Tour de Kumano - 2.2

Japan, May 9-12, 2008

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Stage 2 - May 10: Kumano Sangaku Circuit, 112.1 km

Photography

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Images by Hitoshi OMAE / PhotoSport International. UK - US - Asia.

The three-man break is led by Arashiro
Yukiya Arashiro wins a wet stage on the second day.
The peloton heads across some dangerously wet railroad tracks.
The rain was good for the rice fields.
Yukihiro Doi leads another break.
Yukiya Arashiro preferred to ride solo for the last art of the race.
The peloton is heading over the Fudatate pass for some wet KOM points.

Results

1 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                 2.53.47 (38.7 km/h)
2 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                   0.24
3 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                            
4 Vicenzo Garofalo (Ita) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                     
5 Devis Miorin (Ita) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                         
6 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                          
7 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                    
8 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                           1.10
9 Jai Crawford (Aus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team           1.34
10 Tetsuya Fujioka (Jpn) Team Colnago                         2.08
11 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                    2.18
12 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                 2.41
13 Kenta Onoguchi (Jpn) Nalsima Friend                            
14 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                   
15 Keisuke Kamata (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello               
16 Yasuhiro Nito (Jpn) Nalsima Friend                             
17 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                     
18 Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                  4.33
19 Naoto Ise (Jpn) Tacurino-Masashikomifune.com                   
20 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                               
21 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                        
22 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team              
23 Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor            6.11
24 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong - China Team                7.27
25 Keita Iwashima (Jpn) Nalsima Friend                            
26 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                     7.29
27 Junya Sano (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                          
28 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello            7.53
29 Rogelio Carvalho (Bra) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello         8.27
30 Yutaka Omura (Jpn) Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento                
31 Kohei Tsusue (Jpn) Esperance Stage                             
32 Takashi Nakayama (Jpn) Team Colnago                            
33 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor               
34 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                  
35 Nobuaki Morota (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                        
36 Kaoru Obata (Jpn) Nalsima Friend                               
37 Kenji Matsuki (Jpn) Club Silbest                           8.30
38 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                     
39 Teppei Watanabe (Jpn) Nakagawa AS k'Design                     
40 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                             
41 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                            
42 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                          
43 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                         
44 Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello         
45 Masaki Hirabayashi (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                8.52
46 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                   10.39
47 Yoshiaki Shimada (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                 
48 Satoshi Yamane (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                   13.20
49 Shinichiro Murade (Jpn) Team Colnago                           
50 Wataru Otsuka (Jpn) Tacurino-Masashikomifune.com          13.22
51 Hisanori Akiyama (Jpn) Tacurino-Masashikomifune.com            
52 Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                  
53 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                          
54 Nobuyuki Shimobayashi (Jpn) Club Silbest                       
55 Akira Kodan (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello             15.35
56 Yosuke Suga (Jpn) Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento                 
DNF Toyohiro Oka (Jpn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team             
DNF Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                            
DNF Ken Onodera (Jpn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team              
DNF Siu Wai Ko (HKg) Hong Kong - China Team                       
DNF Yu Takenouchi (Jpn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team            
DNF Tae Bok You (Kor) Sangmu Cycling Team                         
DNF Po Hung Wu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei National Cycling Team         
DNF Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                           
DNF Hsin Hua Huang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei National Cycling Team     
DNF Akihiro Kageyama (Jpn) Club Silbest                           
DNF Shu Ming Liu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei National Cycling Team       
DNF Tomoyuki Kaneda (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                      
DNF Wei Chieh Liu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei National Cycling Team      
DNF Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                   
DNF Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                         
DNF Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                         
DNF Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                        
DNF Masaki Wakumoto (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                         
DNF Arthur Ayers (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                         
DNF Yuichi Mizobata (Jpn) Club Silbest                            
DNF Hitoshi Inoue (Jpn) Club Silbest                              
DNF Syunichi Obara (Jpn) Nakagawa AS k'Design                     
DNF Hideo Shimomura (Jpn) Nakagawa AS k'Design                    
DNF Koichiro Nii (Jpn) Nakagawa AS k'Design                       
DNF Kenichi Hattori (Jpn) Sakatani Racing                         
DNF Hideaki Tokuoka (Jpn) Sakatani Racing                         
DNF Sebastien Pilotte (Can) Nalsima Friend                        
DNF Taichi Moriyama (Jpn) Team Colnago                            
DNF Kazumasa Katayama (Jpn) Team Colnago                          
DNF Koichi Narutani (Jpn) Esperance Stage                         
DNF Yusuke Higuma (Jpn) Esperance Stage                           
DNF Dai Fukuhara (Jpn) Esperance Stage                            
