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8th Tour of Japan - 2.5
Japan, May 23-30, 2004
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Stage 3 - May 26: Special Circuit in Japan Cycle Sports Center, Shuzenji, 120km
Ex-Kelme rider Lozano wins hard stage
By Miwako Sasaki, Japan Cycle Sports
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Spanish rider Roberto Lozano (ex-Kelme, now with Etxeondo) showed his ability in Japan today by winning a tough, hilly third stage of the Tour of Japan. Lozano turned pro with Kelme-Costa Blanca in 2001 and won the Circuito de Getxo last year. But the 26 year old rider joined Japanese Team Etxeondo this year as didn't receive a new contract with Kelme.
A breakaway of six riders, including Allan Iacuone (Giant Asia Racing Team), Miguel Luis Peńa (Team Etxeondo) and the leader jersey's teammate Koki Shimbo (Aisan Ind. Racing Team) rode away in the second lap in hot weather, and the peloton kept the gap at 2'30 until five laps to go when the breakaway was caught.
Yasutaka Tashiro (Team Bridgestone Anchor), Lozano and his Teammate, Peńa and Franco Sebastien accelerated from the peloton with the other favourites, and the first group became about 25 riders at two laps to go. Green Leader Jersey Takumi Beppu (Aisan Ind. Racing Team) was also there. The weather changed to cloudy and rain started to fall. Lozano wanted to attack the first group, as he is fourth on GC, 19 seconds behind Beppu now. But he and his teammate couldn't do it, and finally Lozano finished only 3 seconds ahead of the Green Jersey.
"The level of Japanese cycling is higher than I thought," said stage winner Lozano. "I couldn't win without my team's work today." Lozano very happy when he finished the race, and he hugged his teammate as if he was waiting for a victory after he was fired from Kelme.
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"The media said I am only a one day leader, but I was confident to keep my jersey," race leader Beppu said after the stage. "I think the parcours suited me, but when I competed here once before, I couldn't follow the first group and finished 13th. I had regretted it. And my home town is near from here."
It is the second rest day tomorrow,as the race moves to Motegi, where the fourth stage will be held on Friday. It's a motor racing circuit and suited to the sprinters, so the GC shouldn't change there.
Australian National Team Report
By Brian Stephens, Australian Under 23 Team Manager
Today's stage of the Tour of Japan was around the Shuzenji circuit and is reputed to be the toughest of the tour. The course winds around the hills surrounding the keirin school and cycling centre and there is not a flat or straight piece of road to be seen.
The race was over 15 laps of 8km. The pace was solid early then eased before building through the second half of the stage. The final laps were frantic with the field splitting to pieces. David Betts was again out best in 14th place with Spaniard Lozano Robert winning for his Etxeondo team.
Photography
Images by Miwako Sasaki/Japan Cycle Sports
- The winner of stage 1, Mariusz Wiesiak (Team Nippo) wears the blue points jersey as he is second place behind (GC leader) Beppu.
- The Shimano Racing Team has two leader's jerseys: The yellow sprint jersey (Masamichi Yamamoto) and the red mountain jersey (Shinri Suzuki).
- The third stage started under clear skies.
- Yoshiyuki Abe (Shimano Racing) always aggressive in the breakaway.
- Miguel Luis Pena (Team Etxeondo) and Australian David Betts try to attack from the peloton.
- Australian David Betts accelerates in front of the peloton and checks the gap.
- Roberto Lozano (Team Etxeondo) crosses the finish line to win stage 3.
- Roberto Lozano (Team Etxeondo) hugs his teammate Miguel Luis Pena after the finish.
- Roberto Lozano (Team Etxeondo) on the podium (but he can't kiss a podium girl, because there is no girl for the podium today...)
- Takumi Beppu (Aisan Ind. Racing Team) celebrates as he kept the leader's jersey.
