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9th Tour of Japan - 2.2
Japan, May 15-22, 2005
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Stage 3 - May 18: Iida Station - Shimohisakata Circuit - Matsuo Stadium, South-Shinshu, 155.3km
Cardenas wins in Japan
By Miwako Sasaki in South-Shinshu
After Team Barloworld tried hard to win the stages in Osaka and Nara, finally Colombian Felix Rafael Cardenas took a victory for his new team in South-Shinshu.
The new stage had a 12.2 km circuit, near the Tenryu river, including a climb of 2km that was to be raced 12 times. 87 riders started from Iida train station under the clear sky. The race was active early on, as Viktor Sheztakov (Capec), James Meadley (Australian National Team), James Perry (Konica-Minolta) and Christopher Bradford (Wismilak) got away from the peloton and had 2 minutes lead at eight laps to go.
The peloton was controlled by Team Barloworld, who accelerated at six laps to go. The advantage of the breakaway decreased to 1'30 at four laps to go with the chasing group now numbering 30 riders. The breakaway was caught at three laps to go, and immediately two Capec riders, Alexandr Dyachenko and Viktor Sheztakov counter-attacked from the first group. Sheztakov was still away alone at two laps to go, but Cardenas caught him and the Colombian finished first in front of two Capec riders, Kairat Baigudinov and Alexandr Dyachenko.
The green leader's jersey of David McKenzie (Wismilak) finished in the main group, 15 seconds behind, and now Cardenas is the new leader. 32 year-old Cardenas is a three-time stage winner (2000, 2003 and 2004) and twice King of the Mountains (2003 and 2004) in the Vuelta a Espaņa, and also a stage winner of the Tour de France in 2001. He joined Team Barloworld this year and finished 10th in GC in the Vuelta a Aragon in April. The Colombian came to Japan as the team leader.
The riders will transfer to Fuji tomorrow, where the most important stage in the Tour of Japan will be held: an 11.4 km individual hill climb time trial at Mount Fuji on Friday. Cardenas, third in the mountain TT of the 2003 Vuelta, now leads McKenzie by 14 seconds, Bazayev by 15, and Barloworld teammate David Plaza by 20 seconds.
The new TT in Mount Fuji will be the most eagerly awaited stage for Japanese fans, but the organiser is afraid of the state of communications in Fuji, because they can't use a radio or a mobile phone on the mountain. How can the rider know their intermediate splits in the race?
Australian Team report
By Brian Stephens, Australian U23 Team Manager
Today the Tour of Japan, stage 3, was raced in Iida for the first time. The circuit was 12 times 12 km with a very solid climb each lap. David McKenzie's lead was challenged by the strong Barloworld and Capec teams. His team was unable to control the later breaks and Dave lost his lead but only dropped to second. The winner was Felix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo from Barloworld.
For the AIS Mapei Aqua Australian team, we had James Meadley in an early break which was caught with 50km remaining. Simon Clarke was able to stay with the front group of just over 20 and ran 7th in the stage, moving to 20th overall. Tomorrow we transfer before Friday's Mt Fuji mountain time trial.
Results
1 Felix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Team Barloworld-Valsir 4.12.01 2 Kairat Baigudinov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 0.05 3 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 0.08 4 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 0.15 5 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 6 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 7 Simon Clarke (Aus) Australian National Team 8 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 9 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Cycling Team Capec 10 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Team Nippo 11 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak International Team 12 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 13 Fredrik Johansson (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 14 David Mckenzie (Aus) Wismilak International Team 15 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Purapharm 16 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 17 David Plaza (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 18 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 19 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 20 James Perry (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 21 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 22 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 23 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak International Team 24 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Wismilak International Team 25 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 1.14 26 Paolo Longoborghini (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 27 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Team Nippo 28 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Purapharm 1.17 29 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru 30 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 31 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Jpn) Kinan CCD 32 Viktor Shestakov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 3.30 33 Mathew Goss (Aus) Australian National Team 3.50 34 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Australian National Team 5.31 35 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Australian National Team 36 Ngai Ching Wong (HKg) Purapharm 37 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 7.45 38 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team 39 Yasuhiro Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Nippo 9.39 40 Yasuhiro Nito (Jpn) Nalsima Friend 41 James Meadley (Aus) Australian National Team 42 Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Kinan CCD 13.16 43 Luca Celli (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 13.19 44 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 45 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 46 Ronald Gorantes (Phi) Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team 47 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 48 Koki Shimbo (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 49 Kaoru Obata (Jpn) Nalsima Friend 50 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru 51 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 52 Kin San Wu (HKg) Purapharm 53 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Kinan CCD 54 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 55 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 56 George Schoonraad (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 57 Manabu Hirose (Jpn) Kinan CCD 58 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru 59 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 60 Takuya Nishimura (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru 61 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Kinan CCD 62 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 63 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru 64 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Kinan CCD 65 Hideo Yoshida (Jpn) Nalsima Friend 66 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 67 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 68 Mathew Rex (Aus) Australian National Team 20.57 69 Yuyu Nakamoto (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 70 Shinichi Amagasa (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 22.33 71 Yoshiaki Sudo (Jpn) Nalsima Friend DNF Hiroyuki Ogita (Jpn) Nakagawa As K'design DNF Kenji Tsuzuki (Jpn) Nakagawa As K'design DNF Takashi Kanda (Jpn) Nakagawa As K'design DNF Taiki Kawasaki (Jpn) Nakagawa As K'design DNF Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi DNF Yuji Osabe (Jpn) Nalsima Friend DNF Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Purapharm DNF Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak International Team DNF Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp DNF Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak International Team DNF Merculio Ramos (Phi) Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team DNF Atsushi Takano (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru DNF Bernard Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team DNF Tomas Martinez (Phi) Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team