DNF Shoichi Kanamori (Jpn) Esperance Stage                        
DNF Noriyuki Yabe (Jpn) Esperance Stage                           
DNF Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong - China Team                     
DNF Hin Leung Szeto (HKg) Hong Kong - China Team                  
DNF Chi Yuen Ho (HKg) Hong Kong - China Team                      
DNF Chi Sek Chui (HKg) Hong Kong - China Team                     
DNF Jae Wan Jung (Kor) Sangmu Cycling Team                        
DNF Eun Seob Shin (Kor) Sangmu Cycling Team                       
DNF Dong Hyun Choi (Kor) Sangmu Cycling Team                      
DNF Ju Yong Lee (Kor) Sangmu Cycling Team                         
DNF Nam Seong (Kor) Sangmu Cycling Team                           
DNF Banri Omura (Jpn) Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento                
DNF Jun Otsuka (Jpn) Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento                 
DNF Koji Mukoyama (Jpn) Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento              
DNF Toshiyuki Tsuji (Jpn) Tacurino-Masashikomifune.com            
DNF Takashi Nakata (Jpn) Tacurino-Masashikomifune.com             
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                5.19.07
2 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                          
3 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                0.12
4 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                    0.14
5 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                        0.47
6 Vicenzo Garofalo (Ita) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                 0.51
7 Devis Miorin (Ita) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                         
8 Jai Crawford (Aus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team           1.22
9 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                           1.35
10 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                 2.29
11 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                    2.45
12 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                 3.08
13 Keisuke Kamata (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello               
14 Kenta Onoguchi (Jpn) Nalsima Friend                            
15 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                   
16 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                    4.58
17 Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                  5.00
18 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team              
19 Naoto Ise (Jpn) Tacurino-Masashikomifune.com                   
20 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                               
21 Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor            6.38
22 Junya Sano (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                      7.17
23 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello            7.37
24 Keita Iwashima (Jpn) Nalsima Friend                        7.54
25 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong - China Team                    
26 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                     7.56
27 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                         8.15
28 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor           8.51
29 Rogelio Carvalho (Bra) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello         8.54
30 Kohei Tsusue (Jpn) Esperance Stage                             
31 Takashi Nakayama (Jpn) Team Colnago                            
32 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                  
33 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                 8.57
34 Kenji Matsuki (Jpn) Club Silbest                               
35 Teppei Watanabe (Jpn) Nakagawa AS k'Design                     
36 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                            
37 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                          
38 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                         
39 Masaki Hirabayashi (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                9.19
40 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                   10.42
41 Nobuaki Morota (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                   11.33
42 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                     13.10
43 Satoshi Yamane (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                   13.47
44 Shinichiro Murade (Jpn) Team Colnago                           
45 Wataru Otsuka (Jpn) Tacurino-Masashikomifune.com          13.49
46 Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                  
47 Hisanori Akiyama (Jpn) Tacurino-Masashikomifune.com            
48 Nobuyuki Shimobayashi (Jpn) Club Silbest                       
49 Akira Kodan (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello             16.01
50 Yosuke Suga (Jpn) Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento            16.02
51 Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello    17.33
52 Kaoru Obata (Jpn) Nalsima Friend                          18.28
53 Yoshiaki Shimada (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor            19.42
54 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) Hong Kong - China Team                   26.02
55 Tomoyuki Kaneda (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                       
56 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                             
57 Taichi Moriyama (Jpn) Team Colnago                             
58 Tae Bok You (Kor) Sangmu Cycling Team                          
59 Akihiro Kageyama (Jpn) Club Silbest                            
60 Tetsuya Fujioka (Jpn) Team Colnago                        32.09
61 Yasuhiro Nito (Jpn) Nalsima Friend                        32.42
62 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                     46.02
63 Hsin Hua Huang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei National Cycling Team      
64 Toyohiro Oka (Jpn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team              
65 Banri Omura (Jpn) Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento                 
66 Toshiyuki Tsuji (Jpn) Tacurino-Masashikomifune.com             
67 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                         
68 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                    
69 Eun Seob Shin (Kor) Sangmu Cycling Team                        
70 Koichi Narutani (Jpn) Esperance Stage                          
71 Jun Otsuka (Jpn) Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento                  
72 Syunichi Obara (Jpn) Nakagawa AS k'Design                 55.36
73 Sebastien Pilotte (Can) Nalsima Friend                         
74 Yutaka Omura (Jpn) Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento           58.28
75 Hitoshi Inoue (Jpn) Club Silbest                        1.05.36
76 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                     1.15.36
77 Hin Leung Szeto (HKg) Hong Kong - China Team                   
78 Koji Mukoyama (Jpn) Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento        1.25.36
79 Kenichi Hattori (Jpn) Sakatani Racing                   1.35.36
80 Yuichi Mizobata (Jpn) Club Silbest                             
81 Dong Hyun Choi (Kor) Sangmu Cycling Team                       
82 Koichiro Nii (Jpn) Nakagawa AS k'Design                        
83 Ju Yong Lee (Kor) Sangmu Cycling Team

