6th Tour of Japan - 2.4

Japan, May 20-27, 2001

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Stage 3 - May 23: Shuzenji: Japan Cycle Sports Center Circuit, 122.0 km

Calcagni wins toughest stage

By Miwako Sasaki*
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Patrick Calcagni
Photo: © Miwako Sasaki

Swiss Patrick Calcagni (Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola) has won the 3rd and hardest stage of 6th Tour of Japan.

It rained heavily in the morning before the start and continued for the rest of the day. The temperature was 17 degrees, with strong winds blowing meaning that the finish was a headwind sprint.

85 riders started in the rain, including Australian Allan Davis who was injured in an accident on Monday. Although the peloton stayed together at first due to the bad conditions, a lot of riders were dropped, and there were only 35 riders left after 2 laps, but all the favorites were there.

On the second lap, Australian Daniel Mackey punctured. But he couldn't get any support quickly, so he lost contact with the peloton. On the 8th lap, Patrick Calcagni (Swiss TT Champion) and Polish Adam Wadecki (Mroz, younger brother of Piotr), attacked from the first group, gaining a 1'30 lead.

Kazimiesz Stafiej (Mroz) chased after them quickly, and caught them on the 9th lap. Calcagni was 7 minutes and 6 seconds behind Polish race leader Pawel Niedzwiecki (Mroz) on GC, so he wasn't a danger to the Mroz team.
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A wet day
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On the 9th lap, French climber Guillaume Laloux attacked from the first group where the Mroz Team controlled the pace. Laloux, who is strong in the mountains, chased the three riders but could not catch them in the end.

The finale was a 3 man sprint, uphill and into a head wind, Calcagni beat Stafiej and Wadecki, his first victory in a road race in his professional career.

Pawel Niedzwiecki finished in the main group, 1'15 behind and kept his green leader's Jersey. Allan Davis, who finished 9th today, also kept his red mountains jersey. Stafiej, who was 4th in Nara and 2nd today, became the new leader in the Points Classification and got the blue points jersey.

Tomorrow is a rest day and the riders will transfer to Motegi.

