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Tour of Japan - 2.2
Japan, May 14-21, 2006
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Stage 5 - May 20: Japan Cycle Sports Center loop, Izu, 110.5km
Lloyd takes stage, Duma confirms GC lead
By Miwako Sasaki in Izu
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Australian Matthew Lloyd (South Australia.com-AIS) won the fifth stage of the 10th Tour of Japan, beating Japanese Tomoya Kano (Skil-Shimano) in the two man sprint. Ukrainian Vladimir Duma (Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare) finished in front of the peloton, just one minute behind the break, and kept his green leader's jersey.
The first typhoon visited Japan yesterday. It was weak today, but the small storm hit the fifth stage in Izu. Fortunately, the heavy rain stopped just before the start, but still a strong wind was blowing all day. The first half of the course was held on the circuit at the Japan Cycle Sports Center, five laps of 8km, and then, 70.48km on the hilly highway.
The break was made quickly after the start: Alexandre Dyachenko (Cycling Team Capec), Hanco Kachelhoffer (Team Konica Minolta), Shinichi Fukushima and Miyataka Shimizu (Team Vang Cycling), Yasutaka Tashiro (Team Bridgestone-Anchor), and Kano.
The break had a minute to the peloton, controlled by Italian Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare. Dyachenko went to back to the peloton before the race left the circuit to the highway, where the wind was blowing at about 25 km/h. Five riders gained over two minutes advantage at 50km to go.
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Lloyd also worked in front of the peloton, and when he got to the head of the peloton, the wind changed from a headwind to a tailwind, and he didn't hesitate to use this chance. The Australian jumped from the peloton and chased down the break. Lloyd joined the break at 20 km to go, and soon, he attacked from the break with Japanese Kano.
"It was all I could do to follow to Lloyd in the final 15 km," said the Japanese. In fact, he didn't have the energy for the sprint. So it was an easy finale for Lloyd after the hard race. "Today, I was very eager to make a move, to try to win a stage," said Lloyd after the race. "It was hard conditions today, but it paid off."
Lloyd already won the Tour of Wellington last year, and was 7th in the Herald Sun Tour. Now he is also fifth on GC in the Tour of Japan.
The final stage will be held in Tokyo tomorrow, on a flatter course. It's the last chance for the Japanese to join the international stage winners in the Tour of Japan: Hong Kong, Ukraine, Italy, South Africa and Australia!
Photography
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- The green leader's jersey Vladimir Duma (Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare) before the start
- A wet start for the 5th stage of the 10th Tour of Japan
- Koji Fukushima (Team Vang Cycling, R) has a spot in the break first, but he drops out soon
- Japanese Tomoya Kano (Skil-Shimano) leads the break
- Tomoya Kano (Skil-Shimano, L) who made the break today, say, 'Recently I don't feel that the foreign riders are much stronger than me!'
- Raivis Belohvoschiks (Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare) works hard in front of the peloton
- The peloton on the small hill in the Cycle Sports Center
- Italian Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare always controls the peloton against the strong wind
- 'I'm tired!' Cycro-cross world champion Erwin Vervecken (Fidea Cycling Team) abandons the stage, but he can start tomorrow thanks to the special regulations in Japan
- Australian Matthew Lloyd (South Australia.com-AIS) wins the sprint over Tomoya Kano (Skil-Shimano)
- Vladimir Duma (Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare) finishes the stage at the head of the peloton
- The hardest day: red mountains jersey John-Lee Augustyn (Team Konica Minolta) gets muddy
- The hardest day: Kevin Pauwels (Fidea Cycling Team) shows signs of fatigue
- The best smile of the day: Tomoya Kano (Skil-Shimano) finds his father into the crowd after he finishes second
- The best workers: Skil-Shimano boys take a rest contentedly
- Stage winner Matthew Lloyd (South Australia.com-AIS) is awarded a lot of prizes
- Vladimir Duma (Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare) almost confirms his green leader's jersey
- Vladimir Duma (Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare) also gets the blue points jersey
- 19 year-old John-Lee Augustyn (Team Konica Minolta) confirms his red mountains jersey and gets beer as a prize. Er, John-Lee, do you know that you can't drink a beer until you're 20 in Japan?
