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Tour de Kumano - 2.2
Japan, May 9-12, 2008
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Stage 1 - May 9: Akagigawa Seiryu Circuit, 105.1 km
Photography
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Images by Hitoshi OMAE / PhotoSport International. UK - US - Asia.
- The peloton heads over a bridge.
- The peloton is highly concentrated as they tackle a tricky descent.
- Satoshi Hirose takes the win in the 10-man group.
- The peloton is reflecting on the Tour de Kumano's country side.
Results
1 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 2.25.08 (43.4 km/h) 2 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 3 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 4 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 5 Junya Sano (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo 6 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil - Shimano 7 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo 8 Jai Crawford (Aus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 9 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong - China Team 10 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil - Shimano 11 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 0.15 12 Rogelio Carvalho (Bra) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 0.39 13 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 14 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 15 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 16 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 17 Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 18 Satoshi Yamane (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant 19 Keisuke Kamata (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 20 Po Hung Wu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei National Cycling Team 21 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 22 Vicenzo Garofalo (Ita) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo 23 Kohei Tsusue (Jpn) Esperance Stage 24 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) Hong Kong - China Team 25 Nam Seong (Kor) Sangmu Cycling Team 26 Takashi Nakayama (Jpn) Team Colnago 27 Wei Chieh Liu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei National Cycling Team 28 Chi Yuen Ho (HKg) Hong Kong - China Team 29 Wataru Otsuka (Jpn) Tacurino-Masashikomifune.com 30 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo 31 Hsin Hua Huang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei National Cycling Team 32 Kenta Onoguchi (Jpn) Nalsima Friend 33 Naoto Ise (Jpn) Tacurino-Masashikomifune.com 34 Tomoyuki Kaneda (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant 35 Banri Omura (Jpn) Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento 36 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 37 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 38 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil - Shimano 39 Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 40 Toshiyuki Tsuji (Jpn) Tacurino-Masashikomifune.com 41 Keita Iwashima (Jpn) Nalsima Friend 42 Ken Onodera (Jpn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 43 Devis Miorin (Ita) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo 44 Yosuke Suga (Jpn) Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento 45 Shu Ming Liu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei National Cycling Team 46 Yu Takenouchi (Jpn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 47 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo 48 Masaki Hirabayashi (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant 49 Hisanori Akiyama (Jpn) Tacurino-Masashikomifune.com 50 Toyohiro Oka (Jpn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 51 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Skil - Shimano 52 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil - Shimano 53 Masaki Wakumoto (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 54 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil - Shimano 55 Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 56 Kenji Matsuki (Jpn) Club Silbest 57 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 58 Arthur Ayers (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant 59 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 60 Tae Bok You (Kor) Sangmu Cycling Team 61 Taichi Moriyama (Jpn) Team Colnago 62 Shinichiro Murade (Jpn) Team Colnago 63 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong - China Team 64 Teppei Watanabe (Jpn) Nakagawa AS k'Design 65 Akira Kodan (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 66 Jae Wan Jung (Kor) Sangmu Cycling Team 67 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 68 Eun Seob Shin (Kor) Sangmu Cycling Team 69 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 70 Kazumasa Katayama (Jpn) Team Colnago 71 Nobuyuki Shimobayashi (Jpn) Club Silbest 72 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 73 Akihiro Kageyama (Jpn) Club Silbest 74 Koichi Narutani (Jpn) Esperance Stage 75 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 