5th Tour of Japan - 2.4Japan, May 21-28, 2000Main Page Results Previous stageStage 6 - May 28: Hibiya - Ooi Wharf Circuit, 155.1 kmMroz take the stages but Gianetti wins overallBy Miwako Sisaki Grzegorz Wajs, Mroz-Supradyn won the final stage of the Tour of Japan, after a solo break, but Mauro Gianetti (Vini Caldirola) managed to hold onto his green leader jersey. This was his first general classification win of his 15 year career. 84 riders started Hibiya City, Tokyo, and the first 18.6 km, to Ooi Wharf circuit, was neutralized (the riders were in formation and not racing due to traffic security reasons). It was show parade for the final stage. The weather was cloudy, humid and there was strong wind, but no rain. When they reached Ooi Wharf (10.5x13 laps), the race started, and Gianetti actually fell, after he touched his teammate and hit a reflector on the road. When he crashed, although it was a chance for Mroz (Piotr Wadecki was 2nd overall, just 24 seconds behind) they waited until Gianetti came back to the peloton. After 6 laps, 5 riders jumped away: 4 Japanese riders and Mroz's Wajs and they put a minute into the peloton. Finally, they were caught at the sprint at 12 laps, where Wajs took first place. He wanted Wadecki to take it, to try and wrest the yellow sprint jersey from Graeme Miller (New Zealand), however, Wadecki got second and Miller, 3rd, sealed the competition. After the sprint, Wajs tried a solo break. Australian Allan Davis and Japan's Tomoya Kano chased him but they couldn't catch him. Wajs claimed his third win of the year. It was, however only his first "real" victory and his first as a pro. Reason? The other two were by default in the ill-fated Tour of Argentina in february, where the overall winner, David Kenig, was disqualified for doping. Kenig also won the time trial that Wajs placed second in. Gianetti finished the final stage in the peloton, and held onto his green jersey, but Wadecki lost his blue points jersey, after Austrian Rene Haselbacher took 5th place and got 1 point for the points classification. Wadecki had all of the jersies in the Nara stage, but at the end, he lost them all. However, he and his Mroz team showed us what fair play is in today's stage. *Miwako Sisaki is a jounrnalist with the Japanese Cycle Sport magazine, and provided reports for this race last year.
Results1 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 3.33.00 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Australia 0.21 3 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing 0.23 4 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 0.43 5 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 6 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 7 Graeme Miller (NZl) New Zealand 8 Bjorn Cornelissen (Ned) Tonissteiner-Colnago 9 Richard Faltus (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 10 Brendan Vesty (NZl) New Zealand 11 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 12 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 13 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Tonissteiner-Colnago 14 Kozo Fujita (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 15 Scott Guyton (NZl) New Zealand 16 Morgan Fox (Irl) Tonissteiner-Colnago 17 Baden Cooke (Aus) Australia 18 Dae-Hong Chun (Kor) Korea 19 Hiroshi Sakaguchi (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 20 Mikhail Teteryuk (Kaz) Kazakstan 21 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 22 Yuichi Numata (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 23 Hitoshi Takahashi (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 24 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 25 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 26 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 27 Nobuo Tamaki (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 28 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 29 Koki Shinbo (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 30 Masahiro Yasuhara (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 31 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 32 Daniel Loprais (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 33 Pavel Nevdakh (Kaz) Kazakstan 34 Mikhail Andreyef (Kaz) Kazakstan 35 Stanislav Tancer (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 36 Naoki Takamura (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 37 Maxim Gurov (Kaz) Kazakstan 38 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Mroz-Supradyn 39 Thomas Muhlbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 40 Warren Clark (NZl) New Zealand 41 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 42 Leandro Fioroni (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 43 Petr Bencik (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 44 Naokiyo Hashisako (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 45 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 46 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 47 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 48 Daisuke Sakuta (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 49 Kairat Baigudinov (Kaz) Kazakstan 50 Vadim Kravchenko (Kaz) Kazakstan 51 Scott Davis (Aus) Australia 52 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 53 Andreas Sauerborn (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 54 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 55 Osamu Sumida (Jpn) Shimano Racing 56 Bryce Shapley (NZl) New Zealand 57 Ho Jun (Kor) Korea 58 Yasuhiro Nakajima (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 59 Hideto Yukinari (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 60 Hisafumi Imanishi (Jpn) Shimano Racing 61 Nicola Minali (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 62 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing 63 Stefano Della Santa (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 64 Tomokazu Fujino (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 65 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 66 Osamu Kurimura (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 67 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing 68 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 69 Tetsuya Okada (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 70 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 71 Daisuke Nakayama (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 72 Takeshi Okamoto (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 73 Kentaro Eshita (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 74 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 75 Koji Nagano (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 76 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 0.59 77 Glen Mitchell (NZl) New Zealand 78 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Tonissteiner-Colnago 79 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano