Tour of Japan 2010: Stage 4 Results

Shinri Suzuki (Shimano) moved into the overall lead of the Tour of Japan with victory on stage four in Shinshu on Wednesday. Suzuki finished ahead of Claudio Corioni (De Rosa-Stac Plastic) and Junya Sano (Team Nippo) in a six-man group separated from the peloton by 32 seconds.

After holding the race lead since the opening day of the tour Michael Matthews (Jayco-Skins) finally relinquished the leader's jersey. The Australian finished at the front of the peloton to maintain his lead in the points classification.

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Full Results
1	Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing	3:59:35
2	Claudio Corioni (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	Row 1 - Cell 2
3	Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Nippo	Row 2 - Cell 2
4	Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong China	Row 4 - Cell 2
6	Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Team Nippo	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Cristiano Salerno (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	0:00:10
8	Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Jayco - Skins	0:00:32
9	Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China	Row 9 - Cell 2
11	Ji Wen Low (Sin) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	Row 10 - Cell 2
12	Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing	Row 11 - Cell 2
13	Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing	Row 12 - Cell 2
14	Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	Row 13 - Cell 2
15	Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Rapha Condor - Sharp	Row 14 - Cell 2
16	Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Kazakhstan	Row 15 - Cell 2
17	Ryota Nishizono (Jpn) University All Japan	Row 16 - Cell 2
18	Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Team Nippo	Row 17 - Cell 2
19	Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan	0:00:36
20	Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan	0:00:47
21	Patrick Lane (Aus) Team Jayco - Skins	Row 20 - Cell 2
22	Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:00:51
23	Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong China	0:01:09
24	Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Team Nippo	Row 23 - Cell 2
25	Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	Row 24 - Cell 2
26	Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong China	0:02:16
27	Tomoya Kanoh (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	Row 26 - Cell 2
28	Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Shimano Racing	0:03:23
29	Takahiro Yamashita (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	Row 28 - Cell 2
30	Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Shimano Racing	Row 29 - Cell 2
31	Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Shimano Racing	Row 30 - Cell 2
32	Peng Da Jiao (Chn) Max Success Sports	Row 31 - Cell 2
33	Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	Row 32 - Cell 2
34	Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp	0:03:45
35	Sergio Lagana (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	Row 34 - Cell 2
36	Sergey Kuzmin (Kaz) Kazakhstan	0:06:27
37	Keisuke Kamata (Jpn) Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello	Row 36 - Cell 2
38	Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan	Row 37 - Cell 2
39	Akira Kodan (Jpn) Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello	Row 38 - Cell 2
40	Fabio Negri (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	Row 39 - Cell 2
41	Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	Row 40 - Cell 2
42	Gang Xu (Chn) Max Success Sports	Row 41 - Cell 2
43	King Lok Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong China	0:11:04
44	En Huang (Chn) Max Success Sports	0:11:12
45	Marco Cattaneo (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	0:11:23
46	Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Team Nippo	Row 45 - Cell 2
47	Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Nippo	Row 46 - Cell 2
48	Peng Fei Qi (Chn) Max Success Sports	Row 47 - Cell 2
49	James Ibrahim (Aus) Letua Cycling Team	Row 48 - Cell 2
50	Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	Row 49 - Cell 2
51	Motoi Nara (Jpn) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	Row 50 - Cell 2
52	Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan	Row 51 - Cell 2
53	Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	Row 52 - Cell 2
54	Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	Row 53 - Cell 2
55	Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	Row 54 - Cell 2
56	Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	Row 55 - Cell 2
57	Kenji Itami (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	Row 56 - Cell 2
58	Shunsuke Horiuchi (Jpn) University All Japan	Row 57 - Cell 2
59	Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	Row 58 - Cell 2
60	Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	Row 59 - Cell 2
61	Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	Row 60 - Cell 2
62	Taichi Togao (Jpn) Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello	Row 61 - Cell 2
63	Tomoyuki Iino (Jpn) University All Japan	Row 62 - Cell 2
64	Richard Lang (Aus) Team Jayco - Skins	Row 63 - Cell 2
65	Nozomu Kimori (Jpn) University All Japan	Row 64 - Cell 2
66	Ki Hong Yoo (Kor) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	Row 65 - Cell 2
67	Nick Aitken (Aus) Team Jayco - Skins	Row 66 - Cell 2
68	Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Rapha Condor - Sharp	Row 67 - Cell 2
69	Tatsuhiro Hashimoto (Jpn) University All Japan	0:14:19
70	Kun Jiang (Chn) Max Success Sports	0:15:16
71	Hui Zhang (Chn) Max Success Sports	Row 70 - Cell 2
72	Masaki Takahashi (Jpn) University All Japan	0:15:29
73	Graham Briggs (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp	0:17:46
74	Dean Windsor (Aus) Rapha Condor - Sharp	Row 73 - Cell 2
75	Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	Row 74 - Cell 2
76	Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	Row 75 - Cell 2
77	Kensyo Sawada (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	Row 76 - Cell 2
78	Hikaru Kosaka (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	Row 77 - Cell 2
79	Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp	0:19:33
80	Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	Row 79 - Cell 2
81	Shota Tsujimoto (Jpn) Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello	Row 80 - Cell 2
82	Phuchong Sai-Udomsin (Tha) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	Row 81 - Cell 2
83	Siu Wai Ko (HKg) Hong Kong China	Row 82 - Cell 2
84	Yong Li Ng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team	Row 83 - Cell 2
85	Masaki Wakumoto (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	0:21:05
DNF	Shota Saito (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	Row 85 - Cell 2
DNF	Yeonguk Kim (Kor) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	Row 86 - Cell 2
DNF	Samel Witmitz (Aus) Letua Cycling Team	Row 87 - Cell 2
DNF	Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	Row 88 - Cell 2
DNF	Adrian Wye Kit Chuah (Mas) Letua Cycling Team	Row 89 - Cell 2
DNF	Hafiz Rozli Mohd (Mas) Letua Cycling Team	Row 90 - Cell 2

