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8th Tour of Japan - 2.5
Japan, May 23-30, 2004
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Stage 2 - May 24: Todaiji Temple - Nunome Dam Circuit, Nara, 146.2km
Beppu takes over
By Miwako Sasaki, Cycle Sports Japan
Japanese rider Takumi Beppu (Aisan Ind. Racing Team) had taken the second stage of the 8th Tour of Japan and also took over the green leader's jersey after overnight leader Mariusz Wiesiak finished the race 5'26 behind Beppu.
About 30 riders, including green jersey Wiesiak, made the front group on the hilly circuit in Nara. 13 riders jumped clear from the group with 73 km to go, and Wiesiak couldn't follow. Team Nippo's Satoshi Hirose attacked from the first group at 24 km to go, and Beppu and Shinichi Fukushima (Team Bridgestone Anchor) followed him. On the final hill to the finish, Beppu was the strongest of the three riders, finishing ahead of Fukushima and Hirose. Beppu took the points blue jersey too.
Shinri Suzuki (Shimano Racing) took the red mountains jersey today, and Masamichi Yamamoto (Shimano Racing) still wears the yellow sprints jersey as there was no sprint competition today. This means that all the leaders jerseys are worn by Japanese riders - a historic moment for the Tour of Japan.
It is a rest day tomorrow, because the race transfers to Shuzenji, where the third stage will be held on Wednesday on a hilly circuit.
Australian National Team Report
By Brian Stephens, Australian Under 23 Team Manager
Stage 2 of the Tour of Japan turned out to be a pretty tough one. Held over 12 laps of a 10km undulating circuit outside of Nara, the race was on from the gun. The first big split saw 35 riders get clear including Aaron Kemps, David Betts and Ashley Humbert for the Australian team. This group split further and initially included Ashley but David clawed his way over alone with four laps remaining. The group split further with three Japanese riders getting away and fighting out the win. David was our best finishing 12th.
Results
1 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 3.02.10 2 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 0.02 3 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Team Nippo 0.05 4 Christian Heule (Swi) Team Macandina 0.19 5 Robert Lozano (Spa) Team Etxeondo 6 Mikhail Teteriouk (Kaz) Team Nippo 7 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing 0.24 8 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing 0.55 9 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Team Nippo 0.57 10 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 11 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 1.06 12 David Betts (Aus) Australian National Team 13 Edmund Hollands (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 1.30 14 Guozhang Wang (Chn) People's Republic of China 15 Jan Ramsauer (Swi) Team Macandina 16 Sebastian Franco (Spa) Team Etxeondo 17 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Iri) Giant Asia Racing Team 1.36 18 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 19 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Australian National Team 1.41 20 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano Racing 3.37 21 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 5.26 22 Karsten Volkmann (Ger) VC Frankfurt Radteam-Brügelmann 23 Ngai Ching Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China 24 Marcel Klaus (Swi) Team Macandina 25 Junichi Shibuya (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 26 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Australian National Team 27 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 28 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Kinan CCD 29 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano Racing 30 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Shimano Racing 31 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Team Nippo 32 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing 33 Makoto Takeuchi (Jpn) Team Etxeondo 34 Bruno Buetiger (Swi) Team Macandina 35 Andrew Randell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 6.03 36 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 9.55 37 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 11.03 38 Takeshi Hashimoto (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 39 Bas Robroek (Ned) Team Fuji Bikes 40 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Kinan CCD 41 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 42 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 11.08 43 Henning Jaecks (Ger) VC Frankfurt Radteam-Brügelmann 44 Marc Hohmann (Ger) VC Frankfurt Radteam-Brügelmann 45 Manabu Hirose (Jpn) Kinan CCD 46 Osamu Sumida (Jpn) Kinan CCD 11.25 47 Shinichi Amagasa (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 11.29 48 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 49 Ryan Roth (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 17.29 49 Kevin Miller (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 49 Michael Mueller (Swi) Team Macandina 49 Roman Gugger (Swi) Team Macandina 49 Vladislavs Lukasenko (Lat) Team Fuji Bikes 49 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Team Fuji Bikes 49 Maikel Paas (Ned) Team Fuji Bikes 49 Danny Sijen (Ned) Team Fuji Bikes 49 Patrik Kohler (Ger) VC Frankfurt Radteam-Brügelmann 49 Andre Schulze (Ger) VC Frankfurt Radteam-Brügelmann 49 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Australian National Team 49 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Australian National Team 49 Richard Moffatt (Aus) Australian National Team 49 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong China 49 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong China 49 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong China 49 Chun Ming Tsoi (HKg) Hong Kong China 49 Jiguo Li (Chn) People's Republic of China 49 Stefano Guerrini (Ita) Team Nippo 49 Alonso Aitor Galdos (Spa) Team Nippo 49 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 49 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 49 Koki Shimbo (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 49 Hiroshi Sakaguchi (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 49 Ken Akita (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 49 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 49 Tetsuya Ishida (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 49 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 49 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 49 Kazutaka Fukao (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 49 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Kinan CCD 49 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Kinan CCD 49 Takashi Nakazato (Jpn) Team Etxeondo 49 Miguel Luis Pena (Spa) Team Etxeondo DNF Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Iri) Giant Asia Racing Team DNF Thorben Wieditz (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee DNF Hideaki Asano (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi DNF Jianshi Luo (Chn) People's Republic of China DNF Shinya Numata (Jpn) Team Etxeondo DNF Marco Engels (Ned) Team Fuji Bikes DNF Mario Schmidt (Ger) VC Frankfurt Radteam-Brügelmann DNF Matthew Hansen (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee DNF Takashi Yamada (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi DNF Luanyun Feng (Chn) People's Republic of China DNF King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong China DNF Long Jin (Chn) People's Republic of China General classification after stage 2 1 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 5.11.33 2 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 0.02 3 Christian Heule (Swi) Team Macandina 0.19 4 Robert Lozano (Spa) Team Etxeondo 5 Mikhail Teteriouk (Kaz) Team Nippo 6 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing 0.24 7 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Team Nippo 0.26 8 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing 0.55 9 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Team Nippo 0.57 10 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 11 David Betts (Aus) Australian National Team 1.12 12 Jan Ramsauer (Swi) Team Macandina 1.30 13 Guozhang Wang (Chn) People's Republic of China 14 Sebastian Franco (Spa) Team Etxeondo 15 Edmund Hollands (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 16 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Iri) Giant Asia Racing Team 1.36 17 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Australian National Team 1.41 18 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 1.42 19 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 1.47 20 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano Racing 3.43 21 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Team Nippo 5.16 22 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Australian National Team 5.22 23 Marcel Klaus (Swi) Team Macandina 5.26 24 Karsten Volkmann (Ger) VC Frankfurt Radteam-Brügelmann 25 Ngai Ching Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China 26 Junichi Shibuya (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 27 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano Racing 28 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing 29 Bruno Buetiger (Swi) Team Macandina 30 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Kinan CCD 31 Andrew Randell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 6.03 32 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 6.07 33 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Shimano Racing 34 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 6.20 35 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 10.41 36 Makoto Takeuchi (Jpn) Team Etxeondo 10.45 37 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 11.03 38 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Kinan CCD 39 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 40 Bas Robroek (Ned) Team Fuji Bikes 11.44 41 Henning Jaecks (Ger) VC Frankfurt Radteam-Brügelmann 11.58 42 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 12.08 43 Takeshi Hashimoto (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 15.23 44 Manabu Hirose (Jpn) Kinan CCD 16.27 45 Marc Hohmann (Ger) VC Frankfurt Radteam-Brügelmann 46 Osamu Sumida (Jpn) Kinan CCD 16.40 47 Shinichi Amagasa (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 16.48 48 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 16.51 49 Andre Schulze (Ger) VC Frankfurt Radteam-Brügelmann 17.23 50 Alonso Aitor Galdos (Spa) Team Nippo 17.29 51 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 52 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Australian National Team 53 Kevin Miller (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 54 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Kinan CCD 55 Michael Mueller (Swi) Team Macandina 56 Roman Gugger (Swi) Team Macandina 57 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong China 17.35 58 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong China 18.10 59 Maikel Paas (Ned) Team Fuji Bikes 18.14 60 Chun Ming Tsoi (HKg) Hong Kong China 18.16 61 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 62 Hiroshi Sakaguchi (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 18.33 63 Richard Moffatt (Aus) Australian National Team 18.39 64 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 19.05 65 Koki Shimbo (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 66 Stefano Guerrini (Ita) Team Nippo 19.11 67 Ken Akita (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 21.49 68 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Australian National Team 69 Vladislavs Lukasenko (Lat) Team Fuji Bikes 70 Miguel Luis Pena (Spa) Team Etxeondo 21.52 71 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong China 72 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Team Fuji Bikes 22.48 73 Jiguo Li (Chn) People's Republic of China 74 Danny Sijen (Ned) Team Fuji Bikes 75 Ryan Roth (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 76 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Kinan CCD 77 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 78 Tetsuya Ishida (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 79 Patrik Kohler (Ger) VC Frankfurt Radteam-Brügelmann 26.30 80 Takashi Nakazato (Jpn) Team Etxeondo 26.38 81 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 26.44 82 Kazutaka Fukao (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 28.51 Points classification 1 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 5 pts 2 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Team Nippo 5 3 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 4 4 Andre Schulze (Ger) VC Frankfurt Radteam-Brügelmann 4 5 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Team Nippo 3 6 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Australian National Team 3 7 Christian Heule (Swi) Team Macandina 2 8 Alonso Aitor Galdos (Spa) Team Nippo 2 9 Robert Lozano (Spa) Team Etxeondo 1 10 Jan Ramsauer (Swi) Team Macandina 1 Mountains classification 1 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing 12 pts 2 Sebastian Franco (Spa) Team Etxeondo 6 3 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 2 4 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano Racing 2 5 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 1 6 Edmund Hollands (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 1 Sprints classification 1 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano Racing 9 pts 2 Stefano Guerrini (Ita) Team Nippo 8 3 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 6 4 Richard Moffatt (Aus) Australian National Team 1 Teams classification 1 Team Nippo 15.36.00 2 Team Bridgestone Anchor 1.14 3 Shimano Racing 3.35 4 Team Macandina-Kewa Rad-VC Gippingen 5.54 5 Australian National Team 6.52 6 Giant Asia Racing Team 7.52 7 Team Etxeondo 10.17 8 Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 23.19 9 Kinan CCD 26.16 10 VC Frankfurt Radteam-Brugelmann 27.11 11 Aisan-Ind Racing Team 29.20 12 Hong Kong China 39.50 13 Jet Fuel Coffee 44.00 14 Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 49.14 15 Team Fuji Bikes 50.26
