Tour of Japan 2012: Stage 3 Results

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Fortunato Baliani (Team NIPPO) used 29T gear at steep mountain course(Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)

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Full Results
1	Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Team Nippo	0:40:23
2	Julian David Arredondo Moreno (Col) Team Nippo	0:00:19
3	Chris Butler (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling Team	0:00:58
4	Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Amore & Vita	0:01:44
5	Thomas Lebas (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor	0:01:58
6	Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:02:10
7	Ying Hon Ronald Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Team	0:02:16
8	Blaise Sonnery (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor	0:02:42
9	Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	0:03:01
10	Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	0:03:25
11	Marino Palandri (Ita) Amore & Vita	0:03:53
12	Viesturs Luksevics (Lat) Amore & Vita	Row 11 - Cell 2
13	Nathan Earle (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers	0:04:00
14	Campbell Flakemore (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers	Row 13 - Cell 2
15	Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Nippo	0:04:35
16	Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	Row 15 - Cell 2
17	Patrick Shaw (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers	0:04:42
18	Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:04:44
19	Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Team Ukyo	0:04:48
20	Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	Row 19 - Cell 2
21	Cameron Wurf (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team	0:05:05
22	Muhamad Adiq Othman (Mas) Champion System Pro Cycling Team	Row 21 - Cell 2
23	Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Terengganu Cycling Team	0:05:24
24	Tomoyuki Iino (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:05:26
25	William Clarke (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team	0:05:49
26	Peng Da Jiao (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team	0:05:51
27	Genki Yamamoto (Jpn) University All Japan	0:05:53
28	Takahiro Yamashita (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	0:05:59
29	Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Team	0:06:05
30	Taichi Togao (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello	0:06:09
31	Nur Amirull Fakhruddin Mazuki (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team	0:06:14
32	Keisuke Kimura (Jpn) University All Japan	0:06:16
33	Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Team	0:06:23
34	Jonathan Lovelock (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers	0:06:30
35	Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	0:06:40
36	Gang Xu (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team	0:06:56
37	Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	0:07:19
38	Hayato Yoshida (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	0:07:21
39	King Lok Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team	0:07:32
40	Masahiko Yasui (Jpn) University All Japan	0:07:36
41	Yovcho Yovchev (Bul) Amore & Vita	0:08:05
42	Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Team Ukyo	0:08:14
43	Maksym Averin (Ukr) Amore & Vita	0:08:28
44	Sota Ikebe (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	0:09:08
45	Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:09:13
46	Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Team Nippo	0:09:15
47	Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	Row 46 - Cell 2
48	King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team	0:09:20
49	Yasumasa Oka (Jpn) Cannondale Spacezeropoint	0:09:39
50	Yat Wai Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team	0:09:47
51	Sea Keong Loh (Mas) OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team	0:09:54
52	Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	0:09:56
53	Shiki Kuroeda (Jpn) University All Japan	0:10:04
54	Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:10:24
55	Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Cannondale Spacezeropoint	0:10:47
56	Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Matrix Powertag	0:10:58
57	Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Team Ukyo	0:11:19
58	Mohd Shahrul Mat Amin (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team	0:11:32
59	Jin Okubo (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello	Row 58 - Cell 2
60	Ryota Nishizono (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	0:12:03
61	Kenji Itami (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	Row 60 - Cell 2
62	Kohki Ohnaka (Jpn) University All Japan	Row 61 - Cell 2
63	Shota Saito (Jpn) Team Ukyo	0:12:07
64	Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Team Nippo	0:12:31
65	Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) Team Nippo	Row 64 - Cell 2
66	Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	Row 65 - Cell 2
67	Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	Row 66 - Cell 2
68	Shotaro Iribe (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	0:12:42

