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13th Tour of Japan - 2.2
Japan, May 17-24, 2009
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Stage 3 - May 19: Mino stage, 160.7km
Howard doubles up in Mino
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Team AIS sprinter Leigh Howard claimed his second stage win in the Tour of Japan, outsprinting his rivals to secure victory in the 160.7km third stage in Mino, north of Nagoya.
The 19-year-old won the bunch sprint ahead of Valentin Iglinsky (Kazakhstan) and Taiji Nishitani (Aisan Racing Team) on the stage which ended on a 21km circuit which was completed seven times.
"It was an interesting stage because there were two groups of two off the front and they got out to about six or seven minutes but then there was a big crash and they neutralised the race," explained Howard. "When the crash happened the guys off the front only had a minute's lead so after the restart we got them back."
"Each lap had a two kilometre climb and I was going pretty well today and got over it okay," said Howard who went over the climb for the final time in around 30th position. "A few small gaps had opened up but the boys really helped me out and Jack (Bobridge) got me up to the lead and then he sat on the front keeping the pace up for about five kilometres.
"It was a one kilometre straight run into the finish and I timed it right to win the sprint."
Howard's win moved him back into the lead of the points jersey competition with 40 points, six clear of Iglinskiy.
"I'm really going for the sprint jersey but realistically the next stage that will suit me for the sprint is probably the final stage circuit in Tokyo," said Howard. "The job until then is to look after the boys (Matthews and Meyer) and stay out of trouble."
New leader in strange circumstance
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Hong Kong cyclist Kam Po Wong has held onto the overall lead he snatched, in somewhat controversial circumstances, when he won Monday's stage. The race jury announced after the stage that it had amended the first day's results only after the second stage had been completed. That led to an unusual situation for the team of Howard, who was race leader on stage two.
"Kam Po was involved in a crash on the first day so when he went away on yesterday's stage no-one was too concerned because he was sitting more than three minutes down on the overall," explained Team Director, Brian Stephens. "Then when we got to the finish we found out they were amending the results to give him bunch time on stage one so he took over the race lead.
Wong is six seconds clear of Iglinkiy with another Kazakh rider, Dmitriy Gruzdev third at 14 seconds. Matthews and Meyer are 22 seconds off the lead.
"It would have been handy to know at the time," said Stephens wryly. "But apart from that hiccup the team is riding really well and tomorrow's stage should suit both Michael and Travis."
Stage four will send the race on a 148km route made up of 12 laps of a circuit in and around Minami Shinsu and a 1.6km finishing circuit.
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- Beijing Olympic Keirin bronze medalist Kiyofumi Shimizu leads the citizens' ride before the stage.
- Makoto Iijima (Team Bridgestone-Anchor) greets a small fan at the start.
- Stage three started in Mino in the old part of the city.
- Australian Leigh Howard (Team AIS) waited for his chance in the bunch.
- Team AIS rider Leigh Howard dominated the bunch sprint.
- Stage 3 winner Leigh Howard (Team AIS) gets a bit of traditional garb for his efforts.
- Kam Po Wong (Hong Kong, China Team) gets the mountains classification jersey.
- Howard leads the points classification after his second stage win.
- Kam Po Wong (Hong Kong, China Team) shows his appreciation.
- Kam Po Wong gets a massage after the stage.
- Sebastien Fournet Fayard and Daniele Colli (Carmiooro - A Style) are waiting for the start of stage three.
- The classification leaders before the start (l-r): Leigh Howard (Team AIS), Kam Po Wong (Hong Kong, China Team) and Vincenzo Garofalo (Amica Chips - Knauf).
- The riders start stage three from the old street in Mino.
