Tour of Japan - 2.2

Japan, May 20-27, 2007

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Stage 5 - May 25: Fujiazami Line Subashiri - Mt.Fuji Subashiriguchi (ITT), 11.4 km

Francesco Masciarelli dominates Mount Fuji TT

By Miwako Sasaki
Italian Francesco Masciarelli (Acqua e Sappone-Caffe Mokambo) won the 5th stage of the 11th Tour of Japan on Fiday; the 11.4km mountain time trial in Fuji. In spite of ''il brutto tempo," the 21 year old Italian rushed up the hill in 41 minutes 38 seconds in heavy rain and gained 2 minutes advantage to 2nd place rider, Alexandr Dyachenko (Kazakhstan National Team) taking the red mountain jersey to match his green leaders jersey.
Masciarelli now sits over 2 minutes to the 3 Kazakhs on the general classification; 2'03 to Valentin Iglinskiy, 2'24 to Dyachenko and 2'25 to Andrey Medyannikov.
The final battle of ''la squadra rossa'' will be held on the final mountain stage in Izu on Saturday.
Results

1 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                  41.38.31
2 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                            2.11.20
3 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                            2.11.92
4 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                            2.24.71
5 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                       2.40.30
6 Chris Froome (Ken) Team Konica Minolta                                       2.47.55
7 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                               3.10.71
8 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                                   3.16.61
9 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                                             3.19.92
10 William Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS                                3.25.09
11 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                          3.44.39
12 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                          3.54.29
13 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                                        4.02.37
14 Andrea Rossi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                           4.06.21
15 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Myata - Subaru Racing Team                            4.20.24
16 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada    4.41.05
17 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                              4.43.98
18 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                                4.44.13
19 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                      4.55.18
20 Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                     4.56.13
21 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team                     4.58.37
22 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                                        5.01.54
23 Cameron Meyer (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS                               5.07.69
24 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                                     5.19.42
25 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada       5.21.54
26 Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                      5.39.67
27 Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Myata - Subaru Racing Team                            5.55.04
28 Norihide Murayama (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                             6.07.57
29 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                               6.11.47
30 René Schild (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                            6.20.86
31 Sean Finning (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS                                6.22.84
32 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Team JBCF                                             6.36.94
33 Aleksey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                               7.07.44
34 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                     7.08.79
35 Arthur Ayers (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                              7.09.20
36 Yasuhiro Nito (Jpn) Nalsima Frend                                           7.15.99
37 Keisuke Kamata (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                            7.25.07
38 Tomoya Sano (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                                           7.31.83
39 Yosuke Kojima (Jpn) Team JBCF                                               7.33.06
40 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                                         7.38.84
41 Herman Fouche (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                                     7.44.03
42 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                                          7.44.43
43 Kazunari Asano (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                            7.47.42
44 Jay Thompson (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                                      7.48.39
45 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada      7.50.07
46 Jonas Owczarek (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                         7.53.90
47 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                                         8.07.25
48 Christof Van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                              8.20.09
49 Keita Iwashima (Jpn) Nalsima Frend                                          8.33.09
50 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                  8.40.05
51 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                            8.57.42
52 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Myata - Subaru Racing Team                             8.58.95
53 Masanari Komuro (Jpn) Team JBCF                                             9.02.67
54 Miles Olman (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS                                 9.03.20
55 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada        9.09.74
56 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                                      9.17.54
57 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                     9.17.81
58 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Myata - Subaru Racing Team                              9.29.25
59 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                                            9.29.86
60 Mitsunari Mitaki (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                              9.32.14
61 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS                            9.32.58
62 Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Myata - Subaru Racing Team                              9.35.02
63 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada        9.53.42
64 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                                10.06.17
65 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                                     10.15.35
66 Hisanori Akiyama (Jpn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team                   10.17.59
67 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                              10.41.47
68 Shinpei Fukuda (Jpn) Myata - Subaru Racing Team                            10.42.08
69 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                                    10.42.86
70 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada     11.04.51
71 Shinya Oba (Jpn) Team JBCF                                                 11.13.51
72 Jumpei Murakami (Jpn) Team JBCF                                            11.36.24
73 Gang Xu (Chn) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                        11.37.31
74 Hideo Yoshida (Jpn) Nalsima Frend                                          11.38.78
75 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                     11.47.47
76 Hitoshi Urushizawa (Jpn) Team JBCF                                         11.49.49
77 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                                      11.54.30
78 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                   12.02.53
79 Kaoru Obata (Jpn) Nalsima Frend                                            12.15.48
80 Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                                      12.17.29
81 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                                      12.28.04
82 Takamitu Tsuji (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                                        12.39.13
83 Hideya Akiyama (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                                     12.44.24
84 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                            12.54.11
85 Christian Lademann (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                    12.55.24
86 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                                      12.57.97
87 Keita Onishi (Jpn) Nalsima Frend                                           13.06.46
 
