Tour de Kumano - 2.2

Japan, May 9-12, 2008

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Stage 3 - May 11: Taiji Hanto Circuit, 105.6 km

Photography

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Images by Hitoshi OMAE / PhotoSport International. UK - US - Asia.
The two-man breakaway of Leon Van Bon (Trek - Marco Polo) and Kazuyuki Manabe (Nippo) ride along the Taiji Peninsula.
The Meitan Hompo team control things for their leader Miyataka Shimizu.
Manabe leads Van Bon along the Taiji peninsula circuit course.
The veteran Van Bon was far too strong for Manabe at the finish.
Race leader Miyataka Shimizu (Meitan Hompo-GDR) took the bunch sprint for third and kept his yellow jersey.
The final podium (l-r): Satoshi Hirose (Aisan Racing Team), Miyataka Shimizu (Meitan Hompo) and Yukiya Arashiro (Meitan Hompo).
Leon van Bon celebrates as he crosses the line.
Van Bon and Kazuyuki Manabe (Nippo - Endeka/Nippo) make their way toward the line to fight out the win.
Van Bon with flowers.
Stage 3 podium (l-r): Miyataka Shimizu (Meitan Hompo - GDR), Leon Van Bon (Trek - Marco Polo Cycling) Team & Kazuyuki Manabe (Nippo - Endeka/Nippo).
Results

1 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team        2.42.05 (39.1 km/h)
2 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                      
3 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                   0.25
4 Vicenzo Garofalo (Ita) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                     
5 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                        
6 Devis Miorin (Ita) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                         
7 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                          
8 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                            
9 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                           
10 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello            0.28
11 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                   
12 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                             
13 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor               
14 Jai Crawford (Aus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team              
15 Junya Sano (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                          
16 Tetsuya Fujioka (Jpn) Team Colnago                             
17 Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                  
18 Kenta Onoguchi (Jpn) Nalsima Friend                            
19 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                              
20 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                     
21 Keisuke Kamata (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello               
22 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                   
23 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong - China Team                    
24 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                               
25 Hisanori Akiyama (Jpn) Tacurino-Masashikomifune.com        0.34
26 Yasuhiro Nito (Jpn) Nalsima Friend                         0.36
27 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                0.38
28 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                        
29 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                    0.54
30 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                     0.57
31 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor              1.15
32 Naoto Ise (Jpn) Tacurino-Masashikomifune.com                   
33 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                    1.29
34 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                        1.31
35 Kaoru Obata (Jpn) Nalsima Friend                           1.36
36 Rogelio Carvalho (Bra) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello             
37 Kenji Matsuki (Jpn) Club Silbest                           1.43
38 Taichi Moriyama (Jpn) Team Colnago                         1.54
39 Takashi Nakayama (Jpn) Team Colnago                            
40 Yoshiaki Shimada (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                 
41 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                         
42 Shinichiro Murade (Jpn) Team Colnago                           
43 Teppei Watanabe (Jpn) Nakagawa AS k'Design                     
44 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                            
45 Yosuke Suga (Jpn) Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento             2.05
46 Akira Kodan (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello              3.02
47 Nobuyuki Shimobayashi (Jpn) Club Silbest                   3.25
48 Satoshi Yamane (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                    4.07
49 Wataru Otsuka (Jpn) Tacurino-Masashikomifune.com           4.52
50 Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor            5.26
51 Keita Iwashima (Jpn) Nalsima Friend                        5.36
52 Tae Bok You (Kor) Sangmu Cycling Team                      5.44
53 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                      6.19
54 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                         
55 Ju Yong Lee (Kor) Sangmu Cycling Team                      7.08
56 Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello     7.35
57 Yutaka Omura (Jpn) Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento            7.44
58 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                         7.54
DNF Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                    
DNF Koichi Narutani (Jpn) Esperance Stage                         
DNF Tomoyuki Kaneda (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                      
DNF Dong Hyun Choi (Kor) Sangmu Cycling Team                      
DNF Jun Otsuka (Jpn) Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento                 
DNF Nobuaki Morota (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                       
DNF Masaki Hirabayashi (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                   
DNF Banri Omura (Jpn) Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento                
DNF Akihiro Kageyama (Jpn) Club Silbest                           
DNF Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                     
DNF Hsin Hua Huang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei National Cycling Team     
DNF Kohei Tsusue (Jpn) Esperance Stage                            
DNF Syunichi Obara (Jpn) Nakagawa AS k'Design                     
DNF Koji Mukoyama (Jpn) Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento              
DNF Toyohiro Oka (Jpn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team             
DNF Sebastien Pilotte (Can) Nalsima Friend                        
DNF Yuichi Mizobata (Jpn) Club Silbest                            
DNF Kenichi Hattori (Jpn) Sakatani Racing                         
DNF Hin Leung Szeto (HKg) Hong Kong - China Team                  
DNF Siu Wai Ko (HKg) Hong Kong - China Team                       
DNF Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                         
DNF Toshiyuki Tsuji (Jpn) Tacurino-Masashikomifune.com            
DNF Koichiro Nii (Jpn) Nakagawa AS k'Design                       
DNF Hitoshi Inoue (Jpn) Club Silbest                              
DNF Eun Seob Shin (Kor) Sangmu Cycling Team                       
 