Results
1 Leigh Howard (Aus) Team AIS 3.39.16 (43.97 km/h) 2 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 3 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 4 Daniele Colli (Ita) Carmiooro-A Style 5 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team AIS 6 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 7 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 8 Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 9 Fabio Terrenzio (Ita) Carmiooro-A Style 10 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Amica Chips-Knauf 11 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago 12 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China Team 13 Ki Hong Yoo (Kor) Seoul Cycling 14 Travis Meyer (Aus) Team AIS 15 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 16 Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago 17 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong China Team 18 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong China Team 19 Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 20 Fausto Fognini (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 21 Bellon Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Carmiooro-A Style 22 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 23 Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah (Mas) Malaysia National Team 24 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing 25 Hyo Suk Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 26 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Amica Chips-Knauf 27 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 28 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing 29 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 30 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing 31 Keisuke Kamata (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 32 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0.05 33 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 34 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Team AIS 35 Adam Semple (Aus) Team AIS 36 Gyung Gu Jang (Kor) Seoul Cycling 0.10 37 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong China Team 38 Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing 0.49 39 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong China Team 40 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team 41 Taichi Togao (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 42 Masaki Hirabayashi (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant 43 Akira Kodan (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 44 Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 45 Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 46 Gu Hyeon Kim (Kor) Seoul Cycling 47 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 48 Paolo Tomaselli (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 49 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 50 Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team 51 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 52 Abreu Rafael Infantino (Col) Amica Chips-Knauf 53 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 54 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Team Nippo·Colnago 55 Paul Brousse (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style 56 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 57 Ahmad Fallanie Ali (Mas) Malaysia National Team 1.49 58 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Shimano Racing 59 Masafumi Yamane (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant 60 Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 61 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 62 Sebastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style 63 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 64 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago 65 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team 66 Glenn O'shea (Aus) Team AIS 67 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 2.57 68 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Shimano Racing 4.12 69 Seon Ho Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 70 Kodai Takeda (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant 8.19 71 Motoshi Kadota (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant 72 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) Hong Kong China Team 73 Alexandre Aulas (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style 74 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 75 Kensyo Sawada (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 76 Yoshiaki Shimada (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 77 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 78 Takahiro Yamashita (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago 79 Michael Damiens (Fra) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 80 Guillaume Pont (Fra) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 81 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 11.35 82 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 18.14 83 Hikaru Kosaka (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team 23.57 84 Shota Saito (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team 29.31 85 Asa Eazu (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant 86 Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 87 Sho Aikawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 88 Satoshi Nakazato (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team DNF Jin Yong Choi (Kor) Seoul Cycling Points 1 Leigh Howard (Aus) Team AIS 15 pts 2 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 12 3 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 10 4 Daniele Colli (Ita) Carmiooro-A Style 8 5 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team AIS 6 6 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 5 7 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 4 8 Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 3 9 Fabio Terrenzio (Ita) Carmiooro-A Style 2 10 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Amica Chips-Knauf 1 Mountains 1 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China Team 10 pts 2 Abreu Rafael Infantino (Col) Amica Chips-Knauf 5 3 Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 3 4 Sebastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style 3 5 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Amica Chips-Knauf 3 6 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 2 7 Bellon Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Carmiooro-A Style 2 8 Gu Hyeon Kim (Kor) Seoul Cycling 2 Teams 1 Kazakhstan National Team 10.57.48 2 Carmiooro -A Style 3 Aisan Racing Team 4 Seoul Cycling 0.10 5 Hong Kong, China Team 6 Team AIS 7 Amica Chips -Knauf 8 Shimano Racing 9 Eqa-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 0.49 10 Team Nippo-Colnago 11 Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 1.38 12 Malaysia National Team 2.38 13 Matrix Powertag 14 Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team 3.27 15 Team Comrade Giant 10.57 16 Team Bridgestone Anchor 20.43 General classification after stage 3 1 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China Team 9.01.18 2 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 0.06 3 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 0.14 4 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team AIS 0.22 5 Travis Meyer (Aus) Team AIS 6 Daniele Colli (Ita) Carmiooro-A Style 0.25 7 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 0.26 8 Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 0.28 9 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 0.29 10 Ki Hong Yoo (Kor) Seoul Cycling 11 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 12 Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago 0.34 13 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 14 