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Tour of Japan - 2.2
Japan, May 14-21, 2006
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Stage 2 - May 15: Todaiji Temple - Nunome Dam Circuit, Nara, 146.2km
Duma becomes new leader
By Miwako Sasaki in Nara
Ukrainian Vladimir Duma (Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare) showed his presence in the small Italian team, winning the second stage of the 10th Tour of Japan into Nara. 34 year old ex-Ukrainian road champion (1998 and 2000) beat his companion of the break, Martin Velits (Team Konica Minolta), Yukihiro Doi (Skil-Shimano) and Koji Fukushima (Team Van Cycling).
After the ceremony in front of Todaiji Temple, which was built in the 8th century, the peloton moved to the hilly circuit (10.1km x 12 laps) and started the race.
Raivis Belohvosciks (Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare), the most aggressive rider in the previous stage, wearing blue points jersey now, also worked hard today. He attacked repeatedly in the early part of the stage, and made the breakaway with Japanese champion Hidenori Nodera (Skil-Shimano) , Koji Fukushima, Martin Velits and ex-cyclo cross world champion Bart Wellens (Fidea Cycling Team). The breakaway gained 3'30 to the peloton at eight laps to go. And then, Duma bridged up from the peloton at six laps to go, following Japanese Doi, who rode in Europe this spring and had a good result at Henninger Turm and Niedersachsen Rundfahrt in Germany, and John-Lee Augustyn (Team Konica Minolta) . They caught the break at five laps to go and kept their one minute's advantage to the peloton.
On the final lap, Duma, Doi, Velits and Fukushima still kept their escape, and the Ukrainian attacked on the final hill, crossing the line with arms raised. "I won a stage of the Tour de Suisse in 1998, when I was a first year pro," he said. "It was a similar hilly course and a similar situation today. I'm glad because this victory is my first win this season."
Indeed it was his first victory since he won a stage of Regio Tour in 2003, when he was with Landbouwkrediet-Colnago. Now he also became the race leader, wearing the green jersey.
Tomorrow is transfer day to Minami Shinshu, where there is another hilly, hard stage on Wednesday. The general classification was confirmed there last year.
Photography
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Images by Miwako Sasaki
- The Belgian Fidea Team takes a picture in front of the old gate of Todaiji Temple in Nara
- The Belgian Fidea Team enjoys sightseeing before the start in Nara
- Raivis Belohvoschiks (Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare) checks the mountain points before the start
- Japanese Yukiya Arashiro (Team Vang Cycling, R) who was second in the first stage, is smilling with his teammates, the Fukushima brothers.
- South Australia.com-AIS boys are waiting for the start in Nara
- The start ceremony is held in front of the old gate of Todaiji Temple in Nara.
- The jersies for Stage 2: Raivis Belohvoschiks (Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare) with the blue points jersey and Kam Po Wong (Hong Kong, China) with the green leader's jersey.
- The Belgian Fidea Team is waiting for the start...too long a ceremony!
- The riders start the race in front of the old gate Todaiji Temple in Nara.
- Feeding for Kazakh team Capec.
- Raivis Belohvoschiks (Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare) leads the breakaway.
- Raivis Belohvoschiks (Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare) works for his team leader Vladimir Duma.
- Andrey Mizourov (Cycling Team Capec) always hides in the peloton in Nara.
- Vladimir Duma (Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare) wins stage 2 of the Tour of Japan.
- Martin Velits (Team Konica Minolta), twin brother of Peter, finishes second in stage 2 of the Tour of Japan.
- The excellent Yukihiro Doi (Skil-Shimano) finishes third in stage 2 of the Tour of Japan
- After his long breakaway, Raivis Belohvoschiks (Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare) finishes later.
- 'Sempre attaco' Raivis Belohvoschiks (Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare) suffers after his long breakaway.
- Stage 2 winner Vladimir Duma (Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare) is smilling on the podium.
