12th Tour of Japan - 2.2

Japan, May 18-25, 2008

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Stage 6 - May 24: Shuzeni-Japan Cycle Sport Center, 112.5km

Photography

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Mountain TT winner Vincenzo Garofalo (Nippo-Endeka) wears a red mountain jersey.
The 6th stage of Tour of Japan started at a local street near by the station in Izu.
Local Hero Hidenori Nodera (Skil-Shimano) starts the stage in front of the peloton.
A-Style wanted to take a picture as a souvenir in Japan.
The Aussie-armada is waiting at the start of the final battle.
The jerseys for the 6th stage: Taiji Nishitani (Aisan Racing Team / Point) , Hyo Suk Gong (Seoul Cycling/ leader) and Vincenzo Garofalo (Nippo-Endeka / Mountain).
Stegcomputer -CTK-Cogeas's Timo Albietz greets his fans.
Who do you want to throw your kiss to?
The peloton hits a hard mountain course in Izu.
The first breakaway included Shinichi Fukushima (Meitan Hompo-GDR), Wesley Sulzberger (South Australia.com-AIS),Tomoya Kano (Skil-Shimano) and Rhys Pollock (Trek-Marco Polo Cycling)
Korean Seoul Cycling tries to control the peloton for their leader Hyo Suk Gong.
South Australia.com-AIS's manager Brian Stephens leads his team from the team car.
The race service shows the gap of the breakaway.
Sprinter Leon Van Bon (Trek-Marco Polo Cycling) climbs the hard mountain next to the race reader Hyo Suk Gong (Seoul Cycling).
Former race leader Wesley Sulzberger (South Australia.com-AIS) leads the breakaway.
The first winner of the Tour of Japan Jean-Philippe Duracka leads his A-Style-Somn on his car.
Italian Vincenzo Garofalo (Nippo-Endeka) attacks the peloton at five laps to go.
Alexandre Aulas (A-Style-Somn / right) is waiting for an opportunity to go.
Red mountain jersey Vincenzo Garofalo (Nippo-Endeka) checks his rivals.
The Aussie-armada controls the main group at two laps to go.
South Australia.com-AIS's Simon Clarke leads the main group at eight km to go.
French Alexandre Aulas (A-Style-Somn) wins the stage after his manager Jean-Philippe Duracka was second in the same place in 1996.
Cameron Meyer (South Australia.com-AIS) finishes in fourth place and gets a green leader jersey.
Korean Hyo Suk Gong (Seoul Cycling) finishes the hardest stage around three minutes after the winner and loses his leader jersey.
Local Hero Hidenori Nodera (Skil-Shimano) is welcomed from his small fan group after the finish.
Stage winner Alexandre Aulas (A-Style-Somn) is congratulated by his team-mate Maxim Gourov.
French Alexandre Aulas (A-Style-Somn) climbs the podium as a stage winner for the first time as a professional.
Vincenzo Garofalo (Nippo-Endeka) confirms his red mountain jersey.
Japanese Taiji Nishitani (Aisan Racing Team) still keeps his blue point jersey.
Cameron Meyer (South Australia.com-AIS) gets a green leader's jersey by only one second of an advantage.
The podium of the sixth stage of the 12th Tour of Japan.