Final general classification
 
1 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                8.01.33
2 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                      0.04
3 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                    0.16
4 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                0.19
5 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                        0.48
6 Vicenzo Garofalo (Ita) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                 0.55
7 Devis Miorin (Ita) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                         
8 Jai Crawford (Aus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team           1.29
9 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                           1.42
10 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                 2.02
11 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                    3.02
12 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                 3.15
13 Keisuke Kamata (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello               
14 Kenta Onoguchi (Jpn) Nalsima Friend                            
15 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                   
16 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team          4.29
17 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                           5.05
18 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                    5.31
19 Naoto Ise (Jpn) Tacurino-Masashikomifune.com               5.54
20 Junya Sano (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                      7.24
21 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello            7.44
22 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong - China Team                8.01
23 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                         8.21
24 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                     8.32
25 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor           8.58
26 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor              9.48
27 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                       10.04
28 Rogelio Carvalho (Bra) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello        10.09
29 Kenji Matsuki (Jpn) Club Silbest                          10.19
30 Takashi Nakayama (Jpn) Team Colnago                       10.27
31 Teppei Watanabe (Jpn) Nakagawa AS k'Design                10.30
32 Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor           11.43
33 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                   11.50
34 Keita Iwashima (Jpn) Nalsima Friend                       13.09
35 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                     13.14
36 Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor             13.56
37 Hisanori Akiyama (Jpn) Tacurino-Masashikomifune.com       14.02
38 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                     14.55
39 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                         
40 Shinichiro Murade (Jpn) Team Colnago                      15.20
41 Nobuyuki Shimobayashi (Jpn) Club Silbest                  16.53
42 Satoshi Yamane (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                   17.33
43 Yosuke Suga (Jpn) Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento            17.46
44 Wataru Otsuka (Jpn) Tacurino-Masashikomifune.com          18.20
45 Akira Kodan (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello             18.42
46 Kaoru Obata (Jpn) Nalsima Friend                          19.43
47 Yoshiaki Shimada (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor            21.15
48 Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello    24.47
49 Taichi Moriyama (Jpn) Team Colnago                        27.35
50 Tae Bok You (Kor) Sangmu Cycling Team                     31.25
51 Tetsuya Fujioka (Jpn) Team Colnago                        32.15
52 Yasuhiro Nito (Jpn) Nalsima Friend                        32.57
53 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                        33.35
54 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR               46.19
55 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                    47.35
56 Yutaka Omura (Jpn) Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento         1.05.51
57 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                     1.17.09
58 Ju Yong Lee (Kor) Sangmu Cycling Team                   1.42.23
 
Points classification
 
1 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                     56 pts
2 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                      47
3 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                        46
4 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                          29
5 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                    29
6 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                  28
7 Vicenzo Garofalo (Ita) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                   28
8 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team             25
9 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello               22
10 Devis Miorin (Ita) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                      22
11 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                           20
12 Jai Crawford (Aus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team            17
13 Junya Sano (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                        13
14 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                        13
15 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                            10
16 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor              8
17 Tetsuya Fujioka (Jpn) Team Colnago                            7
18 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                           5
19 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                       5
20 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                    5
21 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                       5
22 Rogelio Carvalho (Bra) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello            4
23 Kenta Onoguchi (Jpn) Nalsima Friend                           3
24 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                              3
25 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                       3
26 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                  2
27 Keisuke Kamata (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello              1
28 Akira Kodan (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                 1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Vicenzo Garofalo (Ita) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                    9 pts
2 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                              8
3 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                       5
4 Jai Crawford (Aus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team              3
5 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                             3
6 Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                3
7 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                      2
8 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                               2
9 Tetsuya Fujioka (Jpn) Team Colnago                             1
10 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                       1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                                    24.07.58
2 Meitan Hompo - GDR                                          0.06
3 Skil - Shimano                                              3.06
4 Aisan Racing Team                                           5.45
5 Team Bridgestone Anchor                                    12.46
6 Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                                17.53
7 Nalsima Friend                                             22.02
8 Team Colnago                                               25.10
9 Tacurino-Masashikomifune.com                               34.57
10 Matrix Powertag                                           40.56