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9th Tour of Japan - 2.2
Japan, May 15-22, 2005
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Stage 6 - May 22: Hibiya city - Ooi Wharf Circuit Tokyo, 138.5km
Non c'e problema for the triple crown Cardenas in Tokyo
By Miwako Sasaki in Tokyo
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Felix "The Cat" Cardenas became the first Colombian winner of the Tour of Japan today, while Australian Nicholas Sanderson won the final stage in a bunch sprint in Tokyo. The crashes happened in the peloton today, as there were strong crosswinds at the finish line and even though Sanderson was involved in an early crash, he took the second victory for the Australian national team, following Mathew Goss's success in Osaka.
Many spectators gathered in Hibiya city, the start place for the final stage in Tokyo, and cheered the 85 riders off. The Ooi Wharf Circuit was shorter this year - it was 10.5km and pancake flat.
There were many attacks in the peloton from the first lap of 17 on the circuit, and five riders including Japanese champion Yasutaka Tashiro (Bridgestone) gained about 40 seconds. Some riders, including Australian Simon Clarke, bridged up from the peloton and joined the five leaders at 8 laps to go. The peloton, which was always controlled by Barloworld, allowed about 50 seconds advantage to the breakaway until the final lap.
When the bunch regrouped and started the sprint, there was a clash on the middle of the field. Clarke and James Meadley fell, but Sanderson was still first across the finish line. Heaven and hell for the Australians, but all's well that ends well.
Cardenas finished in the bunch, and said, "Non c'e problema oggi (No problem today)" after the race. He finally captured all three jerseys, the red mountains, the blue points and the green GC. The triple crown was the first time, not only for Cardenas, but also in the history of the Tour of Japan.
Australian team report
By Brian Stephens, AIS U23 manager
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Today the AIS Mapei Aqua Australian team got their second win in this year's Tour of Japan. Nic Sanderson won the last stage in Tokyo in a bunch sprint after great work by the team throughout the stage. The guys had a man in nearly every break and took control on the last 7.8km lap to place Sanderson in a position to win. There were many crashes with Nic, James Meadley, and Simon Clarke all coming down as many riders were desperate for a result in this stage. Barloworld made sure that Cardenas was untroubled to hold his lead and take the win.
Photography
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- Simon Clarke (Australian National Team) takes a picture with a boy on the morning.
- The riders relax before the start in Tokyo.
- Fredrik Johansson (Konica-Minolta) smiles with a Kimono-clad lady.
- James Meadley (Australian National Team) talks with Phillip Thuaux (Wismilak) before the start.
- The jerseys at the start - Felix Cardenas (Barloworld), Andrey Mizurov (Capec) and Matteo Carrara (Barloworld).
- The final stage starts in Hibiya city, Tokyo.
- Simon Clarke (Australian National Team) takes a part in a breakaway.
- The peloton always controlled by Team Barloworld.
- Felix Cardenas (Barloworld) concentrates on victory.
- Nicholas Sanderson (Australian National Team) beats Assan Bazayev (Capec) in the bunch sprint.
- Crash! Australians Simon Clarke and James Meadley are involved in a pile-up just before the finish.
- The crowds praise Simon Clarke (Australian National Team) who finishes after the crash.
- The Australian National Team after the finish.
- Crash victim James Meadley (Australian National Team) celebrates with stage winner Nicholas Sanderson.
- The final stage winner Nicholas Sanderson (Australian National Team).
- Felix Cardenas (Barloworld) takes the red mountains jersey.
- Kazakh team Capec takes the teams classification.
- Felix Cardenas (Barloworld), overall winner of the 9th Tour of Japan.