General classification after stage 5
 
1 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo               15.45.32
2 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                            2.03
3 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                            2.24
4 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                            2.25
5 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                       2.29
6 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                               3.36
7 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                                             3.40
8 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                           4.05
9 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                           4.14
10 Chris Froome (Ken) Team Konica Minolta                                      4.24
11 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                                        4.27
12 William Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS                                4.32
13 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Myata - Subaru Racing Team                            4.45
14 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada    4.54
15 Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                     5.00
16 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team                     5.11
17 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada           
18 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                                     6.38
19 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                                            
20 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                     7.12
21 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada      8.03
22 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                                          8.04
23 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Team JBCF                                             8.26
24 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                            8.59
25 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                              9.21
26 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Myata - Subaru Racing Team                              9.29
27 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                     9.39
28 René Schild (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                           10.04
29 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                 11.39
30 Yasuhiro Nito (Jpn) Nalsima Frend                                          11.44
31 Shinya Oba (Jpn) Team JBCF                                                 14.38
32 Aleksey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                              15.28
33 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                                        15.41
34 Mitsunari Mitaki (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                             16.10
35 Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Myata - Subaru Racing Team                           16.28
36 Keita Iwashima (Jpn) Nalsima Frend                                         16.35
37 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                              16.48
38 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                               17.13
39 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                     17.14
40 Cameron Meyer (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS                              17.25
41 Jonas Owczarek (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                        17.49
42 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada       18.14
43 Masanari Komuro (Jpn) Team JBCF                                            19.09
44 Kazunari Asano (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                           19.31
45 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                                 20.10
46 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada       20.11
47 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Myata - Subaru Racing Team                            20.25
48 Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Myata - Subaru Racing Team                             20.43
49 Jay Thompson (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                                          
50 Herman Fouche (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                                    21.01
51 Andrea Rossi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                          21.04
52 Christof Van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                             23.15
53 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                                      23.19
54 Shinpei Fukuda (Jpn) Myata - Subaru Racing Team                            23.36
55 Yosuke Kojima (Jpn) Team JBCF                                              23.45
56 Norihide Murayama (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                            24.01
57 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                                           24.56
58 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                                25.47
59 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                   26.14
60 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                                        26.49
61 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                                     28.49
62 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada     28.57
63 Kaoru Obata (Jpn) Nalsima Frend                                            32.38
64 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                            32.47
65 Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                                      36.34
66 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                                      36.45
67 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                                      37.31
68 Sean Finning (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS                               41.47
69 Keisuke Kamata (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                           51.27
70 Hisanori Akiyama (Jpn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team                   56.07
71 Gang Xu (Chn) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                        56.23
72 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                     58.39
73 Jumpei Murakami (Jpn) Team JBCF                                            59.12
74 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                                   1.02.11
75 Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                   1.02.29
76 Hideya Akiyama (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                                   1.08.18
77 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                            1.08.58
78 Christian Lademann (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                  1.18.14
79 Hideo Yoshida (Jpn) Nalsima Frend                                        1.20.06
80 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS                         1.27.25
81 Arthur Ayers (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                           1.30.15
82 Hitoshi Urushizawa (Jpn) Team JBCF                                       1.33.35
83 Takamitu Tsuji (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                                      1.35.45
84 Tomoya Sano (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                                        1.40.42
85 Keita Onishi (Jpn) Nalsima Frend                                         1.43.37
86 Miles Olman (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS                              2.03.58
87 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                                  2.05.38
 
Points classification
 
1 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                              49 pts
2 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada          31
3 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                     25
4 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                        22
5 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada         19
6 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                         18
7 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Myata - Subaru Racing Team                                 18
8 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                         18
9 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS                               17
10 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                              12
11 Herman Fouche (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                                       10
12 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                                         10
13 Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                        7
14 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada       6
15 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                                    6
16 Shinpei Fukuda (Jpn) Myata - Subaru Racing Team                                5
17 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                              4
18 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada         3
19 René Schild (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                               3
20 Jonas Owczarek (Ger) Team Sparkasse                                            3
21 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team                        2
22 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                                        2
23 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                                          2
24 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                                           1
25 Keita Iwashima (Jpn) Nalsima Frend                                             1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                     15 pts
2 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada           12
3 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                                 12
4 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Myata - Subaru Racing Team                                 12
5 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                              12
6 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                              12
7 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Myata - Subaru Racing Team                                12
8 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                         8
9 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                               8
10 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                         8
11 Herman Fouche (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                                        7
12 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada       5
13 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada           5
14 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                                  5
15 Chris Froome (Ken) Team Konica Minolta                                         5
16 Andrea Rossi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                              5
17 Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Myata - Subaru Racing Team                               3
18 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                                     3
19 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                                               2
20 Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                        2
21 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                        2
22 William Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS                                   1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                                           47.23.02
2 Kazakhstan National Team                                                     0.52
3 Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada                             11.51
4 Skil - Shimano                                                              11.57
5 Team Konica Minolta                                                         18.56
6 Aisan Racing Team                                                           22.21
7 Myata - Subaru Racing Team                                                  23.25
8 Team Sparkasse                                                              25.41
9 Team Bridgestone Anchor                                                     26.44
10 Team JBCF                                                                  32.08
11 Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                                      37.06
12 Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                                                37.17
13 South Australia.com - AIS                                                  40.22
14 Matrix Powertag                                                            51.34
15 Nalsima Frend                                                              53.55