6th Tour of Japan - 2.4Japan, May 20-27, 2001Main page Results Previous stage Stage 4 - May 25: Motegi: Twin Ring Motegi, 153.36 km Stafiej finally grabs a stageBy Miwako Sasaki*
Polish rider Kazimierz Stafiej (Mroz) has won the 4th stage of 6th Tour of Japan, beating German Lars Teutenberg (Rigida DPX-Bianchi) in the final sprint. 81 riders started on the circuit course (12.38km x 12 laps + 4.8 km) at 9:30, normally used for Motor Sports in Motegi. The sky was clear, and the temperature was over 30 degrees on the course. At the first sprint with 9 laps to go, New Zealander Matthew Yates (older brother of Jeremy, Junior World Champion last year and also at this race) crossed first, ahead of Czech Michal Kalenda (Wustenrot-ZVVZ) and Spanish Guillem Munos (Rigida DPX-Bianchi). These three riders opened up a gap and continued to ride away for the next three laps. At the second sprint, at 6 laps to go, Yates also crossed first. He had gained 1 point in the Osaka stage, and therefore now had 11 points, so he got the yellow sprint jersey today. At 5 laps to go the three were caught by the peloton,which was moving fast in preparation for the finish. At the third sprint, with 3 laps to go, Japanese Koki Shinbo (Aisan Ind Racing Team) attacked, and Australian Josh Collingwood (Wustenrot-ZVVZ) and Guillaum Lauloux (St Quentin-Oktos) followed him. Collingwood quickly dropped out of the break, while Shinbo and Lauloux got 38 seconds at 2 laps to go. At this point, Stafiej and some other riders took off from the peloton and pursued the break. On the final lap, Stafiej and German Lars Teutenberg (younger brother of Sven (Festina)) took the lead. Stafiej is a teammate of race leader Pawel Niedzwiecki, and didn't work with Teutenberg making it easier for him to take the stage. It was second stage victory for Stafiej in the Tour of Japan (he won the Utsunomiya stage last year). He also finished 4th in stage 2, and 2nd in stage 3. He kept his blue points jersey and Niedzwiecki kept his green race leader's Jersey too. Tomorrow is the final mountain stage in Utsunomiya, the memorial circuit course of 1990 World Championship. *Miwako Sasaki is a journalist with Japanese Cycle Sport magazine Results1 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 3.39.41 2 Lars Teutenberg (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi 3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Australian National Team 0.07 4 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 5 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi 6 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 7 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 8 Junichi Shibuya (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 9 Ronny Assez (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex 10 Graeme Miller (NZl) New Zealand National Team 11 Dae-Hong Chun (Kor) Korean National Team 12 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi 13 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) RT Nippon Hodo 14 Martin Laciak (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 15 Tae Chan Chang (Kor) Korean National Team 16 Pietro Zucconi (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 17 Chris Matthys (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex 18 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 19 Scott Davis (Aus) Australian National Team 20 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 21 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 22 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 23 Marco Gili (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 24 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 25 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 26 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 27 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team 28 Seth Pelusi (USA) Flanders-Prefetex 29 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) RT Nippon Hodo 30 Hiroshi Sakaguchi (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team 31 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 32 Andy Cappelle (Bel) St Quentin-Oktos 33 In-Chan Park (Kor) Korean National Team 34 Koji Nagano (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi 35 Mikhail Teteryuk (Kaz) RT Nippon Hodo 0.12 36 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jap) Team Colpack-Astro 37 Arturas Trumpauskas (Ltu) St Quentin-Oktos 38 Allan Davis (Aus) Australian National Team 39 Tjarco Cuppens (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex 40 Michal Prusa (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 41 Matthew Yates (NZl) New Zealand National Team 42 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Australian National Team 43 Jeremy Yates (NZl) New Zealand National Team 44 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team 45 Roger Argelaguer (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi 46 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi 47 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi 48 Guillem Munos (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi 49 Dominik Raza (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex 50 Scott Guyton (NZl) Flanders-Prefetex 51 Min-Woo Kong (Kor) Korean National Team 52 Hisafumi Imanishi (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 53 Katsuya Ryugo (Jpn) RT Nippon Hodo 54 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 55 Yasuhiro Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 56 Jonas Hudalla (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 57 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 58 Jerome Desjardins (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 59 Guillaume Laloux (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 60 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 61 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 62 Massimiliano Razzari (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 63 Joshua Collingwood (Aus) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 0.20 64 Remigijus Lupeikis (Ltu) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 65 Robin Reid (NZl) New Zealand National Team 66 Warren Clark (NZl) New Zealand National Team 0.44 67 Naoki Takamura (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 1.09 68 Koki Shinbo (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team 1.36 69 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 2.12 70 Tsutomu Fujita (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 2.31 71 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi 72 Tomokazu Fujino (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 6.50 DNF Michal Kalenda (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ DNF Valeriy Titov (Kaz) RT Nippon Hodo DNF Dong-Hyuk Huh (Kor) Korean National Team DNF Kazuaki Akasaka (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi DNF Yosuke Suga (Jpn) Rigida DPX - Bianchi DNF Geoffrey Burndred (NZl) New Zealand National Team DNF Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor DNF Yoshitaka Koriyama (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team DNF Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro DNS Takumi Beppu (Jpn) RT Nippon Hodo General classification after stage 4 1 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 13.42.58 2 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 0.08 3 Pietro Zucconi (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 0.12 4 Scott Davis (Aus) Australian National Team 5 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 6 Hiroshi Sakaguchi (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team 7 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 0.17 8 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) RT Nippon Hodo 9 Andy Cappelle (Bel) St Quentin-Oktos 10 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 11 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi 0.41 12 Scott Guyton (NZl) Flanders-Prefetex 1.18 13 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 2.41 14 Lars Teutenberg (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi 3.22 15 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 3.30 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 4.23 20 Jerome Desjardins (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 4.44 21 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 5.09 22 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 5.57 23 Dae-Hong Chun (Kor) Korean National Team 6.07 24 Guillaume Laloux (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 6.09 25 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 6.13 26 Martin Laciak (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 6.17 27 Remigijus Lupeikis (Ltu) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 6.24 28 Mikhail Teteryuk (Kaz) RT Nippon Hodo 6.36 29 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team 6.50 30 Seth Pelusi (USA) Flanders-Prefetex 6.54 31 Guillem Munos (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi 7.16 32 Hisafumi Imanishi (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 7.38 33 Marco Gili (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 7.51 34 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Australian National Team 8.26 35 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 9.07 36 Koki Shinbo (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team 9.53 37 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirol11.02 38 Matthew Yates (NZl) New Zealand National Team 12.16 39 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jap) Team Colpack-Astro 12.47 40 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi 14.01 41 Roger Argelaguer (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi 14.08 42 Allan Davis (Aus) Australian National Team 15.07 43 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 17.00 44 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi 17.50 45 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi 17.52 46 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team 19.29 47 Koji Nagano (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi 21.05 48 Michal Prusa (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 21.09 49 Warren Clark (NZl) New Zealand National Team 21.18 50 Joshua Collingwood (Aus) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 23.46 51 Arturas Trumpauskas (Ltu) St Quentin-Oktos 24.00 52 Yasuhiro Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 24.10 53 Jonas Hudalla (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 24.40 54 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi 24.51 55 Dominik Raza (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex 25.11 56 Junichi Shibuya (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 25.46 57 Robin Reid (NZl) New Zealand National Team 26.06 58 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) RT Nippon Hodo 26.25 59 Katsuya Ryugo (Jpn) RT Nippon Hodo 28.46 60 In-Chan Park (Kor) Korean National Team 30.26 61 Tjarco Cuppens (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex 30.40 62 Ronny Assez (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex 31.32 63 Tae Chan Chang (Kor) Korean National Team 34.55 64 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 35.32 65 Min-Woo Kong (Kor) Korean National Team 36.00 66 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 36.30 67 Tsutomu Fujita (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 39.08 68 Chris Matthys (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex 40.01 69 Massimiliano Razzari (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 40.32 70 Tomokazu Fujino (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 50.12 71 Naoki Takamura (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 52.22 72 Graeme Brown (Aus) Australian National Team 53.53 Points classification 1 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 11 pts 2 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 7 3 Graeme Miller (NZl) New Zealand National Team 5 4 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 5 5 Lars Teutenberg (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi 5 6 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi 5 7 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 4 8 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 3 9 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 3 10 Guillaume Laloux (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 3 11 Graeme Brown (Aus) Australian National Team 3 12 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 2 13 Dae-Hong Chun (Kor) Korean National Team 2 14 Pietro Zucconi (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 2 Mountains classification 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Australian National Team 13 pts 2 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 12 3 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 7 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 Graeme Brown (Aus) Australian National Team 1 Sprints classification 1 Matthew Yates (NZl) New Zealand National Team 11 pts 2 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 10 3 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 8 4 Gregory Faghel (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 2 4 Koki Shinbo (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team 5 5 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 3 6 Joshua Collingwood (Aus) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 2 7 Guillem Munos (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi 2 8 Guillaume Laloux (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 1 Teams classification 1 Mroz - Supradyn Witaminy 41.10.12 2 Team Bridgestone Anchor 4.06 3 Shimano Racing Team 5.35 4 Saint-Quentin - Oktos 7.20 5 Rigida DPX - Bianchi 10.49 6 Australia National Team 12.27 7 Tacconi Sport - Vini Caldirola 12.53 8 Aisan Ind. Racing Team 14.08 9 New Zealand National Team 14.18 10 Kinan Maruishi 17.55 11 RT Nippon Hodo 20.20 12 Flanders - Prefetex 26.21 13 Wustenrot - ZVVZ 36.30 14 Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 57.10 15 Korea National Team 1.04.45 DNF Team Colpack - Astro |
