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13th Tour of Japan - 2.2
Japan, May 17-24, 2009
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Stage 4 - May 20: Minami Shinshu stage, 148km
Bobridge gives AIS its third stage
South Australia's Bobridge won a four-up sprint on stage four after being in a break away for more than 90 kilometres. Bobridge and Croatian Matija Kvasina (Amica Chips - Knauf) initiated the move and gained a maximum lead of almost five minutes before the Kazakhstan National Team nearly closed the gap down on the last climb. The chase allowed Spaniard Sergio Bellon Pardilla (Carmiooro - A Style) and Dmitriy Fofonov (Kazakhstan) to bridge across and pull the break clear again.
"It was pretty hard circuit," said Bobridge of the loop they covered 12 times. "The climb was in two parts, you went up for around a kilometre and then a little descent before the second half of the climb which was pretty steep.
"We could see from the time board that they (Fofonov and Pardilla) were coming but I just nailed it to get to the top before they caught us and then I just sat on them to recover a bit," said Bobridge. "I didn't have to work as I'd been away all day and both Fofonov and Pardilla were pretty keen to work hard to try and improve their overall standing.
"Pardilla went early to try and get the win and I jumped on him," said Bobridge. "The Amica guy (Kvasina) was on my wheel but I got around Pardilla and won fairly comfortably."
Team Director, Brian Stephens, says he didn't expect Jack to deliver the win. "He was away for more than 90 kilometres on a really, really hard course and I didn't think he'd have the legs to do the job on the line," said Stephens. "But if Jack gets a sniff of a win he seems to grow another leg."
"I think I picked right day to flog myself since tomorrow's a rest day," said a happy but exhausted Bobridge.
Results
1 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Team AIS 3.54.16 (37.91 km/h) 2 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Amica Chips-Knauf 3 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 4 Bellon Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Carmiooro-A Style 5 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team AIS 1.26 6 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 7 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 1.27 8 Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 9 Hyo Suk Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 10 Travis Meyer (Aus) Team AIS 11 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong China Team 12 Ki Hong Yoo (Kor) Seoul Cycling 13 Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago 14 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China Team 1.39 15 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 1.43 16 Daniele Colli (Ita) Carmiooro-A Style 17 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 1.46 18 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 2.27 19 Adam Semple (Aus) Team AIS 20 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 21 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 22 Gyung Gu Jang (Kor) Seoul Cycling 23 Alexandre Aulas (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style 3.30 24 Abreu Rafael Infantino (Col) Amica Chips-Knauf 25 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong China Team 5.09 26 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing 6.28 27 Paolo Tomaselli (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 28 Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah (Mas) Malaysia National Team 29 Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 30 Keisuke Kamata (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 31 Masaki Hirabayashi (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant 32 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong China Team 33 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 34 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 35 Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 36 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing 37 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 38 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Amica Chips-Knauf 39 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 40 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago 41 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team 42 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago 43 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 44 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 13.50 45 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team 46 Fausto Fognini (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 47 Taichi Togao (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 48 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Shimano Racing 19.38 49 Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing 50 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 51 Masafumi Yamane (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant 52 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing 53 Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 54 Fabio Terrenzio (Ita) Carmiooro-A Style 23.44 55 Sebastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style 56 Paul Brousse (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style 57 Leigh Howard (Aus) Team AIS 58 Gu Hyeon Kim (Kor) Seoul Cycling 59 Michael Damiens (Fra) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 60 Glenn O'shea (Aus) Team AIS 45.44 61 Seon Ho Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 62 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) Hong Kong China Team 63 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 64 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 65 Guillaume Pont (Fra) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 66 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 67 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 68 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Shimano Racing 69 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 70 Sho Aikawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 71 Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 72 Yoshiaki Shimada (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 73 Takahiro Yamashita (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago 74 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Team Nippo·Colnago 75 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 76 Akira Kodan (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 77 Kodai Takeda (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant 78 Motoshi Kadota (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant DNF Satoshi Nakazato (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team DNF Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team DNF Shota Saito (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team DNF Asa Eazu (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant DNF Hikaru Kosaka (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team DNF Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong China Team DNF Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Matrix Powertag DNF Kensyo Sawada (Jpn) Matrix Powertag DNF Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag DNF Ahmad Fallanie Ali (Mas) Malaysia National Team Points 1 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Team AIS 15 pts 2 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Amica Chips-Knauf 12 3 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 10 4 Bellon Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Carmiooro-A Style 8 5 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team AIS 6 6 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 5 7 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 4 8 Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 3 9 Hyo Suk Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 2 10 Travis Meyer (Aus) Team AIS 1 Mountains 1 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Amica Chips-Knauf 8 pts 2 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Team AIS 8 3 Hyo Suk Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 5 4 Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 3 5 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China Team 2 6 Adam Semple (Aus) Team AIS 2 7 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 2 Teams 1 Team AIS 11.45.41 2 Kazakhstan National Team 1.00 3 Amica Chips -Knauf 2.04 4 Carmiooro -A Style 2.20 5 Seoul Cycling 2.28 6 Hong Kong China Team 5.22 7 Aisan Racing Team 7.04 8 