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13th Tour of Japan - 2.2

Japan, May 17-24, 2009

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Stage 3 - May 19: Mino stage, 160.7km

Howard doubles up in Mino

Team AIS rider Leigh Howard
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Team AIS sprinter Leigh Howard claimed his second stage win in the Tour of Japan, outsprinting his rivals to secure victory in the 160.7km third stage in Mino, north of Nagoya.

The 19-year-old won the bunch sprint ahead of Valentin Iglinsky (Kazakhstan) and Taiji Nishitani (Aisan Racing Team) on the stage which ended on a 21km circuit which was completed seven times.

"It was an interesting stage because there were two groups of two off the front and they got out to about six or seven minutes but then there was a big crash and they neutralised the race," explained Howard. "When the crash happened the guys off the front only had a minute's lead so after the restart we got them back."

"Each lap had a two kilometre climb and I was going pretty well today and got over it okay," said Howard who went over the climb for the final time in around 30th position. "A few small gaps had opened up but the boys really helped me out and Jack (Bobridge) got me up to the lead and then he sat on the front keeping the pace up for about five kilometres.

"It was a one kilometre straight run into the finish and I timed it right to win the sprint."

Howard's win moved him back into the lead of the points jersey competition with 40 points, six clear of Iglinskiy.

"I'm really going for the sprint jersey but realistically the next stage that will suit me for the sprint is probably the final stage circuit in Tokyo," said Howard. "The job until then is to look after the boys (Matthews and Meyer) and stay out of trouble."

New leader in strange circumstance

The classification leaders before the start
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Hong Kong cyclist Kam Po Wong has held onto the overall lead he snatched, in somewhat controversial circumstances, when he won Monday's stage. The race jury announced after the stage that it had amended the first day's results only after the second stage had been completed. That led to an unusual situation for the team of Howard, who was race leader on stage two.

"Kam Po was involved in a crash on the first day so when he went away on yesterday's stage no-one was too concerned because he was sitting more than three minutes down on the overall," explained Team Director, Brian Stephens. "Then when we got to the finish we found out they were amending the results to give him bunch time on stage one so he took over the race lead.

Wong is six seconds clear of Iglinkiy with another Kazakh rider, Dmitriy Gruzdev third at 14 seconds. Matthews and Meyer are 22 seconds off the lead.

"It would have been handy to know at the time," said Stephens wryly. "But apart from that hiccup the team is riding really well and tomorrow's stage should suit both Michael and Travis."

Stage four will send the race on a 148km route made up of 12 laps of a circuit in and around Minami Shinsu and a 1.6km finishing circuit.

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Results

1 Leigh Howard (Aus) Team AIS                                   3.39.16  (43.97 km/h)
2 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                    
3 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                              
4 Daniele Colli (Ita) Carmiooro-A Style                                
5 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team AIS                                      
6 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                       
7 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design             
8 Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf                            
9 Fabio Terrenzio (Ita) Carmiooro-A Style                              
10 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Amica Chips-Knauf                              
11 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago                             
12 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                              
13 Ki Hong Yoo (Kor) Seoul Cycling                                     
14 Travis Meyer (Aus) Team AIS                                         
15 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                      
16 Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago                                 
17 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                            
18 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                             
19 Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                               
20 Fausto Fognini (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf                              
21 Bellon Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Carmiooro-A Style                      
22 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design             
23 Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah (Mas) Malaysia National Team                   
24 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing                                  
25 Hyo Suk Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling                                    
26 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Amica Chips-Knauf                            
27 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                               
28 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing                                    
29 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                                
30 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing                                
31 Keisuke Kamata (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                    
32 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                          0.05
33 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                               
34 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Team AIS                                        
35 Adam Semple (Aus) Team AIS                                          
36 Gyung Gu Jang (Kor) Seoul Cycling                               0.10
37 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                           
38 Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing                              0.49
39 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                          
40 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team          
41 Taichi Togao (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                      
42 Masaki Hirabayashi (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                         
43 Akira Kodan (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                       
44 Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                  
45 Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                               
46 Gu Hyeon Kim (Kor) Seoul Cycling                                    
47 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                    
48 Paolo Tomaselli (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf                             
49 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                      
50 Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team          
51 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design              
52 Abreu Rafael Infantino (Col) Amica Chips-Knauf                      
53 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                       
54 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Team Nippo·Colnago                            
55 Paul Brousse (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style                                
56 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia National Team                         
57 Ahmad Fallanie Ali (Mas) Malaysia National Team                 1.49
58 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Shimano Racing                                
59 Masafumi Yamane (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                            
60 Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                         
61 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design              
62 Sebastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style                    
63 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                                 
64 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago                            
65 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team           
66 Glenn O'shea (Aus) Team AIS                                         
67 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                           2.57
68 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Shimano Racing                             4.12
69 Seon Ho Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling                                    
70 Kodai Takeda (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                           8.19
71 Motoshi Kadota (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                             
72 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                               
73 Alexandre Aulas (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style                             
74 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                     
75 Kensyo Sawada (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                                 
76 Yoshiaki Shimada (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                      
77 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                              
78 Takahiro Yamashita (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago                         
79 Michael Damiens (Fra) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design             
80 Guillaume Pont (Fra) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design              
81 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                    11.35
82 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor               18.14
83 Hikaru Kosaka (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team         23.57
84 Shota Saito (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team           29.31
85 Asa Eazu (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                                   
86 Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                        
87 Sho Aikawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                            
88 Satoshi Nakazato (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team           
DNF Jin Yong Choi (Kor) Seoul Cycling                                  
 
