Tour of Japan 2010: Stage 3 Results

Claudio Cucinotta made it two wins in a row for De Rosa-Stac Plastic as he claimed sprint win on stage three of the Tour of Japan. The Italian finished ahead of Zak Dempster (Rapha Condor-Sharp) and Takashi Miyazawa (Team Nippo).

Overall race leader Michael Matthews (Jayco-Skins) finished fourth and extended his tenure in the leader's jersey by at least another day. Matthews admitted afterwards he'd made a tactical error in the finale.

He added that the 160.7km stage had been a tough test after the opening two days of racing in Japan. "I also think I was a bit dehydrated today because even though it was a bit cloudy I was sweating a lot and I probably didn't drink enough," he added. "I'll know for next time."
Matthews remains nine seconds ahead of stage two winner Cristiano Salerno (De Rosa-Stac Plastic), with Darren Lapthorne (Rapha Condor-Sharp) in third overall, five seconds further back.

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Full Results
1	Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	3:42:35
2	Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Rapha Condor - Sharp	Row 1 - Cell 2
3	Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Nippo	Row 2 - Cell 2
4	Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Jayco - Skins	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	Row 4 - Cell 2
6	Motoi Nara (Jpn) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Rapha Condor - Sharp	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China	Row 9 - Cell 2
11	Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Kazakhstan	Row 10 - Cell 2
12	Nozomu Kimori (Jpn) University All Japan	Row 11 - Cell 2
13	Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	Row 12 - Cell 2
14	Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	Row 13 - Cell 2
15	Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Team Nippo	Row 14 - Cell 2
16	Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Nippo	Row 15 - Cell 2
17	Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong China	Row 16 - Cell 2
18	Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	Row 17 - Cell 2
19	Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Team Nippo	Row 18 - Cell 2
20	Patrick Lane (Aus) Team Jayco - Skins	Row 19 - Cell 2
21	Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Team Nippo	Row 20 - Cell 2
22	Yeonguk Kim (Kor) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	Row 21 - Cell 2
23	Cristiano Salerno (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	Row 22 - Cell 2
24	Tomoya Kanoh (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	Row 23 - Cell 2
25	Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Shimano Racing	Row 24 - Cell 2
26	Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	Row 25 - Cell 2
27	Tomoyuki Iino (Jpn) University All Japan	Row 26 - Cell 2
28	Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	Row 27 - Cell 2
29	Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing	Row 28 - Cell 2
30	Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong China	Row 29 - Cell 2
31	Ki Hong Yoo (Kor) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	Row 30 - Cell 2
32	Ryota Nishizono (Jpn) University All Japan	Row 31 - Cell 2
33	Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing	Row 32 - Cell 2
34	Ji Wen Low (Sin) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	Row 33 - Cell 2
35	Takahiro Yamashita (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	Row 34 - Cell 2
36	Phuchong Sai-Udomsin (Tha) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	Row 35 - Cell 2
37	Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan	Row 36 - Cell 2
38	Akira Kodan (Jpn) Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello	Row 37 - Cell 2
39	Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	Row 38 - Cell 2
40	Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan	Row 39 - Cell 2
41	Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Team Nippo	Row 40 - Cell 2
42	Peng Da Jiao (Chn) Max Success Sports	Row 41 - Cell 2
43	Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan	Row 42 - Cell 2
44	Gang Xu (Chn) Max Success Sports	Row 43 - Cell 2
45	Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong China	Row 44 - Cell 2
46	Kun Jiang (Chn) Max Success Sports	Row 45 - Cell 2
47	Keisuke Kamata (Jpn) Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello	Row 46 - Cell 2
48	En Huang (Chn) Max Success Sports	Row 47 - Cell 2
49	Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	Row 48 - Cell 2
50	Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	Row 49 - Cell 2
51	Sergio Lagana (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	Row 50 - Cell 2
52	Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	Row 51 - Cell 2
53	Claudio Corioni (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	Row 52 - Cell 2
54	Marco Cattaneo (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	0:00:15
55	Hui Zhang (Chn) Max Success Sports	0:01:05
56	Peng Fei Qi (Chn) Max Success Sports	Row 55 - Cell 2
57	Sergey Kuzmin (Kaz) Kazakhstan	Row 56 - Cell 2
58	Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan	0:01:07
59	Shota Tsujimoto (Jpn) Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello	Row 58 - Cell 2
60	Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	Row 59 - Cell 2
61	Tatsuhiro Hashimoto (Jpn) University All Japan	Row 60 - Cell 2
62	Richard Lang (Aus) Team Jayco - Skins	Row 61 - Cell 2
63	Siu Wai Ko (HKg) Hong Kong China	Row 62 - Cell 2
64	King Lok Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong China	0:01:17
65	Taichi Togao (Jpn) Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello	0:01:26
66	Hikaru Kosaka (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:01:56
67	Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	Row 66 - Cell 2
68	Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	Row 67 - Cell 2
69	Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	Row 68 - Cell 2
70	Shunsuke Horiuchi (Jpn) University All Japan	Row 69 - Cell 2
71	Masaki Takahashi (Jpn) University All Japan	0:02:45
72	Dean Windsor (Aus) Rapha Condor - Sharp	Row 71 - Cell 2
73	Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	Row 72 - Cell 2
74	Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Shimano Racing	Row 73 - Cell 2
75	Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Shimano Racing	Row 74 - Cell 2
76	Nick Aitken (Aus) Team Jayco - Skins	Row 75 - Cell 2
77	Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	Row 76 - Cell 2
78	Graham Briggs (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp	Row 77 - Cell 2
79	Yong Li Ng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team	Row 78 - Cell 2
80	Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp	Row 79 - Cell 2
81	Kensyo Sawada (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	0:03:02
82	Fabio Negri (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	Row 81 - Cell 2
83	Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	Row 82 - Cell 2
84	Masaki Wakumoto (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	0:03:24
85	Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	0:06:15
86	Kenji Itami (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	Row 85 - Cell 2
87	Samel Witmitz (Aus) Letua Cycling Team	0:07:54
88	James Ibrahim (Aus) Letua Cycling Team	Row 87 - Cell 2
89	Adrian Wye Kit Chuah (Mas) Letua Cycling Team	0:12:09
90	Shota Saito (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:13:39
91	Hafiz Rozli Mohd (Mas) Letua Cycling Team	0:20:05
DNF	Mohd Razif Mohd Salleh (Mas) Letua Cycling Team	Row 91 - Cell 2
DNF	Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello	Row 92 - Cell 2
DNF	Yoshinori Suzuki (Jpn) Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello	Row 93 - Cell 2