*Miwako Sasaki is a journalist with Japanese Cycle Sport magazine

Results

1 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola     3.52.15
2 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy             0.00
3 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy                  0.11
4 Dae-Hong Chun (Kor) Korean National Team                   0.16
5 Lars Teutenberg (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi
6 Guillaume Laloux (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos                    0.37
7 Jeremy Yates (NZl) New Zealand National Team               0.59
8 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy             1.15
9 Allan Davis (Aus) Australian National Team
10 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy
11 Matthew Yates (NZl) New Zealand National Team
12 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor
13 Scott Davis (Aus) Australian National Team
14 Pietro Zucconi (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
15 Hiroshi Sakaguchi (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team
16 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team
17 Graeme Miller (NZl) New Zealand National Team
18 Guillem Munos (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi                  1.20
19 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor
20 Andy Cappelle (Bel) St Quentin-Oktos
21 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) RT Nippon Hodo
22 Jerome Desjardins (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos
23 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy                 1.22
24 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor
25 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Australian National Team              1.32
26 Hisafumi Imanishi (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team               1.42
27 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi                         1.44
28 Scott Guyton (NZl) Flanders-Prefetex                      1.54
29 Martin Laciak (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ                        2.38
30 Remigijus Lupeikis (Ltu) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy
31 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team
32 Roger Argelaguer (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi
33 Mikhail Teteryuk (Kaz) RT Nippon Hodo                     2.43
34 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team                3.26
35 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi                        3.35
36 Seth Pelusi (USA) Flanders-Prefetex
37 Marco Gili (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola             4.32
38 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola      4.42
39 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team
40 Koki Shinbo (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team                  5.05
41 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi          5.15
42 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) RT Nippon Hodo                         8.25
43 Makoto  Iijima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi          9.50
44 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team            13.38
45 Dominik Raza (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex                     13.41
46 Michal Kalenda (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ                      13.45
47 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jap) Team Colpack-Astro
48 Robin Reid (NZl) New Zealand National Team               13.54
49 Valeriy Titov (Kaz) RT Nippon Hodo                       13.55
50 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi                      14.26
51 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi                      14.30
52 Michal Prusa (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ                        14.36
53 Junichi Shibuya (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor
54 Warren Clark (NZl) New Zealand National Team             14.50
55 Yasuhiro Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team              16.03
56 Jonas Hudalla (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ                       16.09
57 Katsuya Ryugo (Jpn) RT Nippon Hodo                       17.08
58 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) RT Nippon Hodo                    19.36
59 Koji Nagano (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi                         19.36
60 Joshua Collingwood (Aus) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ                  19.37
61 Chris Matthys (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex                    20.35
62 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro
63 Ronny Assez (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex                      20.36
64 Arturas Trumpauskas (Ltu) St Quentin-Oktos
65 Tae Chan Chang (Kor) Korean National Team                23.59
66 Geoffrey Burndred (NZl) New Zealand National Team        24.15
67 Tjarco Cuppens (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex
68 In-Chan Park (Kor) Korean National Team
69 Min-Woo Kong (Kor) Korean National Team                  24.30
70 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor           25.00
71 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi
72 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team                    25.15
73 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi                 26.00
74 Kazuaki Akasaka (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi        28.00
75 Yoshitaka Koriyama (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team          28.30
76 Tsutomu Fujita (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi         30.00
77 Yosuke Suga (Jpn) Rigida DPX - Bianchi                   30.30
78 Tomokazu Fujino (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor            31.30
79 Massimiliano Razzari (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro            32.00
80 Naoki Takamura (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi         32.30
81 Graeme Brown (Aus) Australian National Team              33.00
82 Dong-Hyuk Huh (Kor) Korean National Team                 34.00
TC Daniel Mackey (Aus) Australian National Team           
DNF Gene Bates (Aus) Australian National Team             
DNF Soon-Young Choi (Kor) Korean National Team            
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy         10.03.10
2 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy             0.08
3 Pietro Zucconi (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola          0.12
4 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor
5 Scott Davis (Aus) Australian National Team
6 Hiroshi Sakaguchi (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team
7 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team
8 Andy Cappelle (Bel) St Quentin-Oktos                       0.17
9 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) RT Nippon Hodo
10 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor
11 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi                         0.41
12 Scott Guyton (NZl) Flanders-Prefetex                      1.13
13 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy            2.58
14 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy                 3.30
15 Lars Teutenberg (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi                3.35
16 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team              3.39
17 Graeme Miller (NZl) New Zealand National Team             4.02
18 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy                 4.14
19 Jeremy Yates (NZl) New Zealand National Team              4.18
20 Jerome Desjardins (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos                  4.39
21 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor          5.09
22 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team                   5.57
23 Martin Laciak (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ
24 Guillaume Laloux (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos                   6.04
25 Dae-Hong Chun (Kor) Korean National Team                  6.07
26 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola       6.08
27 Remigijus Lupeikis (Ltu) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy           6.11
28 Mikhail Teteryuk (Kaz) RT Nippon Hodo                     6.31
29 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team                6.45
30 Seth Pelusi (USA) Flanders-Prefetex                       6.54
31 Guillem Munos (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi                  7.11
32 Hisafumi Imanishi (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team               7.33
33 Marco Gili (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola             7.51
34 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Australian National Team              8.21
35 Koki Shinbo (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team                  8.24
36 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi          9.02
37 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola     11.02
38 Matthew Yates (NZl) New Zealand National Team            12.11
39 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jap) Team Colpack-Astro                   12.42
40 Michal Kalenda (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ                      12.56
41 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi                      13.56
42 Roger Argelaguer (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi              14.03
43 Allan Davis (Aus) Australian National Team               15.02
44 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi                       15.28
45 Makoto  Iijima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi         17.00
46 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi                      17.45
47 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team            19.29
48 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) RT Nippon Hodo                        19.50
49 Warren Clark (NZl) New Zealand National Team             20.41
50 Michal Prusa (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ                        21.04
51 Koji Nagano (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi                         21.05
52 Valeriy Titov (Kaz) RT Nippon Hodo                       22.46
53 Joshua Collingwood (Aus) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ                  23.33
54 Arturas Trumpauskas (Ltu) St Quentin-Oktos               23.55
55 Yasuhiro Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team              24.05
56 Jonas Hudalla (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ                       24.35
57 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi                 24.51
58 Dominik Raza (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex                     25.06
59 Junichi Shibuya (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor            25.46
60 Robin Reid (NZl) New Zealand National Team               25.53
61 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) RT Nippon Hodo                    26.25
62 Katsuya Ryugo (Jpn) RT Nippon Hodo                       28.41
63 In-Chan Park (Kor) Korean National Team                  30.26
64 Tjarco Cuppens (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex                   30.35
65 Ronny Assez (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex                      31.32
66 Geoffrey Burndred (NZl) New Zealand National Team        32.14
67 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro                   33.17
68 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi          33.27
69 Tae Chan Chang (Kor) Korean National Team                34.55
70 Min-Woo Kong (Kor) Korean National Team                  35.55
71 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team                    36.25
72 Tsutomu Fujita (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi         36.44
73 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor           37.06
74 Yosuke Suga (Jpn) Rigida DPX - Bianchi                   39.13
75 Chris Matthys (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex                    40.01
76 Massimiliano Razzari (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro            40.27
77 Kazuaki Akasaka (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi        40.42
78 Tomokazu Fujino (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor            43.29
79 Naoki Takamura (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi         51.20
80 Yoshitaka Koriyama (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team          52.37
81 Graeme Brown (Aus) Australian National Team              53.57
82 Dong-Hyuk Huh (Kor) Korean National Team                 58.07
 
Points classification
 
1 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy                6 pts
2 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy                5
3 Graeme Miller (NZl) New Zealand National Team                 5
4 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola           5
5 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy                     4
6 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi                      4
7 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy                3
8 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy                     3
9 Guillaume Laloux (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos                       3
10 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team                 2
11 Dae-Hong Chun (Kor) Korean National Team                     2
12 Pietro Zucconi (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola            2
13 Lars Teutenberg (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi                   1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Allan Davis (Aus) Australian National Team                   13 pts
2 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy               12
3 Pietro Zucconi (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola             5
4 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola           5
5 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi              5
6 Matthew Yates (NZl) New Zealand National Team                 3
7 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy                     2
8 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team                       2
9 Graeme Brown (Aus) Australian National Team                   1
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy               10 pts
2 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team                         8
3 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team                  3
4 Gregory Faghel (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos                         2
5 Matthew Yates (NZl) New Zealand National Team                 1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Mroz - Supradyn Witaminy                               30.11.05
2 Team Bridgestone Anchor                                    3.49
3 Shimano Racing Team                                        5.13
4 Saint-Quentin - Oktos                                      6.53
5 Rigida DPX - Bianchi                                      10.40
6 Australian National Team                                  12.09
7 Tacconi Sport - Vini Caldirola                            12.36
8 Aisan Ind. Racing Team                                    13.46
9 New Zealand National Team                                 13.51
10 Kinan Maruishi                                           17.33
11 Rt Nippon Hodo                                           19.58
12 Flanders - Prefetex                                      26.04
13 Wustenrot - ZVVZ                                         35.50
14 Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi                              55.46
15 Korea National Team                                    1.04.28
16 Team Colpack - Astro                                   1.24.51