- Antonio Iacovozzi, director of Team Universal Caffe-C.B. Immobiliare, is satisfied with a result. 'There's still one stage, but I can sleep well tonight.'
Results
1 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 3.12.26 2 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 3 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 1.00 4 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 5 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 6 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 7 Peter Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 8 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 9 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Fidea Cycling Team 10 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Konica Minolta 11 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 12 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 13 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 14 Martin Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 15 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 16 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 17 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 18 Raivis Belohvoschiks (Lat) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 19 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 20 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 21 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 22 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 2.33 23 Koki Shimbo (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 3.02 24 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 25 Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 3.49 26 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 27 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 4.28 28 Dmitri Nikandorov (Rus) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 29 Fabio Gilioli (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 30 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 5.34 31 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 5.55 32 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 33 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 7.42 34 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 7.54 35 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 36 Daniel Lloyd (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 11.56 37 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 38 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 39 Hanco Kachelhoffer (RSA) Konica Minolta 40 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 41 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 42 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 43 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor DNF Hua Lai Kuan (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team DNF Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling DNF Manabu Hirose (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo DNF Yasuhiro Nito (Jpn) Nalsema Frend DNF Taichi Moriyama (Jpn) Miyata Subaru DNF Tomoya Sano (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag DNF Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Asian Racing Team DNF Kaoru Ohuchi (Jpn) Skil Shimano DNF Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo DNF Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag DNF Kazunari Asano (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi DNF Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi DNF Ivan De Nobile (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare DNF Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team DNF Daniele Di Nucci (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare DNF Masayuki Kimura (Jpn) Nalsema Frend DNF Wai Cheung King (HKg) Hong Kong National Team DNF Yoshiaki Sudou (Jpn) Nalsema Frend DNF Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor DNF Kohei Tsusue (Jpn) Miyata Subaru DNF Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor DNF Norihide Murayama (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor DNF Yip Tang Wang (HKg) Hong Kong National Team DNF Arthur Ayers (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi DNF Marnus Potgieter (RSA) Konica Minolta DNF Michael Ford (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS DNF Sean Finning (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS DNF San Wu Kin (HKg) Hong Kong National Team DNF Hing Chan Chun (HKg) Hong Kong National Team DNF Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team DNF Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Asian Racing Team DNF Ken Akita (Jpn) Asian Racing Team DNF Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Miyata Subaru DNF Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag DNF Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag DNF Koji Nagano (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag DNF Masahumi Yamane (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo DNF Akihiro Munehisa (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo DNF Kaoru Obata (Jpn) Nalsema Frend DNF Hideo Yoshida (Jpn) Nalsema Frend DNF Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi DNF Kentaro Eshita (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi DNF Tomoji Taniguchi (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi DNF Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS DNF Tobias Erler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team DNF Peter Van Santvliet (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team DNF Atsushi Takano (Jpn) Miyata Subaru DNS Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team Points 1 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 15 pts 2 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 12 3 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 10 4 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 8 5 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 6 6 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 5 7 Peter Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 4 8 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 3 9 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Fidea Cycling Team 2 10 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Konica Minolta 1 General classification after stage 5 1 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 15.05.14 2 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Konica Minolta 0.16 3 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 1.28 4 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 1.50 5 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 2.16 6 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 2.23 7 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 2.46 8 Peter Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 3.28 9 Martin Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 3.40 10 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 3.42 11 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 5.15 12 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 5.28 13 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 5.40 14 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 6.40 15 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 7.36 16 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 8.10 17 Fabio Gilioli (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 8.31 18 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 10.39 19 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 10.45 20 Raivis Belohvoschiks (Lat) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 13.12 21 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 13.36 22 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Fidea Cycling Team 13.48 23 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 15.18 24 Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 