N.B. Riders from 57th to 83rd position are allowed to start Stage 3 with time penalties, under the agreement of the organizer and commissaires' panel.

Points classification
 
1 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                     40 pts
2 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                        38
3 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                      32
4 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                  23
5 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                          16
6 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello               16
7 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                            15
8 Jai Crawford (Aus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team             15
9 Vicenzo Garofalo (Ita) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                   14
10 Devis Miorin (Ita) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                      12
11 Junya Sano (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                        12
12 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                            10
13 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                    9
14 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                         6
15 Tetsuya Fujioka (Jpn) Team Colnago                            6
16 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor              5
17 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                       5
18 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                    5
19 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                       5
20 Rogelio Carvalho (Bra) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello            4
21 Kenta Onoguchi (Jpn) Nalsima Friend                           3
22 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                       3
23 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                         3
24 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                  2
25 Keisuke Kamata (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello              1
26 Akira Kodan (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                 1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                              8 pts
2 Vicenzo Garofalo (Ita) Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                    8
3 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                       5
4 Ken Onodera (Jpn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team               5
5 Jai Crawford (Aus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team              3
6 Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                3
7 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                             3
8 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR                      2
9 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil - Shimano                               2
10 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                       1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Meitan Hompo - GDR                                      16.00.21
2 Nippo - Endeka/Nippo                                        0.32
3 Skil - Shimano                                              3.10
4 Aisan Racing Team                                           5.20
5 Team Bridgestone Anchor                                    12.44
6 Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                                16.43
7 Nalsima Friend                                             20.44
8 Team Colnago                                               22.16
9 Team Comrade Giant                                         29.00
10 Tacurino-Masashikomifune.com                              29.38
11 Matrix Powertag                                           36.59
12 Club Silbest                                              45.48
13 Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team                            49.24
14 Gruppo Acqua Tama - C.Viento                            1.07.58
15 Hong Kong - China Team                                  1.16.19
16 Sangmu Cycling Team                                     1.55.06
17 Nakagawa AS K'design                                    2.37.09