76 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 77 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 78 Jun Otsuka (Jpn) Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento 79 Nobuaki Morota (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant 3.18 80 Dai Fukuhara (Jpn) Esperance Stage 81 Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 9.15 82 Yoshiaki Shimada (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 83 Chi Sek Chui (HKg) Hong Kong - China Team 84 Kaoru Obata (Jpn) Nalsima Friend 10.13 85 Sebastien Pilotte (Can) Nalsima Friend 86 Takashi Nakata (Jpn) Tacurino-Masashikomifune.com DNF Hitoshi Inoue (Jpn) Club Silbest DNF Syunichi Obara (Jpn) Nakagawa AS k'Design DNF Tetsuya Fujioka (Jpn) Team Colnago DNF Hin Leung Szeto (HKg) Hong Kong - China Team DNF Yasuhiro Nito (Jpn) Nalsima Friend DNF Yusuke Higuma (Jpn) Esperance Stage DNF Koji Mukoyama (Jpn) Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento DNF Hideaki Tokuoka (Jpn) Sakatani Racing DNF Kenichi Hattori (Jpn) Sakatani Racing DNF Dong Hyun Choi (Kor) Sangmu Cycling Team DNF Ju Yong Lee (Kor) Sangmu Cycling Team DNF Yutaka Omura (Jpn) Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento DNF Shoichi Kanamori (Jpn) Esperance Stage DNF Yuichi Mizobata (Jpn) Club Silbest DNF Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Matrix Powertag DNF Noriyuki Yabe (Jpn) Esperance Stage DNF Hideo Shimomura (Jpn) Nakagawa AS k'Design DNF Koichiro Nii (Jpn) Nakagawa AS k'Design DNF Makoto Aoki (Jpn) Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento DNF Tetsuya Kamatani (Jpn) Club Silbest DNF Genta Nakamura (Jpn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team DNF Takuya Nishimura (Jpn) Tacurino-Masashikomifune.com DNF Hiroaki Yamamoto (Jpn) Sakatani Racing DNF Masami Sasaki (Jpn) Sakatani Racing DNF Tatsuro Fukushi (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello DNF Naoki Tsuji (Jpn) Nakagawa AS k'Design DNF Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Chinese Taipei National Cycling Team DNF Yasuyuki Toi (Jpn) Nalsima Friend DNF Shuntaro Yamakawa (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant General classification after stage 1 1 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 2.24.56 2 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 0.06 3 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 0.08 4 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 0.12 5 Junya Sano (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo 6 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil - Shimano 7 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo 8 Jai Crawford (Aus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 9 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong - China Team 10 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil - Shimano 11 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 0.27 12 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 0.48 13 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 14 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil - Shimano 0.49 15 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 16 Rogelio Carvalho (Bra) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 0.51 17 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 18 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 19 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 20 Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 21 Satoshi Yamane (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant 22 Keisuke Kamata (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 23 Po Hung Wu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei National Cycling Team 24 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 25 Vicenzo Garofalo (Ita) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo 26 Kohei Tsusue (Jpn) Esperance Stage 27 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) Hong Kong - China Team 28 Nam Seong (Kor) Sangmu Cycling Team 29 Takashi Nakayama (Jpn) Team Colnago 30 Wei Chieh Liu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei National Cycling Team 31 Chi Yuen Ho (HKg) Hong Kong - China Team 32 Wataru Otsuka (Jpn) Tacurino-Masashikomifune.com 33 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo 34 Hsin Hua Huang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei National Cycling Team 35 Kenta Onoguchi (Jpn) Nalsima Friend 36 Naoto Ise (Jpn) Tacurino-Masashikomifune.com 37 Tomoyuki Kaneda (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant 38 Banri Omura (Jpn) Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento 39 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 40 Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 41 Toshiyuki Tsuji (Jpn) Tacurino-Masashikomifune.com 42 Keita Iwashima (Jpn) Nalsima Friend 43 Ken Onodera (Jpn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 44 Devis Miorin (Ita) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo 45 Yosuke Suga (Jpn) Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento 46 Shu Ming