Australsk sejr på Mount Fuji

Som vi kunne skrive forleden, havde arrangørerne af Tour of Japan valgt den bemærkelsesværdige form for løbets 4. etape, at den blot 11,4 kilometer lange etape, fra bunden og til toppen af Mount Fuji i 1.800 meters højde, skulle afvikles som samlet start.

Her viste australske Benjamin Dyball (Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers) sig som den hurtigste, da han efter knap 38 minutters kørsel henviste italieneren Fortunato Baliani (Team Nippo-De Rosa) til andenpladsen. De to skulle afgøre det imellem sig, da alle øvrige ryttere var distanceret med op til mere end 11 minutter.

Forud for den korte og intense etape lå Fortunato Baliani på løbets samlede andenplads, og da løbets indtil da førende rytter, Julian David Arredondo (Team Nippo-De Rosa), blev nummer fire med et tidstab på over et minut, bytter de to holdkammerater plads i klassementet. Dermed kører Baliani i føretrøjen, når løbet i morgen fortsætter med 146,4 bjergrige kilometer.

Dagens australske etapevinder hoppede fra løbets samlede tolvteplads og til en femteplads.

En yderligere bemærkelsesværdighed ved løbets 4. etape var, at den, modsat hvad vi troede her på Feltet.dk, blev kørt i nat dansk tid og ikke dagen før, idet der var indlagt en hviledag torsdag. Når man kunne blive snydt af det, skyldtes det, at det faktisk var løbets anden hviledag - i løbet af blot tre etaper. Således var der hviledag efter løbets 1. etape - en 2,65 km lang prolog! - og igen ovenpå den 148 km lange 3. etape. Der resterer nu ikke flere hviledage i det i alt seks etaper lange løb.

Resultat af 4. etape
1 Benjamin Dyball - Huon Salmon - Genesys Wealth Advisers 39.47
2 Fortunato Baliani - Team Nippo - De Rosa 0.04
3 Damien Monier - Bridgestone Anchor 0.46
4 Julian David Arredondo - Team Nippo - De Rosa 1.14
5 Nathan Earle - Huon Salmon - Genesys Wealth Advisers 2.08
6 Simone Compagnaro - Team Nippo - De Rosa 2.11
7 Thomas Lebas - Bridgestone Anchor 2.14
8 Tomoyuki Iino - Utsunomiya Blitzen 2.43
9 Jai Crawford - Huon Salmon - Genesys Wealth Advisers 2.46
10 Elia Favilli - Lampre - Merida 2.58
11 Ryota Nishizono - Champion System 3.30
12 Yukihiro Doi - Team Ukyo 3.35
13 Cristiano Monguzzi - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 3.40
14 Darren Lapthorne - Drapac Professional Cycling 3.54
15 Kenji Itami - Bridgestone Anchor 4.23
16 Robbie Hucker - Drapac Professional Cycling 4.30
17 Tomoya Kano - Team Ukyo 4.31
18 Hiroki Nishimura - Shimano Racing Team 4.34
19 Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka - Aisan Racing Team 4.49
20 Floris Goesinnen - Drapac Professional Cycling 5.01
21 Adiq Othman - Champion System 5.04
22 Sho Hatsuyama - Bridgestone Anchor 5.26
23 Thomas Rabou - OCBC Singapore
24 Sota Ikebe - Matrix Powertag
25 Makoto Morimoto - C Project 5.37
26 Davide Vigano - Lampre - Merida 5.40
27 Kazushige Kuboki - Matrix Powertag
28 Masakazu Ito - Aisan Racing Team 5.45
29 Taiji Nishitani - Aisan Racing Team
30 Shinichi Fukushima - Team Nippo - De Rosa 5.59
31 Bernard Sulzberger - Drapac Professional Cycling 6.03
32 Keisuke Kimura - Japan National Team 6.08
33 Craig Lewis - Champion System 6.14
34 Takaaki Hori - Utsunomiya Blitzen
35 Hayato Yoshida - Shimano Racing Team 6.16
36 Sung Baek Park - KSPO 6.28
37 Shotaro Iribe - Shimano Racing Team 6.50
38 Mattia Pozzo - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 6.58
39 Yuya Akimaru - Japan National Team 7.03
40 Soon Yeong Kwon - KSPO 7.09
41 Takero Terasaki - Japan National Team 7.17
42 Takahiro Yamashita - Team Ukyo 7.28
43 Makoto Nakamura - Utsunomiya Blitzen 7.54
44 Yusuke Hatanaka - Shimano Racing Team 8.03
45 Shun Yamamoto - Japan National Team
46 Eric Sheppard - OCBC Singapore 8.32
47 Mart Ojavee - Champion System
48 Andrea Francesco Palini - Lampre - Merida 8.35
49 Kazuo Inoue - Bridgestone Anchor
50 Kosuke Harakawa - C Project 8.59
51 Massimo Graziato - Lampre - Merida 9.11
52 Pierpaolo De Negri - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
53 Chikara Wada - Japan National Team 9.19
54 Maximiliano Richeze - Lampre - Merida 9.37
55 Daiki Yasuhahara - Matrix Powertag
56 Phuchong Saiudomsin - OCBC Singapore 9.39
57 Luigi Miletta - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 9.52
58 Masaki Gunji - Utsunomiya Blitzen 9.57
59 William Walker - Drapac Professional Cycling 10.08
60 Ji Wen Low - OCBC Singapore 10.11
61 Jun Rong Ho - OCBC Singapore
62 Masaru Fukuhara - Utsunomiya Blitzen 10.15
63 Luca Wackermann - Lampre - Merida 10.32
64 Mariusz Wiesiak - Matrix Powertag 10.35
65 Kohei Uchima - Team Nippo - De Rosa
66 Jin Okubo - Team Ukyo 10.49
67 Masahiko Yasui - Shimano Racing Team 11.04
68 Kensyo Sawada - C Project 11.25
69 Miyataka Shimizu - Bridgestone Anchor 11.33
70 Takayuki Abe - Team Ukyo