Results

1 Alexandre Aulas (Fra) A-Style Somn                        3.01.49
2 Robert Rodosz (Pol) Mroz Action Uniqa                        0.03
3 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                  
4 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS                       
5 Aristide Ratti (Ita) A-Style Somn                                
6 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                          
7 Alberto Di Lorenzo (Ita) A-Style Somn                            
8 Vicenzo Garofalo (Ita) Nippo-Endeka                              
9 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                               
10 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                        
11 Timo Albiez (Ger) Stegcomputer - CKT - Cogeas                   
12 Jai Crawford (Aus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team               
13 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Mroz Action Uniqa                         
14 Simone Bruson (Ita) A-Style Somn                            0.06
15 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS                  
16 Sano Junya (Jpn) Nippo-Endeka                                   
17 Keisuke Kamata (Jpn) Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello           0.11
18 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team           0.15
19 Simon Clarke (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS                   0.33
20 Devis Miorin (Ita) Nippo-Endeka                                 
21 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                              0.47
22 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                     
23 Hyo Suk Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling                            2.49
24 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Endeka                            
25 Michael Haiser (Ger) Stegcomputer - CKT - Cogeas                
26 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Nippo-Endeka                                  
27 Tetsuya Fujioka (Jpn) Team JBCF                                 
28 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                           
29 Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                 
30 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Nippo-Endeka                              
31 Keita Iwashima (Jpn) Nalsima Frend                              
32 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                          
33 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                     3.28
34 Genta Nakamura (Jpn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team             
35 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                            6.08
36 Yosuke Kojima (Jpn) Team JBCF                                   
37 Kohei Tsusue (Jpn) Team JBCF                                6.11
38 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                     6.34
39 Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello     7.03
40 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling                              
41 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Mroz Action Uniqa                   7.26
42 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                 7.51
43 Masafumi Yamane (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                        
44 Masafumi Nishitani (Jpn) Team JBCF                              
45 Tomoyuki Kaneda (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                    7.54
46 Masaki Hirabayashi (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                 8.00
47 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                   8.21
48 Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor              12.33
49 Tomoya Sano (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                               
50 Takashi Nakayama (Jpn) Team JBCF                                
51 Masayuki Kimura (Jpn) Nalsima Frend                             
52 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) A-Style Somn                                 
53 William Ford (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS                       
54 Kazunari Asano (Jpn) Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello               
55 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                             
56 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team               
57 Yasuhiro Nito (Jpn) Nalsima Frend                               
58 Seok Kyu Suh (Kor) Seoul Cycling                                
59 Ki Hong Yoo (Kor) Seoul Cycling                                 
60 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                       
61 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                           
62 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                           
63 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Seoul Cycling                            14.32
64 Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                           
65 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello           15.55
66 Rogelio Carvalho (Jpn) Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello        35.55
67 Gu Hyeon Kim (Kor) Seoul Cycling                                
68 Sylvain Georges (Fra) A-Style Somn                              
69 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                             
70 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                    
71 Hideya Akiyama (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                          
72 Asa Eazu (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                               
73 Marco Weilenmann (Swi) Stegcomputer - CKT - Cogeas              
74 Benjamin Stauder (Ger) Stegcomputer - CKT - Cogeas              
75 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                
76 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                      
77 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS                   
78 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                
79 Kaoru Obata (Jpn) Nalsima Frend                                 
80 Wojciech Pawlak (Pol) Mroz Action Uniqa                         
81 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Mroz Action Uniqa                            
82 Hiroshi Nara (Jpn) Team JBCF                                    
DNF Kenta Onoguchi (Jpn) Nalsima Frend                             
DNF Ikuo Hosoki (Jpn) Nalsima Frend                                
DNF Yoshiaki Sudou (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                        
DNF Peter Andres (Swi) Stegcomputer - CKT - Cogeas                 
 
General classification after stage 6
 
1 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS               17.13.56
2 Jai Crawford (Aus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team            0.01
3 Vicenzo Garofalo (Ita) Nippo-Endeka                          0.43
4 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Mroz Action Uniqa                      1.10
5 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                     1.19
6 Robert Rodosz (Pol) Mroz Action Uniqa                        2.14
7 Hyo Suk Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling                             2.25
8 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS               3.07
9 Alexandre Aulas (Fra) A-Style Somn                           3.20
10 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                     3.28
11 Timo Albiez (Ger) Stegcomputer - CKT - Cogeas               3.38
12 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                              3.44
13 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                             4.14
14 Keisuke Kamata (Jpn) Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello           4.18
15 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                 4.41
16 Alberto Di Lorenzo (Ita) A-Style Somn                       5.00
17 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team           5.41
18 Simone Bruson (Ita) A-Style Somn                            5.52
19 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                          6.54
20 Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor             7.29
21 Simon Clarke (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS                   7.46
22 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                       8.28
23 Devis Miorin (Ita) Nippo-Endeka                             8.40
24 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Nippo-Endeka                          9.03
25 Michael Haiser (Ger) Stegcomputer - CKT - Cogeas           10.57
26 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Nippo-Endeka                             11.34
27 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                           12.10
28 Tetsuya Fujioka (Jpn) Team JBCF                            12.49
29 Keita Iwashima (Jpn) Nalsima Frend                         13.00
30 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                    14.04
31 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                    14.53
32 Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello    15.33
33 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                     17.55
34 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Endeka                       19.06
35 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Mroz Action Uniqa                  20.36
36 Ki Hong Yoo (Kor) Seoul Cycling                            20.59
37 Sano Junya (Jpn) Nippo-Endeka                              21.25
38 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                  23.13
39 Seok Kyu Suh (Kor) Seoul Cycling                           24.34
40 Aristide Ratti (Ita) A-Style Somn                          25.39
41 Kohei Tsusue (Jpn) Team JBCF                               29.23
42 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                  30.00
43 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) A-Style Somn                            30.17
44 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team          30.56
45 Yosuke Kojima (Jpn) Team JBCF                              31.37
46 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                34.29
47 Genta Nakamura (Jpn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team        34.32
48 Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                      34.49
49 Masafumi Yamane (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                   35.16
50 Masafumi Nishitani (Jpn) Team JBCF                         35.55
51 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                      36.10
52 Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor              38.01
53 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                      40.34
54 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                        41.28
55 Takashi Nakayama (Jpn) Team JBCF                           43.11
56 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling                         43.51
57 Wojciech Pawlak (Pol) Mroz Action Uniqa                    46.10
58 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Seoul Cycling                            46.15
59 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                 46.43
60 Masaki Hirabayashi (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                48.57
61 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello           53.39
62 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS            1.00.56
63 Gu Hyeon Kim (Kor) Seoul Cycling                         1.02.22
64 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor             1.02.29
65 Hideya Akiyama (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                   1.03.15
66 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Mroz Action Uniqa                     1.04.24
67 Kaoru Obata (Jpn) Nalsima Frend                          1.06.11
68 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                         1.06.21
69 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor         1.09.42
70 Masayuki Kimura (Jpn) Nalsima Frend                      1.11.54
71 Sylvain Georges (Fra) A-Style Somn                       1.15.43
72 Tomoyuki Kaneda (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                 1.16.01
73 Yasuhiro Nito (Jpn) Nalsima Frend                        1.17.15
74 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                      1.19.52
75 Kazunari Asano (Jpn) Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello        1.21.02
76 Rogelio Carvalho (Jpn) Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello      1.29.43
77 William Ford (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS                       
78 Tomoya Sano (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                        1.47.31
79 Asa Eazu (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                        2.04.54
80 Marco Weilenmann (Swi) Stegcomputer - CKT - Cogeas       2.06.03
81 Benjamin Stauder (Ger) Stegcomputer - CKT - Cogeas       2.09.42
82 Hiroshi Nara (Jpn) Team JBCF                             2.39.16
 
