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9th Tour of Japan - 2.2

Japan, May 15-22, 2005

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Stage 6 - May 22: Hibiya city - Ooi Wharf Circuit Tokyo, 138.5km

Non c'e problema for the triple crown Cardenas in Tokyo

By Miwako Sasaki in Tokyo

Felix Cardenas (Barloworld),
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Felix "The Cat" Cardenas became the first Colombian winner of the Tour of Japan today, while Australian Nicholas Sanderson won the final stage in a bunch sprint in Tokyo. The crashes happened in the peloton today, as there were strong crosswinds at the finish line and even though Sanderson was involved in an early crash, he took the second victory for the Australian national team, following Mathew Goss's success in Osaka.

Many spectators gathered in Hibiya city, the start place for the final stage in Tokyo, and cheered the 85 riders off. The Ooi Wharf Circuit was shorter this year - it was 10.5km and pancake flat.

There were many attacks in the peloton from the first lap of 17 on the circuit, and five riders including Japanese champion Yasutaka Tashiro (Bridgestone) gained about 40 seconds. Some riders, including Australian Simon Clarke, bridged up from the peloton and joined the five leaders at 8 laps to go. The peloton, which was always controlled by Barloworld, allowed about 50 seconds advantage to the breakaway until the final lap.

When the bunch regrouped and started the sprint, there was a clash on the middle of the field. Clarke and James Meadley fell, but Sanderson was still first across the finish line. Heaven and hell for the Australians, but all's well that ends well.

Cardenas finished in the bunch, and said, "Non c'e problema oggi (No problem today)" after the race. He finally captured all three jerseys, the red mountains, the blue points and the green GC. The triple crown was the first time, not only for Cardenas, but also in the history of the Tour of Japan.

Australian team report

By Brian Stephens, AIS U23 manager

Nicholas Sanderson (Australian National Team)
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Today the AIS Mapei Aqua Australian team got their second win in this year's Tour of Japan. Nic Sanderson won the last stage in Tokyo in a bunch sprint after great work by the team throughout the stage. The guys had a man in nearly every break and took control on the last 7.8km lap to place Sanderson in a position to win. There were many crashes with Nic, James Meadley, and Simon Clarke all coming down as many riders were desperate for a result in this stage. Barloworld made sure that Cardenas was untroubled to hold his lead and take the win.

