6th Tour of Japan - 2.4Japan, May 20-27, 2001Main page Results Previous stage Stage 3 - May 23: Shuzenji: Japan Cycle Sports Center Circuit, 122.0 kmCalcagni wins toughest stageBy 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.
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 Results1 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 |
