5th Tour of Japan - 2.4Japan, May 21-28, 2000Main Page Results Previous stageStage 3 - May 24: Japan Cycle Sports Center, 122 kmGianetti grabs lead after soloBy Miwako Sisaki Swiss rider Mauro Gianetti (Vini Caldirola) won Stage 3 of the Tour of Japan, in a solo break. He also took the green leader jersey by 32 seconds in front of Polish Piotr Wadecki. "If I win the final overall classification of the race, it will be my first stage race win," said the 36 years old Gianetti. 96 riders started under clear skies and a perfect temperature of degrees Celsius. The circuit at the Japan Cycle Sports Center in Shuzenji (12.2 kms x 10 laps), is a very difficult course, as there are a lot of climbs and descents. The race was slow from the start, controlled by Mroz until 7 laps had been completed. Osamu Sumita (Jpn) took the first mountain points at 3 laps, and Kazimierz Stafiej (Mroz) took the second on lap 6. Gianetti wanted to race hard today as he knew that the strongest rider would win the race, so he attacked after 7 laps. His teammate, Guido Trentin counterattacked, causing a reduction in the first group. At the 8 lap point, there was a third mountain sprint, taken again by Stafiej who also took the red Mountain jersey. At 9 laps, (2 laps to go), Gianetti attacked again and only 4 riders followed him: Wadecki, Haselbacher and Muhlbacher (Gerolsteiner), and Bencik (Wustenrot). On the last lap, Gianetti attacked on the climb, but nobody followed him. He rode at full power, going for the leader's jersey, and won the stage by 1.12" from Haselbacher, who beat Wadecki in the sprint. Haselbacher took over the blue points jersey from Wadecki, who lost many things today, only managing to retain the yellow sprint jersey. Tommorow, the riders transfer to Motegi, and the next stage (Friday) is almost flat. "Our target is very simple, it's to get the final win. Wadecki is also a good sprinter, so we will aim for some bonus seconds at the sprint points on the Motegi stage," said Mroz's Directer Rychlicki . Australian Michael Rogers abandoned the race today, after struggling for the past few days. He will take some time off to rest before the baby Giro.
Results1 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 3.34.00 (34.21 km/h) 2 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 1.12 3 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 4 Petr Bencik (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 1.15 5 Thomas Muhlbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 1.21 6 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1.36 7 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 1.37 8 Richard Faltus (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 2.03 9 Leandro Fioroni (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 10 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing 2.04 11 Warren Clark (NZl) New Zealand 2.06 12 Scott Guyton (NZl) New Zealand 2.11 13 Scott Davis (Aus) Australia 2.16 14 Brendan Vesty (NZl) New Zealand 3.23 15 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing 3.26 16 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 17 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 18 Hisafumi Imanishi (Jpn) Shimano Racing 3.37 19 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 5.14 20 Koki Shinbo (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 6.14 21 Mikhail Andreyef (Kaz) Kazakstan 6.29 22 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano Racing 6.53 23 Kairat Baigudinov (Kaz) Kazakstan 24 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 25 Tetsuya Okada (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 11.12 26 Daniele Righi (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 11.30 27 Glen Mitchell (NZl) New Zealand 28 Stefano Della Santa (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 29 Baden Cooke (Aus) Australia 30 Vadim Kravchenko (Kaz) Kazakstan 31 Morgan Fox (Irl) Tonissteiner-Colnago 32 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 33 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing 34 Yasuhiro Nakajima (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 35 Tomokazu Fujino (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 36 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 37 Hideto Yukinari (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 38 Dae-Hong Chun (Kor) Korea 39 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 11.40 40 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 12.26 41 Osamu Sumida (Jpn) Shimano Racing 42 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 14.08 43 Bryce Shapley (NZl) New Zealand 14.13 44 Graeme Miller (NZl) New Zealand 14.24 45 Andreas Sauerborn (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 46 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 47 Maxim Gurov (Kaz) Kazakstan 16.58 48 Yuichi Numata (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 18.35 49 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 50 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 51 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Mroz-Supradyn 52 Naokiyo Hashisako (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 53 Kentaro Eshita (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 54 Kozo Fujita (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 18.39 55 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 56 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 57 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 58 Allan Davis (Aus) Australia 59 Pavel Nevdakh (Kaz) Kazakstan 18.44 60 Nobuo Tamaki (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 18.47 61 Mikhail Teteryuk (Kaz) Kazakstan 18.49 62 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 19.01 63 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 64 Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 65 Masakazu Mori (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 22.10 66 Osamu Kurimura (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 23.24 67 Daniel Loprais (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 25.43 68 Daisuke Sakuta (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 69 Daisuke Nakayama (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 25.45 70 Takeshi Okamoto (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 26.10 71 Naoki Takamura (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 72 Ho Jun (Kor) Korea 73 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 74 Bjorn Cornelissen (Ned) Tonissteiner-Colnago 75 Scott McGrory (Aus) Team Gerolsteiner 76 Stanislav Tancer (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 77 Nic Brown (Aus) Australia 28.23 78 Jae-Min Ha (Kor) Korea 31.25 79 Niclas Ekstrom (Swe) Tonissteiner-Colnago 80 Hiroshi Sakaguchi (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 81 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 82 Hitoshi Takahashi (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 83 Nicola Minali (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 84 Eiko Takahashi (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 85 Jonas Emmanuelson (Swe) Tonissteiner-Colnago 86 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Tonissteiner-Colnago 87 Koji Nagano (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 31.26 88 Ken Akita (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 89 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Tonissteiner-Colnago 90 Masahiro Yasuhara (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 31.37 FAD In-Chan Park (Kor) Korea FAD Tae-Chan Chang (Kor) Korea DNF Taiji Tanaka (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi DNF Steve Gaffney (Can) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi DNF Michael Rogers (Aus) Australia DNF Koichi Tetsusawa (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature DNS Junichi Shibuya (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor General classification