- The jerseys: Kam Po Wong (Hong Kong, China, L) , Vladimir Duma (Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare), and Raivis Belohvoschiks (Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare, R)
Results
1 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 3.52.16 2 Martin Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 0.07 3 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 0.10 4 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 0.18 5 Fabio Gilioli (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 0.52 6 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 7 Daniele Di Nucci (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 8 Peter Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 9 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 10 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 11 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 12 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 13 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 14 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 15 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 16 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 17 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 18 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 19 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 20 Dmitri Nikandorov (Rus) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 21 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 22 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 23 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 24 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 25 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 26 Kaoru Obata (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 27 Marnus Potgieter (RSA) Konica Minolta 28 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 1.00 29 Daniel Lloyd (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 30 Wai Cheung King (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 1.02 31 Tomoya Sano (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 32 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 1.04 33 Hua Lai Kuan (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 34 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Fidea Cycling Team 35 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 36 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 1.06 37 Michael Ford (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 38 Hanco Kachelhoffer (RSA) Konica Minolta 39 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 40 Yasuhiro Nito (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 1.09 41 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 42 Ivan De Nobile (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 43 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 44 Manabu Hirose (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 45 Hing Chan Chun (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 46 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Konica Minolta 47 Kaoru Ohuchi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 48 Kohei Tsusue (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 1.12 49 San Wu Kin (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 1.14 50 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 0.52 51 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 1.22 52 Ken Akita (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 1.24 53 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 1.25 54 Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 1.31 55 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 56 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 1.32 57 Tsun Lam Kai (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 1.37 58 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 1.42 59 Taichi Moriyama (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 1.45 60 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 1.49 61 Raivis Belohvoschiks (Lat) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 1.51 62 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 2.06 63 Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 1.02 64 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 2.25 65 Sean Finning (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 5.30 66 Hideo Yoshida (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 6.21 67 Masayuki Kimura (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 68 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 69 Yoshiaki Sudou (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 70 Yip Tang Wang (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 71 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 72 Kentaro Eshita (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 10.18 73 Koki Shimbo (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 11.00 74 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 11.08 75 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 11.54 76 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 77 Atsushi Takano (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 13.19 78 Koji Nagano (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 14.32 79 Arthur Ayers (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 14.47 80 Kazunari Asano (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 81 Akihiro Munehisa (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo DNF Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS DNF Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi DNF Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS DNF Norihide Murayama (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor DNF Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo DNF Tobias Erler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team DNF Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor DNF Peter Van Santvliet (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team DNF Yusuke Muroi (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo DNF Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor DNF Johannes Christiaan Rabie (RSA) Konica Minolta DNF Masahumi Yamane (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo DNF Tomoji Taniguchi (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi DNF Manabu Takanashi (Jpn) Nalsema Frend Points 1 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 15 pts 2 Martin Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 12 3 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 10 4 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 8 5 Fabio Gilioli (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 6 6 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 5 7 Daniele Di Nucci (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 4 8 Peter Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 3 9 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 2 10 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 1 General classification after stage 2 1 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 6.58.34 2 Martin Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 0.07 3 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 0.10 4 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 0.18 5 Daniele Di Nucci (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 0.52 6 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 7 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 8 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 9 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 10 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 11 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 12 Peter Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 13 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 14 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 15 Kaoru Obata (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 16 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 17 Marnus Potgieter (RSA) Konica Minolta 18 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 19 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 20 Fabio Gilioli (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 21 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 22 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 23 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 24 Dmitri Nikandorov (Rus) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 25 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 26 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 27 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 28 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 29 Daniel Lloyd (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 1.00 30 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 31 Wai Cheung King (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 1.02 32 Tomoya Sano (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 33 Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 34 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Fidea Cycling Team 1.04 35 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 36 Hua Lai Kuan (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 37 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 38 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 1.06 39 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 40 Hanco Kachelhoffer (RSA) Konica Minolta 41 Michael Ford (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 42 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 1.09 43 Kaoru Ohuchi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 44 Ivan De Nobile (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 45 Manabu Hirose (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 46 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Konica Minolta 47 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 48 Yasuhiro Nito (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 49 Hing Chan Chun (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 50 Kohei Tsusue (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 1.12 51 San Wu Kin (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 1.14 52 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 1.22 53 Ken Akita (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 1.24 54 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 1.25 55 Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 1.31 56 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 57 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 1.32 58 Tsun Lam Kai (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 1.37 59 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 1.42 60 Taichi Moriyama (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 1.45 61 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 1.49 62 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 2.06 63 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 2.25 64 Raivis Belohvoschiks (Lat) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 3.16 65 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 6.21 66 Yip Tang Wang (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 67 Yoshiaki Sudou (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 68 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 69 Masayuki Kimura (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 70 Hideo Yoshida (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 71 Kentaro Eshita (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 10.18 72 Koki Shimbo (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 11.00 73 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 11.08 74 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 11.54 75 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 76 Atsushi Takano (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 13.19 77 Koji Nagano (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 14.32 78 Akihiro Munehisa (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 14.47 79 Arthur Ayers (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 80 Kazunari Asano (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 81 Sean Finning (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 16.55 82 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 34.47 83 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 84 Tobias Erler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 85 Peter Van Santvliet (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 86 Norihide Murayama (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 87 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 88 Masahumi Yamane (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 89 Yusuke Muroi (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 90 Tomoji Taniguchi (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 91 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 92 Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 93 Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 94 Johannes Christiaan Rabie (RSA) Konica Minolta 46.12 Points classification 1 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 16 pts 2 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 15 3 Raivis Belohvoschiks (Lat) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 15 4 Martin Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 12 5 Daniele Di Nucci (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 12 6 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 12 7 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 10 8 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 10 9 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 10 10 Hanco Kachelhoffer (RSA) Konica Minolta 9 11 Fabio Gilioli (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 6 12 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 6 13 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 5 14 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 5 15 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 4 16 Peter Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 3 17 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 3 18 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 2 19 Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 2 20 Tsun Lam Kai (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 2 21 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 2 22 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Raivis Belohvoschiks (Lat) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 15 pts 2 Martin Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 5 3 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 3 4 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 3 5 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 2 6 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 2 Teams classification 1 Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 20.57.26 2 Team Konika Minolta 0.07 3 Team Vang Cycling 0.18 4 Skil - Shimano 0.24 5 Cycling Team Capec 0.52 6 Aisan Racing Team 1.04 7 Giant Asia Racing Team 1.12 8 Hong Kong China 1.19 9 Fidea Cycling Team 1.21 10 Miyata - Subaru 1.24 11 Team Matrix Powertag - Specialized 1.27 12 South Australia. Com 5.44 13 Nalsima Frend 6.38 14 Team Bridgestone - Anchor 16.37 15 Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 24.13 16 You Can Specialized Nissyo 26.06
