Edward Theuns wins Japan Cup Criterium

Edward Theuns wins the Japan Cup Criterium (Image credit: Yuichiro Hosoda)

Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo) claimed his second straight victory in the Japan Cup Criterium on Saturday.

The Belgian rider got the better of Cofidis puncheur Axel Zingle, who has had a breakthrough season, in the bunch sprint.

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Japan Cup Criterium results
Position	Rider (Country) Team	Row 0 - Cell 2
1	Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo	Row 1 - Cell 2
2	Axel Zingle (Fra) Cofidis	Row 2 - Cell 2
3	Atsushi Oka (Jap) EF Education-EasyPost	Row 3 - Cell 2

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Patrick is an NCTJ-trained journalist, and former deputy editor of Cyclingnews, who has seven years’ experience covering professional cycling. He has a modern languages degree from Durham University and has been able to put it to some use in what is a multi-lingual sport, with a particular focus on French and Spanish-speaking riders. Away from cycling, Patrick spends most of his time playing or watching other forms of sport - football, tennis, trail running, darts, to name a few, but he draws the line at rugby.