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Davide Villella wins the Japan Cup (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Bauke Mollema in the special Trek-Segafredo kit (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Through the forest (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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The peloton makes its way up the climb (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Jonathan Vaughters made an appearance on the course (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Fans play a game with the riders (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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The peloton strings out (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Takaaki Hori of Japan leads the breakaway (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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The peloton climbs (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Davide Villella on the podium (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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The riders spray the champagne (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Davide Villella celebrates his victory (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Davide Villella is congratulated by his teammate (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Chris Juul Jensen crosses the finish line for second (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Taylor Phinney in the bunch (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Yukiya Arashiro (Lampre-Merida) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Xabier Zandio happy to finish (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Congratulations for the winner (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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The top thee (l-r) Chris Juul Jensen, Davide Villella, Robert Power (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Simone Petilli goes on the attack (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Davide Villella (Cannondale-Drapac) took his first victory of the 2016 season after a well timed attack at the Japan Cup. Villella made his move on the last of the 14-laps, choosing the steepest climb as his launch pad.

The Italian held onto his advantage, with Orica-BikeExchange's Christopher Juul-Jensen taking second place six seconds behind him. Robert Power made it two riders on the podium for Orica-BikeExchange a further eight seconds back.

"I have missed a victory all season, so I'm really happy to get the win here today," Villella said of his performance. "The teamwork – all of the teammates and all of the staff – was amazing. I want to say a very big thank you for the team that believed in me and helped me all the day. We had a great group here, and I could not do it alone."

Full Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac	3:46:43
2	Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Orica-BikeExchange	0:00:06
3	Robert Power (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange	0:00:14
4	Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - Merida
5	Oscar Pujol Munoz (Spa) Team Ukyo
6	Alex Peters (GBr) Team Sky
7	Benjami Prades (Spa) Team Ukyo	0:00:17
8	Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk	0:00:43
9	Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Lampre - Merida
10	Joseph Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team
11	Cameron Bayly (Aus) Attaque Team Gusto	0:00:45
12	Thomas Lebas (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor Cycling Team	0:00:48
13	Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team	0:01:19
14	Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
15	Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini
16	Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor Cycling Team
17	Jai Crawford (Aus) Kinan Cycling Team
18	Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Utsunomia Blitzen
19	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
20	Iuri Filosi (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini
21	Rodrigo Araque Lorente (Spa) Team Ukyo
22	Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
23	Kristoffer Skjerping (Nor) Cannondale-Drapac
24	Simone Petilli (Ita) Lampre - Merida
25	Ryota Nishizono (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor Cycling Team	0:01:32
26	Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre - Merida	0:02:35
27	Takeaki Amezawa (Jpn) Utsunomia Blitzen	0:02:43
28	Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Team Ukyo	0:03:43
29	Hideto Nakane (Jpn) Japan
30	Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Utsunomia Blitzen	0:03:47
31	Masahiro Ishigami (Jpn) Japan	0:03:54
32	Kevin De Mesmaekert (Bel) Team Novo Nordisk	0:04:25
33	Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo
34	Jose Vicente Toribio Alcolea (Spa) Matrix Powertag
35	Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
36	Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo
37	Damiano Cunego (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini
38	Ricardo Garcia (Spa) Kinan Cycling Team
39	Marcos Garcia (Spa) Kinan Cycling Team
40	Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Team Sky
41	Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk	0:07:25
42	Rei Onodera (Jpn) Utsunomia Blitzen	0:07:47
43	Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor Cycling Team
44	Hayato Yoshida (Jpn) Matrix Powertag
45	Naoya Yoshioka (Jpn) Nasu Blasen
46	Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Matrix Powertag
47	Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor Cycling Team	0:10:00
48	Hayato Okamoto (Jpn) Japan
49	Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Japan
50	Shao Hsuan Lu (Tpe) Attaque Team Gusto
51	Kota Sumiyoshi (Jpn) Team Ukyo
52	Takaaki Hori (Jpn) Utsunomia Blitzen	0:10:51
53	Keisuke Kimura (Jpn) Japan	0:12:03
DNF	Matti Breschel (Den) Cannondale-Drapac
DNF	Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Merida
DNF	Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky
DNF	Yuma Koishi (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini
DNF	Taylor Eisenhart (USA) BMC Racing Team
DNF	Genki Yamamoto (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini
DNF	Daiki Yasuhara (Jpn) Matrix Powertag
DNF	Kenji Itami (Jpn) Kinan Cycling Team
DNF	Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
DNF	Christian Meier (Can) Orica-BikeExchange
DNF	Toms Skujins (Lat) Cannondale-Drapac
DNF	Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac
DNF	Stephen Clancy (Irl) Team Novo Nordisk
DNF	Hayato Nishio (Jpn) Nasu Blasen
DNF	Michinari Takagi (Jpn) Nasu Blasen
DNF	Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
DNF	Wen Chung Huang (Tpe) Attaque Team Gusto
DNF	Kyohei Mizuno (Jpn) Nasu Blasen
DNF	Masaki Shimojima (Jpn) Nasu Blasen
DNF	Fabian Lienhard (Swi) BMC Racing Team
DNF	Airan Feranandez Casasola (Spa) Matrix Powertag
DNF	Benjamin Hill (Aus) Attaque Team Gusto
DNF	Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
DNF	David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky
DNF	Timothy Guy (Aus) Attaque Team Gusto