Liu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei National Cycling Team 47 Yu Takenouchi (Jpn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 48 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo 49 Masaki Hirabayashi (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant 50 Hisanori Akiyama (Jpn) Tacurino-Masashikomifune.com 51 Toyohiro Oka (Jpn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 52 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Skil - Shimano 53 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil - Shimano 54 Masaki Wakumoto (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 55 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil - Shimano 56 Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 57 Kenji Matsuki (Jpn) Club Silbest 58 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 59 Arthur Ayers (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant 60 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 61 Tae Bok You (Kor) Sangmu Cycling Team 62 Taichi Moriyama (Jpn) Team Colnago 63 Shinichiro Murade (Jpn) Team Colnago 64 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong - China Team 65 Teppei Watanabe (Jpn) Nakagawa AS k'Design 66 Akira Kodan (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 67 Jae Wan Jung (Kor) Sangmu Cycling Team 68 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 69 Eun Seob Shin (Kor) Sangmu Cycling Team 70 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 71 Kazumasa Katayama (Jpn) Team Colnago 72 Nobuyuki Shimobayashi (Jpn) Club Silbest 73 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 74 Akihiro Kageyama (Jpn) Club Silbest 75 Koichi Narutani (Jpn) Esperance Stage 76 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 77 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 78 Jun Otsuka (Jpn) Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento 79 Nobuaki Morota (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant 3.30 80 Dai Fukuhara (Jpn) Esperance Stage 81 Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 9.27 82 Yoshiaki Shimada (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 83 Chi Sek Chui (HKg) Hong Kong - China Team 84 Kaoru Obata (Jpn) Nalsima Friend 10.25 85 Sebastien Pilotte (Can) Nalsima Friend 86 Takashi Nakata (Jpn) Tacurino-Masashikomifune.com 87 Hitoshi Inoue (Jpn) Club Silbest 20.25 88 Syunichi Obara (Jpn) Nakagawa AS k'Design 30.25 89 Tetsuya Fujioka (Jpn) Team Colnago 90 Hin Leung Szeto (HKg) Hong Kong - China Team 91 Yasuhiro Nito (Jpn) Nalsima Friend 92 Yusuke Higuma (Jpn) Esperance Stage 93 Koji Mukoyama (Jpn) Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento 40.25 94 Hideaki Tokuoka (Jpn) Sakatani Racing 50.25 95 Kenichi Hattori (Jpn) Sakatani Racing 96 Dong Hyun Choi (Kor) Sangmu Cycling Team 97 Ju Yong Lee (Kor) Sangmu Cycling Team 98 Yutaka Omura (Jpn) Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento 99 Shoichi Kanamori (Jpn) Esperance Stage 100 Yuichi Mizobata (Jpn) Club Silbest 101 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 102 Noriyuki Yabe (Jpn) Esperance Stage 103 Hideo Shimomura (Jpn) Nakagawa AS k'Design 104 Koichiro Nii (Jpn) Nakagawa AS k'Design
N.B. Riders from 87th to 104th position are allowed to start Stage 2 with time penalties, under the agreement of the organizer and commissaires' panel.
Points classification 1 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 25 pts 2 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 20 3 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 16 4 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 14 5 Junya Sano (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo 12 6 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil - Shimano 10 7 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo 9 8 Jai Crawford (Aus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 8 9 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 2 10 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong - China Team 7 11 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil - Shimano 6 12 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 5 13 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 5 14 Rogelio Carvalho (Bra) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 4 15 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 3 16 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 3 17 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil - Shimano 1 18 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 1 Teams classification 1 Nippo - Endeka/Nippo 7.16.03 2 Skil - Shimano 3 Meitan Hompo-GDR 0.15 4 Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 0.39 5 Hong Kong - China Team 6 Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 7 Team Bridgestone Anchor 8 Aisan Racing Team 9 Chinese Taipe National Cycling Team 1.18 10 Matrix Powertag 11 Team Comrade Giant 12 Tacurino-Masashikomifune.Com 13 Team Colnago 14 Sangmu Cycling Team 15 Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento 16 Club Silbest 17 Esperance Stage 3.57 18 Nalsima Friend 10.52 19 Nakagawa As. K'design 1.20.26