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Results

1 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Australian National Team             3.16.18
2 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec                               
3 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                       
4 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru                                  
5 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                            
6 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir                          
7 David Mckenzie (Aus) Wismilak International Team                     
8 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru                                    
9 Kaoru Obata (Jpn) Nalsima Friend                                     
10 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Purapharm                                      
11 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team                         
12 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Australian National Team                   
13 Ngai Ching Wong (HKg) Purapharm                                     
14 Yoshiaki Sudo (Jpn) Nalsima Friend                                  
15 Kin San Wu (HKg) Purapharm                                          
16 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                         
17 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Purapharm                                        
18 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Purapharm                                         
19 Mathew Goss (Aus) Australian National Team                          
20 George Schoonraad (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                         
21 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi                    
22 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp                             
23 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Jpn) Kinan CCD                                    
24 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak International Team                   
25 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Kinan CCD                                        
26 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak International Team                     
27 Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Kinan CCD                                     
28 Mathew Rex (Aus) Australian National Team                           
29 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp                           
30 Atsushi Takano (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru                                  
31 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Team Nippo                                     
32 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec                         
33 Kairat Baigudinov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec                          
34 Fredrik Johansson (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                         
35 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp                               
36 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Team Nippo                                    
37 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec                             
38 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Wismilak International Team                    
39 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Cycling Team Capec                               
40 Yasuhiro Nito (Jpn) Nalsima Friend                                  
41 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak International Team              
42 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team                            
43 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                        
44 Paolo Longoborghini (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir                    
45 Felix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Team Barloworld-Valsir           
46 Shinichi Amagasa (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi                 
47 Takashi Kanda (Jpn) Nakagawa As K'design                            
48 Yasuhiro Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Nippo                                  
49 James Perry (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                               
50 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi                   
51 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru                              0.10
52 Takuya Nishimura (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru                                
53 Koki Shimbo (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team                             
54 David Plaza (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir                        0.12
55 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Kinan CCD                                       
56 Yuyu Nakamoto (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi                    
57 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                    
58 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak International Team                    
59 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir                  0.15
60 Manabu Hirose (Jpn) Kinan CCD                                   0.16
61 Luca Celli (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir                         0.17
62 Taiki Kawasaki (Jpn) Nakagawa As K'design                       0.19
63 Hideo Yoshida (Jpn) Nalsima Friend                              0.23
64 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                  0.26
65 Kenji Tsuzuki (Jpn) Nakagawa As K'design                        0.27
66 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team          0.29
67 Ronald Gorantes (Phi) Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team              
68 Tomas Martinez (Phi) Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team           0.31
69 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp                      0.33
70 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team                      0.44
71 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp                    0.48
72 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru                             0.55
73 Yuji Osabe (Jpn) Nalsima Friend                                     
74 Viktor Shestakov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec                       1.28
75 Bernard Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team                
76 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp                               
77 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                      
78 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team                           
79 Simon Clarke (Aus) Australian National Team                         
80 James Meadley (Aus) Australian National Team                        
81 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi                3.55
DNF  Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Kinan CCD                                     
DNF  Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team                      
DNF  Hiroyuki Ogita (Jpn) Nakagawa As K'design                         
DNS  Merculio Ramos (Phi) Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team             
 
Final General classification
 
1 Felix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Team Barloworld-Valsir    18.37.04
2 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec                          1.16
3 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir                      2.18
4 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Wismilak International Team                 2.30
5 Kairat Baigudinov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec                       3.13
6 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp                            3.46
7 James Perry (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                            3.55
8 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team                         4.17
9 David Mckenzie (Aus) Wismilak International Team                 4.24
10 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec                     4.29
11 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec                          5.10
12 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Cycling Team Capec                           5.19
13 Fredrik Johansson (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                     6.05
14 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp                       6.26
15 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp                         6.39
16 Simon Clarke (Aus) Australian National Team                     6.42
17 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Team Nippo                                7.15
18 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak International Team          7.44
19 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team                     8.20
20 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir                  9.25
21 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Purapharm                                  9.50
22 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor               10.12
23 Paolo Longoborghini (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir               11.23
24 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Australian National Team              12.37
25 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Team Nippo                                12.47
26 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Jpn) Kinan CCD                               13.42
27 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak International Team               14.30
28 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                    16.46
29 David Plaza (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir                       16.52
30 Yasuhiro Nito (Jpn) Nalsima Friend                             18.52
31 Viktor Shestakov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec                      19.21
32 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Purapharm                                    19.29
33 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                 19.37
34 Yasuhiro Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Nippo                             22.55
35 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru                             26.00
36 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team                     26.01
37 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp                     26.27
38 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Australian National Team              26.36
39 Kaoru Obata (Jpn) Nalsima Friend                               27.20
40 Mathew Goss (Aus) Australian National Team                     28.08
41 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team                      30.08
42 Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Kinan CCD                                30.40
43 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team         31.52
44 Takuya Nishimura (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru                           32.06
45 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                   32.20
46 Ngai Ching Wong (HKg) Purapharm                                33.45
47 Koki Shimbo (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team                        34.35
48 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru                                   
49 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Kinan CCD                                   36.02
50 Luca Celli (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir                        36.22
51 Hideo Yoshida (Jpn) Nalsima Friend                             36.48
52 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                      37.51
53 Kin San Wu (HKg) Purapharm                                     39.58
54 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi              42.05
55 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru                            42.35
56 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi               42.37
57 Manabu Hirose (Jpn) Kinan CCD                                  43.31
58 James Meadley (Aus) Australian National Team                   45.50
59 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru                            46.03
60 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                 48.29
61 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp                          48.32
62 Ronald Gorantes (Phi) Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team         48.53
63 George Schoonraad (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                    49.22
64 Yuyu Nakamoto (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi               49.44
65 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                 50.00
66 Shinichi Amagasa (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi            51.14
67 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Kinan CCD                                  52.50
68 Mathew Rex (Aus) Australian National Team                    1.19.02
69 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak International Team              1.22.13
70 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi             1.22.21
71 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Kinan CCD                                1.27.53
72 Yoshiaki Sudo (Jpn) Nalsima Friend                           1.52.27
73 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Purapharm                                 2.01.33
74 Bernard Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team         2.04.07
75 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak International Team            2.11.47
76 Tomas Martinez (Phi) Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team        2.12.11
77 Yuji Osabe (Jpn) Nalsima Friend                              2.17.15
78 Atsushi Takano (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru                           2.30.06
79 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp                 2.31.31
80 Taiki Kawasaki (Jpn) Nakagawa As K'design                    2.35.05
81 Kenji Tsuzuki (Jpn) Nakagawa As K'design                     2.41.54
82 Takashi Kanda (Jpn) Nakagawa As K'design                     2.53.38
 