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General Classification after stage 3
1	Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Jayco - Skins	6:19:08
2	Cristiano Salerno (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	0:00:09
3	Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Rapha Condor - Sharp	0:00:14
4	Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Kazakhstan	0:00:17
6	Motoi Nara (Jpn) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Nippo	0:00:19
8	Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	0:00:20
9	Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing	Row 9 - Cell 2
11	Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Nippo	0:00:21
12	Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	Row 11 - Cell 2
13	Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	0:00:22
14	Claudio Corioni (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	Row 13 - Cell 2
15	Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing	0:00:26
16	Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Team Nippo	Row 15 - Cell 2
17	Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	0:00:28
18	Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Shimano Racing	0:00:29
19	Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan	0:00:30
20	Sergio Lagana (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	0:00:32
21	Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan	Row 20 - Cell 2
22	Ji Wen Low (Sin) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	Row 21 - Cell 2
23	Marco Cattaneo (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	0:00:33
24	Kun Jiang (Chn) Max Success Sports	Row 23 - Cell 2
25	Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan	Row 24 - Cell 2
26	Yeonguk Kim (Kor) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	Row 25 - Cell 2
27	Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Team Nippo	Row 26 - Cell 2
28	Peng Da Jiao (Chn) Max Success Sports	Row 27 - Cell 2
29	Takahiro Yamashita (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	0:00:34
30	Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Team Nippo	0:00:35
31	Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	Row 30 - Cell 2
32	Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong China	0:00:36
33	Ryota Nishizono (Jpn) University All Japan	Row 32 - Cell 2
34	Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:00:37
35	Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing	Row 34 - Cell 2
36	Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:00:38
37	Tomoya Kanoh (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	0:00:39
38	Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	Row 37 - Cell 2
39	Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong China	0:00:43
40	Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	0:00:49
41	Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong China	0:00:54
42	Phuchong Sai-Udomsin (Tha) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	0:00:55
43	Akira Kodan (Jpn) Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello	0:00:59
44	Keisuke Kamata (Jpn) Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello	0:01:00
45	Gang Xu (Chn) Max Success Sports	0:01:05
46	En Huang (Chn) Max Success Sports	0:01:08
47	Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Rapha Condor - Sharp	0:01:10
48	Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	0:01:13
49	Tomoyuki Iino (Jpn) University All Japan	0:01:14
50	Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Team Nippo	Row 49 - Cell 2
51	Nozomu Kimori (Jpn) University All Japan	0:01:16
52	Patrick Lane (Aus) Team Jayco - Skins	0:01:23
53	Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan	0:01:46
54	Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	0:01:52
55	Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp	0:01:58
56	Sergey Kuzmin (Kaz) Kazakhstan	0:02:04
57	Tatsuhiro Hashimoto (Jpn) University All Japan	0:02:16
58	Richard Lang (Aus) Team Jayco - Skins	0:02:24
59	Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:02:56
60	Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Shimano Racing	0:03:16
61	Shunsuke Horiuchi (Jpn) University All Japan	0:03:43
62	Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	0:03:48
63	Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	0:03:59
64	Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	0:04:00
65	Kensyo Sawada (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	0:04:15
66	King Lok Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong China	0:04:21
67	Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	0:05:08
68	Peng Fei Qi (Chn) Max Success Sports	0:05:41
69	Taichi Togao (Jpn) Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello	0:06:12
70	Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:06:24
71	Nick Aitken (Aus) Team Jayco - Skins	0:06:47
72	Yong Li Ng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team	0:06:57
73	Hui Zhang (Chn) Max Success Sports	0:09:47
74	Siu Wai Ko (HKg) Hong Kong China	0:09:50
75	Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Shimano Racing	0:10:24
76	Kenji Itami (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	0:10:40
77	Dean Windsor (Aus) Rapha Condor - Sharp	0:11:16
78	Fabio Negri (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	0:11:40
79	Masaki Takahashi (Jpn) University All Japan	0:13:09
80	Shota Tsujimoto (Jpn) Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello	0:14:53
81	Hikaru Kosaka (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:15:37
82	James Ibrahim (Aus) Letua Cycling Team	0:15:58
83	Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp	0:16:22
84	Graham Briggs (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp	Row 83 - Cell 2
85	Ki Hong Yoo (Kor) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	0:17:04
86	Masaki Wakumoto (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	0:17:24
87	Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	0:19:51
88	Adrian Wye Kit Chuah (Mas) Letua Cycling Team	0:26:03
89	Shota Saito (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:27:27
90	Samel Witmitz (Aus) Letua Cycling Team	0:28:03
91	Hafiz Rozli Mohd (Mas) Letua Cycling Team	0:38:54