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General Classification after stage 4
1	Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing	10:18:53
2	Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Nippo	0:00:05
3	Claudio Corioni (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	0:00:06
4	Cristiano Salerno (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	0:00:09
5	Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	0:00:12
6	Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Team Nippo	0:00:16
7	Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Jayco - Skins	0:00:22
8	Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Rapha Condor - Sharp	0:00:36
9	Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Kazakhstan	0:00:39
11	Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	0:00:42
12	Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong China	0:00:44
13	Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing	0:00:48
14	Ji Wen Low (Sin) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	0:00:54
15	Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan	0:00:56
16	Ryota Nishizono (Jpn) University All Japan	0:00:58
17	Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing	0:00:59
18	Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan	0:01:09
19	Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	0:01:11
20	Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:01:19
21	Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Team Nippo	0:01:32
22	Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Team Nippo	0:01:36
23	Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	0:01:38
24	Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong China	0:01:42
25	Patrick Lane (Aus) Team Jayco - Skins	0:02:00
26	Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong China	0:02:42
27	Tomoya Kanoh (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	0:02:45
28	Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Shimano Racing	0:03:42
29	Peng Da Jiao (Chn) Max Success Sports	0:03:46
30	Takahiro Yamashita (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	0:03:47
31	Sergio Lagana (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	0:04:07
32	Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp	0:05:33
33	Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Shimano Racing	0:06:29
34	Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	0:06:38
35	Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan	0:06:50
36	Akira Kodan (Jpn) Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello	0:07:16
37	Keisuke Kamata (Jpn) Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello	0:07:17
38	Gang Xu (Chn) Max Success Sports	0:07:22
39	Sergey Kuzmin (Kaz) Kazakhstan	0:08:21
40	Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	Row 39 - Cell 2
41	Motoi Nara (Jpn) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	0:11:30
42	Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	0:11:33
43	Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Nippo	0:11:34
44	Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	0:11:41
45	Marco Cattaneo (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	0:11:46
46	Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Team Nippo	0:11:48
47	Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	Row 46 - Cell 2
48	Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:11:50
49	En Huang (Chn) Max Success Sports	0:12:10
50	Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Rapha Condor - Sharp	0:12:23
51	Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	0:12:26
52	Tomoyuki Iino (Jpn) University All Japan	0:12:27
53	Nozomu Kimori (Jpn) University All Japan	0:12:29
54	Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan	0:12:59
55	Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	0:13:05
56	Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Shimano Racing	0:13:37
57	Richard Lang (Aus) Team Jayco - Skins	Row 56 - Cell 2
58	Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:14:09
59	Shunsuke Horiuchi (Jpn) University All Japan	0:14:56
60	Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	0:15:01
61	King Lok Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong China	0:15:15
62	Kun Jiang (Chn) Max Success Sports	0:15:39
63	Tatsuhiro Hashimoto (Jpn) University All Japan	0:16:25
64	Peng Fei Qi (Chn) Max Success Sports	0:16:54
65	Taichi Togao (Jpn) Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello	0:17:25
66	Fabio Negri (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	0:17:57
67	Nick Aitken (Aus) Team Jayco - Skins	0:18:00
68	Phuchong Sai-Udomsin (Tha) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	0:20:18
69	Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	0:21:36
70	Kensyo Sawada (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	0:21:51
71	Kenji Itami (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	0:21:53
72	Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:24:00
73	Hui Zhang (Chn) Max Success Sports	0:24:53
74	Yong Li Ng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team	0:26:20
75	James Ibrahim (Aus) Letua Cycling Team	0:27:11
76	Ki Hong Yoo (Kor) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	0:28:17
77	Masaki Takahashi (Jpn) University All Japan	0:28:28
78	Dean Windsor (Aus) Rapha Condor - Sharp	0:28:52
79	Siu Wai Ko (HKg) Hong Kong China	0:29:13
80	Hikaru Kosaka (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:33:13
81	Graham Briggs (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp	0:33:58
82	Shota Tsujimoto (Jpn) Pearl Izumi Sumita Ravanello	0:34:16
83	Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp	0:35:45
84	Masaki Wakumoto (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	0:38:19
85	Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	0:39:14

