5th Tour of Japan - 2.4Japan, May 21-28, 2000Main Page Results Previous stageStage 5 - May 27: Utsunomiya Forest Park Circuit, 151.30 kmPoles win again, but Gianetti holds onBy Miwako Sisaki Kazimierz Stafiej (Mroz rider) wearer of the red mountain jersey, won Stage 5 of the Tour of Japan, in a 1-2 finish ahead of teammate, Jacek Mickiewic. It was his first victory, even though he is 32 years old, as he is a neo-professional this year. Behind these two, Piotr Wadecki also from Mroz attacked from the chasing group including green leader's jersey, Mauro Gianetti, and took third place. But he couldn't gain more than 8 seconds from Gianetti, and couldn't take green jersey. 90 riders started at the Utsunomiya Forest Park Circuit (14.1km x 10 laps +10.3km as final laps), the same parcours as used for the 1990 World Championship road race. It is also used in October for the Japan Cup which was a World Cup race in 96, won by Gianetti . The weather today was a little cloudy, and the temperature was 23 degrees Celsius. On the first lap, three riders, Jacek Mickiewicz (Mroz), Glen Mitchell (NZl), Makoto Iijima (Jpn) jumped from the peloton and established 1'20 lead quickly. At the climb on the 6th lap, Stafiej attacked from the peloton, and joined the first group. As a result of this, the peloton thinned down with all the favourites in the chasing group. In the Mountain sprint, Stafiej crossed first followed by Mickiewic, but Mitchell had a puncture and he dropped off from the first group. Now only Stafiej and Mickiewic were in the lead and they worked well together. Mauro Gianetti's Vini Caldirola team was being helped by Tonnissteiner, Alexia and Gerolsteiner but they couldn't close the gap to the leaders. Tomorrow, the final stage of Tour of Japan will be held in Tokyo, and it's likely that the weather will be bad. Mroz will continue to fight to try and take the general classification until the end. "Gianetti will win 80 %, but Wadecki still has a 20 % chance," said Mroz's director Rychlicki.
Results1 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 4.00.16 (37.78 km/h) 2 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 3 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 0.11 4 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 0.19 5 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 6 Petr Bencik (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 0.35 7 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 1.01 8 Thomas Muhlbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 9 Scott Davis (Aus) Australia 10 Scott Guyton (NZl) New Zealand 11 Warren Clark (NZl) New Zealand 12 Brendan Vesty (NZl) New Zealand 13 Leandro Fioroni (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 14 Richard Faltus (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 1.08 15 Kairat Baigudinov (Kaz) Kazakstan 2.59 16 Stefano Della Santa (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 17 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 18 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 3.55 19 Daniele Righi (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 4.21 20 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 4.43 21 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing 22 Koki Shinbo (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 7.30 23 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 24 Vadim Kravchenko (Kaz) Kazakstan 25 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 8.02 26 Tetsuya Okada (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 27 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing 28 Mikhail Andreyef (Kaz) Kazakstan 29 Hideto Yukinari (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 11.36 30 Dae-Hong Chun (Kor) Korea 12.49 31 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 32 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 33 Glen Mitchell (NZl) New Zealand 34 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 35 Osamu Sumida (Jpn) Shimano Racing 36 Ho Jun (Kor) Korea 12.53 37 Maxim Gurov (Kaz) Kazakstan 12.56 38 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 14.02 39 Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 40 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 19.32 40 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 42 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 24.11 42 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 42 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 42 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 42 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Mroz-Supradyn 42 Andreas Sauerborn (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 42 Stanislav Tancer (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 42 Daniel Loprais (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 42 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Tonissteiner-Colnago 42 Morgan Fox (Irl) Tonissteiner-Colnago 42 Bjorn Cornelissen (Ned) Tonissteiner-Colnago 42 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Tonissteiner-Colnago 42 Nicola Minali (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 42 Mikhail Teteryuk (Kaz) Kazakstan 42 Pavel Nevdakh (Kaz) Kazakstan 42 Baden Cooke (Aus) Australia 42 Allan Davis (Aus) Australia 42 Graeme Miller (NZl) New Zealand 42 Bryce Shapley (NZl) New Zealand 42 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano Racing 42 Hisafumi Imanishi (Jpn) Shimano Racing 42 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing 42 Tomokazu Fujino (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 42 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 42 Kozo Fujita (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 42 Naoki Takamura (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 42 Daisuke Sakuta (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 42 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 42 Yasuhiro Nakajima (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 42 Masahiro Yasuhara (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 42 Koji Nagano (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 42 Hiroshi Sakaguchi (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 42 Ken Akita (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 42 Kentaro Eshita (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 42 Yuichi Numata (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 42 Osamu Kurimura (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 42 Daisuke Nakayama (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 42 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 42 Masakazu Mori (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 42 Naokiyo Hashisako (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 42 Takeshi Okamoto (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 42 Hitoshi Takahashi (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 42 Nobuo Tamaki (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature DNF Jae-Min Ha (Kor) Korea DNF Nic Brown (Aus) Australia DNF Eiko Takahashi (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature DNF Scott McGrory (Aus) Team Gerolsteiner DNF Niclas Ekstrom (Swe) Tonissteiner-Colnago DNF Jonas Emmanuelson (Swe) Tonissteiner-Colnago General classification after stage 5: 1 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 18.07.25 2 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 0.24 3 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 0.40 4 Petr Bencik (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 1.15 5 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 1.21 6 Thomas Muhlbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 1.55 7 Leandro Fioroni (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 2.45 8 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 2.48 9 Warren Clark (NZl) New Zealand 2.48 10 Richard Faltus (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 2.52 11 Scott Guyton (NZl) New Zealand 2.53 12 Scott Davis (Aus) Australia 2.58 13 Brendan Vesty (NZl) New Zealand 4.05 14 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 4.16 15 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 4.25 16 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing 6.28 17 Kairat Baigudinov (Kaz) Kazakstan 9.33 18 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 9.59 19 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 10.29 20 Koki Shinbo (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 13.42 21 Stefano Della Santa (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 14.39 22 Mikhail Andreyef (Kaz) Kazakstan 14.56 23 Daniele Righi (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 16.54 24 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 18.41 25 Vadim Kravchenko (Kaz) Kazakstan 18.53 26 Tetsuya Okada (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 18.55 27 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing 19.32 28 Hideto Yukinari (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 23.06 29 Glen Mitchell (NZl) New Zealand 23.56 30 Dae-Hong Chun (Kor) Korea 24.43 31 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 24.56 32 Osamu Sumida (Jpn) Shimano Racing 25.37 33 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 25.47 34 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 26.14 35 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 26.38 36 Hisafumi Imanishi (Jpn) Shimano Racing 27.12 37 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing 27.18 38 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano Racing 30.45 39 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 31.09 40 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 32.14 41 Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 34.06 42 Tomokazu Fujino (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 34.58 43 Baden Cooke (Aus) Australia 35.15 44 Morgan Fox (Irl) Tonissteiner-Colnago 35.22 45 Maxim Gurov (Kaz) Kazakstan 35.33 46 Graeme Miller (NZl) New Zealand 37.39 47 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 37.48 48 Bryce Shapley (NZl) New Zealand 38.05 49 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 39.36 50 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 42.27 51 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Mroz-Supradyn 42.27 52 Andreas Sauerborn (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 42.34 53 Mikhail Teteryuk (Kaz) Kazakstan 42.41 54 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 43.15 55 Kozo Fujita (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 43.15 56 Pavel Nevdakh (Kaz) Kazakstan 43.33 57 Naokiyo Hashisako (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 43.36 58 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 43.54 59 Kentaro Eshita (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 44.42 60 Yuichi Numata (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 45.13 61 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 45.40 62 Yasuhiro Nakajima (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 46.46 63 Osamu Kurimura (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 47.16 64 Masakazu Mori (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 49.02 65 Daniel Loprais (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 50.36 66 Takeshi Okamoto (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 50.46 67 Naoki Takamura (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 51.02 68 Daisuke Sakuta (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 51.25 69 Ho Jun (Kor) Korea 51.30 70 Allan Davis (Aus) Australia 52.26 71 Stanislav Tancer (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 52.28 72 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 53.19 73 Daisuke Nakayama (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 54.36 74 Nicola Minali (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 55.45 75 Hiroshi Sakaguchi (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 56.18 76 Nobuo Tamaki (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 56.31 77 Masahiro Yasuhara (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 57.57 78 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1.01.09 79 Bjorn Cornelissen (Ned) Tonissteiner-Colnago 1.01.26 80 Koji Nagano (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 1.03.22 81 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Tonissteiner-Colnago 1.06.38 82 Hitoshi Takahashi (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 1.07.22 83 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Tonissteiner-Colnago 1.10.15 84 Ken Akita (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 1.10.18 Points classification: 1 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 11 pts 2 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 11 3 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 9 4 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 8 5 Graeme Miller (NZl) New Zealand 8 6 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 6 7 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 4 8 Baden Cooke (Aus) Australia 4 9 Tomokazu Fujino (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 3 10 Petr Bencik (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 3 11 Hisafumi Imanishi (Jpn) Shimano Racing 2 12 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 2 13 Thomas Muhlbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 1 14 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 1 Climbs classification: 1 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 20 pts 2 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 14 3 Brendan Vesty (NZl) New Zealand 8 4 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 5 5 Osamu Sumida (Jpn) Shimano Racing 5 6 Glen Mitchell (NZl) New Zealand 5 7 Petr Bencik (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 2 8 Richard Faltus (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 2 9 Scott Guyton (NZl) New Zealand 2 10 Bryce Shapley (NZl) New Zealand 2 11 Leandro Fioroni (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 2 12 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 1 13 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1 14 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 1 Sprints classification: 1 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 12 pts 2 Graeme Miller (NZl) New Zealand 10 3 Scott McGrory (Aus) Team Gerolsteiner 6 4 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 5 5 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 4 6 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 3 7 Tomokazu Fujino (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 3 8 Glen Mitchell (NZl) New Zealand 2 9 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 1 10 Baden Cooke (Aus) Australia 1 Teams classification: 1 Mroz-Supradyn 54.26.29 2 Wustenrot-ZVVZ 3.31 3 New Zealand National Team 4.51 4 Alexia Alluminio 28.18 5 Shimano Racing 29.13 6 Team Gerolsteiner 37.01 7 Kazakstan National Team 37.55 8 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 39.19 9 Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 1.11.55 10 Team Bridgestone Anchor 1.15.53 11 Australian National Team 1.23.09 12 Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 1.24.40 13 Kinan Le Soleil 1.34.31 14 Asian Racing Team 1.43.23 15 Tonissteiner-Colnago 2.16.27 16 Cheblo Artnature 2.24.52 - 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