Nishitani sprints to Japanese road title
Nishi wins women's road race
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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) | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
| 4 | Yukiya Arashiro (BBox Bouygues Telecom) | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
| 5 | Shinri Suzuki (Shimano Racing Team) | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
| 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) | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
| 23 | Naoto Saita | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
| 24 | Shinichi Fukush (Eqa - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design) | 0:09:17 |
| 25 | Jumpei Murakami | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
| 26 | Naoki Mukaigawa (Matrix Powertag) | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
| 27 | Yuzuru Suzuki (Shimano Racing Team) | 0:09:18 |
| 28 | Masakazu Ito | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
| 29 | Seiichi Koshino | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| 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 | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
| 34 | Masafumi Yamane | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
| 35 | Masaki Hirabaya | 0:10:53 |
| 36 | Makoto Shimada | 0:12:33 |
| 37 | Toshihide Sato | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
| 38 | Yoshinori Iino (Shimano Racing Team) | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
| 39 | Masaaki Kikuchi (Eqa - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design) | 0:12:34 |
| 40 | Shingo Shiraish | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
| 41 | Yosuke Hosoi | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
| 42 | Ryota Nishizono | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
| 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 | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
| 3 | Rie Enomoto | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
| 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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