Points classification
 
1 Felix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Team Barloworld-Valsir          42 pts
2 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec                             40
3 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir                        33
4 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Australian National Team                  27
5 David Mckenzie (Aus) Wismilak International Team                   25
6 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru                                19
7 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru                                  17
8 Mathew Goss (Aus) Australian National Team                         15
9 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                     15
10 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp                         13
11 Kairat Baigudinov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec                        12
12 Simon Clarke (Aus) Australian National Team                       12
13 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec                       11
14 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                    10
15 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Australian National Team                 10
16 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi                   9
17 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team                        9
18 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec                            8
19 David Plaza (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir                           8
20 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                          8
21 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi                   7
22 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team                           6
23 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp                              5
24 Paolo Longoborghini (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir                   5
25 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Wismilak International Team                   4
26 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru                                3
27 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                       3
28 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                   2
29 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                     2
30 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak International Team                    2
31 Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Cycling Team Capec                              2
32 Kaoru Obata (Jpn) Nalsima Friend                                   2
33 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Team Nippo                                   1
34 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Purapharm                                     1
35 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Purapharm                                        1
36 Ngai Ching Wong (HKg) Purapharm                                    1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Felix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Team Barloworld-Valsir          23 pts
2 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec                            18
3 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                        16
4 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp                              14
5 David Plaza (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir                           14
6 James Perry (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                              10
7 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir                        10
8 James Meadley (Aus) Australian National Team                        8
9 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Wismilak International Team                    8
10 Viktor Shestakov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec                          7
11 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec                        5
12 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                     5
13 Kairat Baigudinov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec                         5
14 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                   3
15 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec                             3
16 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Purapharm                                        2
17 David Mckenzie (Aus) Wismilak International Team                   2
18 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team                           2
19 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir                     1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Cycling Team Capec                                           55.58.49
2 Team Barloworld-Valsir                                           1.10
3 Wismilak International Team                                      4.32
4 Shimano-Memory Corp                                              9.16
5 Team Konica Minolta                                              9.33
6 Aisan-Ind Racing Team                                           29.34
7 Australian National Team                                        31.38
8 Team Nippo                                                      35.21
9 Team Bridgestone Anchor                                         48.59
10 Purapharm                                                      53.53
11 Kinan CCD                                                    1.08.43
12 Nalsima Friend                                               1.13.10
13 Miyata-Subaru                                                1.20.38
14 Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi                                 2.01.09
15 Casino Filipino-Pro Cycling Team                             3.13.24
16 Nakagawa As K'design                                         7.43.01