6th Tour of Japan - 2.4Japan, May 20-27, 2001Main page Results Previous stage Stage 5 - May 26: Utsunomiya Forest Park Circuit, 154.5 kmTeutenberg wins final mountain stage, Niedzzwiecki hangs onto leadBy Miwako Sasaki* German Lars Teutenberg (Rigida DPX-Bianchi), who finished 2nd in the 4th stage, has won the 5th stage of 6th Tour of Japan in a solo break. The weather was cloudy and calm, and a lot of spectators came to watch the race, which was held on the same course as the 1990 World Championships (10.3 x 15 laps) in Utsunomiya. On the first lap, 4 got a gap on the decent, taking 1 minute's lead. These were Swiss Patrick Calcagni (Tacconi Sport),who won a mountain stage on Wednesday and his teammate Pietro Zucconi, who was 12 seconds behind the race leader Pawel Niedzwiecki. The rest were 2 Japanese riders, Mitsuteru Tanaka (Aisan Ind Racing Team) and Shinri Suzuki (Shimano Racing Team), who had 7 points in the Mountain classification before the start. Suzuki was aiming for the red Mountains Jersey, which Australian Allan Davis wore, and crossed first in the mountain sprints with 12 and 8 laps to go. Suzuki got an extra 10 points, for a total of 17 points, and became leader of the Mountains Classification on the road. To protect his jersey, Allan Davis worked hard with the Mroz team in front of peloton, and caught the break with 5 laps to go. With 4 laps to go, there was the final Mountain sprint of the race (there are no points in tomorrrow's final stage in Tokyo), and Allan Davis crossed first and kept his red Jersey. With the battle for the Mountain Competition, the first main group decreased to about 30 riders. With 2 laps to go, Lars Teutenberg attacked from the the first group, and got 50 seconds on the final lap. He kept his lead, and finished solo. In the main group, race leader Polish Pawel Niedzwiecki (Mroz) attacked in the final sprint again, and took another 9 seconds advantage to his rivals, and kept his green leader's Jersey. *Miwako Sasaki is a journalist with Japanese Cycle Sport magazine
Results1 Lars Teutenberg (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi 4.07.47 2 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 1.16 3 Graeme Miller (NZl) New Zealand National Team 1.25 4 Scott Davis (Aus) Australian National Team 5 Dae-Hong Chun (Kor) Korean National Team 6 Hiroshi Sakaguchi (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team 7 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 8 Seth Pelusi (USA) Flanders-Prefetex 9 Martin Laciak (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 10 Pietro Zucconi (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 11 Andy Cappelle (Bel) St Quentin-Oktos 12 Mikhail Teteryuk (Kaz) RT Nippon Hodo 13 Jerome Desjardins (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 14 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 15 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 16 Hisafumi Imanishi (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 17 Scott Guyton (NZl) Flanders-Prefetex 18 Guillaume Laloux (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 19 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi 20 Allan Davis (Aus) Australian National Team 4.12 21 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) RT Nippon Hodo 5.29 22 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 23 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 5.33 24 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi 25 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 26 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi 27 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 28 Junichi Shibuya (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 5.46 29 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 5.47 30 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jap) Team Colpack-Astro 31 Joshua Collingwood (Aus) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 5.52 32 Roger Argelaguer (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi 33 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 7.24 34 Marco Gili (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 11.44 35 Michal Kalenda (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 36 Michal Prusa (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 37 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 38 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) RT Nippon Hodo 19.21 39 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 40 Remigijus Lupeikis (Ltu) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 19.25 41 Arturas Trumpauskas (Ltu) St Quentin-Oktos 42 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 43 Tae Chan Chang (Kor) Korean National Team 44 Yasuhiro Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 45 Matthew Yates (NZl) New Zealand National Team 46 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 47 Chris Matthys (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex 48 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Australian National Team 49 Guillem Munos (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi 50 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team 51 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team 52 Koki Shinbo (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team 53 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi 54 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 55 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi 56 Graeme Brown (Aus) Australian National Team 57 Dominik Raza (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex 22.55 58 Massimiliano Razzari (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 29.10 59 Ronny Assez (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex 60 Jonas Hudalla (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 61 Robin Reid (NZl) New Zealand National Team 62 Katsuya Ryugo (Jpn) RT Nippon Hodo 63 Koji Nagano (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi 31.25 64 Warren Clark (NZl) New Zealand National Team 31.55 65 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 35.10 66 Tjarco Cuppens (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex TC Naoki Takamura (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi TC Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi TC Min-Woo Kong (Kor) Korean