7th Tour of Japan - 2.5

Japan, May 19-26, 2002

2001 Results Stage List Preview Start list Past winners

The Stages

Stage 1 - May 19: Sakai Senboku Circuit (Osaka), 140.8 km
Stage 2 - May 20: Todaiji Temple - Nunome Dam Circuit (Nara), 146.2 km
Rest day - May 21: Transfer to Shuzenji
Stage 3 - May 22: Japan Cycle Sports Center Circuit (Shuzenji), 120.0 km
Rest day - May 23: Transfer to Motegi
Stage 4 - May 24: Twin Ring Motegi (Motegi), 148.56 km
Stage 5 - May 25: Utsunomiya Forest Park Circuit (Utsunomiya), 154.5 km
Stage 6 - May 26: Hibiya - Ooi Wharf Circuit (Tokyo), 155.1 km

Preview

Taking place from May 19-26 this year is the 2.5 category Tour of Japan, run over 6 stages and 865 kilometres. The route is identical to last year, starting in Osaka with the 140.8 km Sakai Senboku Circuit, travelling to Nara, Shuzenji, Motegi, and Utsunomiya before finishing in Tokyo with the 155.1 km Hibiya - Ooi Wharf Circuit.

There will be 16 teams of 6 riders, including Division II defending champions Mroz, as well as RDM-Flanders, AXA-VVZ, Comnet Senges, Jura Suisse, national teams from Kazakhstan, Australia, Malaysia, Hong Kong and seven Japanese teams.

Start list

Mroz                               RDM-Flanders
 
11 Pawel Zugaj (Pol)               21 David Plas (Bel)
12 Mateusz Mroz (Pol)              22 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel)
13 Zbigniew Wyrzykowski (Pol)      23 Jurgen Landrie (Bel)
14 Oleksandr Klymenko (Ukr)        24 Nico Indekeu (Bel)
15 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol)         25 Stijn Vanstraelen (Bel)
16 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol)         26 Marco Engels (Bel)
 
AXA-VVZ Professional Cycling Team  Team Comnet-Senges
 
31 Marcel Luppes (Ned)             41 Stefan Ganser (Ger)
32 Edward Dunning (Ned)            42 Markus Ganser (Ger)
33 Robert Slippens (Ned)           43 Hans-Jurgen Juretzek (Ger)
34 Danny Stam (Ned)                44 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned)
35 Jan Hordijk (Ned)               45 Axel Hauschke (Ger)
36 Peep Mikli (Est)                46 Wolfram Wiese (Ger)
 
Team Jura Suisse                   Kazakhstan National Team
 
51 Pierre Ackermann (Swi)          61 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz)
52 David Chassot (Swi)             62 Assan Bazayev (Kaz)
53 Michel Klinger (Swi)            63 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz)
54 Florian Ludi (Swi)              64 Bakhtiyr Mamyrov (Kaz)
55 Simone Mori (Ita)               65 Viktor Shestakov (Kaz)
56 Guiseppe Ribolzi (Swi)          66 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz)
 
Australian National Team           Malaysia National Team
 
71 Scott Davis (Aus)               81 Musairi Musa (Mas)
72 Ashley Humbert (Aus)            82 Shahrizan Selamat (Mas)
73 Adrian Laidler (Aus)            83 Nor.Effendy Rosli (Mas)
74 Gene Bates (Aus)                84 Ah.Thiam Wong (Mas)
75 David Pell (Aus)                85 Suhardi Hassan (Mas)
76 David Mcpartland (Aus)
 
Hong Kong National Team            Shimano Racing
 
91 Kam Po Wong (Hkg)               101 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn)
92 Siu Lun Ho (Hkg)                102 Hisafumi Imanishi (Jpn)
93 Ngai Ching Wong (Hkg)           103 Tomoya Kano (Jpn)
94 King Nin Lau (Hkg)              104 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn)
95 Chun Ming Tsoi (Hkg)            105 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn)
96 Kai Ming Tsang (Hkg)            106 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn)
 
Asian Ind. Racing                  RT Nipponhodo
 
111 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn)         121 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn)
112 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn)            122 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn)
113 Koki Shimbo (Jpn)              123 Takumi Beppu (Jpn)
114 Hiroshi Sakaguchi (Jpn)        124 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn)
115 Kentaro Eshita (Jpn)
116 Ken Akita (Jpn)
 
Team Bridgestone Anchor            Sumita-Ravanello-Pealizumi
 
131 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn)       141 Makoto Iijima (Jpn)
132 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn)        142 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn)
133 Tomokazu Fujino (Jpn)          143 Kazutaka Fukao (Jpn)
134 Tetsuya Okada (Jpn)            144 Taiji Tanaka (Jpn)
135 Junichi Shibuya (Jpn)          145 Kazuaki Akasaka (Jpn)
136 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn)         146 Takashi Yamada (Jpn)
 
Miyata-Subaru Racing Team          Team Orbea Etxeondo
 
151 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn)          161 Kairat Baigudinov (Kaz)
152 Yasuki Uchiyama (Jpn)          163 Yusuke Takahashi (Jpn)
153 Hideto Yukinari (Jpn)          164 Makoto Takeuchi (Jpn)
154 Koichi Asano (Jpn)             165 Teruo Iida (Jpn)
155 Jun Otsuka (Jpn)               166 Pavel Nevdakh (Kaz)
156 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn)

Past winners

2001 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy
2000 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
1999 Andrzej Sypytkowski (Pol) Mroz
1998 Frank McCormack (USA) Saturn
1997 Bart Bowen (USA) Saturn
1996 Jean-Philippe Duracka (Fra) French national team