Eri Yonamine (Retired)
Eri Yonamine is a retired Japanese professional cyclist from Sakai, born on 25th April 1991.
Eri Yonamine profile
- Name: Eri Yonamine
- Nationality: Japan
- Place of birth: Sakai
- Date of birth: 25th April 1991
- Status: Retired
- Current Team: None
- Previous Teams: Hagens Berman-Supermint, Wiggle-High5, Ale Cipollini, Alé BTC Ljubljana, Team TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank, Human Powered Health, Laboral Kutxa-Fundación Euskadi
Career overview
Yonamine was one of Japan’s most successful modern road riders, with repeated dominance in national championship races and a long European professional career. She won multiple Japanese national road race and time-trial titles, often doubling up in the same season, and represented Japan at the Olympic Games in 2016 and 2021. Internationally, she raced for teams including Wiggle-High5, Alé Cipollini, Team TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank, Human Powered Health and Laboral Kutxa-Fundación Euskadi, gaining experience across the Giro d’Italia Women, Tour de France Femmes, Tour of Flanders, Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes and other major races. Yonamine retired after the 2024 season, closing a career that helped set a benchmark for Japanese women’s road cycling.
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