Results
1 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Australian National Team 3.16.18 2 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 3 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 4 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru 5 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 6 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 7 David Mckenzie (Aus) Wismilak International Team 8 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru 9 Kaoru Obata (Jpn) Nalsima Friend 10 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Purapharm 11 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 12 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Australian National Team 13 Ngai Ching Wong (HKg) Purapharm 14 Yoshiaki Sudo (Jpn) Nalsima Friend 15 Kin San Wu (HKg) Purapharm 16 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 17 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Purapharm 18 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Purapharm 19 Mathew Goss (Aus) Australian National Team 20 George Schoonraad (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 21 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 22 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 23 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Jpn) Kinan CCD 24 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak International Team 25 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Kinan CCD 26 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak International Team 27 Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Kinan CCD 28 Mathew Rex (Aus) Australian National Team 29 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 30 Atsushi Takano (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru 31 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Team Nippo 32 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 33 Kairat Baigudinov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 34 Fredrik Johansson (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 35 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 36 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Team Nippo 37 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 38 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Wismilak International Team 39 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Cycling Team Capec 40 Yasuhiro Nito (Jpn) Nalsima Friend 41 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak International Team 42 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 43 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 44 Paolo Longoborghini (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 45 Felix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Team Barloworld-Valsir 46 Shinichi Amagasa (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 47 Takashi Kanda (Jpn) Nakagawa As K'design 48 Yasuhiro Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Nippo 49 James Perry (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 50 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 51 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru 0.10 52 Takuya Nishimura (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru 53 Koki Shimbo (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 54 David Plaza (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 0.12 55 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Kinan CCD 56 Yuyu Nakamoto (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 57 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 58 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak International Team 59 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 0.15 60 Manabu Hirose (Jpn) Kinan CCD 0.16 61 Luca Celli (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 0.17 62 Taiki Kawasaki (Jpn) Nakagawa As K'design 0.19 63 Hideo Yoshida (Jpn) Nalsima Friend 0.23 64 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 0.26 65 Kenji Tsuzuki (Jpn) Nakagawa As K'design 0.27 66 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team 0.29 67 Ronald Gorantes (Phi) Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team 68 Tomas Martinez (Phi) Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team 0.31 69 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 0.33 70 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 0.44 71 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 0.48 72 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru 0.55 73 Yuji Osabe (Jpn) Nalsima Friend 74 Viktor Shestakov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 1.28 75 Bernard Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team 76 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 77 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 78 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 79 Simon Clarke (Aus) Australian National Team 80 James Meadley (Aus) Australian National Team 81 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 3.55 DNF Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Kinan CCD DNF Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team DNF Hiroyuki Ogita (Jpn) Nakagawa As K'design DNS Merculio Ramos (Phi) Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team Final General classification 1 Felix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Team Barloworld-Valsir 18.37.04 2 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 1.16 3 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 2.18 4 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Wismilak International Team 2.30 5 Kairat Baigudinov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 3.13 6 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 3.46 7 James Perry (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 3.55 8 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 4.17 9 David Mckenzie (Aus) Wismilak International Team 4.24 10 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 4.29 11 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 5.10 12 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Cycling Team Capec 5.19 13 Fredrik Johansson (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 6.05 14 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 6.26 15 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 6.39 16 Simon Clarke (Aus) Australian National Team 6.42 17 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Team Nippo 7.15 18 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak International Team 7.44 19 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 8.20 20 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 9.25 21 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Purapharm 9.50 22 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 10.12 23 Paolo Longoborghini (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 11.23 24 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Australian National Team 12.37 25 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Team Nippo 12.47 26 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Jpn) Kinan CCD 13.42 27 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak International Team 14.30 28 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 16.46 29 David Plaza (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 16.52 30 Yasuhiro Nito (Jpn) Nalsima Friend 18.52 31 Viktor Shestakov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 