16.02 25 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 17.38 26 Dmitri Nikandorov (Rus) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 17.43 27 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 17.51 28 Hanco Kachelhoffer (RSA) Konica Minolta 20.01 29 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 21.35 30 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 21.55 31 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 22.27 32 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 23.41 33 Koki Shimbo (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 24.08 34 Daniel Lloyd (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 24.13 35 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 26.10 36 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 28.46 37 Daniele Di Nucci (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 29.48 38 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 31.01 39 Tomoya Sano (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 31.14 40 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 31.27 41 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 33.58 42 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 34.01 43 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 34.46 44 Yasuhiro Nito (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 34.54 45 Kohei Tsusue (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 35.28 46 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 36.14 47 Ivan De Nobile (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 36.20 48 Hua Lai Kuan (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 37.24 49 Manabu Hirose (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 37.53 50 Marnus Potgieter (RSA) Konica Minolta 39.46 51 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 39.57 52 Kaoru Ohuchi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 40.37 53 Yip Tang Wang (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 42.09 54 Yoshiaki Sudou (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 44.17 55 San Wu Kin (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 44.50 56 Kaoru Obata (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 46.56 57 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 49.42 58 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 49.49 59 Michael Ford (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 50.12 60 Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 50.32 61 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 50.39 62 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 50.54 63 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 51.06 64 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 51.17 65 Masayuki Kimura (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 51.27 67 Ken Akita (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 56.17 68 Kentaro Eshita (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 56.36 69 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 59.54 70 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 1.01.31 71 Arthur Ayers (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 1.09.41 72 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 1.12.53 73 Taichi Moriyama (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 1.13.50 74 Wai Cheung King (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 1.17.34 75 Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 1.19.02 76 Norihide Murayama (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 1.22.29 77 Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 1.26.14 78 Hing Chan Chun (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 1.26.55 79 Kazunari Asano (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 1.31.30 80 Hideo Yoshida (Jpn) Nalsema Frend 1.34.21 81 Peter Dawson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 1.38.36 82 Masahumi Yamane (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 1.40.19 83 Sean Finning (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 1.40.58 84 Akihiro Munehisa (Jpn) You Can Specialized Nissyo 1.42.41 85 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 1.43.12 86 Koji Nagano (Jpn) Team Matrix Powertag 1.43.35 87 Tomoji Taniguchi (Jpn) Sumita Raello Pearl Izumi 2.01.56 Points classification 1 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 30 pts 2 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 28 3 Daniele Di Nucci (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 27 4 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 23 5 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 21 6 Raivis Belohvoschiks (Lat) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 15 7 Martin Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 15 8 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 15 9 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 12 10 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 10 11 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 10 12 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 10 13 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 10 14 Hanco Kachelhoffer (RSA) Konica Minolta 9 15 Peter Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 9 16 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 6 17 Fabio Gilioli (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 6 18 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 6 19 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 5 20 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 5 21 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 4 22 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 3 23 Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 2 24 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 2 25 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Fidea Cycling Team 2 26 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Konica Minolta 1 27 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 1 28 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 1 Mountains classification 1 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Konica Minolta 15 pts 2 Raivis Belohvoschiks (Lat) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 15 3 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 13 4 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 12 5 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 10 6 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 9 7 Peter Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 8 8 Taichi Moriyama (Jpn) Miyata Subaru 8 9 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 7 10 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 5 11 Martin Velits (Svk) Konica Minolta 5 12 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Capec Cycling Team 5 13 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 5 14 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 4 15 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 3 16 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 3 17 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Asian Racing Team 2 18 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 2 19 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Vang Cycling 2 20 Fabio Gilioli (Ita) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 1 Teams classification 1 Team Konika Minolta 45.22.50 2 Cycling Team Capec 2.33 3 Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare 5.19 4 Skil - Shimano 11.43 5 Team Vang Cycling 12.14 6 Aisan Racing Team 20.32 7 Giant Asia Racing Team 34.39 8 Fidea Cycling Team 36.03 9 Miyata - Subaru 45.03 10 Team Bridgestone - Anchor 1.10.45 11 Hong Kong China 1.13.08 12 Team Matrix Powertag - Specialized 1.30.25 13 Nalsima Frend 1.46.25 14 South Australia. Com 1.51.04 15 You Can Specialized Nissyo 2.00.49 16 Sumita Ravanello Pearl Izumi 2.28.13
