4th Tour of Japan, Cat 2.4

Japan, May 16-23, 1999

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Stage 5 Report from Miwako Sasaki

Miwako Sasaki, who is reporting from the Tour of Japan for cyclingnews.com writes that Australian Nathan O'Neill attacked alone. But he was caught by Italian Gianpaolo Mondini who then dropped him easily and went on to win alone. The GC at the top remained the same.

Stage 5, Utsunomiya Forest Park Circuit, Utsunomiya, 151.3 kms:

  1. Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia               4.16.01 (35.460 km/h)
  2. Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Australia National Team                  2.33
  3. Brian Walton (Can) Saturn                                     4.52
  4. Makoto Iijima (Jap) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi               6.07
  5. Kairat Baigudinov (Kaz) Kazakstan                             6.07
  6. Vladim Kravchenko (Kaz) Kazakstan                             6.39
  7. Denis Lunghi (Ita) Team Polti                                 7.46
  8. Andrzej Sypytkowski (Pol) Mroz                                7.46
  9. Tomokazu Fujino (Jap) Bridgestone Anchor                      7.46
 10. Chris Wherry (USA) Saturn                                     7.46
 11. Kazuyuki Manabe (Jap) Miyata Subaru Racing                    7.50
 12. Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                  7.50
 13. Cezary Zamana (Pol) Mroz                                      7.50
 14. Xuezhong Tang (Chn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi               7.50
 15. Graeme Miller (NZ) New Zealand                                7.50
 16. Silvio Martinello (Ita) Team Polti                            7.50
 17. Glen Mitchell (NZ) New Zealand                                7.50
 18. Leonardo Guidi (Ita) Team Polti                               7.50
 19. Hidenori Nodera (Jap) Shimano Racing                          7.50
 20. Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Nippon Hodo-Besson Chaussures       7.50
 21. Shinichi Fukushima (Jap) Bridgestone Anchor                   7.50
 22. Keita Seino (Jap) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi                 7.50
 23. Warren Clark (NZ) New Zealand                                 7.50
 24. Osamu Sumida (Jap) Shimano Racing                             7.50
 25. Yasutaka Tashiro (Jap) Bridgestone Anchor                     7.50
 26. Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) Mroz                                   7.50
 27. Sergey Lavrenenko (Kaz) Kazakstan                             7.50
 28. Benoit Luminet (Fra) Nippon Hodo-Besson Chaussures            7.50
 29. Hans-Kurt Brand (Swi) Die Continentale/Olympia                7.50
 30. Nick Gates (Aus) Die Continentale/Olympia                     7.50
 31. Andrey Kashechnin (Kaz) Kazakstan                             7.50
 32. Jason Phillips (Aus) Die Continentale/Olympia                 7.50
 33. Bjorn Glasner (Ger) Die Continentale/Olympia                  7.50
 34. Sebastien Laroche (Fra) Nippon Hodo-Besson Chaussures         7.50
 35. Scott Davis (Aus) Australia National Team                     7.59
 36. Daniel Paradis (Swi) Die Continentale/Olympia                 8.34
 37. Pavel Nevdakh (Kaz) Kazakstan                                 8.47
 38. Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti                                 8.47
 39. Naofumi Imanishi (Jap) Shimano Racing                         8.47
 40. Takahiro Yamada (Jap) Inoac B-CKS IRC                         8.47
 41. Tomoya Kanou (Jap) Shimano Racing                             9.54
 42. Nobuhiro Mashimo (Jap) Nippon Hodo-Besson Chaussures          9.54
 43. Brendon Vesty (NZ) New Zealand                                9.54
 44. Kyoshi Miura (Jap) Team JPCA                                  9.54
 45. Yasuhiro Nakajima (Jap) Team JPCA                             9.54
 46. Akihiro Osawa (Jap) Miyata Subaru Racing                      9.54
 47. Shinri Suzuki (Jap) Shimano Racing                           10.06
 48. Sergey Beloussov (Kaz) Kazakstan                             10.10
 49. Cameron McDonald (Aus) Australia National Team               10.10
 50. Emanuele Negrini (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                  11.00
 51. Kazuya Okazaki (Jap) Team JPCA                               11.32
 52. Hideyuki Nishiyama (Jap) Team JPCA                           11.32
 53. Dariusz Wojciechowski (Pol) Mroz                             11.32
 54. Michael Rogers (Aus) Australia National Team                 11.32
 55. Tetsuya Okada (Jap) Bridgestone Anchor                       12.42
 56. Junichi Shibuya (Jap) Bridgestone Anchor                     12.42
 57. Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz                                     13.24
 58. Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                   13.24
 59. Shinji Suzuki (Jap) Inoac B-CKS IRC                          16.06
 60. Naokiyo Hashisako (Jap) Cheblo Artnature                     16.32
 61. Daisuke Sakuta (Jap) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi             18.32
 62. Ken Hasikawa (Jap) Bridgestone Anchor                        21.04
 63. Osamu Kurimura (Jap) Team JPCA                               21.04
 64. Ryan Russell (NZ) New Zealand                                21.04
 65. Adham Sbeih (USA) Saturn                                     37.58
 66. Jimmy Hansen (Den) Saturn                                    37.58