Points
 
1 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                        37 pts
2 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS                     35
3 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS                 29
4 Robert Rodosz (Pol) Mroz Action Uniqa                          27
5 Alexandre Aulas (Fra) A-Style Somn                             20
6 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                       20
7 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                    17
8 Simon Clarke (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS                      15
9 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS                  15
10 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Nippo-Endeka                                13
11 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                     11
12 Vicenzo Garofalo (Ita) Nippo-Endeka                           11
13 Hyo Suk Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling                              11
14 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                               11
15 Alberto Di Lorenzo (Ita) A-Style Somn                         11
16 Aristide Ratti (Ita) A-Style Somn                             10
17 Benjamin Stauder (Ger) Stegcomputer - CKT - Cogeas            10
18 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Nippo-Endeka                             8
19 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                        8
20 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                      8
21 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling                             6
22 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Mroz Action Uniqa                        4
23 Devis Miorin (Ita) Nippo-Endeka                                4
24 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                        4
25 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                          3
26 Wojciech Pawlak (Pol) Mroz Action Uniqa                        3
27 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Mroz Action Uniqa                           3
28 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                             2
29 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                          2
30 Jai Crawford (Aus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team              1
31 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor               1
 
Mountains
 
1 Vicenzo Garofalo (Ita) Nippo-Endeka                            37 pts
2 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                       24
3 Hyo Suk Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling                               20
4 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                    13
5 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                 12
6 Jai Crawford (Aus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team              12
7 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                      10
8 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Mroz Action Uniqa                         9
9 Robert Rodosz (Pol) Mroz Action Uniqa                           8
10 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS                 8
11 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS                     6
12 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team              6
13 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Nippo-Endeka                                 6
14 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                   4
15 Timo Albiez (Ger) Stegcomputer - CKT - Cogeas                  3
16 Simon Clarke (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS                      3
17 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                             2
18 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                               2
19 William Ford (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS                      1
 
Team
 
1 South Australia.com-AIS                                  51.48.52
2 Nippo-Endeka                                                 3.31
3 Skil-Shimano                                                 5.56
4 A-Style Somn                                                 7.16
5 Meitan Hompo-GDR                                            10.35
6 Mroz Action Uniqa                                           10.57
7 Aisan Racing Team                                           15.55
8 Trek-Marco Polo Cycling Team                                19.14
9 Seoul Cycling                                               31.39
10 Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                                50.09
11 Team Jbcf                                                1.05.59
12 Team Bridgestone Anchor                                  1.11.33
13 Stegcomputer-Ckt-Cogeas                                  1.14.56
14 Nalsima Frend                                            1.22.55
15 Matrix Powertag                                          2.02.07
16 Team Comrade Giant                                       2.05.25