Points
 
1 Leigh Howard (Aus) Team AIS                                        15 pts
2 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                  12
3 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                            10
4 Daniele Colli (Ita) Carmiooro-A Style                               8
5 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team AIS                                     6
6 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                      5
7 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design            4
8 Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf                           3
9 Fabio Terrenzio (Ita) Carmiooro-A Style                             2
10 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Amica Chips-Knauf                             1
 
Mountains
 
1 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                             10 pts
2 Abreu Rafael Infantino (Col) Amica Chips-Knauf                      5
3 Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf                           3
4 Sebastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style                    3
5 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Amica Chips-Knauf                              3
6 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design            2
7 Bellon Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Carmiooro-A Style                      2
8 Gu Hyeon Kim (Kor) Seoul Cycling                                    2
 
Teams
 
1 Kazakhstan National Team                                     10.57.48
2 Carmiooro -A Style                                                   
3 Aisan Racing Team                                                    
4 Seoul Cycling                                                    0.10
5 Hong Kong, China Team                                                
6 Team AIS                                                             
7 Amica Chips -Knauf                                                   
8 Shimano Racing                                                       
9 Eqa-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design                                 0.49
10 Team Nippo-Colnago                                                  
11 Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                                     1.38
12 Malaysia National Team                                          2.38
13 Matrix Powertag                                                     
14 Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team                              3.27
15 Team Comrade Giant                                             10.57
16 Team Bridgestone Anchor                                        20.43
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                        9.01.18
2 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                0.06
3 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                   0.14
4 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team AIS                                  0.22
5 Travis Meyer (Aus) Team AIS                                          
6 Daniele Colli (Ita) Carmiooro-A Style                            0.25
7 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design         0.26
8 Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf                        0.28
9 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                   0.29
10 Ki Hong Yoo (Kor) Seoul Cycling                                     
11 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                               
12 Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago                             0.34
13 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                                
14 Bellon Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Carmiooro-A Style                      
15 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                         0.36
16 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                        0.41
17 Hyo Suk Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling                                    
18 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design             
19 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano Racing                                    
20 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Amica Chips-Knauf                        0.45
21 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                           1.02
22 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                         1.08
23 Paul Brousse (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style                            1.23
24 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                   1.30
25 Fausto Fognini (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf                          1.54
26 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago                         1.56
27 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing                            2.01
28 Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                               
29 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Team AIS                                    2.22
30 Gyung Gu Jang (Kor) Seoul Cycling                               2.40
31 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                          2.42
32 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                      2.45
33 Abreu Rafael Infantino (Col) Amica Chips-Knauf                  2.47
34 Takayuki Naganuma (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team      2.50
35 Makoto Nakamura (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                               
36 Paolo Tomaselli (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf                         3.19
37 Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing                              3.45
38 Sebastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style                3.50
39 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design              
40 Gu Hyeon Kim (Kor) Seoul Cycling                                3.54
41 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team       4.03
42 Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                     4.15
43 Keisuke Kamata (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                5.01
44 Leigh Howard (Aus) Team AIS                                     5.12
45 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago                        5.14
46 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Amica Chips-Knauf                          5.31
47 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                       5.40
48 Fabio Terrenzio (Ita) Carmiooro-A Style                         5.51
49 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                5.56
50 Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah (Mas) Malaysia National Team               6.22
51 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Team Nippo·Colnago                        6.31
52 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Shimano Racing                             8.12
53 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                  8.58
54 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Shimano Racing                            9.08
55 Glenn O'shea (Aus) Team AIS                                     9.10
56 Alexandre Aulas (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style                         9.34
57 Taichi Togao (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                 10.36
58 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing                             11.10
59 Masaki Hirabayashi (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                    11.13
60 Seon Ho Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling                               11.23
61 Masafumi Yamane (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                       12.13
62 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia National Team                    13.15
63 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                    13.31
64 Michael Damiens (Fra) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design        14.10
65 Guillaume Pont (Fra) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design              
66 Akira Kodan (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                  14.28
67 Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team             15.34
68 Kensyo Sawada (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                            16.28
69 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team     18.39
70 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design         19.16
71 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                         19.39
72 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                            19.44
73 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag                          22.24
74 Takahiro Yamashita (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago                    23.30
75 Kodai Takeda (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                          24.28
76 Adam Semple (Aus) Team AIS                                     27.02
77 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                          27.45
78 Yoshiaki Shimada (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                 28.10
79 Motoshi Kadota (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                        29.57
80 Ikki Yoneyama (Jpn) Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                39.11
81 Shota Saito (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team           40.52
82 Ahmad Fallanie Ali (Mas) Malaysia National Team                42.43
83 Hikaru Kosaka (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team         49.05
84 Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                   49.31
85 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor               55.32
86 Sho Aikawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                     1.05.45
87 Asa Eazu (Jpn) Team Comrade Giant                            1.10.34
88 Satoshi Nakazato (Jpn) Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team    1.26.10
 
