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Tour of Japan - 2.2
Japan, May 14-21, 2006
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Stage 3 - May 17: Iida Station - Shimohisakata Circuit - Matsuo Stadium, South-Shinshu, 155.3km
Di Nucci has first win as a pro in Japan
By Miwako Sasaki
Italian Daniele Di Nucci has sprinted to victory in the third stage of the 10th Tour of Japan into South-Shinshu, beating the first stage winner Kam Po Wong (Hong Kong, China) and Japanese Shinri Suzuki (Miyata-Subaru).
The race was started on the first lap of 12 of the 11.6 km hilly circuit, where the breakaway was established. The members were Alexandr Dymovskikh (Cycling Team Capec), Yoshimasa Hirose (Skil-Shimano), Michael Ford (South Australia.com-AIS), David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team), Takashi Miyazawa (Team Vang Cycling) and Taichi Moriyama (Miyata-Subaru). The break had an advantage over over 1'00 with nine laps to go, and Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare, which had the race leader Vladimir Duma, controlled the peloton.
It started raining at five laps to go, and the break was finally caught by the peloton, prompting many counter attacks. The first group was decreased to about 20 riders in the final laps. All the favourites were in the first group, including green leader's jersey Duma, Andrey Mizourov (Cycling Team Capec), the Velits twins (Team Konica Minolta), Yukihiro Doi and Tomoya Kano (Skil-Shimano), and Matthew Lloyd (South Australia.com-AIS).
But young Di Nucci was the best sprinter in the group, and crossed the finish line first. The Italian comes from Formia (Latina), and will turn 25 next Monday. Di Nucci turned professional this year after winning eight races last year in Grassi-Marco Pantani, including the G.P. Inda (1.2). He was already third in Sunday's flatter stage, and today's stage was his first professional win.
The general classification didn't change today, but there is the Mount Fuji Time Trial schedule for Friday, after another transfer day. Mizourov won the tough time trial last year, doing the 11.4 km ascent in a time of 40 minutes and 27 seconds. But he couldn't get the leader's jersey from Felix Cardenas, as the Colombian had 1'37 advantage to Mizourov at that time. Now, the Kazakh is only 52 seconds behind Duma. Although the Ukrainian had many experience in the Giro d'Italia (he finished the Grand Tour seven times, and was 36th on GC in 2001 and 2002), Mizourov has a chance to get the green jersey. And many riders still have the same chance too. The race will be confirmed on Friday.
Results
1 Daniele Di Nucci (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 4.11.17 2 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 3 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 4 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 5 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 6 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 7 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 8 Martin Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 9 Peter Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 10 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 11 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 12 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 13 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 14 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Konica Minolta 0.08 15 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 0.18 16 San Wu Kin (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 1.16 17 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 18 Fabio Gilioli (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 1.18 19 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 20 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 21 Marnus Potgieter (RSA) Konica Minolta 22 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 1.23 23 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 24 Tomoya Sano (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 25 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 26 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 27 Koki Shimbo (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 28 Kaoru Obata (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 2.58 29 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 3.43 30 Hanco Kachelhoffer (RSA) Konica Minolta 31 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 6.53 32 Tobias Erler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 33 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 34 Ivan De Nobile (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 35 Raivis Belohvoschiks (Lat) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 36 Kentaro Eshita (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 37 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 38 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 39 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 40 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 41 Hua Lai Kuan (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 42 Manabu Hirose (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 43 Yip Tang Wang (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 44 Yoshiaki Sudou (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 45 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 46 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 47 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 48 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 49 Kohei Tsusue (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 50 Michael Ford (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 51 Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 52 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 53 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 54 Dmitri Nikandorov (Rus) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 55 Kaoru Ohuchi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 56 Daniel Lloyd (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 57 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 58 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 59 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 60 Yasuhiro Nito (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 61 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 62 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Fidea Cycling Team 63 Norihide Murayama (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 14.35 64 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 65 Ken Akita (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 66 Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 67 Masayuki Kimura (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 68 Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 69 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 15.30 70 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 71 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 72 Atsushi Takano (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 24.32 73 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 74 Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 75 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 76 Arthur Ayers (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 77 Masahumi Yamane (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 25.26 DNF David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team DNF Taichi Moriyama (Jpn) Miyata Subaru DNF Peter Van Santvliet (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team DNF Kazunari Asano (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi DNF Hing Chan Chun (HKg) Hong Kong National Team DNF Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team DNF Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS DNF Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS DNF Sean Finning (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS DNF Wai Cheung King (HKg) Hong Kong National Team DNF Hideo Yoshida (Jpn) Nalsema Frend DNF Tomoji Taniguchi (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi DNF Akihiro Munehisa (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo DNF Koji Nagano (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag DNF Tsun Lam Kai (HKg) Hong Kong National Team DNF Yusuke Muroi (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo DNF Johannes Christiaan Rabie (RSA) Konica Minolta Points 1 Daniele Di Nucci (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 15 pts 2 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 12 3 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 10 4 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 8 5 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 6 6 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 5 7 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 4 8 Martin Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 3 9 Peter Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 