Results
1 Robert Lozano (Spa) Team Etxeondo 3.35.49 2 Christian Heule (Swi) Team Macandina 0.01 3 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing 0.03 4 Guozhang Wang (Chn) People's Republic of China 5 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 6 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 7 Sebastian Franco (Spa) Team Etxeondo 8 Mikhail Teteriouk (Kaz) Team Nippo 9 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 10 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing 11 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Iri) Giant Asia Racing Team 12 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 13 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 0.19 14 David Betts (Aus) Australian National Team 0.23 15 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Australian National Team 0.46 16 Richard Moffatt (Aus) Australian National Team 0.59 17 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing 1.12 18 Miguel Luis Pena (Spa) Team Etxeondo 19 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Shimano Racing 1.13 20 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Kinan CCD 1.45 21 Jan Ramsauer (Swi) Team Macandina 1.51 22 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano Racing 2.20 23 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 24 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 2.22 25 Karsten Volkmann (Ger) VC Frankfurt Radteam-Brügelmann 5.21 26 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Kinan CCD 27 Ken Akita (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 28 Marcel Klaus (Swi) Team Macandina 6.13 29 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Australian National Team 30 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Team Nippo 31 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano Racing 32 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 33 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Kinan CCD 34 Junichi Shibuya (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 35 Manabu Hirose (Jpn) Kinan CCD 36 Andrew Randell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 37 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Team Nippo 38 Edmund Hollands (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 39 Alonso Aitor Galdos (Spa) Team Nippo 6.48 40 Tetsuya Ishida (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 8.15 41 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong China 42 Koki Shimbo (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 43 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 12.34 44 Marc Hohmann (Ger) VC Frankfurt Radteam-Brügelmann 45 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Team Nippo 46 Michael Mueller (Swi) Team Macandina 47 Takeshi Hashimoto (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 12.48 48 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Kinan CCD 49 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 50 Bas Robroek (Ned) Team Fuji Bikes 51 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Team Fuji Bikes 52 Makoto Takeuchi (Jpn) Team Etxeondo 53 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 54 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 12.52 55 Danny Sijen (Ned) Team Fuji Bikes 12.56 56 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 13.53 57 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 17.53 58 Kevin Miller (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 18.53 58 Roman Gugger (Swi) Team Macandina 58 Maikel Paas (Ned) Team Fuji Bikes 58 Henning Jaecks (Ger) VC Frankfurt Radteam-Brügelmann 58 Andre Schulze (Ger) VC Frankfurt Radteam-Brügelmann 58 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Australian National Team 58 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Australian National Team 58 Stefano Guerrini (Ita) Team Nippo 66 Bruno Buetiger (Swi) Team Macandina 19.53 66 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 66 Osamu Sumida (Jpn) Kinan CCD 69 Ngai Ching Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China 20.53 69 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 71 Vladislavs Lukasenko (Lat) Team Fuji Bikes 21.53 71 Chun Ming Tsoi (HKg) Hong Kong China 71 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 71 Takashi Nakazato (Jpn) Team Etxeondo 75 Ryan Roth (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 22.53 75 Jiguo Li (Chn) People's Republic of China 77 Patrik Kohler (Ger) VC Frankfurt Radteam-Brügelmann 23.53 78 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong China 26.53 78 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong China 78 Kazutaka Fukao (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi DNS Hiroshi Sakaguchi (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team DNS Shinichi Amagasa (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi General classification after stage 3 1 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 8.47.25 2 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 0.02 3 Robert Lozano (Spa) Team Etxeondo 0.16 4 Christian Heule (Swi) Team Macandina 0.17 5 Mikhail Teteriouk (Kaz) Team Nippo 0.19 6 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing 0.24 7 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing 0.55 8 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 1.13 9 Guozhang Wang (Chn) People's Republic of China 1.30 10 Sebastian Franco (Spa) Team Etxeondo 11 David Betts (Aus) Australian National Team 1.32 12 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Iri) Giant Asia Racing Team 1.36 13 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 1.47 14 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Australian National Team 2.24 15 Jan Ramsauer (Swi) Team Macandina 3.18 16 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 4.01 17 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 6.20 18 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing 6.35 19 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Team Nippo 7.07 20 