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General classification after stage 3
1	Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Team Nippo	8:31:48
2	Julian David Arredondo Moreno (Col) Team Nippo	0:00:18
3	Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Amore & Vita	0:03:21
4	Thomas Lebas (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor	0:03:28
5	Chris Butler (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling Team	0:06:12
6	Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	0:06:41
7	Cameron Wurf (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team	0:06:57
8	Nathan Earle (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers	0:07:55
9	Blaise Sonnery (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor	0:08:00
10	Viesturs Luksevics (Lat) Amore & Vita	0:08:05
11	Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Nippo	0:08:37
12	Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	0:08:40
13	Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	0:08:43
14	Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:08:49
15	Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Team	0:10:11
16	Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:10:37
17	Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	0:11:27
18	Marino Palandri (Ita) Amore & Vita	0:12:23
19	Patrick Shaw (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers	0:13:03
20	Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Team Ukyo	0:13:28
21	Muhamad Adiq Othman (Mas) Champion System Pro Cycling Team	0:13:30
22	William Clarke (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team	0:14:04
23	Genki Yamamoto (Jpn) University All Japan	0:14:25
24	Takahiro Yamashita (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	0:14:32
25	Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Team	0:14:49
26	Nur Amirull Fakhruddin Mazuki (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team	0:14:50
27	Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Matrix Powertag	0:14:52
28	Jonathan Lovelock (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers	0:15:03
29	Peng Da Jiao (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team	0:15:07
30	Gang Xu (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team	0:16:12
31	Ying Hon Ronald Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Team	0:16:36
32	Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Terengganu Cycling Team	0:17:57
33	Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:18:03
34	Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Cannondale Spacezeropoint	0:19:13
35	Tomoyuki Iino (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:19:50
36	Ryota Nishizono (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	0:20:34
37	Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Team Nippo	0:20:41
38	Keisuke Kimura (Jpn) University All Japan	0:20:59
39	Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	0:21:15
40	Taichi Togao (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello	0:21:35
41	Chan Jae Jang (Kor) Terengganu Cycling Team	0:14:19
41	Hayato Yoshida (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	0:21:41
42	Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	0:21:42
43	Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Team Nippo	0:21:45
44	Masahiko Yasui (Jpn) University All Japan	0:22:00
45	Yovcho Yovchev (Bul) Amore & Vita	0:22:24
46	King Lok Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team	0:22:27
47	Maksym Averin (Ukr) Amore & Vita	0:22:47
48	Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Team Ukyo	0:22:57
49	King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team	0:23:37
50	Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	0:23:44
51	Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	0:24:14
52	Sota Ikebe (Jpn) Matrix Powertag	0:24:21
53	Shiki Kuroeda (Jpn) University All Japan	0:24:33
54	Yat Wai Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team	0:24:42
55	Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:24:58
56	Sea Keong Loh (Mas) OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team	0:25:09
57	Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Team Ukyo	0:25:40
58	Mohd Shahrul Mat Amin (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team	0:25:55
59	Jin Okubo (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello	0:25:59
60	Yasumasa Oka (Jpn) Cannondale Spacezeropoint	0:26:02
61	Kenji Itami (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	0:26:20
62	Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) Team Nippo	0:26:38
63	Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	0:26:48
64	Shotaro Iribe (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	0:27:22
65	Campbell Flakemore (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers	0:27:59
66	Kohki Ohnaka (Jpn) University All Japan	0:29:04
67	Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:29:26
68	Shota Saito (Jpn) Team Ukyo	0:38:56

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Points classification
1	Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Team Nippo	30	pts
2	Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Matrix Powertag	29	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Julian David Arredondo Moreno (Col) Team Nippo	25	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) Team Nippo	25	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Team Nippo	21	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Cameron Wurf (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team	21	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	20	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Patrick Shaw (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers	19	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Thomas Lebas (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor	16	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Amore & Vita	14	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	14	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Nathan Earle (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers	12	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Maksym Averin (Ukr) Amore & Vita	12	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	William Clarke (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team	10	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	10	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Muhamad Adiq Othman (Mas) Champion System Pro Cycling Team	9	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Team	9	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Team	8	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	King Lok Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team	8	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Ryota Nishizono (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	7	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	6	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	6	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Nippo	5	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Team Ukyo	5	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Viesturs Luksevics (Lat) Amore & Vita	4	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Chris Butler (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling Team	3	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Shiki Kuroeda (Jpn) University All Japan	3	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	2	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Campbell Flakemore (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers	2	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Blaise Sonnery (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor	1	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	Jin Okubo (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello	1	Row 30 - Cell 3

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Mountains classification
1	Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Team Nippo	21	pts
2	Julian David Arredondo Moreno (Col) Team Nippo	21	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	12	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Chris Butler (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling Team	10	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Blaise Sonnery (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor	8	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Amore & Vita	8	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Ying Hon Ronald Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Team	7	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Thomas Lebas (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor	6	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	6	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	William Clarke (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team	5	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	King Lok Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team	5	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	5	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Nippo	3	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	3	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Viesturs Luksevics (Lat) Amore & Vita	2	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Gang Xu (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team	2	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Tomoyuki Iino (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	2	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Shota Saito (Jpn) Team Ukyo	2	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	1	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	1	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Peng Da Jiao (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team	1	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Team Nippo	1	Row 21 - Cell 3

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Teams classification
1	Team Nippo	25:44:20
2	Bridgestone Anchor	0:13:51
3	Amore & Vita	0:14:36
4	Champion System Pro Cycling Team	0:17:28
5	Genesys Wealth Advisers	0:24:24
6	Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:24:26
7	Shimano Racing Team	0:27:38
8	Hong Kong Team	0:32:24
9	Matrix Powertag	0:44:24
10	Aisan Racing Team	0:44:53
11	University All Japan	0:48:09
12	Terengganu Cycling Team	0:49:37
13	Team Ukyo	0:52:53

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