13th Tour of Japan - 2.2

Japan, May 17-24, 2009

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Stage 1 - May 17: Sakai stage, 102.6km

Photography

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Leigh Howard was all smiles after taking stage one.
Fans had to deal with the rain on a wet day in Sakai.
Australian Travis Meyer (right) was amongst the action at the pointy end of the field today.
Kazakhstan rider Valentin Iglinskiy headed the charge after Howard.
Yusuke Hatanaka was the best-placed rider in the Shimano Racing Team.
Jack Bobridge leads Travis Meyer in tough conditions in Sakai.
Polish rider Mariusz Wiesiak (Nippo Colnago) finished in seventh.
Valentin Iglinskiy (Kazakhstan National Team) leads Leigh Howard.
Howard flew the coop and took the spoils on a wet day.
Leigh Howard (Team AIS) celebrates his win in Sakai.
Valentin Iglinskiy finishes second in the bunch sprint.
Results

1 Leigh Howard (Aus) Team AIS                                  2.26.02  (42.2 km/h)
2 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team               0.04
3 Seon Ho Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling                                    
4 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team AIS                                     
5 Daniele Colli (Ita) Carmiooro-A Style                               
6 Travis Meyer (Aus) Team AIS                                         
7 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Team Nippo·Colnago                            
8 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Amica Chips-Knauf                        0.06
9 Fausto Fognini (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf                              
10 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                         0.08
11 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                         
12 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                     
13 Ki Hong Yoo (Kor) Seoul Cycling                                    
14 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design           
15 Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf                          
16 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                     
17 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                              
18 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago                            
19 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Shimano Racing                               
20 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                        
21 Paolo Tomaselli (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf                            
22 Glenn O'shea (Aus) Team AIS                                    0.13
23 Hyo Suk Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling                                   
24 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                              
25 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing                               
26 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                               
27 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                           
28 Sebastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style                   
29 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                            
30 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design            
31 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team          
32 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing                                   
33 Fabio Terrenzio (Ita) Carmiooro-A Style                            
34 Paul Brousse (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style                               
35 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design             
36 Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                              
37 Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team         
38 Michael Damiens (Fra) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design            
39 Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago                                
40 Bellon Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Carmiooro-A Style                     
41 Guillaume Pont (Fra) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design             
42 Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                       
43 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design             
44 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                      
45 Abreu Rafael Infantino (Col) Amica Chips-Knauf                     
46 Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                              
47 Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                    0.38
48 Gyung Gu Jang (Kor) Seoul Cycling                              0.42
49 Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing                                 
50 Alexandre Aulas (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style                        0.47
51 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Team AIS                                       
52 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                            
53 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                         0.49
54 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                 0.58
55 Gu Hyeon Kim (Kor) Seoul Cycling                                   
56 Kensyo Sawada (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                                
57 Shota Saito (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team           1.10
58 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago                       1.37
59 Taichi Togao (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                 2.36
60 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                      3.13
61 Hikaru Kosaka (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team             
62 Keisuke Kamata (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                   
63 Masaki Hirabayashi (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                        
64 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Shimano Racing                                
65 Takahiro Yamashita (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago                        
66 Masafumi Yamane (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                           
67 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                         4.09
68 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Amica Chips-Knauf                         4.29
69 Jin Yong Choi (Kor) Seoul Cycling                              4.34
70 Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah (Mas) Malaysia National Team                  
71 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                   
72 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing                             5.43
73 Kodai Takeda (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                          5.58
74 Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team             7.34
75 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                            7.44
76 Tomonori Sato (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                             
77 Mohd Nur Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Malaysia National Team                
78 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                9.15
79 Motoshi Kadota (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                        9.20
80 Yoshiaki Shimada (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                 9.40
81 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia National Team                   10.23
82 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team    10.39
83 Wan Mohammed Naj Wan Mohammed (Mas) Malaysia National Team         
84 Akira Kodan (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                 11.51
85 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                         12.10
86 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                         12.15
87 Tetsuya Fujioka (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago                           
88 Sho Aikawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                      14.11
89 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor              17.31
90 Adam Semple (Aus) Team AIS                                    19.46
91 Kazuhiro Hiyama (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello             26.15
92 Mohd Shahrul Afiza Fauizan (Mas) Malaysia National Team       27.28
93 Asa Eazu (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                             29.47
94 Ahmad Fallanie Ali (Mas) Malaysia National Team               30.43
95 Satoshi Nakazato (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team     32.13
 
Points
 
Sprint #1
1 Glenn O'shea (Aus) Team AIS                                        5 pts
2 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Amica Chips-Knauf                           3
3 Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf                          2
 
Sprint #2
1 Leigh Howard (Aus) Team AIS                                        5 pts
2 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing                                 3
3 Abreu Rafael Infantino (Col) Amica Chips-Knauf                     2
 
Sprint #3
1 Leigh Howard (Aus) Team AIS                                        5 pts
2 Abreu Rafael Infantino (Col) Amica Chips-Knauf                     3
3 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                            2
 
Finish
1 Leigh Howard (Aus) Team AIS                                       15 pts
2 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                 12
3 Seon Ho Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling                                  10
4 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team AIS                                    8
5 Daniele Colli (Ita) Carmiooro-A Style                              6
6 Travis Meyer (Aus) Team AIS                                        5
7 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Team Nippo·Colnago                           4
8 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Amica Chips-Knauf                           3
9 Fausto Fognini (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf                             2
10 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                            1
 
