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11th Japan Cup - 1.3Utsunomiya, Japan, October 27, 20022001 Results Results Past winners Barbero wins Italian tussleBy Miwako Sasaki, Japanese Cycle Sports Italian Sergio Barbero (Lampre-Daikin) got his second Japan Cup victory after his win in 1999, while his team Lampre-Daikin again dominated the race as they have done for the past three years. Barbero beat Saeco's Igor Astarloa in a two man sprint after the pair had attacked with two laps to go. In third place was Saeco's Fabio Sacchi. 74 riders started the race which was held on the Utsunomiya Forest Park memorial circuit, the same used for the World's in 1990. The race is run over 10 laps of 14.1 km, with an extra 10.3 km lap to finish. The weather was fine with a temperature of about 18 degrees. But the race wasn't calm. On the first lap, nine Japanese riders went away and had 1'00 to the peloton. On the third lap at the mountain sprint (2 km from the start/finish line), Japanese National Champion Shinri Suzuki (Shimano-Racing) crossed the line first and took the first Mountain Prize. Six riders were still away from the peloton: Suzuki, Koji Fukushima (JPCA), Akira Kakinuma (JPCA), Tomoya Kano Shimano-Racing), Makoto Takeuchi and Masashi Nishitani (Team Orbea Etxe Ondo), Junichi Shibuya (Team Bridgestone-Anchor). On the fifth lap, the advantage was 3'20". On the sixth lap, Kano took the second Mountain Prize and six riders (Takeuchi was dropped) continued their escape, having 3'00 to the peloton which was now split as Team Coast put the pressure on. Jo Planckaert (Cofidis) and Jakob Piil (CSC-Tiscali) dropped out at this stage. On the seventh lap, about 14 riders made up a second group and pursued the first group on the climb. On the descent, the Japanese break ended. By four laps to go, 13 riders made the first group; three from Lampre (Barbero, Massimo Codol, Rubens Bertogliati), three from Saeco (Igor Astarloa, Fabio Sacchi, Juan Fuentes), two Mapei-Quick Step (Luca Paolini, Patrik Sinkewitz) and Manuel Beltran (Team Coast), Michael Rasmussen (CSC-Tiscali) and Japanese riders Kano, Ken Hashikawa (Team Bridgestone-Anchor), Koki Shimbo (Asian Ind. Racing Team). Beltran accelerated on the climb with three laps to go, but he couldn't get clear and Astarloa took the third Mountain Prize. As they approached the end with two laps to go, Astarloa broke away from the first group and Barbero followed him. The two men battled it out on the final lap, but Barbero was a former winner of this race and had a lot of experience here, so he beat Astarloa in the final sprint. 18" later, Sacchi crossed the line to take third place. It was the first victory for Barbero after winning the GP Prato in September 2000. PhotosImages by Miwako Sasaki/Japanese Cycle Sports
Results - 151.3 km1 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 4.03.29 (37.28 km/h) 2 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 3 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 0.18 4 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 5 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 6 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 7 Koki Shimbo (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team 8 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 9 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 10 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Mapei-Quick Step 0.37 11 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.59 12 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Nippon Hodo-Jura Suisse 6.11 13 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 14 Hisafumi Imanishi (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 15 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Team Bridgestone-Anchor 16 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 6.15 17 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone-Anchor 6.17 18 Hiroshi Sakaguchi (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team 6.19 19 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Nippon Hodo-Jura Suisse 6.20 20 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 21 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) Team CSC Tiscali 22 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 23 Kentaro Eshita (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team 24 Hideto Yukinari (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 25 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC Tiscali 26 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 27 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Mapei-Quick Step 28 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 29 Masashi Nishitani (Jpn) Team Orbea Etxe-Ondo 30 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team Coast 31 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 32 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 33 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 34 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 35 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 36 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 37 Michael Rogers (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 38 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Coast 39 Kairat Baigudinov (Kaz) Team Orbea Etxe-Ondo 40 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 41 Giuseppe Ribolzi (Ita) Nippon Hodo-Jura Suisse 42 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone-Anchor 8.36 TC Koji Fukushima (Jpn) JPCA TC Tetsuya Okada (Jpn) Team Bridgestone-Anchor DNF Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast DNF Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone DNF Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC Tiscali DNF Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport DNF Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) JPCA DNF Noriyuki Iijima (Jpn) JPCA DNF Hidenobu Otsuka (Jpn) JPCA DNF Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team DNF Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team DNF Taiji Tanaka (Jpn) Sumita-Ravanello-Pearl Izumi DNF Shinichi Amagasa (Jpn) Sumita-Ravanello-Pearl Izumi DNF Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Nippon Hodo-Jura Suisse DNF Masashi Fujita (Jpn) Nakagawa-As-K'design DNF Koji Wanouchi (Jpn) Nakagawa-As-K'design DNF Takashi Nakata (Jpn) Nakagawa-As-K'design DNF Kenji Tsuzuki (Jpn) Nakagawa-As-K'design DNF Taijyu Kobayashi (Jpn) Nakagawa-As-K'design DNF Junichi Shibuya (Jpn) Team Bridgestone-Anchor DNF Shinya Numata (Jpn) Team Orbea Etxe-Ondo DNF Teruo Iida (Jpn) Team Orbea Etxe-Ondo DNF Makoto Takeuchi (Jpn) Team Orbea Etxe-Ondo DNF Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru Racing Team DNF Yasuki Uchiyama (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru Racing Team DNF Koichi Asano (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru Racing Team DNF Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Sumita-Ravanello-Pearl Izumi DNF Hideaki Fujii (Jpn) Sumita-Ravanello-Pearl Izumi DNF Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Sumita-Ravanello-Pearl Izumi DNF Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Asian Ind. Racing Team DNF Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team DNF Masahiko Shiraki (Jpn) JPCA Starters: 74 Classified: 42 Past winners2001 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 2000 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1999 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi 1998 Fabien De Waele (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1997 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jap) Mapei-GB 1996 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Team Polti 1995 Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) Carrera Jeans 1994 Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) Carrera Jeans 1993 Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) Carrera Jeans 1992 Hendrik Redant (Bel) Lotto |
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