Eqa-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 7.29 9 Team Nippo-Colnago 11.30 10 Shimano Racing 29.41 11 Team Bridgestone Anchor 51.46 12 Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 1.03.09 13 Team Comrade Giant 1.08.57 14 Matrix Powertag 1.35.03 General classification after stage 4 1 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 12.55.59 2 Bellon Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Carmiooro-A Style 0.09 3 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 1.07 4 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China Team 1.14 5 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team AIS 1.23 6 Travis Meyer (Aus) Team AIS 1.24 7 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 1.28 8 Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 1.30 9 Ki Hong Yoo (Kor) Seoul Cycling 1.31 10 Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago 1.36 11 Daniele Colli (Ita) Carmiooro-A Style 1.43 12 Hyo Suk Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 13 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Team AIS 1.47 14 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 1.52 15 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 1.57 16 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 2.16 17 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 2.43 18 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 3.32 19 Gyung Gu Jang (Kor) Seoul Cycling 4.42 20 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Amica Chips-Knauf 5.00 21 Abreu Rafael Infantino (Col) Amica Chips-Knauf 5.52 22 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 6.32 23 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong China Team 6.42 24 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing 6.44 25 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Amica Chips-Knauf 6.48 26 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 7.05 27 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong China Team 7.11 28 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong China Team 7.29 29 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago 7.59 30 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing 8.04 31 Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 32 Paolo Tomaselli (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 9.22 33 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 9.53 34 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team 10.06 35 Keisuke Kamata (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 11.04 36 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago 11.17 37 Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah (Mas) Malaysia National Team 12.25 38 Alexandre Aulas (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style 12.39 39 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 15.01 40 Fausto Fognini (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 15.19 41 Masaki Hirabayashi (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant 17.16 42 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 19.21 43 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 19.34 44 Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 21.37 45 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 21.55 46 Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing 22.58 47 Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 23.28 48 Taichi Togao (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 24.01 49 Paul Brousse (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style 24.42 50 Sebastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style 27.09 51 Gu Hyeon Kim (Kor) Seoul Cycling 27.13 52 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Shimano Racing 28.21 53 Leigh Howard (Aus) Team AIS 28.31 54 Adam Semple (Aus) Team AIS 29.04 55 Fabio Terrenzio (Ita) Carmiooro-A Style 29.10 56 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing 30.23 57 Masafumi Yamane (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant 31.26 58 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team 32.04 59 Michael Damiens (Fra) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 37.29 60 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Team Nippo·Colnago 51.50 61 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Shimano Racing 53.31 62 Glenn O'shea (Aus) Team AIS 54.29 63 Seon Ho Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 56.42 64 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 58.34 65 Guillaume Pont (Fra) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 59.29 66 Akira Kodan (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 59.47 67 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 1.04.35 68 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 1.05.03 69 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 1.07.43 70 Takahiro Yamashita (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago 1.08.49 71 Kodai Takeda (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant 1.09.47 72 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) Hong Kong China Team 1.13.04 73 Yoshiaki Shimada (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 1.13.29 74 Motoshi Kadota (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant 1.15.16 75 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 1.24.30 76 Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 1.34.50 77 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 1.40.51 78 Sho Aikawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 1.51.04 Points classification 1 Leigh Howard (Aus) Team AIS 40 pts 2 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 39 3 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team AIS 28 4 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China Team 16 5 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Team AIS 15 6 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 15 7 Daniele Colli (Ita) Carmiooro-A Style 14 8 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 13 9 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Amica Chips-Knauf 13 10 Travis Meyer (Aus) Team AIS 12 11 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 12 12 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 12 13 Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 10 14 Seon Ho Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 10 15 Bellon Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Carmiooro-A Style 8 16 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Amica Chips-Knauf 6 17 Glenn O'shea (Aus) Team AIS 5 18 Abreu Rafael Infantino (Col) Amica Chips-Knauf 5 19 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 4 20 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Team Nippo·Colnago 4 21 Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago 3 22 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing 3 23 Hyo Suk Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 2 24 Fausto Fognini (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 2 25 Fabio Terrenzio (Ita) Carmiooro-A Style 2 26 Paul Brousse (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style 1 Mountains classification 1 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China Team 18 pts 2 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Amica Chips-Knauf 11 3 Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 8 4 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Team AIS 8 5 Hyo Suk Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 5 6 Abreu Rafael Infantino (Col) Amica Chips-Knauf 5 7 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 5 8 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing 5 9 Adam Semple (Aus) Team AIS 4 10 Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 3 11 Sebastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style 3 12 Bellon Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Carmiooro-A Style 2 13 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 2 14 Paolo Tomaselli (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 2 15 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 2 16 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 2 17 Gu Hyeon Kim (Kor) Seoul Cycling 2 Teams classification 1 Kazakhstan National Team 38.51.46 2 Team AIS 0.03 3 Carmiooro -A Style 1.48 4 Seoul Cycling 2.09 5 Amica Chips - Knauf 2.17 6 Hong Kong China Team 5.10 7 Aisan Racing Team 6.37 8 Eqa-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 9.18 9 Team Nippo-Colnago 15.54 10 Shimano Racing 31.10 11 Team Bridgestone Anchor 1.23.25 12 Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 1.36.38 13 Matrix Powertag 1.47.47 14 Team Comrade Giant 1.57.28