DNF Masashi Fujita (Jpn) Nakagawa As K'design DNF Joel Calderon (Phi) Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team General classification after stage 3 1 Felix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Team Barloworld-Valsir 11.02.05 2 David Mckenzie (Aus) Wismilak International Team 0.14 3 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 0.15 4 David Plaza (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 0.20 5 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 0.23 6 Kairat Baigudinov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 1.27 7 Paolo Longoborghini (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 1.28 8 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 1.30 9 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 1.31 10 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 1.37 11 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Cycling Team Capec 12 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 13 Fredrik Johansson (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 14 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 15 James Perry (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 16 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Team Nippo 17 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 18 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak International Team 19 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 20 Simon Clarke (Aus) Australian National Team 21 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Purapharm 22 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Wismilak International Team 23 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 24 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 25 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 26 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Team Nippo 2.36 27 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Purapharm 2.39 28 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Jpn) Kinan CCD 29 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru 2.50 30 Viktor Shestakov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 4.52 31 Mathew Goss (Aus) Australian National Team 5.29 32 Ngai Ching Wong (HKg) Purapharm 6.53 33 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Australian National Team 34 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 8.04 35 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team 9.07 36 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak International Team 10.24 37 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Australian National Team 11.00 38 Yasuhiro Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Nippo 11.01 39 Yasuhiro Nito (Jpn) Nalsima Friend 12.42 40 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 13.37 41 Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Kinan CCD 14.38 42 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 14.41 43 Kaoru Obata (Jpn) Nalsima Friend 44 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru 45 Kin San Wu (HKg) Purapharm 46 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru 47 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 48 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Kinan CCD 49 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 50 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 51 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 52 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 53 Luca Celli (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 14.52 54 Hideo Yoshida (Jpn) Nalsima Friend 55 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Kinan CCD 15.01 56 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 16.22 57 Manabu Hirose (Jpn) Kinan CCD 58 Koki Shimbo (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 59 Takuya Nishimura (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru 18.48 60 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru 19.08 61 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 19.38 62 Yuyu Nakamoto (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 24.00 63 James Meadley (Aus) Australian National Team 24.37 64 Shinichi Amagasa (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 25.34 65 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 25.43 66 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 67 Ronald Gorantes (Phi) Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team 25.56 68 George Schoonraad (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 28.17 69 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Kinan CCD 70 Yoshiaki Sudo (Jpn) Nalsima Friend 37.31 71 Bernard Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team 45.36 72 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Purapharm 73 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 54.53 74 Mathew Rex (Aus) Australian National Team 55.55 75 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak International Team 57.31 76 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team 77 Tomas Martinez (Phi) Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team 78 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak International Team 79 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 1.17.31 80 Atsushi Takano (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru 81 Taiki Kawasaki (Jpn) Nakagawa As K'design 82 Hiroyuki Ogita (Jpn) Nakagawa As K'design 83 Kenji Tsuzuki (Jpn) Nakagawa As K'design 1.27.31 84 Yuji Osabe (Jpn) Nalsima Friend 1.37.31 85 Takashi Kanda (Jpn) Nakagawa As K'design Points classification 1 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 28 pts 2 Felix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Team Barloworld-Valsir 27 3 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 16 4 David Mckenzie (Aus) Wismilak International Team 15 5 Mathew Goss (Aus) Australian National Team 15 6 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru 14 7 Kairat Baigudinov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 12 8 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Australian National Team 12 9 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 10 10 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Australian National Team 8 11 David Plaza (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 8 12 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 7 13 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru 6 14 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 6 15 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 6 16 Paolo Longoborghini (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 5 17 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 5 18 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 5 19 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 4 20 Simon Clarke (Aus) Australian National Team 4 21 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 3 22 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 3 23 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 2 24 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Cycling Team Capec 2 25 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 2 26 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Team Nippo 1 27 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Purapharm 1 28 Ngai Ching Wong (HKg) Purapharm 1 Mountains classification 1 David Plaza (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 11 pts 2 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 10 3 James Meadley (Aus) Australian National Team 8 4 James Perry (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 8 5 Viktor Shestakov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 7 6 Felix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Team Barloworld-Valsir 6 7 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 5 8 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 3 9 David Mckenzie (Aus) Wismilak International Team 2 Teams classification 1 Team Barloworld-Valsir 33.07.04 2 Cycling Team Capec 2.23 3 Wismilak International Team 2.39 4 Shimano-Memory Corp 4.02 5 Team Konica Minolta 6.45 6 Purapharm 10.20 7 Team Bridgestone Anchor 10.29 8 Australian National Team 13.10 9 Team Nippo 14.25 10 Aisan-Ind Racing Team 15.46 11 Kinan CCD 31.09 12 Miyata-Subaru 31.23 13 Nalsima Friend 41.26 14 Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 52.31 15 Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team 1.19.50 16 Nakagawa As K'design 4.01.44