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Points
1	Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Jayco - Skins	52	pts
2	Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing	50	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Cristiano Salerno (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	34	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Claudio Corioni (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	32	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	31	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Nippo	30	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Rapha Condor - Sharp	26	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Rapha Condor - Sharp	25	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	20	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	20	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China	19	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Nippo	19	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Team Nippo	18	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Motoi Nara (Jpn) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	18	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Kazakhstan	14	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	12	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp	12	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong China	12	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing	12	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	King Lok Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong China	9	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	8	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Marco Cattaneo (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	8	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	7	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Ji Wen Low (Sin) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	5	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing	4	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Nozomu Kimori (Jpn) University All Japan	4	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	3	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	2	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Sergio Lagana (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	1	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Team Nippo	1	Row 29 - Cell 3

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Mountains Classification
1	Cristiano Salerno (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	21	pts
2	Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong China	9	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan	8	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp	7	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Ki Hong Yoo (Kor) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	7	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Nick Aitken (Aus) Team Jayco - Skins	6	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Team Nippo	5	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China	5	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan	5	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Marco Cattaneo (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic	5	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Nippo	4	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Geumsan Ginseng Asia	3	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	3	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Team Nippo	3	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Kazakhstan	2	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	2	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Rapha Condor - Sharp	1	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	1	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Shimano Racing	1	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Peng Da Jiao (Chn) Max Success Sports	1	Row 19 - Cell 3

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Team Classification
1	Team Nippo	Row 0 - Cell 2
2	Shimano Racing	0:00:39
3	Hong Kong China Team	0:01:11
4	Kazakhstan National Team	0:01:26
5	De Rosa -Stac Plastic	0:03:09
6	Aisan Racing Team	0:09:41
7	Geumsan Ginseng Asia	0:11:19
8	Team Jayco -Skins	0:14:49
9	Matrix Powertag	0:15:50
10	Rapha Condor -Sharp	0:17:29
11	Bridgestone Anchor	0:17:33
12	Max Success Sports	0:21:24
13	University All Japan	0:24:24
14	Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:25:58
15	Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello	0:30:09