Bellon Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Carmiooro-A Style 15 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0.36 16 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong China Team 0.41 17 Hyo Suk Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 18 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 19 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing 20 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Amica Chips-Knauf 0.45 21 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 1.02 22 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong China Team 1.08 23 Paul Brousse (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style 1.23 24 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 1.30 25 Fausto Fognini (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 1.54 26 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago 1.56 27 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing 2.01 28 Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 29 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Team AIS 2.22 30 Gyung Gu Jang (Kor) Seoul Cycling 2.40 31 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 2.42 32 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong China Team 2.45 33 Abreu Rafael Infantino (Col) Amica Chips-Knauf 2.47 34 Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team 2.50 35 Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 36 Paolo Tomaselli (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 3.19 37 Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing 3.45 38 Sebastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style 3.50 39 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 40 Gu Hyeon Kim (Kor) Seoul Cycling 3.54 41 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team 4.03 42 Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 4.15 43 Keisuke Kamata (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 5.01 44 Leigh Howard (Aus) Team AIS 5.12 45 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago 5.14 46 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Amica Chips-Knauf 5.31 47 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong China Team 5.40 48 Fabio Terrenzio (Ita) Carmiooro-A Style 5.51 49 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 5.56 50 Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah (Mas) Malaysia National Team 6.22 51 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Team Nippo·Colnago 6.31 52 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Shimano Racing 8.12 53 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 8.58 54 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Shimano Racing 9.08 55 Glenn O'shea (Aus) Team AIS 9.10 56 Alexandre Aulas (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style 9.34 57 Taichi Togao (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 10.36 58 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing 11.10 59 Masaki Hirabayashi (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant 11.13 60 Seon Ho Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 11.23 61 Masafumi Yamane (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant 12.13 62 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 13.15 63 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 13.31 64 Michael Damiens (Fra) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 14.10 65 Guillaume Pont (Fra) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 66 Akira Kodan (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 14.28 67 Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 15.34 68 Kensyo Sawada (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 16.28 69 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team 18.39 70 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 19.16 71 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 19.39 72 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 19.44 73 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 22.24 74 Takahiro Yamashita (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago 23.30 75 Kodai Takeda (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant 24.28 76 Adam Semple (Aus) Team AIS 27.02 77 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) Hong Kong China Team 27.45 78 Yoshiaki Shimada (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 28.10 79 Motoshi Kadota (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant 29.57 80 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 39.11 81 Shota Saito (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team 40.52 82 Ahmad Fallanie Ali (Mas) Malaysia National Team 42.43 83 Hikaru Kosaka (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team 49.05 84 Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 49.31 85 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 55.32 86 Sho Aikawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 1.05.45 87 Asa Eazu (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant 1.10.34 88 Satoshi Nakazato (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team 1.26.10 Points classification 1 Leigh Howard (Aus) Team AIS 40 pts 2 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 34 3 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team AIS 22 4 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China Team 16 5 Daniele Colli (Ita) Carmiooro-A Style 14 6 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 12 7 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 12 8 Travis Meyer (Aus) Team AIS 11 9 Seon Ho Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 10 10 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 9 11 Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 7 12 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Amica Chips-Knauf 6 13 Glenn O'shea (Aus) Team AIS 5 14 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 5 15 Abreu Rafael Infantino (Col) Amica Chips-Knauf 5 16 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 4 17 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Team Nippo·Colnago 4 18 Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago 3 19 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing 3 20 Fausto Fognini (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 2 21 Fabio Terrenzio (Ita) Carmiooro-A Style 2 22 Paul Brousse (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style 1 23 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Amica Chips-Knauf 1 Mountains classification 1 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China Team 16 pts 2 Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 8 3 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 5 4 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing 5 5 Abreu Rafael Infantino (Col) Amica Chips-Knauf 5 6 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong China Team 3 7 Sebastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style 3 8 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Amica Chips-Knauf 3 9 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design 2 10 Bellon Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Carmiooro-A Style 2 11 Paolo Tomaselli (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf 2 12 Gu Hyeon Kim (Kor) Seoul Cycling 2 13 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 2 14 Adam Semple (Aus) Team AIS 2 Teams classification 1 Kazakhstan National Team 27.05.05 2 Carmiooro -A Style 0.28 3 Aisan Racing Team 0.33 4 Seoul Cycling 0.41 5 Hong Kong China Team 0.48 6 Team AIS 1.03 7 Amica Chips -Knauf 1.13 8 Shimano Racing 2.29 9 Eqa-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 2.49 10 Team Nippo-Colnago 5.24 11 Matrix Powertag 13.44 12 Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team 14.58 13 Team Bridgestone Anchor 32.39 14 Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello 34.29 15 Team Comrade Giant 49.31 16 Malaysia National Team 51.17