Points classification
 
1 Leigh Howard (Aus) Team AIS                                        40 pts
2 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                  34
3 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team AIS                                    22
4 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                             16
5 Daniele Colli (Ita) Carmiooro-A Style                              14
6 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                     12
7 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                            12
8 Travis Meyer (Aus) Team AIS                                        11
9 Seon Ho Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling                                   10
10 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design           9
11 Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf                          7
12 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Amica Chips-Knauf                           6
13 Glenn O'shea (Aus) Team AIS                                        5
14 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                     5
15 Abreu Rafael Infantino (Col) Amica Chips-Knauf                     5
16 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                              4
17 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Team Nippo·Colnago                           4
18 Junya Sano (Jpn) Team Nippo·Colnago                                3
19 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing                                 3
20 Fausto Fognini (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf                             2
21 Fabio Terrenzio (Ita) Carmiooro-A Style                            2
22 Paul Brousse (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style                               1
23 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Amica Chips-Knauf                             1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                             16 pts
2 Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf                           8
3 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                               5
4 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing                                5
5 Abreu Rafael Infantino (Col) Amica Chips-Knauf                      5
6 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong China Team                            3
7 Sebastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) Carmiooro-A Style                    3
8 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Amica Chips-Knauf                              3
9 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo -Graphite Design            2
10 Bellon Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Carmiooro-A Style                     2
11 Paolo Tomaselli (Ita) Amica Chips-Knauf                            2
12 Gu Hyeon Kim (Kor) Seoul Cycling                                   2
13 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                   2
14 Adam Semple (Aus) Team AIS                                         2
 
Teams classification
 
1 Kazakhstan National Team                                     27.05.05
2 Carmiooro -A Style                                               0.28
3 Aisan Racing Team                                                0.33
4 Seoul Cycling                                                    0.41
5 Hong Kong China Team                                             0.48
6 Team AIS                                                         1.03
7 Amica Chips -Knauf                                               1.13
8 Shimano Racing                                                   2.29
9 Eqa-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design                                 2.49
10 Team Nippo-Colnago                                              5.24
11 Matrix Powertag                                                13.44
12 Blitzen Utsunomiya Pro Racing Team                             14.58
13 Team Bridgestone Anchor                                        32.39
14 Pearlizumi Sumita Ravanello                                    34.29
15 Team Comrade Giant                                             49.31
16 Malaysia National Team                                         51.17