17th Tour de Okinawa - 1.2

Japan, November 13, 2005

2004 Results Results Past winners

Photography

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Images by Makoto Ayano/www.cyclingtime.com

Yasutaka.Tashiro (Bridgestone Anchor, R) and team-mate Kazuo Inoue cross the line with hands joined.
An early 7am start for the elite men.
Defending champion Kam-Po Wong (Hong Kong).
The US national team.
The Canadian national team.
Poland Paged MBK.
Thailand's Siam Bara riders and Koji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor).
27 riders broke away shortly after the start.
Bridgestone Anchor team-mates Yasutaka Tashiro and Kazuo Inoue attacked with 20km to go.
Yasutaka Tashiro and Kazuo Inoue riding away from the rest.
Yasutaka Tashiro and Kazuo Inoue giving their all.
Yasutaka Tashiro and Kazuo Inoue extend their lead past the three-minute mark.
Dawid Krupa (Poland Paged) and Ken Hashikawa (Kinan CCD) sprint for third and fourth place.
Yoshimasa Hirose (Shimano - Memory Corp) and Takumi Beppu (Aisan) finished fifth and sixth respectively.
David McCann (Giant Asia Racing) comes in for seventh.
Paul Griffin (Giant Asia Racing) outsprints Andrew Guptill (USA National Team) and Max Plaxton (Canadian National Team) for 13th.
4-time winner Kam-Po Wong (Hong Kong) finished 40th.
The podium - (L to R) Kazuo Inoue (Bridgestone Anchor, 2nd), Yasutaka Tashiro (Bridgestone Anchor, 1st) and Dawid Krupa (Poland Paged, 3rd).
Dawid Krupa (Poland Paged) happy to pose with Miss Nago (Okinawa).
Fang Ju (Taipei) wins bunch sprint in the elite women's race.
The start of the elite women's race.
The riders all together.
Eventual winner Fang Ju (Taipei).
The peloton ride over a bridge.
Liza Rachetto (Subway) attacks.
This is what the bunch saw of Liza Rachetto (Subway).
The peloton form an arrow.
The podium - (L to R) Mayuko Hagiwara (Kanoya-Taiiku Univ, 2nd), Fang Ju (Tapei, 1st) and Liza Rachetto (Subway, 3rd).
Action from the 120km International high school road race.
A three-man sprint decides the race, with Ken Ichiyama (Hosei Daini High, R) the winner.
Yu Takenouchi (Ritsumei-Uji High) takes second ahead of Kohei Uchima (Kitanakagusuku High).
The start of International high school road race.
The podium - Yu Takenouchi (Ritsumei-Uji High, 2nd), Ken Ichiyama (Hosei Daini High, 1st) and Kohei Uchima (Kitanakagusuku High).
Fumiyuki Beppu (Discovery Channel) shakes hands with the juniors.
Fumiyuki Beppu (Discovery Channel) fires the start gun in the junior highschool road race.
Fumiyuki Beppu (Discovery Channel) was a VIP guest at the Tour de okinawa.
Kids perform traditional okinawan dance for the foreign riders.
Hello little girl!
Say cheese!
Riders visit an Okinawan elementary school.
45 riders from Taiwan came to Okinawa for a long distance cycling event.
Traditional dancing formed part of the farewell party.
Traditional dancing formed part of the farewell party.
Traditional dancing formed part of the farewell party.

Results

Professionals - 200 km

1 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor                 5.01.50
2 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor
3 Dawid Krupa (Pol) Poland Paged                               3.30
4 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Kinan CCD
5 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Shimano - Memory Corp                 4.21
6 Takumi Beppu (Jpn)
7 David Mc Cann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team                   4.46
8 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Sumitra Ravanello Pearl Izumi            4.53
9 Arashiro Yukiya (Jpn)                                        5.08
10 Manabu Hirose (Jpn) Kinan CCD                               5.32
11 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Myata Subaru                           9.21
12 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Myata Subaru
13 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team                  10.10
14 Andrew Guptill (USA) USA National Team
15 Max Plaxton (Can) Canadian National Team
16 Hideo Yoshida (Jpn)
17 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Sumitra Ravanello Pearl Izumi         10.13
18 Mitsuteru Tanaka                                           10.15
19 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano - Memory Corp
20 Yasuhiro Nito
21 Tomasz Lesniak (Pol) Poland Paged                          11.46
22 Takamitu Tsuji (Jpn) Shimano - Memory Corp                 11.47
23 Christian Meier (Can) Canadian National Team
24 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Sumitra Ravanello Pearl Izumi
25 Kin San Wu (HKg)
26 Krzysztof Mermer (Pol) Poland Paged
27 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Shimano - Memory Corp                    11.51
28 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) Poland Paged
29 Kaoru Obata (Jpn)                                          11.53
30 Junya Sano (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor                        11.58
31 Muroi Yusuke (Jpn) You Can/Specialized                     13.47
32 Ken Akita (Jpn)                                            13.48
33 Phil Zajicek (USA) USA National Team
34 Rino Hosokawa (Jpn) Kinan.CCD
35 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Myata Subaru
36 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor                     13.57
37 King Wai Cheng (HKg)                                       16.03
38 Lakawatjatupoom (Tha) Siam Bara
39 Masanari Komuro (Jpn) Siam Bara                            16.30
40 Kam-Po Wong (HKg)
41 Takeshi Igarashi (Jpn)                                     18.12
42 Wojciech Kalenba (Pol) Poland Paged                        22.45
43 Chad Beyer (USA) USA National Team                         26.09
44 Shinya Oba (Jpn)
45 Yoshiaki Sudou (Jpn)                                       26.57
46 Makoto Takeuchi (Jpn) You Can/Specialized                  28.32
47 Kuei Shiang Peng (Tpe) Kinan CCD                           28.37
48 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor                    30.14
49 Matsunaga Kazuyuki (Jpn)                                   30.59
50 Hideya Akiyama (Jpn)                                       32.37
51 Li Wei Cheng (Tpe)                                         33.31
52 Mitunari Mitaki (Jpn)                                      33.40
53 Ryota Konno (Jpn)
54 Atsushi Takano (Jpn) Myata Subaru                          33.41
55 Wang Yip Tang (HKg)
56 Chun Hing Chan (HKg)
57 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) You Can/Specialized                   39.48
58 Hung Hsu Hua Chien (Tpe)                                   40.47
59 Jakapong Supannpong (Tha) Siam Bara
60 Takaya Fukuda (Jpn)                                        42.44
61 Takuya Nishimura (Jpn) Myata Subaru
62 Tanaka Taiji (Jpn) You Can Specialized
63 Fukuhara Masaru (Jpn)                                      46.07
64 Kenji Tsuzuki (Jpn) .As.K’                                 50.05
65 Nobuyuki Higashibata (Jpn) .As.K’
66 Taiki Kawasaki (Jpn) .As.K’
67 Philippe Abbott (Can) Canadian National Team
68 Tatsuro Fukushi (Jpn) Sumitra Ravanello Pearl Izumi        50.10
69 Kazunori Iwase (Jpn) .As.K’                                53.20
70 Shogo Yamanoha (Jpn)                                       53.21
71 Hitoshi Urushizawa (Jpn)                                   53.36
72 Hiroyuki Ogita (Jpn) .As.K’                                56.33
 