Teams
 
1 Team AIS                                                     7.18.14
2 Kazakhstan National Team                                        0.12
3 Amica Chips-Knauf                                                   
4 Seoul Cycling                                                   0.17
5 Aisan Racing Team                                               0.26
6 Carmiooro-A Style                                               0.28
7 Shimano Racing                                                  0.29
8 Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design                                   
9 Team Bridgestone Anchor                                         0.32
10 Hong Kong China Team                                           1.00
11 Matrix Powertag                                                1.22
12 Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team                             1.34
13 Team Nippo·Colnago                                             1.41
14 Team Comrade Giant                                            15.04
15 Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                                   23.07
16 Malaysia National Team                                        35.40
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Leigh Howard (Aus) Team AIS                                  2.25.46
2 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team               0.14
3 Seon Ho Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling                                0.16
4 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team AIS                                 0.20
5 Daniele Colli (Ita) Carmiooro-A Style                               
6 Travis Meyer (Aus) Team AIS                                         
7 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Team Nippo·Colnago                            
8 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Amica Chips-Knauf                            
9 Fausto Fognini (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf                          0.22
10 Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf                      0.23
11 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                         0.24
12 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                         
13 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                     
14 Ki Hong Yoo (Kor) Seoul Cycling                                    
15 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design           
16 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                     
17 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                              
18 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago                            
19 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Shimano Racing                               
20 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                        
21 Paolo Tomaselli (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf                            
22 Glenn O'shea (Aus) Team AIS                                    0.26
23 Abreu Rafael Infantino (Col) Amica Chips-Knauf                     
24 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                        0.28
25 Hyo Suk Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling                               0.29
26 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                              
27 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing                               
28 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                               
29 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                           
30 Sebastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style                   
31 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design            
32 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team          
33 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing                                   
34 Fabio Terrenzio (Ita) Carmiooro-A Style                            
35 Paul Brousse (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style                               
36 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design             
37 Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                              
38 Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team         
39 Michael Damiens (Fra) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design            
40 Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago                                
41 Bellon Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Carmiooro-A Style                     
42 Guillaume Pont (Fra) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design             
43 Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                       
44 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design             
45 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                      
46 Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                              
47 Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                    0.54
48 Gyung Gu Jang (Kor) Seoul Cycling                              0.58
49 Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing                                 
50 Alexandre Aulas (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style                        1.03
51 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Team AIS                                       
52 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                            
53 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                         1.05
54 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                 1.14
55 Gu Hyeon Kim (Kor) Seoul Cycling                                   
56 Kensyo Sawada (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                                
57 Shota Saito (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team           1.26
58 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago                       1.53
59 Taichi Togao (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                 2.52
60 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                      3.29
61 Hikaru Kosaka (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team             
62 Keisuke Kamata (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                   
63 Masaki Hirabayashi (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                        
64 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Shimano Racing                                
65 Takahiro Yamashita (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago                        
66 Masafumi Yamane (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                           
67 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                         4.25
68 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Amica Chips-Knauf                         4.45
69 Jin Yong Choi (Kor) Seoul Cycling                              4.50
70 Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah (Mas) Malaysia National Team                  
71 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                   
72 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing                             5.57
73 Kodai Takeda (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                          6.14
74 Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team             7.50
75 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                            8.00
76 Tomonori Sato (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                             
77 Mohd Nur Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Malaysia National Team                
78 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                9.31
79 Motoshi Kadota (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                        9.36
80 Yoshiaki Shimada (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                 9.56
81 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia National Team                   10.39
82 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team    10.55
83 Wan Mohammed Naj Wan Mohammed (Mas) Malaysia National Team         
84 Akira Kodan (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                 12.07
85 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                         12.26
86 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                         12.31
87 Tetsuya Fujioka (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago                           
88 Sho Aikawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                      14.27
89 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor              17.47
90 Adam Semple (Aus) Team AIS                                    20.02
91 Kazuhiro Hiyama (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello             26.31
92 Mohd Shahrul Afiza Fauizan (Mas) Malaysia National Team       27.44
93 Asa Eazu (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                             30.03
94 Ahmad Fallanie Ali (Mas) Malaysia National Team               30.59
95 Satoshi Nakazato (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team     32.29
 
Points classification
 
1 Leigh Howard (Aus) Team AIS                                       25 pts
2 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                 12
3 Seon Ho Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling                                  10
4 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team AIS                                    8
5 Daniele Colli (Ita) Carmiooro-A Style                              6
6 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Amica Chips-Knauf                           6
7 Glenn O'shea (Aus) Team AIS                                        5
8 Travis Meyer (Aus) Team AIS                                        5
9 Abreu Rafael Infantino (Col) Amica Chips-Knauf                     5
10 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Team Nippo·Colnago                          4
11 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing                                3
12 Fausto Fognini (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf                            2
13 Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf                         2
14 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                           2
15 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                            1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team AIS                                                     7.18.14
2 Kazakhstan National Team                                        0.12
3 Amica Chips-Knauf                                                   
4 Seoul Cycling                                                   0.17
5 Aisan Racing Team                                               0.26
6 Carmiooro-A Style                                               0.28
7 Shimano Racing                                                  0.29
8 Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design                                   
9 Team Bridgestone Anchor                                         0.32
10 Hong Kong China Team                                           1.00
11 Matrix Powertag                                                1.22
12 Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team                             1.34
13 Team Nippo·Colnago                                             1.41
14 Team Comrade Giant                                            15.04
15 Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                                   23.07
16 Malaysia National Team                                        35.40