National Team TC Tsutomu Fujita (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi TC Jeremy Yates (NZl) New Zealand National Team TC Tomokazu Fujino (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor DNF In-Chan Park (Kor) Korean National Team Genreal classification after stage 5 1 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 17.52.01 2 Pietro Zucconi (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 0.21 3 Scott Davis (Aus) Australian National Team 4 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 5 Hiroshi Sakaguchi (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team 6 Andy Cappelle (Bel) St Quentin-Oktos 0.26 7 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 8 Scott Guyton (NZl) Flanders-Prefetex 1.27 9 Lars Teutenberg (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi 2.06 10 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 2.50 11 Graeme Miller (NZl) New Zealand National Team 4.11 12 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 4.25 13 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) RT Nippon Hodo 4.30 14 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 15 Jerome Desjardins (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 4.53 16 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi 4.58 17 Dae-Hong Chun (Kor) Korean National Team 6.16 18 Guillaume Laloux (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 6.18 19 Martin Laciak (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 6.26 20 Mikhail Teteryuk (Kaz) RT Nippon Hodo 6.45 21 Seth Pelusi (USA) Flanders-Prefetex 7.03 22 Hisafumi Imanishi (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 7.47 23 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 9.26 24 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 10.14 25 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 12.21 26 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 13.38 27 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi 14.10 28 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jap) Team Colpack-Astro 17.18 29 Allan Davis (Aus) Australian National Team 18.03 30 Marco Gili (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 18.19 31 Roger Argelaguer (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi 18.44 32 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 21.39 33 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 21.44 34 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi 22.07 35 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 22.23 36 Remigijus Lupeikis (Ltu) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 24.33 37 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team 24.59 38 Guillem Munos (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi 25.25 39 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Australian National Team 26.35 40 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 27.28 41 Koki Shinbo (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team 28.02 42 Joshua Collingwood (Aus) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 28.22 43 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 29.11 44 Michal Kalenda (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 30.07 45 Junichi Shibuya (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 30.16 46 Matthew Yates (NZl) New Zealand National Team 30.25 47 Michal Prusa (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 31.37 48 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi 36.01 49 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team 37.38 50 Arturas Trumpauskas (Ltu) St Quentin-Oktos 42.09 51 Yasuhiro Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 42.19 52 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi 43.00 53 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) RT Nippon Hodo 44.30 54 Dominik Raza (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex 46.50 55 Koji Nagano (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi 51.14 56 Warren Clark (NZl) New Zealand National Team 51.57 57 Jonas Hudalla (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 52.34 58 Tae Chan Chang (Kor) Korean National Team 53.04 59 Robin Reid (NZl) New Zealand National Team 54.00 60 Katsuya Ryugo (Jpn) RT Nippon Hodo 56.40 61 Chris Matthys (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex 58.10 62 Ronny Assez (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex 59.26 63 Tjarco Cuppens (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex 1.04.34 64 Massimiliano Razzari (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 1.08.26 65 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 1.10.24 66 Graeme Brown (Aus) Australian National Team 1.12.02 Points classification 1 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 11 pts 2 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 11 3 Lars Teutenberg (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi 10 4 Graeme Miller (NZl) New Zealand National Team 8 5 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 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 Guillaume Laloux (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 3 10 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 3 11 Graeme Brown (Aus) Australian National Team 3 12 Dae-Hong Chun (Kor) Korean National Team 3 13 Scott Davis (Aus) Australian National Team 2 14 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 2 15 Pietro Zucconi (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 2 Mountains classification 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Australian National Team 18 pts 2 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 17 3 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 14 4 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 9 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 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team 2 9 Dae-Hong Chun (Kor) Korean National Team 1 10 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 53.41.47 2 Saint-Quentin - Oktos 3.21 3 Shimano Racing Team 5.44 4 Team Bridgestone Anchor 8.19 5 Kinan Maruishi 22.12 6 Tacconi Sport - Vini Caldirola 25.12 7 Rigida DPX - Bianchi 27.52 8 Australia National Team 29.15 9 Rt Nippon Hodo 38.21 10 Flanders - Prefetex 40.22 11 Aisan Ind. Racing Team 46.09 12 Wustenrot - ZVVZ 47.17 13 New Zealand National Team 56.04 |