Tour de Kumano 2011: Stage 1 Results

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The peloton rides past a rice paddy (Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)

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Riders head towards the KOM point (Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)

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The start of Tour de Kumano 1st stage (Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)

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Race leader Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)

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Riders were waiting for the race start in Singu station (Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)

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Japanese bronze statue got wet (Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)

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Stage winner Fukuda Shinpei is the new race leader (Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)

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The award ceremony was held in the rain (Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)

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Podium girls gave candy to the spectators before the award ceremony (Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)

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Race leader Richeze Ariel Maximiliano stopped with 100m to go, having trouble with his chain (Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)

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Fukuda Shinpei (Aisan Racing Team) won the rain-affected stage (Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)

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Tsuji Yoshimitsu attacked at the KOM (Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)

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D'Angelo & Antenucci-Nippo do their best to control the stage (Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)

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Richeze Ariel Maximiliano (Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)

Full Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Shinpei Fukuda (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	2:36:46
2	Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team
3	Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
4	Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
5	Shiki Kuroeda (Jpn)
6	Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team
7	Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team
8	Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant Kenda Cycling Team
9	King Wai Cheung (HKg) HKG
10	Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor
11	Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
12	Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
13	Komuro Masanari (Jpn)
14	Phuchong Sai-Udomsil (Tha) Terengganu Cycling Team
15	Wataru Otsuka (Jpn)
16	Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
17	Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
18	Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) HKG
19	Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
20	Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor
21	Fortunato Baliani (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
22	Jumpei Murakami (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team
23	Keita Iwashima (Jpn)
24	Po Hung Wu (Tpe) TPE
25	Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Terengganu Cycling Team
26	Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
27	Junya Sano (Jpn) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
28	Nara Motoi (Jpn) Terengganu Cycling Team
29	Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
30	Kaoru Obata (Jpn)
31	Takashi Nakayama (Jpn)
32	Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor
33	Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
34	Ryoma Nonaka (Jpn)
35	Masaaki Kikuchi (Jpn) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
36	Shih Chang Huang (Tpe) TPE
37	Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
38	Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	0:00:14
39	Kazuki Aoyanagi (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	0:00:24
40	Taichi Togao (Jpn)	0:00:32
41	Kensyo Sawada (Jpn)	0:00:40
42	Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
43	King Lok Cheung (HKg) HKG	0:01:15
44	Masaki Hirabayashi (Jpn)
45	Tanzo Tokuda (Jpn)	0:01:40
46	Keisuke Kimura (Jpn)
47	Fan Hsin Chu (Tpe) Giant Kenda Cycling Team
48	Hasin Hua Huang (Tpe) TPE	0:01:43
49	Naoya Yoshioka (Jpn)
50	Seitaro Nakano (Jpn)	0:01:47
51	Koudai Takeda (Jpn)	0:02:27
52	Genki Yamamoto (Jpn)	0:02:29
53	Chung Yan Wong (HKg) HKG	0:03:11
54	Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor
55	Burr Ho (HKg) HKG	0:03:11
56	Motoki Sakurai (Jpn)
57	Masanori Noguchi (Jpn)
58	Kousuke Harakawa (Jpn)	0:03:13
59	Kouji Mukouyama (Jpn)	0:03:16
60	Masanori Okumara (Jpn)	0:03:53
61	Nozomu Kimori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
62	Takamitu Tsuji (Jpn)	0:04:47
63	Kun Hung Hung (Tpe) TPE	0:07:02
64	Yoshihiro Takahashi (Jpn)
65	Masatoshi Oba (Jpn)	0:07:05
66	Ryosuke Uemura (Jpn)
67	Masafumi Yamane (Jpn)
68	Seigo Wako (Jpn)
69	Takashi Fukuda (Jpn)
70	Cheng Yen Chen (Tpe) TPE
71	Wen Chan Hsiao (Tpe) TPE
72	Ryota Nishizono (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team
73	Kenichi Yamamoto (Jpn)
74	Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) HKG
75	Shota Saito (Jpn)
76	Kenji Itami (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor
77	Katsuma Fujioka (Jpn)
78	Ryosuke Takatsuka (Jpn)	0:09:40
DNF	Kenichiro Tose (Jpn)
DNF	Syuji Nozue (Jpn)
DNF	Yoshinori Suzuki (Jpn)
DNF	Kim Do Hyeong (Kor) Terengganu Cycling Team
DNF	Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant Kenda Cycling Team
DNF	Tetsuya Fujioka (Jpn)
DNF	Chin-Lung Huang (Tpe) Giant Kenda Cycling Team
DNF	Yudai Kouga (Jpn)
DNF	Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor
DNF	Masatsugu Takamiya (Jpn)
DNF	Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn)
DNF	Akira Iokibe (Jpn)
DNF	Chan Jae Jang (Kor) Terengganu Cycling Team
DNF	Chia Hong Yang (Tpe) Giant Kenda Cycling Team
DNF	Wen Chung Huang (Tpe) Giant Kenda Cycling Team

