Taiji Nishitani

Taiji Nishitani (西谷泰治) is a Japanese former professional racing cyclist who competed professionally between 2006 and 2014, entirely for the. He was the winner of the Japanese National Road Race Championships in 2009. He retired at the end of the 2014 season, and now works as a directeur sportif for the.

He joined soon after graduating from Nihon University and had success on the UCI Asia Tour. He was the third Japanese to win a stage at the HC classified Tour de Langkawi. In addition to road races, Nishitani also represented Japan in international track cycling competitions, riding in such events as the scratch race, Madison, and omnium.

Major results

 * 2003
 * Tour de Hokkaido
 * 1st Prologue & Stage 2


 * 2004
 * Tour de Hokkaido
 * 1st Prologue, Stages 2 & 3


 * 2006
 * 1st Overall Tour de Hokkaido
 * 1st Stage 3


 * 2007
 * Tour of South China Sea
 * 1st Stages 6 & 8
 * 1st Stage 2 Tour de Hokkaido


 * 2008
 * 1st Stage 3 Tour de East Java
 * 1st Stage 6 Tour de Hokkaido


 * 2009
 * 1st MaillotJapón.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
 * 1st Stage 6 Jelajah Malaysia
 * 1st Stage 3b Tour de Singkarak


 * 2010
 * 1st Stage 4 Tour de Langkawi
 * 1st Prologue Tour de Hokkaido


 * 2011
 * 1st Stage 8 Tour de Taiwan
 * 1st Stage 3 Tour de Kumano


 * 2012
 * 1st Stage 6 Tour of Japan
 * 1st Stage 4 Tour of China I


 * 2013
 * Tour of Japan
 * 1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 6
 * 7th Overall Tour de Korea
 * 8th Overall Tour de East Java
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
 * 9th Japan Cup


 * 2014
 * 1st Stage 6 Tour of Thailand