19.21 32 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Purapharm 19.29 33 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 19.37 34 Yasuhiro Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Nippo 22.55 35 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru 26.00 36 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 26.01 37 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 26.27 38 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Australian National Team 26.36 39 Kaoru Obata (Jpn) Nalsima Friend 27.20 40 Mathew Goss (Aus) Australian National Team 28.08 41 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 30.08 42 Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Kinan CCD 30.40 43 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team 31.52 44 Takuya Nishimura (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru 32.06 45 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 32.20 46 Ngai Ching Wong (HKg) Purapharm 33.45 47 Koki Shimbo (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 34.35 48 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru 49 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Kinan CCD 36.02 50 Luca Celli (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 36.22 51 Hideo Yoshida (Jpn) Nalsima Friend 36.48 52 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 37.51 53 Kin San Wu (HKg) Purapharm 39.58 54 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 42.05 55 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru 42.35 56 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 42.37 57 Manabu Hirose (Jpn) Kinan CCD 43.31 58 James Meadley (Aus) Australian National Team 45.50 59 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru 46.03 60 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 48.29 61 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 48.32 62 Ronald Gorantes (Phi) Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team 48.53 63 George Schoonraad (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 49.22 64 Yuyu Nakamoto (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 49.44 65 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 50.00 66 Shinichi Amagasa (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 51.14 67 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Kinan CCD 52.50 68 Mathew Rex (Aus) Australian National Team 1.19.02 69 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak International Team 1.22.13 70 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 1.22.21 71 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Kinan CCD 1.27.53 72 Yoshiaki Sudo (Jpn) Nalsima Friend 1.52.27 73 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Purapharm 2.01.33 74 Bernard Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team 2.04.07 75 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak International Team 2.11.47 76 Tomas Martinez (Phi) Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team 2.12.11 77 Yuji Osabe (Jpn) Nalsima Friend 2.17.15 78 Atsushi Takano (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru 2.30.06 79 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 2.31.31 80 Taiki Kawasaki (Jpn) Nakagawa As K'design 2.35.05 81 Kenji Tsuzuki (Jpn) Nakagawa As K'design 2.41.54 82 Takashi Kanda (Jpn) Nakagawa As K'design 2.53.38 Points classification 1 Felix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Team Barloworld-Valsir 42 pts 2 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 40 3 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 33 4 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Australian National Team 27 5 David Mckenzie (Aus) Wismilak International Team 25 6 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru 19 7 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru 17 8 Mathew Goss (Aus) Australian National Team 15 9 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 15 10 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 13 11 Kairat Baigudinov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 12 12 Simon Clarke (Aus) Australian National Team 12 13 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 11 14 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 10 15 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Australian National Team 10 16 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 9 17 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 9 18 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 8 19 David Plaza (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 8 20 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 8 21 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 7 22 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 6 23 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 5 24 Paolo Longoborghini (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 5 25 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Wismilak International Team 4 26 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru 3 27 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 3 28 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 2 29 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 2 30 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak International Team 2 31 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Cycling Team Capec 2 32 Kaoru Obata (Jpn) Nalsima Friend 2 33 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Team Nippo 1 34 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Purapharm 1 35 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Purapharm 1 36 Ngai Ching Wong (HKg) Purapharm 1 Mountains classification 1 Felix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Team Barloworld-Valsir 23 pts 2 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 18 3 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 16 4 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 14 5 David Plaza (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 14 6 James Perry (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 10 7 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 10 8 James Meadley (Aus) Australian National Team 8 9 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Wismilak International Team 8 10 Viktor Shestakov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 7 11 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 5 12 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 5 13 Kairat Baigudinov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 5 14 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 3 15 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 3 16 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Purapharm 2 17 David Mckenzie (Aus) Wismilak International Team 2 18 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 2 19 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 1 Teams classification 1 Cycling Team Capec 55.58.49 2 Team Barloworld-Valsir 1.10 3 Wismilak International Team 4.32 4 Shimano-Memory Corp 9.16 5 Team Konica Minolta 9.33 6 Aisan-Ind Racing Team 29.34 7 Australian National Team 31.38 8 Team Nippo 35.21 9 Team Bridgestone Anchor 48.59 10 Purapharm 53.53 11 Kinan CCD 1.08.43 12 Nalsima Friend 1.13.10 13 Miyata-Subaru 1.20.38 14 Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 2.01.09 15 Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team 3.13.24 16 Nakagawa As K'design 7.43.01
