Ryota Nishizono

Ryota Nishizono (西薗 良太) is a Japanese former professional racing cyclist.

Career
Born in Kirishima, Kagoshima, Nishizono attended Tokyo University, Japan's most elite university. While there in 2009, he won the Inter-College Championships. After graduation, he first joined, for which he won the first stage of the Tour de Hokkaido in 2011. He moved to in 2012 and won the men's time trial at the Japanese National Road Race Championships. For the 2013 season, he signed with UCI Professional Continental team.

In December 2013, Nishizono announced his retirement as a professional cyclist. He came out of retirement to join for the 2015 season. In 2016 he regained his national time trial title. In 2017 he announced to retire again by the end of season.

Major results

 * 2011
 * National Road Championships
 * 3rd Time trial
 * 4th Road race
 * 8th Overall Tour de Hokkaido
 * 1st Stage 1


 * 2012
 * 1st MaillotJapón.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 2nd Overall Tour de Hokkaido


 * 2013
 * 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 6th Overall Tour of Japan


 * 2015
 * 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 5th Overall Tour de Hokkaido


 * 2016
 * National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotJapón.PNG Time trial
 * 2nd Road race
 * 7th Tour de Okinawa


 * 2017
 * 1st MaillotJapón.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
 * Asian Road Championships
 * 2nd Team time trial
 * 7th Individual time trial
 * 2nd Overall Tour de Hokkaido
 * 4th Overall Tour de Kumano