General classification after stage 1
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Shinpei Fukuda (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	2:37:28
2	Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	0:00:03
3	Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	0:00:05
4	Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:00:09
5	Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
6	Ryoma Nonaka (Jpn)	0:00:11
7	Komuro Masanari (Jpn)
8	Nara Motoi (Jpn) Terengganu Cycling Team
9	Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
10	Shiki Kuroeda (Jpn)
11	Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team
12	Jumpei Murakami (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	0:00:12
13	Nozomu Kimori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
14	Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Terengganu Cycling Team
15	Po Hung Wu (Tpe) TPE
16	Junya Sano (Jpn) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
17	Kaoru Obata (Jpn)
18	Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	0:00:13
19	Wataru Otsuka (Jpn)
20	Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
21	Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor
22	Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team
23	Keita Iwashima (Jpn)
24	Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant Kenda Cycling Team
25	Phuchong Sai-Udomsil (Tha) Terengganu Cycling Team
26	King Wai Cheung (HKg) HKG
27	Masaaki Kikuchi (Jpn) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
28	Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) HKG	0:00:14
29	Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
30	Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
31	Shih Chang Huang (Tpe) TPE
32	Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
33	Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
34	Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
35	Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor
36	Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo	0:00:15
37	Fortunato Baliani (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
38	Takashi Nakayama (Jpn)
39	Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
40	Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	0:00:17
41	Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	0:00:25
42	Kazuki Aoyanagi (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	0:00:37
43	Taichi Togao (Jpn)	0:00:46
44	Kensyo Sawada (Jpn)	0:00:55
45	King Lok Cheung (HKg) HKG	0:01:27
46	Masaki Hirabayashi (Jpn)	0:01:34
47	Tanzo Tokuda (Jpn)	0:01:54
48	Fan Hsin Chu (Tpe) Giant Kenda Cycling Team
49	Keisuke Kimura (Jpn)	0:01:55
50	Naoya Yoshioka (Jpn)	0:01:57
51	Hasin Hua Huang (Tpe) TPE	0:01:59
52	Seitaro Nakano (Jpn)	0:02:11
53	Koudai Takeda (Jpn)	0:02:42
54	Genki Yamamoto (Jpn)	0:02:46
55	Masanori Noguchi (Jpn)	0:03:23
56	Motoki Sakurai (Jpn)	0:03:27
57	Burr Ho (HKg) HKG
58	Kousuke Harakawa (Jpn)	0:03:29
59	Chung Yan Wong (HKg) HKG	0:03:30
60	Kouji Mukouyama (Jpn)	0:03:31
61	Masanori Okumara (Jpn)	0:04:16
62	Takamitu Tsuji (Jpn)	0:05:00
63	Kun Hung Hung (Tpe) TPE	0:07:17
64	Masatoshi Oba (Jpn)
65	Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) HKG	0:07:18
66	Kenichi Yamamoto (Jpn)
67	Seigo Wako (Jpn)
68	Wen Chan Hsiao (Tpe) TPE
69	Shota Saito (Jpn)
70	Kenji Itami (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	0:07:19
71	Ryota Nishizono (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team
72	Ryosuke Uemura (Jpn)	0:07:20
73	Katsuma Fujioka (Jpn)	0:07:21
74	Masafumi Yamane (Jpn)
75	Cheng Yen Chen (Tpe) TPE
76	Yoshihiro Takahashi (Jpn)	0:07:22
77	Takashi Fukuda (Jpn)	0:07:23
78	Ryosuke Takatsuka (Jpn)	0:09:54