5th Tour of Japan - 2.4Japan, May 21-28, 2000Main Page ResultsStage 1 - May 21: Osaka Sakai Senboku Circuit 140.8 kmPoles take command in first stageBy Miwako Sisaki* Polish rider Jacek Mickiewicz, a good sprinter from Mroz-Supradyn, won the first stage of the 5th edition of the Tour of Japan in a bunch sprint. He also took the overall green leader's jersey and the blue points leader's jersey as a result. 100 riders started the circuit course (12.8km x 11 laps) in Sakai city, which is the hometown of the Shimano company. The weather was fine, but a little bit hot. At 300 m to go, on the last corner, Mickiewicz was on the wheel of New Zealander Greame Miller (G Man), and he was able to pass Miller and finished first. He said before the start that "I am a little sprinter" in an interview with Japanese Cycle Sports Magazine. But he wasn't little. Mroz came to Japan just last night, one day late from their schedule, because they experienced delays at Warchawa. So they were suffering some jet lag, and they had done no training in the past three days, however all of their riders are in form. There was a sprint points competition, at 3 laps, 6 laps and 9 laps on the start/finish line and there were bonus times for the overall classification. Mroz dominated the racing, and Piotr Wadecki got the first and third sprint points. He took second place at the second sprint point, behind Australian Scott McGrory (Gerolsteiner), so he took the yellow sprint competition jersey. "Today's race is not so hard because it was flat, no mountains. I think the race starts tomorrow, because tomorrow's stage is tough. And so, today we tried to work for our sprinter, Mickiewicz, he is very good sprinter, and he won the stage " said Wadecki at the post race interview. "And today, I sprinted (for sprint points) not just for the yellow point jersey, but also for bonus times, because I wanted 2nd in the overall classification. It's very important for me." Tomorrow, he wears a yellow jersey, the same as last week when he won the Peace Race. But now, his real target is a green one. *Miwako Sisaki is a journalist for the Japanese Cycle Sport magazine, and provided the reports for this race last year.
Results1 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 3.00.51 (46.71 km/h) 2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Australia 3 Graeme Miller (NZl) New Zealand 4 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 5 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 6 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 7 Junichi Shibuya (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 8 Nicola Minali (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 9 Scott McGrory (Aus) Team Gerolsteiner 10 Glen Mitchell (NZl) New Zealand 11 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 12 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing 13 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 14 Morgan Fox (Irl) Tonissteiner-Colnago 15 Bjorn Cornelissen (Ned) Tonissteiner-Colnago 16 Niclas Ekstrom (Swe) Tonissteiner-Colnago 17 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 18 Richard Faltus (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 19 Dae-Hong Chun (Kor) Korea 20 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Tonissteiner-Colnago 21 Takeshi Okamoto (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 22 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 23 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 24 Naoki Takamura (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 25 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing 26 Hisafumi Imanishi (Jpn) Shimano Racing 27 Koichi Tetsusawa (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 28 Ken Akita (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 29 Tomokazu Fujino (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 30 Mikhail Andreyef (Kaz) Kazakstan 31 Andreas Walzer (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 32 Jonas Emmanuelson (Swe) Tonissteiner-Colnago 33 Hitoshi Takahashi (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 34 Hiroshi Sakaguchi (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 35 Koji Nagano (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 36 Bryce Shapley (NZl) New Zealand 37 Warren Clark (NZl) New Zealand 38 Masakazu Mori (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 39 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 40 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano Racing 41 Naokiyo Hashisako (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 42 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 43 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 44 Brendan Vesty (NZl) New Zealand 45 Eiko Takahashi (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 46 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 47 Tae-Chan Chang (Kor) Korea 48 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 49 Daniel Loprais (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 50 Kairat Baigudinov (Kaz) Kazakstan 51 Petr Bencik (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 52 Masahiro Yasuhara (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 53 Osamu Kurimura (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 54 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 55 Scott Guyton (NZl) New Zealand 56 Steve Gaffney (Can) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 57 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 58 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 59 Nic Brown (Aus) Australia 60 Taiji Tanaka (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 61 Andreas Sauerborn (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 62 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 63 Mikhail Teteryuk (Kaz) Kazakstan 64 Yasuhiro Nakajima (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 65 Tetsuya Okada (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 66 Kozo Fujita (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 67 Leandro Fioroni (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 68 Daniele Righi (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 69 Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 70 Scott Davis (Aus) Australia 71 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 72 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 73 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Mroz-Supradyn 74 Michael Rogers (Aus) Australia 75 Thomas Muhlbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 76 Allan Davis (Aus) Australia 77 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 0.19 78 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 79 In-Chan Park (Kor) Korea 80 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing 81 Maxim Gurov (Kaz) Kazakstan 82 Hideto Yukinari (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 83 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Tonissteiner-Colnago 84 Koki Shinbo (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 85 Kyung-Jin Kim (Kor) Korea 0.27 86 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 0.29 87 Stefano Della Santa (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 88 Vadim Kravchenko (Kaz) Kazakstan 89 Kentaro Eshita (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 0.41 90 Stanislav Tancer (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 91 Daisuke Sakuta (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 92 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 93 Ho Chon (Kor) Korea 94 Nobuo Tamaki (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 95 Daisuke Nakayama (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 96 Osamu Sumida (Jpn) Shimano Racing 97 Ben Godridge (Aus) Australia 98 Pavel Nevdakh (Kaz) Kazakstan 0.57 99 Jae-Min Ha (Kor) Korea 100 Yuichi Numata (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 2.02 General classification after stage 1: 1 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 3.00.40 2 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 0.03 3 Baden Cooke (Aus) Australia 0.04 4 Graeme Miller (NZl) New Zealand 0.07 5 Scott McGrory (Aus) Team Gerolsteiner 0.08 6 Glen Mitchell (NZl) New Zealand 0.09 7 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 0.11 8 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 9 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 10 Junichi Shibuya (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 11 Nicola Minali (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 12 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing 13 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 14 Morgan Fox (Irl) Tonissteiner-Colnago 15 Bjorn Cornelissen (Ned) Tonissteiner-Colnago 16 Niclas Ekstrom (Swe) Tonissteiner-Colnago 17 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 18 Richard Faltus (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 19 Dae-Hong Chun (Kor) Korea 20 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Tonissteiner-Colnago 21 Takeshi Okamoto (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 22 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 23 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 24 Naoki Takamura (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 25 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing 26 Hisafumi Imanishi (Jpn) Shimano Racing 27 Koichi Tetsusawa (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 28 Ken Akita (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 29 Tomokazu Fujino (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 30 Mikhail Andreyef (Kaz) Kazakstan 31 Andreas Walzer (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 32 Jonas Emmanuelson (Swe) Tonissteiner-Colnago 33 Hitoshi Takahashi (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 34 Hiroshi Sakaguchi (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 35 Koji Nagano (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 36 Bryce Shapley (NZl) New Zealand 37 Warren Clark (NZl) New Zealand 38 Masakazu Mori (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 39 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 40 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano Racing 41 Naokiyo Hashisako (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 42 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 43 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 44 Brendan Vesty (NZl) New Zealand 45 Eiko Takahashi (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 46 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 47 Tae-Chan Chang (Kor) Korea 48 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 49 Daniel Loprais (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 50 Kairat Baigudinov (Kaz) Kazakstan 51 Petr Bencik (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 52 Masahiro Yasuhara (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 53 Osamu Kurimura (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 54 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 55 Scott Guyton (NZl) New Zealand 56 Steve Gaffney (Can) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 57 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 58 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 59 Nic Brown (Aus) Australia 60 Taiji Tanaka (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 61 Andreas Sauerborn (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 62 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 63 Mikhail Teteryuk (Kaz) Kazakstan 64 Yasuhiro Nakajima (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 65 Tetsuya Okada (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 66 Kozo Fujita (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 67 Leandro Fioroni (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 68 Daniele Righi (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 69 Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 70 Scott Davis (Aus) Australia 71 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 72 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 73 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Mroz-Supradyn 74 Michael Rogers (Aus) Australia 75 Thomas Muhlbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 76 Allan Davis (Aus) Australia 77 In-Chan Park (Kor) Korea 0.29 78 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 0.30 79 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 80 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing 81 Maxim Gurov (Kaz) Kazakstan 82 Hideto Yukinari (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 83 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Tonissteiner-Colnago 84 Koki Shinbo (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 85 Kyung-Jin Kim (Kor) Korea 0.38 86 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 87 Stefano Della Santa (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 0.40 88 Vadim Kravchenko (Kaz) Kazakstan 89 Kentaro Eshita (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 0.52 90 Stanislav Tancer (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 91 Daisuke Sakuta (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 92 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 93 Ho Chon (Kor) Korea 94 Nobuo Tamaki (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 95 Daisuke Nakayama (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 96 Osamu Sumida (Jpn) Shimano Racing 97 Ben Godridge (Aus) Australia 98 Pavel Nevdakh (Kaz) Kazakstan 1.08 99 Jae-Min Ha (Kor) Korea 100 Yuichi Numata (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 2.13 Points classification: 1 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz-Supra 5 pts 2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Australia 4 3 Graeme Miller (NZl) New Zealand 3 4 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldir 2 5 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerol 1 Sprints classification: 1 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 12 pts 2 Scott McGrory (Aus) Team Gerolste 5 3 Glen Mitchell (NZl) New Zealand 2 4 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Wustenrot-ZV 2 5 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz-Supra 1 6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Australia 1 7 In-Chan Park (Kor) Korea 1 Teams classification: 1 Mroz-Supradyn 9.02.14 2 Australian National Team 0.12 3 New Zealand National Team 0.13 4 Team Gerolsteiner 0.16 5 Tonissteiner-Colnago 0.19 6 Shimano Racing 7 Team Bridgestone Anchor 7 Aisan Racing Team 9 Kinan Le Soleil 10 Cheblo Artnature 11 Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 12 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 13 Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 14 Wustenrot-ZVVZ 15 Alexia Alluminio 15 Kazakstan National Team 17 Korea National Team 0.37 |