Racing 1.18 80 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1.40 81 Ken Akita (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 3.32 82 Masakazu Mori (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 7.39 DNF Daniele Righi (Ita) Alexia Alluminio DNF Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Alexia Alluminio Final general classification: 1 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 21.41.08 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 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 2.43 8 Leandro Fioroni (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 2.45 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 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 18.41 24 Vadim Kravchenko (Kaz) Kazakstan 18.53 25 Tetsuya Okada (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 18.55 26 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing 19.08 27 Hideto Yukinari (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 23.06 28 Glen Mitchell (NZl) New Zealand 24.12 29 Dae-Hong Chun (Kor) Korea 24.43 30 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 24.56 31 Osamu Sumida (Jpn) Shimano Racing 25.37 32 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 25.47 33 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 26.27 34 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 26.38 35 Hisafumi Imanishi (Jpn) Shimano Racing 27.12 36 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing 27.18 37 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 31.09 38 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano Racing 31.20 39 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 32.14 40 Tomokazu Fujino (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 34.58 41 Baden Cooke (Aus) Australia 35.15 42 Morgan Fox (Irl) Tonissteiner-Colnago 35.22 43 Maxim Gurov (Kaz) Kazakstan 35.33 44 Graeme Miller (NZl) New Zealand 37.36 45 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Tea 37.48 46 Bryce Shapley (NZl) New Zealand 38.05 47 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 39.36 48 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 41.29 49 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Mroz-Supradyn 42.27 50 Andreas Sauerborn (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 42.34 51 Mikhail Teteryuk (Kaz) Kazakstan 42.41 52 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 43.15 53 Kozo Fujita (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 43.15 54 Pavel Nevdakh (Kaz) Kazakstan 43.33 55 Naokiyo Hashisako (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 43.36 56 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Tea 43.53 57 Kentaro Eshita (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 44.42 58 Yuichi Numata (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 45.13 59 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 46.37 60 Yasuhiro Nakajima (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 46.46 61 Osamu Kurimura (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 47.16 62 Daniel Loprais (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 50.36 63 Takeshi Okamoto (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 50.46 64 Naoki Takamura (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 51.02 65 Daisuke Sakuta (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 51.25 66 Ho Jun (Kor) Korea 51.30 67 Allan Davis (Aus) Australia 51.58 68 Stanislav Tancer (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 52.28 69 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 53.19 70 Daisuke Nakayama (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 54.36 71 Nicola Minali (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 55.45 72 Masakazu Mori (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Team 55.58 73 Hiroshi Sakaguchi (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Te 56.18 74 Nobuo Tamaki (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 56.31 75 Masahiro Yasuhara (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 57.57 76 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1.01.09 77 Bjorn Cornelissen (Ned) Tonissteiner-Colnago 1.01.26 78 Koji Nagano (Jpn) Kinan Le Soleil 1.03.22 79 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Tonissteiner-Colnago 1.06.37 80 Hitoshi Takahashi (Jpn) Cheblo Artnature 1.07.22 81 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Tonissteiner-Colnago 1.10.31 82 Ken Akita (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team Racing Team 1.13.07 Points classification: 1 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 12 pts 2 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 11 3 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 11 4 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 8 5 Graeme Miller (NZl) New Zealand 8 6 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 6 7 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 5 8 Allan Davis (Aus) Australia 4 9 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 4 10 Baden Cooke (Aus) Australia 4 11 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing 3 12 Tomokazu Fujino (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 3 13 Petr Bencik (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 3 14 Hisafumi Imanishi (Jpn) Shimano Racing 2 15 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 2 16 Thomas Muhlbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 1 17 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 Sprint classification: 1 Graeme Miller (NZl) New Zealand 13 pts 2 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 12 3 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 10 4 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 8 5 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn 7 6 Scott McGrory (Aus) Team Gerolsteiner 6 7 Jaroslav Bilek (Cze) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 4 8 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Wustenrot-ZVVZ 3 9 Tomokazu Fujino (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 3 10 Glen Mitchell (NZl) New Zealand 2 11 Baden Cooke (Aus) Australia 1 12 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Miyata - Subaru Racing Tea 1 13 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Tonissteiner-Colnago 1 Teams classification: 1 Mroz-Supradyn 17.06.35 2 Wustenrot-ZVVZ 4.34 3 New Zealand National Team 5.51 4 Alexia Alluminio 29.21 5 Shimano Racing 29.52 6 Team Gerolsteiner 38.04 7 Kazakstan National Team 38.58 8 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 40.22 9 Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 1.12.57 10 Team Bridgestone Anchor 1.16.56 11 Australian National Team 1.23.44 12 Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 1.25.43 13 Kinan Le Soleil 1.35.34 14 Asian Racing Team 1.44.26 15 Tonissteiner-Colnago 2.17.29 16 Cheblo Artnature 2.25.55 - Korea National Team - |