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Tour of Japan - 2.2
Japan, May 14-21, 2006
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Stage 6 - May 21: Hibiya city - Ooi Wharf Circuit, Tokyo, 148.9km
Belohvosciks in the end; Duma wins the overall
By Miwako Sasaki in Tokyo
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Latvian Raivis Belohvosciks (Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare) took the final stage of the 10th Tour of Japan into Tokyo, jumping from the final breakaway to win. And his teammate Vladimir Duma, who finished in the peloton, became the first Ukrainian winner of the ToJ.
The race was active from the beginning, as usual. All the Japanese riders tried to look for their last chance under the clear sky, in front of a great number of spectators. Five riders from Japan finally succeeded in making a break at 16 laps to go, and gained 2'30 quickly: Yukiya Arashiro (Team Vang Cycling), Koki Shimbo (Aisan Racing Team), Koji Nagano (Team Matrix Powertag-Specialized), Yasutaka Tashiro (Team Bridgestone-Anchor) and Shinri Suzuki(Miyata Subaru), who was 5th place in the points classification and there were three sprint points today. Suzuki had 21 points before the start, and was nine points down on the points leader Duma. "I broke away for the point jersey," he said. "My breakaway companions knew it, so they allowed me to get all the points." Therefore Suzuki added 15 points to his total before the break was caught by the peloton at three laps to go, and grabbed the blue points jersey as a result.
The winning breakaway attacked from the peloton at two laps to go. It was impressive, containing Kazakh Andrey Mizourov and Alexandre Dyachenko (Cycling Team Capec), Martin Velits (Team Konica Minolta), Arashiro (again) and Belohvosciks, who would be awarded the most aggressive rider if the prize existed for this Japanese race. "I worked hard in all the stages of this race," he said. "Also today I did it all day. So our team director allowed me to try to take a stage if I could."
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On the other hand, Mizourov also looked for a win before he went back to Europe. "My condition is medium now, because I couldn't prepare enough before I came to Japan," said the Kazakh before the start. Although he couldn't add more victories to his excellent palmares, he got third place in the final general classification after he finished in the break.
"Mi piace Giappone (I like Japan)," said Duma, who held the green leader's jersey since stage 2, to the many spectators that gathered for the final ceremony of the protocol. "I'm very happy to come to Japan with an excellent team. My main objective was the general classification before the start the race, but I also could win a stage in Nara, thanks to the team who worked hard for me."
It was the first time that 34 year-old Duma won the final classification of a stage race, after he won some stages in Europe (Tour de Suisse in 1998, Giro d'Abruzzo in 1999 and 2000, Regio Tour in 2003) and one-day races (Ukrainian championship in 1998 and 2000, GP Prato in 2002). It was also the first success of this season for his Italian Team, Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare, and they said, "We want to come back to Japan soon, for the Japan Cup in October next time if possible. Duma also can win that race!"
Photography
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- 'We are twins!': Zdenek Stybar and Erwin Vervecken (Fidea Cycling Team) listen to the music on their iPod before the start.
- Peace! Ivan De Nobile (Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare) has his picture taken with fans.
- Only two minutes before the start, the organiser draws the start line on the road.
- The start of the final stage of the 10th Tour of Japan in Tokyo.
- The breakaway passes in front of the many spectators in Tokyo.
- Shinri Suzuki (Miyata Subaru, C) tries to get the points jersey in the breakaway.
- The peloton in Tokyo: Raivis Belohvoschiks (Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare) always works hard.
- Green leader's jersey Vladimir Duma (Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare) closer to his goal
- The final breakaway: Raivis Belohvoschiks (Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare) watches for a chance to win.
- Raivis Belohvoschiks (Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare) claims his win in the end.
- Martin Velits (Team Konica Minolta) is second, and Andrey Mizourov (Cycling Team Capec) is fourth in Tokyo.
- Kevin Pauwels (Fidea Cycling Team) finishes first in the peloton.
