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Sky stagiaire Tao Geoghegan Hart leads the bunch.
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Fumiyuki Beppu (Trek)
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Lampre-Merida
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Team Sky
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Trek Factory Racing
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Novo Nordisk
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Novo Nordisk
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Fumiyuki Beppu (Trek Factory Racing), Ben Swift (Team Sky) and Steele Von Hoff (NFTO)
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Beppu greets his teammates after his win
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Teal Sky drives the pace
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BMC Racing Team
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BMC Racing Team
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The peloton races through the streets of Utsunomiya
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1. Fumiyuki Beppu (Trek Factory Racing) 2. Ben Swift (Team Sky) 3. Steele Von Hoff (NFTO)
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Fumiyuki Beppu (Trek)
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The peloton races through the streets of Utsunomiya
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Tao Geoghegan Hart (Team Sky)
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Michael Schar (BMC)
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The peloton races through the streets of Utsunomiya
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The peloton races through the streets of Utsunomiya
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The peloton races through the streets of Utsunomiya
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The peloton races through the streets of Utsunomiya
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Bernie Eisel (Team Sky)
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Trek's Fumiyuki Beppu and Fabian Cancellara in the bunch.
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The peloton races through the streets of Utsunomiya
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The peloton races through the streets of Utsunomiya
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The peloton races through the streets of Utsunomiya
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The peloton races through the streets of Utsunomiya
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The peloton races through the streets of Utsunomiya
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BMC Racing Team
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Fumiyuki Beppu is congratulated by a teammame
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A breakaway attempt.
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The peloton races through the streets of Utsunomiya
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The peloton races through the streets of Utsunomiya
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Michael Schar (BMC)
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The peloton races through the streets of Utsunomiya
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The peloton races through the streets of Utsunomiya
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Sky stagiaire Tao Geoghegan Hart leads the bunch.
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Michael Schar (BMC)
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Novo Nordisk on the front
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Trek comes to the front of the pack.
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Trek's Fumiyuki Beppu and Fabian Cancellara after the race.
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Trek Factory Racing's Fumiyuki Beppu sprinted to the win Saturday in the Japan Cup criterium, a warm-up race for Sunday's 1.HC road race. The Japanese rider out-sprinted Ben Swift (Team Sky) and Steele Von Hoff (NFTO) at the end of the 35.65km course, which was made up of 20 laps of a 1.55km circuit on the main street in Utsunomiya.
The race marked the return to competition for Trek's Fabian Cancellara since he crashed out of the Vuelta a Espana in August and was forced to skip the World Championships. The team celebrated Cancellara's return by leading out Beppu for the win.
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