Finished outside time:

Allan Davis (Aus) Australia National Team
Susumu Oikawa (Jap) Cheblo Artnature

Did not finish:

Nobuhide Suezawa (Jap) Miyata Subaru Racing
Germano Pierdomenico (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia
Jong-Jae Kim (Kor) Korea
Makio Madarame (Jap) Cheblo Artnature
In Chan Park (Kor) Korea
Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia
Takeshi Okamoto (Jap) Cheblo Artnature
Masanari Tate (Jap) Miyata Subaru Racing

GC after Stage 5 

  1. Andrzej Sypytkowski (Pol) Mroz                             19.36.33
  2. Nick Gates (Aus) Die Continentale/Olympia                      0.05
  3. Denis Lunghi (Ita) Team Polti                                  0.06
  4. Chris Wherry (USA) Saturn                                      0.16
  5. Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) Mroz                                    0.21
  6. Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Nippon Hodo-Besson Chaussures        0.24
  7. Cezary Zamana (Pol) Mroz                                       2.51
  8. Hans-Kurt Brand (Swi) Die Continentale/Olympia                 2.51
  9. Jason Phillips (Aus) Die Continentale/Olympia                  2.51
 10. Benoit Luminet (Fra) Nippon Hodo-Besson Chaussures             3.01
 11. Bjorn Glasner (Ger) Die Continentale/Olympia                   3.08
 12. Daniel Paradis (Swi) Die Continentale/Olympia                  3.47
 13. Yasutaka Tashiro (Jap) Bridgestone Anchor                      4.28
 14. Silvio Martinello (Ita) Team Polti                             5.40
 15. Shinichi Fukushima (Jap) Bridgestone Anchor                    4.45
 16. Glen Mitchell (NZ) New Zealand                                 7.03
 17. Kairat Baigudinov (Kaz) Kazakstan                              9.10
 18. Vladim Kravchenko (Kaz) Kazakstan                              9.16
 19. Graeme Miller (NZ) New Zealand                                 9.53
 20. Hidenori Nodera (Jap) Shimano Racing                          10.04
 21. Tomokazu Fujino (Jap) Bridgestone Anchor                      10.04
 22. Keita Seino (Jap) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi                 10.16
 23. Leonardo Guidi (Ita) Team Polti                               10.20
 24. Sebastien Laroche (Fra) Nippon Hodo-Besson Chaussures         10.47
 25. Sergey Lavrenenko (Kaz) Kazakstan                             10.52
 26. Naofumi Imanishi (Jap) Shimano Racing                         11.01
 27. Scott Davis (Aus) Australia National Team                     11.05
 28. Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti                                 11.17
 29. Osamu Sumida (Jap) Shimano Racing                             11.51
 30. Xuezhong Tang (Chn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi               12.03
 31. Tomoya Kanou (Jap) Shimano Racing                             12.28
 32. Tetsuya Okada (Jap) Bridgestone Anchor                        12.48
 33. Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                  13.23
 34. Andrey Kashechnin (Kaz) Kazakstan                             13.38
 35. Pavel Nevdakh (Kaz) Kazakstan                                 14.42
 36. Sergey Beloussov (Kaz) Kazakstan                              15.43
 37. Dariusz Wojciechowski (Pol) Mroz                              15.48
 38. Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                    16.04
 39. Brian Walton (Can) Saturn                                     18.15
 40. Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                  18.56
 41. Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Australia National Team                  19.18
 42. Makoto Iijima (Jap) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi               19.30
 43. Osamu Kurimura (Jap) Team JPCA                                23.33
 44. Brendon Vesty (NZ) New Zealand                                23.53
 45. Kazuyuki Manabe (Jap) Miyata Subaru Racing                    24.14
 46. Takahiro Yamada (Jap) Inoac B-CKS IRC                         24.19
 47. Emanuele Negrini (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                   25.15
 48. Kyoshi Miura (Jap) Team JPCA                                  25.45
 49. Nobuhiro Mashimo (Jap) Nippon Hodo-Besson Chaussures          26.10
 50. Akihiro Osawa (Jap) Miyata Subaru Racing                      26.22
 51. Warren Clark (NZ) New Zealand                                 26.58
 52. Naokiyo Hashisako (Jap) Cheblo Artnature                      27.30
 53. Yasuhiro Nakajima (Jap) Team JPCA                             27.36
 54. Kazuya Okazaki (Jap) Team JPCA                                28.00
 55. Michael Rogers (Aus) Australia National Team                  28.08
 56. Shinri Suzuki (Jap) Shimano Racing                            30.02
 57. Junichi Shibuya (Jap) Bridgestone Anchor                      31.58
 58. Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz                                      33.26
 59. Cameron McDonald (Aus) Australia National Team                34.23
 60. Shinji Suzuki (Jap) Inoac B-CKS IRC                           34.56
 61. Ken Hasikawa (Jap) Bridgestone Anchor                         39.12
 62. Hideyuki Nishiyama (Jap) Team JPCA                            41.23
 63. Daisuke Sakuta (Jap) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi              46.19
 64. Ryan Russell (NZ) New Zealand                               1.03.38
 65. Adham Sbeih (USA) Saturn                                    1.08.41
 66. Jimmy Hansen (Den) Saturn                                   1.14.11

