Japanese Domestic Team SHIMANO RACING TEAM Japan The tradition of this team dates back to 1972,so it marked first ranking in the industrial teams last year.Yoshiyuki ABE an Hideyuki NODERA transferred to Europian team.,however,team obtained Masamichi YAMAMOTO who is U23 Champion in Japan from Miyata Subaru racing team.So,team has well-balanced with Captain Naoshi IMANISHI as a core riders and veteran Osamu SUMIDA who was a delegate of Atlanta Olympic Games and also,young rider Yasuhiro YAMAMOTO.Especially at Osaka stage,we hope to see their all-or-nothing effort. TEAM MANAGER BANDO Akira MECHANIC MARUYAMA Kenji MASSEUR NARUSHIMA Takashi RIDERS IMANISHI Hisafumi KANO Tomoya SUZUKI Shinri YAMAMOTO Yasuhiro OUCHI Kaoru YAMAMOTO Masamichi