6th Tour of Japan - 2.4Japan, May 20-27, 2001Main page Results Previous stage Stage 6 - May 27: Tokyo: Hibiya - Ooi Wharf Circuit, 155.1 kmBrown wins final stage; Niedzwiecki keeps the greenBy Miwako Sasaki*
Australian Graeme Brown has won the final stage of 6th Tour of Japan in sensational fashion, dominating the bunch sprint. Pole Pawel Niedzwiecki (Mroz) kept his green race leader's jersey after donning it on day 1. 66 riders started from Hibiya City in the main part of Tokyo and rode to the Ooi Wharf Circuit (10.5km x 13 laps). It was raining at the start, but gradually improved. At the beginning of the race, 2 Japanese riders, Kazuya Okazaki (Kinan-Maruishi) and Makoto Iijima (Sumita Ravanello-Pearlizumi), broke away and kept a 1'30 advantage to the peloton which was always controlled by the Mroz Team. Okazaki passed 2 sprint points (8 laps to go and 5 laps to go) first and got 10 points. If he got final sprint points with 2 laps to go, New Zealander Matthew Yates would lose his yellow sprint jersey. Yates worked on the front of the peloton with the Mroz Team and caught the 2 Japanese riders with 4 laps to go. The peloton was together on the final lap, and Brown crossed first at the finish line. After the race interview, Brown said that his teammate Allan "Wizard" Davis, who wore a red Mountain jersey, led him out in the final sprint. It was Brown's 3rd victory this year, after he won a stage of the Tour Down Under and a stage of the Giro delle Regioni.
40 year old New Zealander Greame Miller finished in second place, and won the blue points jersey. In somewhat of a surprise, 3 jersey competitions, except the General Classification (the green jersey), were dominated by 2 National Teams, Australia and New Zealand. Moreover Australian Scott Davis got 3rd place in the final GC. Polish Pawel Niedzwiecki finished the race in the bunch, and easily kept his race leader's jersey. He wore it from the first stage to the last and his Mroz team also won the Team Classification. "I'm very happy to have won the Tour of Japan, Thank you," he said in French at the final ceremony. *Miwako Sasaki is a journalist with the Japanese Cycle Sport magazine. Results1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Australian National Team 3.30.36 2 Graeme Miller (NZl) New Zealand National Team 3 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi 4 Marco Gili (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 5 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) RT Nippon Hodo 6 Ronny Assez (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex 7 Andy Cappelle (Bel) St Quentin-Oktos 8 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 9 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi 10 Tjarco Cuppens (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex 11 Chris Matthys (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex 12 Pietro Zucconi (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 13 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 14 Michal Kalenda (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 15 Scott Davis (Aus) Australian National Team 16 Dae-Hong Chun (Kor) Korean National Team 17 Lars Teutenberg (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi 18 Tae Chan Chang (Kor) Korean National Team 19 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 20 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 21 Allan Davis (Aus) Australian National Team 22 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jap) Team Colpack-Astro 23 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 24 Martin Laciak (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 25 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 26 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 27 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 28 Hiroshi Sakaguchi (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team 29 Arturas Trumpauskas (Ltu) St Quentin-Oktos 30 Junichi Shibuya (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 31 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 32 Seth Pelusi (USA) Flanders-Prefetex 33 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 34 Michal Prusa (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 35 Remigijus Lupeikis (Ltu) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 36 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 37 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) RT Nippon Hodo 38 Mikhail Teteryuk (Kaz) RT Nippon Hodo 39 Matthew Yates (NZl) New Zealand National Team 40 Guillaume Laloux (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 41 Jerome Desjardins (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 42 Hisafumi Imanishi (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 43 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 44 Katsuya Ryugo (Jpn) RT Nippon Hodo 45 Dominik Raza (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex 46 Scott Guyton (NZl) Flanders-Prefetex 47 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team 48 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Australian National Team 49 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 50 Yasuhiro Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 51 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 52 Guillem Munos (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi 53 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi 54 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team 55 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi 56 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 57 Jonas Hudalla (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 58 Roger Argelaguer (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi 59 Koki Shinbo (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team 60 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi 61 Koji Nagano (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi 62 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 0.16 63 Warren Clark (NZl) New Zealand National Team 0.23 64 Massimiliano Razzari (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 0.27 65 Joshua Collingwood (Aus) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 0.51 DNF Robin Reid (NZl) New Zealand National Team Final general classification 1 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 21.22.37 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 4.05 12 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 4.25 13 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 4.30 14 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) RT Nippon Hodo 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 Caldirol 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 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 21.44 33 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 21.55 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 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 29.11 43 Joshua Collingwood (Aus) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 29.13 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 42.56 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 52.20 57 Jonas Hudalla (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 52.34 58 Tae Chan Chang (Kor) Korean National Team 53.04 59 Katsuya Ryugo (Jpn) RT Nippon Hodo 56.40 60 Chris Matthys (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex 58.10 61 Ronny Assez (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex 59.26 62 Tjarco Cuppens (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex 1.04.34 63 Massimiliano Razzari (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 1.08.53 64 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 1.10.24 65 Graeme Brown (Aus) Australian National Team 1.11.52 Points classification 1 Graeme Miller (NZl) New Zealand National Team 12 pts 2 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 11 3 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 11 4 Lars Teutenberg (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi 10 5 Graeme Brown (Aus) Australian National Team 8 6 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi 8 7 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 5 8 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 4 9 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 3 10 Guillaume Laloux (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 3 11 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 3 12 Dae-Hong Chun (Kor) Korean National Team 3 13 Scott Davis (Aus) Australian National Team 2 14 Marco Gili (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 2 15 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 2 16 Pietro Zucconi (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 2 17 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) RT Nippon Hodo 1 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 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi 10 4 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 8 5 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy 5 6 Koki Shinbo (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team 5 7 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi 4 8 Michal Kalenda (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 4 9 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 3 10 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Kinan Maruishi 2 11 Joshua Collingwood (Aus) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 2 12 Guillem Munos (Ger) Rigida DPX - Bianchi 2 13 Graeme Miller (NZl) New Zealand National Team 1 14 Guillaume Laloux (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 1 15 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jap) Team Colpack-Astro 1 16 Katsuya Ryugo (Jpn) RT Nippon Hodo 1 Teams classification 1 Mroz - Supradyn Witaminy 64.13.35 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 27.48 8 Australian National Team 29.05 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 56.21 DNF Korea National Team DNF Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi DNF Team Colpack - Astro |
