13th Tour of Japan - 2.2

Japan, May 17-24, 2009

2008 results Stage List Preview Start List Past winners

The Stages

Stage 1 - May 17: Sakai stage, 102.6km
Stage 2 - May 18: Nara stage, 121.2km
Stage 3 - May 19: Mino stage, 160.7km
Stage 4 - May 20: Minami Shinshu stage, 148km
Stage 5 - May 22: Mt Fuji (ITT), 11.4km
Stage 6 - May 23: Izu stage, 96km
Stage 7 - May 24: Tokyo stage , 112.7km

Start list

Amica Chips-Knauf                          
                                           Carmiooro-A Style
11 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn)                  
12 Fausto Fognini (Ita)                    21 Fabio Terrenzio (Ita)
13 Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita)                 22 Sebastien Fournet Fayard (Fra)
14 Abreu Rafael Infantino (Col)            23 Paul Brousse (Fra)
15 Paolo Tomaselli (Ita)                   24 Alexandre Aulas (Fra)
                                           25 Bellon Sergio Pardilla (Spa)
 
Team AIS                                   
                                           Seoul Cycling
31 Jack Bobridge (Aus)                     
32 Travis Meyer (Aus)                      41 Jin Yong Choi (Kor)
33 Leigh Howard (Aus)                      42 Seon Ho Park (Kor)
34 Adam Semple (Aus)                       43 Hyo Suk Gong (Kor)
35 Glenn O'shea (Aus)                      44 Ki Hong Yoo (Kor)
                                           45 Gu Hyeon Kim (Kor)
 
Kazakhstan National Team                   
                                           Hong Kong China Team
51 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz)                   
52 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz)                61 Kam Po Wong (HKg)
53 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz)                   62 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg)
54 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz)                   63 Wang Yip Tang (HKg)
55 Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz)               64 King Wai Cheung (HKg)
                                           65 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg)
 
Malaysia National Team                     
                                           Aisan Racing Team
71 Suhardi Hassan (Mas)                    
72 Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah (Mas)              81 Takumi Beppu (Jpn)
73 Wan Mohammed Naj Wan Mohammed (Mas)     82 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn)
74 Ahmad Fallanie Ali (Mas)                83 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn)
75 Mohd Nur Rizuan Zainal (Mas)            84 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn)
                                           85 Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn)
 
Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team         
                                           Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design
91 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn)                  
92 Satoshi Nakazato (Jpn)                  101 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn)
93 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn)                 102 Michael Damiens (Fra)
94 Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn)                 103 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo)
95 Shota Saito (Jpn)                       104 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn)
                                           105 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn)
 
Matrix Powertag                            
                                           Shimano Racing
111 Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn)                  
112 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn)                  121 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn)
113 Makoto Nakamura (Jpn)                  122 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn)
114 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn)                 123 Tomoya Kano (Jpn)
115 Kensyo Sawada (Jpn)                    124 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn)
                                           125 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn)
 
Team Bridgestone Anchor                    
                                           Team Nippo·Colnago
131 Makoto Iijima (Jpn)                    
132 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn)               141 Tetsuya Fujioka (Jpn)
133 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn)                  142 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn)
134 Sho Aikawa (Jpn)                       143 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn)
135 Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn)                   144 Junya Sano (Jpn)
                                           145 Takahiro Yamashita (Jpn)
 
Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                
                                           Team Comrade Giant
151 Keisuke Kamata (Jpn)                   
152 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn)                    161 Masafumi Yamane (Jpn)
153 Taichi Togao (Jpn)                     162 Masaki Hirabayashi (Jpn)
154 Akira Kodan (Jpn)                      163 Kodai Takeda (Jpn)
                                           164 Tomonori Sato (Jpn)
                                           165 Asa Eazu (Jpn)

Past winners

2008 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Southaustralia.com-AIS
2007 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo
2006 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Team Universal Caffe - C.B.Immobiliare
2005 Felix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Team Barloworld-Valsir
2004 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor
2003 Cancelled
2002 Oleksandr Klymenko (Ukr) Mroz
2001 Pawel Niedzwiecki (Pol) Mroz-Supradyn Witaminy
2000 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
1999 Andrzej Sypytkowski (Pol) Mroz
1998 Frank McCormack (USA) Saturn
1997 Bart Bowen (USA) Saturn
1996 Jean-Philippe Duracka (Fra) French national team 
 
Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com