- Stage 6 winner Raivis Belohvoschiks (Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare)
- Vladimir Duma (Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare) takes the final classification of a stage race for the first time in his nine year career.
- 19 year-old John-Lee Augustyn (Konica Minolta) gets the red mountains jersey.
- Shinri Suzuki (Miyata Subaru) is the only Japanese on the final podium, taking the blue points jersey.
- South African Team Konica Minolta wins the team classification.
- The final podium: Shinri Suzuki (Miyata Subaru), John-Lee Augustyn (Team Konica Minolta), Vladimir Duma and Raivis Belohvoschiks (Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare).
- I'm your teammate! Mr. Ogawa, president of the organiser of the Tour of Japan, receives a team jersey from race winner Vladimir Duma (Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare).
- Hey, Universal boys, do you drink a lot of beer instead of coffee tonight?
Results
1 Raivis Belohvoschiks (Lat) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 3.09.06 2 Martin Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 0.04 3 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 4 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 5 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 6 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 0.45 7 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 8 Daniele Di Nucci (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 9 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 10 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 11 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 12 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 13 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 14 Kaoru Obata (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 15 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 16 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 17 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 18 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 19 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Konica Minolta 20 Peter Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 21 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 22 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 23 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 24 Arthur Ayers (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 25 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 26 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 27 Yip Tang Wang (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 28 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 29 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Fidea Cycling Team 30 Daniel Lloyd (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 31 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 32 Akihiro Munehisa (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 33 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 34 Norihide Murayama (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 35 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 36 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 37 Marnus Potgieter (RSA) Konica Minolta 38 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 39 Taichi Moriyama (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 40 Masayuki Kimura (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 41 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 42 Manabu Hirose (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 43 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 44 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 45 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 46 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 47 Yasuhiro Nito (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 48 Hanco Kachelhoffer (RSA) Konica Minolta 49 Kohei Tsusue (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 50 Kentaro Eshita (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 51 Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 52 Ivan De Nobile (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 53 Kazunari Asano (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 54 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 55 San Wu Kin (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 56 Masahumi Yamane (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 57 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 58 Tomoji Taniguchi (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 59 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 0.56 60 Fabio Gilioli (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 61 Hua Lai Kuan (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 62 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 63 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 64 Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 65 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 66 Ken Akita (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 67 Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 68 Dmitri Nikandorov (Rus) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 69 Hing Chan Chun (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 70 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 71 Hideo Yoshida (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 1.01 72 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 1.04 73 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 1.07 74 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 1.16 75 Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 1.18 76 Tomoya Sano (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 1.29 77 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 1.42 78 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 2.46 79 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 80 Michael Ford (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 3.19 81 Sean Finning (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 82 Kaoru Ohuchi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 3.20 83 Koki Shimbo (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 6.57 84 Koji Nagano (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 85 Wai Cheung King (HKg) Hong Kong National Team DNF Yoshiaki Sudou (Jpn) Nalsema Frend Points 1 Raivis Belohvoschiks (Lat) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 15 pts 2 Martin Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 12 3 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 10 4 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 8 5 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 14 6 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 5 7 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 4 8 Daniele Di Nucci (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 3 9 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 2 10 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 1 Final General classification 1 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 18.15.05 2 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Konica Minolta 0.16 3 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 1.09 4 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 1.28 5 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 1.42 6 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 2.16 7 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 2.46 8 Martin Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 2.59 9 Peter Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 3.28 10 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 3.42 11 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 5.15 12 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 5.28 13 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 5.40 14 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 6.40 15 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 7.29 16 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 7.47 17 Fabio Gilioli (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 8.42 18 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 10.39 19 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 10.45 20 Raivis Belohvoschiks (Lat) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 12.27 21 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 