Points:

  1. Andrzej Sypytkowski (Pol) Mroz                                    9
  2. Graeme Miller (NZ) New Zealand                                    6
  3. Denis Lunghi (Ita) Team Polti                                     6
  4. Nick Gates (Aus) Die Continentale/Olympia                         5
  5. Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                      5
  6. Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                        5
  7. Brian Walton (Can) Saturn                                         5
  8. Chris Wherry (USA) Saturn                                         4
  9. Silvio Martinello (Ita) Team Polti                                4
 10. Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti                                     4
 11. Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Australia National Team                      4
 12. Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) Mroz                                       3
 13. Glen Mitchell (NZ) New Zealand                                    2
 14. Makoto Iijima (Jap) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi                   2
 15. Shinichi Fukushima (Jap) Bridgestone Anchor                       1
 16. Kairat Baigudinov (Kaz) Kazakstan                                 1
 17. Emanuele Negrini (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                       1

Mountains:

  1. Glen Mitchell (NZ) New Zealand                                   20
  2. Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Australia National Team                     15
  3. Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) Mroz                                       6
  4. Graeme Miller (NZ) New Zealand                                    5
  5. Jason Phillips (Aus) Die Continentale/Olympia                     4
  6. Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                      4
  7. Pavel Nevdakh (Kaz) Kazakstan                                     4
  8. Kairat Baigudinov (Kaz) Kazakstan                                 3
  9. Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Nippon Hodo-Besson Chaussures           2
 10. Makoto Iijima (Jap) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi                   2
 11. Osamu Kurimura (Jap) Team JPCA                                    2
 12. Cezary Zamana (Pol) Mroz                                          2
 13. Denis Lunghi (Ita) Team Polti                                     1
 14. Chris Wherry (USA) Saturn                                         1
 15. Bjorn Glasner (Ger) Die Continentale/Olympia                      1

Teams:

  1. Mroz                                                       58.52.44
  2. Die Continentale Olympia                                       2.42
  3. Nippon-Hodo-Besson-Chaussures                                 11.26
  4. Cantina Tollo-Alexia                                          11.41
  5. Team Polti                                                    12.37
  6. Bridgestone Anchor                                            14.59
  7. Kasakstan National Team                                       21.47
  8. New Zealand National Team                                     24.11
  9. Shimano Racing                                                24.43
 10. Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi                                   38.44
 11. Australian National Team                                      50.43
 12. Team JPCA                                                   1.02.44
 13. Saturn Cycling Team                                         1.10.48