after stage 3: 1 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 10.28.33 2 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 0.32 3 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 0.40 4 Petr Bencik (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 0.59 5 Thomas Muhlbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 1.13 6 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1.36 7 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 1.40 8 Richard Faltus (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 2.03 9 Leandro Fioroni (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 10 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing 2.04 11 Warren Clark (NZl) New Zealand 2.06 12 Scott Guyton (NZl) New Zealand 2.11 13 Scott Davis (Aus) Australia 2.16 14 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 3.07 15 Brendan Vesty (NZl) New Zealand 3.23 16 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing 3.26 17 Hisafumi Imanishi (Jpn) Shimano Racing 3.37 18 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 3.45 19 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 5.55 20 Mikhail Andreyef (Kaz) Kazakstan 6.29 21 Koki Shinbo (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 6.31 22 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano Racing 6.53 23 Kairat Baigudinov (Kaz) Kazakstan 6.53 24 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 6.53 25 Tetsuya Okada (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 11.12 26 Baden Cooke (Aus) Australia 11.23 27 Glen Mitchell (NZl) New Zealand 11.26 28 Morgan Fox (Irl) Tonissteiner-Colnago 11.30 29 Tomokazu Fujino (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 30 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 31 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing 11.49 32 Hideto Yukinari (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 33 Vadim Kravchenko (Kaz) Kazakstan 11.59 34 Stefano Della Santa (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 35 Dae-Hong Chun (Kor) Korea 12.13 36 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 12.17 37 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 12.26 38 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 12.27 39 Daniele Righi (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 12.52 40 Osamu Sumida (Jpn) Shimano Racing 13.07 41 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 14.08 42 Bryce Shapley (NZl) New Zealand 14.13 43 Graeme Miller (NZl) New Zealand 14.20 44 Andreas Sauerborn (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 15.25 45 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 15.44 46 Maxim Gurov (Kaz) Kazakstan 17.17 47 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 18.34 48 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 18.35 49 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 50 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Mroz-Supradyn 51 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 18.39 52 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 53 Kozo Fujita (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 54 Mikhail Teteryuk (Kaz) Kazakstan 18.49 55 Naokiyo Hashisako (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 19.00 56 Pavel Nevdakh (Kaz) Kazakstan 19.41 57 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 20.02 58 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 59 Kentaro Eshita (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 20.06 60 Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 20.23 61 Yuichi Numata (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 20.37 62 Yasuhiro Nakajima (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 22.54 63 Masakazu Mori (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 23.11 64 Osamu Kurimura (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 23.24 65 Scott McGrory (Aus) Team Gerolsteiner 25.51 66 Takeshi Okamoto (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 26.10 67 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 68 Naoki Takamura (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 26.26 69 Daniel Loprais (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 26.44 70 Daisuke Sakuta (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 26.49 71 Daisuke Nakayama (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 27.27 72 Stanislav Tancer (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 27.52 73 Allan Davis (Aus) Australia 28.34 74 Nobuo Tamaki (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 31.12 75 Niclas Ekstrom (Swe) Tonissteiner-Colnago 31.25 76 Hiroshi Sakaguchi (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 77 Jonas Emmanuelson (Swe) Tonissteiner-Colnago 78 Nicola Minali (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 31.53 79 Masahiro Yasuhara (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 32.38 80 Nic Brown (Aus) Australia 35.06 81 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 37.17 82 Bjorn Cornelissen (Ned) Tonissteiner-Colnago 37.34 83 Koji Nagano (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 37.55 84 Ho Jun (Kor) Korea 38.12 85 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Tonissteiner-Colnago 42.46 86 Hitoshi Takahashi (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 87 Eiko Takahashi (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 88 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Tonissteiner-Colnago 43.06 89 Ken Akita (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 43.09 90 Jae-Min Ha (Kor) Korea 43.43 Points classification: 1 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 9 pts 2 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 8 3 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 5 4 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 5 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) Australia 4 6 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 3 7 Graeme Miller (NZl) New Zealand 3 8 Petr Bencik (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 3 9 Scott McGrory (Aus) Team Gerolsteiner 2 10 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 2 11 Thomas Muhlbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 1 Climbs classification: 1 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 10 pts 2 Brendan Vesty (NZl) New Zealand 8 3 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 5 4 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 5 5 Osamu Sumida (Jpn) Shimano Racing 5 6 Petr Bencik (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 2 7 Richard Faltus (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 2 7 Michael Rogers (Aus) Australia 2 8 Scott Guyton (NZl) New Zealand 2 9 Glen Mitchell (NZl) New Zealand 2 10 Bryce Shapley (NZl) New Zealand 2 11 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 1 12 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1 13 Leandro Fioroni (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 1 Sprint classification: 1 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 12 pts 2 Scott McGrory (Aus) Team Gerolsteiner 5 3 Glen Mitchell (NZl) New Zealand 2 4 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 2 5 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 1 6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Australia 1 7 In-Chan Park (Kor) Korea 1 Teams classification: 1 Mroz-Supradyn 31.30.39 2 Wustenrot-ZVVZ 1.20 3 New Zealand National Team 2.32 4 Shimano Racing 4.07 5 Team Gerolsteiner 10.58 6 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 12.01 7 Kazakstan National Team 19.52 8 Alexia Alluminio 20.31 9 Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 32.24 10 Australian National Team 33.57 11 Team Bridgestone Anchor 36.16 12 Kinan Le Soleil 37.26 13 Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 39.37 14 Aisan Racing Team 46.18 15 Tonissteiner-Colnago 1.04.05 16 Cheblo Artnature 1.10.18 17 Korea National Team 1.16.48 |