13.36 22 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Fidea Cycling Team 13.48 23 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 15.18 24 Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 16.13 25 Dmitri Nikandorov (Rus) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 17.54 26 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 18.35 27 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 19.52 28 Hanco Kachelhoffer (RSA) Konica Minolta 20.01 29 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 21.57 30 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 22.06 31 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 22.27 32 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 23.41 33 Daniel Lloyd (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 24.13 34 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 26.10 35 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 28.46 36 Daniele Di Nucci (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 29.48 37 Koki Shimbo (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 30.20 38 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 31.12 39 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 31.27 40 Tomoya Sano (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 31.58 41 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 33.58 42 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 34.01 43 Yasuhiro Nito (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 34.54 44 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 34.57 45 Kohei Tsusue (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 35.28 46 Ivan De Nobile (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 36.20 47 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 36.45 48 Hua Lai Kuan (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 37.35 49 Manabu Hirose (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 37.53 50 Marnus Potgieter (RSA) Konica Minolta 39.46 51 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 39.57 52 Yip Tang Wang (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 42.09 53 Kaoru Ohuchi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 43.12 54 San Wu Kin (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 44.50 55 Kaoru Obata (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 46.56 56 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 49.42 57 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 49.49 58 Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 50.32 59 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 50.54 60 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 51.17 61 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 51.25 62 Masayuki Kimura (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 51.27 63 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 52.40 64 Michael Ford (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 52.46 65 Ken Akita (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 56.28 66 Kentaro Eshita (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 56.36 67 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 59.54 68 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 1.01.31 69 Arthur Ayers (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 1.09.41 70 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 1.13.04 71 Taichi Moriyama (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 1.13.50 72 Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 1.19.13 73 Norihide Murayama (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 1.22.29 74 Wai Cheung King (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 1.23.46 75 Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 1.26.47 76 Hing Chan Chun (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 1.27.06 77 Kazunari Asano (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 1.31.30 78 Hideo Yoshida (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 1.34.37 79 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 1.38.36 80 Masahumi Yamane (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 1.40.19 81 Akihiro Munehisa (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 1.42.41 82 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 1.43.12 83 Sean Finning (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 1.43.32 84 Koji Nagano (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 1.49.47 85 Tomoji Taniguchi (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 2.01.56 Points classification 1 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 36 pts 2 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 32 3 Raivis Belohvoschiks (Lat) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 30 4 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 30 5 Daniele Di Nucci (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 30 6 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 29 7 Martin Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 27 8 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 23 9 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 14 10 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 12 11 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 12 12 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 11 13 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 10 13 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 10 14 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 10 15 Hanco Kachelhoffer (RSA) Konica Minolta 9 16 Peter Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 9 17 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 6 18 Fabio Gilioli (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 6 19 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 6 20 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 5 21 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 5 22 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 5 23 Koji Nagano (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 3 24 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 3 25 Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 2 26 Koki Shimbo (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 2 27 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 2 28 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Fidea Cycling Team 2 29 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Konica Minolta 1 30 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 1 31 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 1 Mountains classification 1 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Konica Minolta 15 pts 2 Raivis Belohvoschiks (Lat) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 15 3 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 13 4 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 12 5 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 10 6 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 9 7 Peter Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 8 8 Taichi Moriyama (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 8 9 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 7 10 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 5 11 Martin Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 5 12 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 5 13 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 5 14 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 4 15 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 3 16 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 3 17 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 2 18 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 2 19 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 2 20 Fabio Gilioli (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 1 Teams classification 1 Team Konika Minolta 54.51.42 2 Cycling Team Capec 1.52 3 Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 5.15 4 Team Vang Cycling 12.14 5 Skil - Shimano 12.24 6 Aisan Racing Team 21.13 7 Giant Asia Racing Team 35.20 8 Fidea Cycling Team 36.44 9 Miyata - Subaru 45.44 10 Team Bridgestone - Anchor 1.11.37 11 Hong Kong China 1.13.49 12 Team Matrix Powertag - Specialized 1.31.06 13 Nalsima Frend 1.47.06 14 South Australia. Com 1.54.19 15 You Can Specialized Nissyo 2.01.30 16 Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 2.28.54
