCI Europe Tour *
112st Place Prologue
81st Place Stage1
150th Place Stage2
116th Place Stage3
112th Place Stage4
Mar.26
Dwars door Vlaanderen (Belgium) UCI Europe Tour 1.1
Mar.29 - 30
Criterium International (France) UCI Europe Tour 2.HC
39th Place Stage1
91th Place Stage2
97th Place Stage3
84th Place Overall
Apr.6
Ronde van Vlaanderen / Tour des Flandres (Belgium) UCI Pro Tour
Apr.9
Gent - Wevelgem (Belgium) UCI Pro Tour
39th Place Overall
Apr.17
Asian Cycling Champinships (Japan) Continental Championships
1st Place Overall
Apr.23
la Flèche Wallonne (Belgium) UCI Europe Tour 1.HC
Apr.27
Liege - Bastogne - Liege (Belgium) UCI Europe Tour 1.HC
123rd Place Overall
May6 - 11
4 jours de Dunkerque (France) UCI Europe Tour 2.HC
100th Place Stage1
45th Place Stage2
38th Place Stage3
54th Place Stage4
101st Place Stage5
72nd Place Stage6
83rd Place Overall
May16 - 18
Tour de Picardie (France) UCI Europe Tour 2.1
23rd Place Stage1
75th Place Stage2
37th Place Stage3
101st Place Stage4
91st Place Overall
Jun.1
Japan Cycling Championships National Championships
12th Place Overall
Jun. 11
Veenendaal-Veenendaal (Netherlands) UCI Europe Tour 1.HC
53th Place Overall
Jun. 13 - 15
DELTA Tour Zeeland (Netherlands) UCI Europe Tour 2.1
39th Place Prologue
45rd Place Stage1
24th Place Stage2
20th Place Overall
Jun. 24
St-Elooisprijs (Belgium)
67th Place Overall
Jul. 12-20
Tour of Qinghai Lake (China) UCI Europe Tour 2.HC
39th Place Stage1
44th Place Stage2
26th Place Stage3
45th Place Stage4
40th Place Stage5
37th Place Stage6
43rd Place Stage7
93rd Place Stage8
48th Place Stage9
46th Place Stage10
47th Place Overall
Aug. 9
Olympic Games Road Race (China) JO
Aug. 13
Olympic Games Time Trial (China) JO
39th
Aug. 29 - Sep. 6
Deutschland Tour (Germany) UCI Pro Tour
74th Place Prologue
69th Place Stage1
65th Place Stage2
82nd Place Stage3
24th Place Stage4
48th Place Stage5
50th Place Stage6
29th Place Stage7
62nd Place Stage8
45th Place Overall
Sep. 7
Vattenfall Cyclassics (Germany) UCI Pro Tour
16th Place Overall
Sep.13
Paris - Bruxelles (Belgium) UCI Europe Tour 1.HC
87th Place Overall
Sep.19
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (Belgium) UCI Europe Tour 1.1
37th Place Overall
Oct.2-5
Circuit Franco-Belge (Belgium) UCI EuropeTour 2.1
96th Place Stage1
92nd Place Stage2
92nd Place Stage3
Oct.12
Paris - Tour (France) UCI Pro Tour
64th Place Overall