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Shimano Racing 7.17 21 Edmund Hollands (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 7.40 22 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano Racing 7.43 23 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 8.24 24 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano Racing 9.53 25 Karsten Volkmann (Ger) VC Frankfurt Radteam-Brügelmann 10.44 26 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Team Nippo 11.26 27 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Australian National Team 11.32 28 Marcel Klaus (Swi) Team Macandina 11.36 29 Junichi Shibuya (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 30 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Kinan CCD 31 Andrew Randell (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 12.13 32 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Team Nippo 12.57 33 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Kinan CCD 16.21 34 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Kinan CCD 19.11 35 Richard Moffatt (Aus) Australian National Team 19.35 36 Manabu Hirose (Jpn) Kinan CCD 22.37 37 Miguel Luis Pena (Spa) Team Etxeondo 23.01 38 Makoto Takeuchi (Jpn) Team Etxeondo 23.30 39 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 23.39 40 Alonso Aitor Galdos (Spa) Team Nippo 24.14 41 Bas Robroek (Ned) Team Fuji Bikes 24.29 42 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 24.31 43 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 24.53 44 Bruno Buetiger (Swi) Team Macandina 25.16 45 Ngai Ching Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China 26.16 46 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong China 26.22 47 Ken Akita (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 27.07 48 Koki Shimbo (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 27.17 49 Takeshi Hashimoto (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 28.08 50 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 28.53 51 Marc Hohmann (Ger) VC Frankfurt Radteam-Brügelmann 28.58 52 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 29.40 53 Michael Mueller (Swi) Team Macandina 30.00 54 Henning Jaecks (Ger) VC Frankfurt Radteam-Brügelmann 30.48 55 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 30.53 56 Tetsuya Ishida (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 31.00 57 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 31.36 58 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Team Fuji Bikes 35.33 59 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Kinan CCD 60 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 61 Danny Sijen (Ned) Team Fuji Bikes 35.41 62 Andre Schulze (Ger) VC Frankfurt Radteam-Brügelmann 36.13 63 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Australian National Team 36.19 64 Kevin Miller (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 65 Roman Gugger (Swi) Team Macandina 66 Osamu Sumida (Jpn) Kinan CCD 36.30 67 Maikel Paas (Ned) Team Fuji Bikes 37.04 68 Stefano Guerrini (Ita) Team Nippo 38.01 69 Chun Ming Tsoi (HKg) Hong Kong China 40.06 70 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 71 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Australian National Team 40.39 72 Vladislavs Lukasenko (Lat) Team Fuji Bikes 43.39 73 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong China 44.25 74 Jiguo Li (Chn) People's Republic of China 45.38 75 Ryan Roth (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 76 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 47.34 77 Takashi Nakazato (Jpn) Team Etxeondo 48.28 78 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong China 48.42 79 Patrik Kohler (Ger) VC Frankfurt Radteam-Brügelmann 50.20 80 Kazutaka Fukao (Jpn) Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 55.41 Points classification 1 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 6 pts 2 Robert Lozano (Spa) Team Etxeondo 6 3 Christian Heule (Swi) Team Macandina 6 4 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Team Nippo 5 5 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 4 6 Andre Schulze (Ger) VC Frankfurt Radteam-Brügelmann 4 7 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing 3 8 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Australian National Team 3 9 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Team Nippo 3 10 Guozhang Wang (Chn) People's Republic of China 2 11 Alonso Aitor Galdos (Spa) Team Nippo 2 12 Jan Ramsauer (Swi) Team Macandina 1 Mountains classification 1 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing 12 pts 2 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Shimano Racing 10 3 Sebastian Franco (Spa) Team Etxeondo 6 4 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing 5 5 Miguel Luis Pena (Spa) Team Etxeondo 4 6 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Australian National Team 2 7 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 2 8 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano Racing 2 9 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Kinan CCD 2 10 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 1 11 Edmund Hollands (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 1 12 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 1 Sprints classification 1 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Shimano Racing 9 pts 2 Stefano Guerrini (Ita) Team Nippo 8 3 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan-Ind Racing Team 6 4 Richard Moffatt (Aus) Australian National Team 1 Teams classification 1 Team Bridgestone Anchor 26.27.25 2 Shimano Racing 0.55 3 Australian National Team 5.02 4 Giant Asia Racing Team 6.20 5 Team Etxeondo 7.34 6 Team Nippo 8.31 7 Team Macandina-Kewa Rad-VC Gippingen 10.01 8 Kinan CCD 35.37 9 Aisan-Ind Racing Team 39.01 10 Miyata-Subaru Racing Team 40.27 11 VC Frankfurt Radteam-Brugelmann 1.00.01 12 Team Fuji Bikes 1.25.00 13 Hong Kong China 1.26.53 14 Jet Fuel Coffee 1.28.01 15 Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 1.50.55
