The Japanese elite road national championships were run under sunny skies, despite the predicted heavy rains, with temperatures at 28 degrees. The elite men's race, held in Hiroshima Central Forest Park, was a well-fought battle with numerous attacks on the undulating and twisting course.
Taiji Nishitani of the Aisan Racing Team took the sprint ahead of a small bunch that included European-based professionals Takashi Miyazawa (Amica Chips), Yukiya Arashiro (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) and Yukihiro Doi (Skil-Shimano).
The men raced 16 laps of a 12.3km course for a 196.8km race.
Kanako Nishi won the women's road race.
| 1 | Taiji Nishitani (Aisan Racing Team) | 5:22:42 |
| 2 | Takashi Miyazaw (Amica Chips - Knauf) | 0:00:01 |
| 3 | Hidenori Nodera (Shimano Racing Team) | |
| 4 | Yukiya Arashiro (BBox Bouygues Telecom) | |
| 5 | Shinri Suzuki (Shimano Racing Team) | |
| 6 | Yukihiro Doi (Skil-Shimano) | 0:00:03 |
| 7 | Makoto Iijima (Team Bridgestone Anchor) | 0:00:04 |
| 8 | Kazuyuki Manabe | 0:00:19 |
| 9 | Junya Sano | 0:00:55 |
| 10 | Ryohei Komori (Trek Livestrong) | 0:01:02 |
| 11 | Naoto Ise | 0:01:15 |
| 12 | Masaru Fukuhara (Team Bridgestone Anchor) | 0:01:53 |
| 13 | Yoshimitsu Hiro | 0:02:01 |
| 14 | Yoshimasa Hiros (Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing) | 0:02:06 |
| 15 | Satoshi Hirose | 0:03:04 |
| 16 | Kenji Itami | 0:03:08 |
| 17 | Tomohiro Hayaka | 0:03:21 |
| 18 | Yasuharu Nakaji (Eqa - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design) | 0:06:05 |
| 19 | Yoshiyuki Shimi (Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing) | 0:07:06 |
| 20 | Yoshimitsu Tsuj (Matrix Powertag) | 0:08:19 |
| 21 | Makoto Nakamura (Matrix Powertag) | 0:09:16 |
| 22 | Tomoya Kano (Shimano Racing Team) | |
| 23 | Naoto Saita | |
| 24 | Shinichi Fukush (Eqa - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design) | 0:09:17 |
| 25 | Jumpei Murakami | |
| 26 | Naoki Mukaigawa (Matrix Powertag) | |
| 27 | Yuzuru Suzuki (Shimano Racing Team) | 0:09:18 |
| 28 | Masakazu Ito | |
| 29 | Seiichi Koshino | |
| 30 | Kazuhiro Mori (Aisan Racing Team) | 0:09:36 |
| 31 | Jun Otsuka | 0:10:49 |
| 32 | Daisuke Hioki (Matrix Powertag) | 0:10:52 |
| 33 | Hiroyuki Seimiy | |
| 34 | Masafumi Yamane | |
| 35 | Masaki Hirabaya | 0:10:53 |
| 36 | Makoto Shimada | 0:12:33 |
| 37 | Toshihide Sato | |
| 38 | Yoshinori Iino (Shimano Racing Team) | |
| 39 | Masaaki Kikuchi (Eqa - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design) | 0:12:34 |
| 40 | Shingo Shiraish | |
| 41 | Yosuke Hosoi | |
| 42 | Ryota Nishizono | |
| 43 | Yoshiaki Shimad (Team Bridgestone Anchor) | 0:12:35 |
| 44 | Takayuki Abe (Shimano Racing Team) | 0:12:49 |
| 1 | Kanako Nishi | 2:35:14 |
| 2 | Akemi Morimoto | |
| 3 | Rie Enomoto | |
| 4 | Ayako Toyooka | 0:00:02 |
| 5 | Masami Mashimo | 0:00:07 |
| 6 | Mika Ogishima | 0:01:12 |
| 7 | Chisako Harigai | 0:02:10 |
| 8 | Erina Hoshikawa | 0:02:56 |
| 9 | Remi Inoue | 0:05:23 |
| 10 | Mayuko Hagiwara | 0:05:49 |
| 11 | Tsubasa Makise | 0:07:08 |
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