Women's international race 50km
 
1 Fang Ju  (Tpe)                              1.24.38
2 Mayuko Hagiwara (Jpn)
3 Liza Rachetto (USA) Subway
4 Ayako Toyooka (Jpn) Biccinoko.Com
5 Wan Yiu Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China
6 Kanako Nishi (Jpn)
7 Ho-Hsun Huang (Tpe)
8 Keiko Sakata (Jpn) Team Polpo
9 Chie Obuchi (Jpn)
10 Takao Nagayama (Jpn) BM Space
11 Anna Miyazaki (Jpn)
12 Kristen Lasasso (USA) CRCA Team Lipton        0.09
13 Mikiko Koyama (Jpn) Zelkova·RC
14 Atsuko Teshiba (Jpn)                          0.53
15 Naomi Okano (Jpn) Spade Ace                   2.04
16 Mariko Toi (Jpn)
17 Emi Wachi (Jpn)
18 Mika Sato (Jpn)                               2.08
19 Sayaka Sato (Jpn)                             2.52
20 Asami Ishii (Jpn)                             3.53
21 Makiko Hamada (Jpn)                           7.31
22 Kazumi Yoneda (Jpn)                           7.38
23 Mao Chino (Jpn) BH KHS                        9.00
24 Yukiyo Hori (Jpn)                            12.02
25 Vanessa Cooney (USA)                         14.59
26 Kuniko Nakao (Jpn)                           16.39
 
International highschool road race 120km
 
1 Ken Ichiyama (Jpn)                          3.06.55
2 Yu Takenouchi (Jpn)
3 Kohei Uchima (Jpn)
4 Rikiya Shinohara (Jpn)                         0.59
5 Masakazu Ito (Jpn)                             3.18
6 Shinpei Fukuda (Jpn)                           3.20
7 Seiichi Koshinomi (Jpn)                        3.46
8 Daisuke Saito (Jpn)
9 Toru Yuasa (Jpn)                               5.29
10 Koji Okubo (Jpn)
11 Kenji Itami (Jpn)                             5.35
12 Hibiki Matsui (Jpn)                           5.57
13 Tatsuhiro Hashimoto (Jpn)                     8.21
14 Sho Saeki (Jpn)                               9.26
15 Reona Sumi (Jpn)                             11.08
16 Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn)
17 Guy East (USA) USA National Team
18 Tomoya Kaneko (Jpn)
19 Tetsuya Hujioka (Jpn)                        12.33
20 Issei Ueta (Jpn)                             14.26
21 Yoshiaki Shimada (Jpn)
22 Cody O'Reilly (USA) Echelon Santa Barbara    14.35
23 Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn)                       15.27
24 Masakazu Tsuhako (Jpn)                       15.36
25 Li Chia Wei (Tpe)                            17.43
26 Daiki Ukawa (Jpn)
27 Fan Hsin Chu (Tpe)                           17.45
28 Takushi Nakayama (Jpn)                       18.58
29 Ryuta Sakaki (Jpn)                           19.03
30 Shota Komaki (Jpn)                           19.18
31 Bartolewski Marcin (Pol)                     20.43
32 Yoshifumi Arai (Jpn)                         21.38
33 Katsutoshi Asada (Jpn)                       29.21
34 Kazuki Yabuki (Jpn)                          30.29
35 Jyun Shirakawa (Jpn)                         42.37
36 Toshitsugu Tsuzukidani (Jpn)
37 Hiroaki Kusaba (Jpn)                         44.48

Past winners

2004 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China
2003 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Team Nippon Hodo
2002 Paul Redenbach (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team
2001 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Peal Izumi
2000 Kam-Po Wong (Hkg) Hong Kong
1999 Mark Walters (Can) Canadian National Team Canada National Team
1998 Kam Po Wong (HKg)
1997 Tomokaze Fujino (Jpn)
1996 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn)
1995 Kam Po Wong (HKg)
1994 Tomokazu Fujino (Jpn)
1993 Takahiro Yamada (Jpn)
1992 Gianluca Tarocco (Ita)
1991 Takahiro Yamada (Jpn)
1990 Kyoushi Miura (Jpn)
1989 Kazuo Oishi (Jpn)
 
Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com