On December 15, at the Meguro Bicycle Complex in Tokyo, details of the new project “Road to Lovenir” were announced by “Cyclism Japon”, represented by Akira Asada, the head coach of the Japanese national team for the Tokyo Olympics. it was done. This time, I would like to tell you the summary of this project based on Kurimura’s subjective opinion. “Overview of the project (I tried to break it down for Kurimura)” ◯ The main target is to discover and develop Japanese players, and the goal is to send the players who have finally been trained to the UCI World Team (continuous, not temporary) ◯ This project does not include the operation of the top team aiming to participate in the Tour de France (to prepare for the formation of a professional team separately after the construction of this project) ◯ This project is based on three important rules (1) World The goal is to produce professional contract players after 2028 while maintaining the standard pathway, (2) specialization and chaining of 7 activities, and (3) stepping up with correct evaluation). ◯ The project name “Lavnir” refers to the “U23 Tour de France’s Tour de Lavnir”, and “Active in this race = Probability of a professional contract considerably increases = If you compare it to the Japanese baseball world, it is the same as Koshien.” ◯ We will publicize through the media the “(1) global standard pathway (how to become a professional player on the right path),” which is currently not established in Japan ◯ Similarly, publicize the global standard evaluation criteria. (Share what players are evaluated as strong and what players are not worthy of evaluation) This time, I dared not touch on the specific “methods”. This is because he said that he would like to involve experts in each field and build concrete measures through trial and error (because writing specific measures will blur the main message). To put it in simpler terms, this project will “discover and develop genuine Japanese professional players who can join existing overseas UCI world teams from the ‘front door’, and build and publicize specific methods for doing so.” It feels like an effort. For myself, the Japanese road racing world has long been swirling in a negative spiral of “agreeing in general (agreeing to aim for the Tour de France) and disagreeing in detail (each other argues that it is impossible to do it that way)”. described as a state. The approach that Asada is aiming for is based on the idealism of “head-to-head competition,” “hating turns,” and “no shortcuts allowed.” However, in the Japanese road racing world, which doesn’t even know what the “standard” is, first let them know what “head-to-head competition” is, and adjust existing races and teams based on that. I strongly feel that we should all share the method of throwing a “shortcut” at the right time. I’m not going to claim that Mr. Asada’s plan is the perfect package, but I do believe that it is an important guidepost for the Japanese road racing world to “stand at the true starting point.” . The most important thing now is for everyone to come together and recognize what the norm is. “New book on sale ‘Osamu Kurimura’s sports bicycle life starting today'” This is an introductory book that tells you everything from how to buy a sports bicycle, how to ride it, how to maintain it, and how to enjoy it! https://amzn.to/2RZQjqy
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