2 10 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 1 General classification after stage 3 1 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 11.09.51 2 Martin Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 0.07 3 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 0.10 4 Daniele Di Nucci (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 0.52 5 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 6 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 7 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 8 Peter Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 9 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 10 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 11 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 12 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 13 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 1.04 14 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 1.10 15 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Konica Minolta 1.17 16 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 2.08 17 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 2.10 18 Marnus Potgieter (RSA) Konica Minolta 19 Fabio Gilioli (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 20 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 21 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 2.15 22 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 23 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 24 Tomoya Sano (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 2.25 25 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 2.27 26 San Wu Kin (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 2.30 27 Kaoru Obata (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 3.50 28 Hanco Kachelhoffer (RSA) Konica Minolta 4.49 29 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 7.11 30 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 7.45 31 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 32 Dmitri Nikandorov (Rus) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 33 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 7.53 34 Daniel Lloyd (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 35 Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 7.55 36 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Fidea Cycling Team 7.57 37 Hua Lai Kuan (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 38 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 7.59 39 Michael Ford (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 40 Ivan De Nobile (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 8.02 41 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 42 Kaoru Ohuchi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 43 Manabu Hirose (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 44 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 45 Yasuhiro Nito (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 46 Kohei Tsusue (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 8.05 47 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 8.15 48 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 8.18 49 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 8.24 50 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 8.25 51 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 8.35 52 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 8.59 53 Raivis Belohvoschiks (Lat) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 10.09 54 Koki Shimbo (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 12.23 55 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 13.14 56 Yip Tang Wang (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 57 Yoshiaki Sudou (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 58 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 15.37 59 Ken Akita (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 15.59 60 Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 16.06 61 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 16.36 62 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 17.00 63 Kentaro Eshita (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 17.11 64 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 17.19 65 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 18.01 66 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 18.47 67 Masayuki Kimura (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 20.56 68 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 21.51 69 Atsushi Takano (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 37.51 70 Arthur Ayers (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 39.19 71 Tobias Erler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 41.40 72 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 46.18 73 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 74 Wai Cheung King (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 46.28 75 Hing Chan Chun (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 46.35 76 Taichi Moriyama (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 47.11 77 Norihide Murayama (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 49.22 78 Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 79 Hideo Yoshida (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 51.47 80 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 59.19 81 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 82 Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 83 Koji Nagano (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 59.58 84 Masahumi Yamane (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 1.00.13 85 Akihiro Munehisa (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 86 Kazunari Asano (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 87 Sean Finning (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 1.02.21 88 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 1.20.13 89 Peter Van Santvliet (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 90 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 91 Tomoji Taniguchi (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi Points classification 1 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 28 pts 2 Daniele Di Nucci (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 27 3 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 20 4 Raivis Belohvoschiks (Lat) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 15 5 Martin Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 15 6 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 15 7 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 12 8 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 10 9 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 10 10 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 10 11 Hanco Kachelhoffer (RSA) Konica Minolta 9 12 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 8 13 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 6 14 Fabio Gilioli (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 6 15 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 6 16 Peter Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 5 17 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 5 18 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 4 19 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 4 20 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 3 21 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 2 22 Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 2 23 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 2 24 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 1 25 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Raivis Belohvoschiks (Lat) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 15 pts 2 Taichi Moriyama (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 8 3 Martin Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 5 4 Peter Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 5 5 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 5 6 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 5 7 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 3 8 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 3 9 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 3 10 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 2 11 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 2 12 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 2 13 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 2 Teams classification 1 Team Konika Minolta 33.31.32 2 Cycling Team Capec 0.55 3 Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 1.03 4 Aisan Racing Team 3.30 5 Team Vang Cycling 4.05 6 Skil - Shimano 7.02 7 Hong Kong China 9.13 8 Miyata - Subaru 9.25 9 Giant Asia Racing Team 16.06 10 Team Matrix Powertag - Specialized 16.21 11 Fidea Cycling Team 18.35 12 Nalsima Frend 23.07 13 Team Bridgestone - Anchor 30.08 14 You Can Specialized Nissyo 54.12 15 South Australia. Com 57.48 16 Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 1.02.16