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Points
1	Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Jayco - Skins	44	pts
2	Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	31	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Cristiano Salerno (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	25	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Rapha Condor - Sharp	25	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing	25	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Rapha Condor - Sharp	25	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	20	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Nippo	19	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Motoi Nara (Jpn) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	18	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Kazakhstan	14	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Nippo	14	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China	13	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp	12	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Claudio Corioni (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	12	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing	9	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	King Lok Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong China	9	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	8	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Team Nippo	8	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Marco Cattaneo (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	8	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	6	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	5	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	5	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Nozomu Kimori (Jpn) University All Japan	4	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	3	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	2	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Sergio Lagana (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	1	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Team Nippo	1	Row 26 - Cell 3

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Mountains Classification
1	Cristiano Salerno (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	21	pts
2	Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan	8	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Nick Aitken (Aus) Team Jayco - Skins	6	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China	5	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Team Nippo	5	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Nippo	4	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	3	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	3	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong China	3	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Kazakhstan	2	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	2	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp	2	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Rapha Condor - Sharp	1	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	1	Row 13 - Cell 3

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Team Classification
1	De Rosa -Stac Plastic	18:58:20
2	Aisan Racing Team	0:00:05
3	Geumsan Ginseng Asia	0:00:10
4	Team Nippo	0:00:14
5	Hong Kong China Team	0:00:16
6	Kazakhstan National Team	0:00:17
7	Shimano Racing	0:00:21
8	Matrix Powertag	0:00:41
9	Max Success Sports	0:01:08
10	University All Japan	0:01:52
11	Rapha Condor -Sharp	0:02:35
12	Team Jayco -Skins	0:02:53
13	Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:03:07
14	Bridgestone Anchor	0:04:08
15	Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello	0:06:38
16	Letua Cycling Team	0:43:32