Samlet stilling
1 Fortunato Baliani - Team Nippo - De Rosa 8.35.33
2 Julian David Arredondo - Team Nippo - De Rosa 1.08
3 Damien Monier - Bridgestone Anchor 1.36
4 Thomas Lebas - Bridgestone Anchor 2.39
5 Benjamin Dyball - Huon Salmon - Genesys Wealth Advisers 3.18
6 Ryota Nishizono - Champion System 3.48
7 Cristiano Monguzzi - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 4.04
8 Darren Lapthorne - Drapac Professional Cycling 4.12
9 Robbie Hucker - Drapac Professional Cycling 5.13
10 Nathan Earle - Huon Salmon - Genesys Wealth Advisers 5.22
11 Elia Favilli - Lampre - Merida 6.44
12 Yukihiro Doi - Team Ukyo 7.02
13 Tomoyuki Iino - Utsunomiya Blitzen 7.05
14 Jai Crawford - Huon Salmon - Genesys Wealth Advisers 7.13
15 Simone Compagnaro - Team Nippo - De Rosa 8.21
16 Shinichi Fukushima - Team Nippo - De Rosa 9.08
17 Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka - Aisan Racing Team 9.10
18 Pierpaolo De Negri - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 9.36
19 Kazushige Kuboki - Matrix Powertag 9.49
20 Masakazu Ito - Aisan Racing Team 10.04
21 Kenji Itami - Bridgestone Anchor 12.34
22 Sho Hatsuyama - Bridgestone Anchor 13.36
23 Bernard Sulzberger - Drapac Professional Cycling 14.11
24 Hayato Yoshida - Shimano Racing Team 14.29
25 Taiji Nishitani - Aisan Racing Team 15.41
26 Davide Vigano - Lampre - Merida 16.21
27 Craig Lewis - Champion System 16.28
28 Mariusz Wiesiak - Matrix Powertag 16.43
29 Keisuke Kimura - Japan National Team 17.09
30 Shotaro Iribe - Shimano Racing Team 17.13
31 Takahiro Yamashita - Team Ukyo 18.47
32 Miyataka Shimizu - Bridgestone Anchor 19.47
33 Takayuki Abe - Team Ukyo 19.50
34 Eric Sheppard - OCBC Singapore 20.52
35 Tomoya Kano - Team Ukyo 22.44
36 Adiq Othman - Champion System 22.59
37 Floris Goesinnen - Drapac Professional Cycling 23.06
38 Hiroki Nishimura - Shimano Racing Team 23.18
39 Thomas Rabou - OCBC Singapore 23.46
40 Sung Baek Park - KSPO 24.03
41 Sota Ikebe - Matrix Powertag 24.10
42 Makoto Morimoto - C Project 24.41
43 Soon Yeong Kwon - KSPO 25.07
44 Mattia Pozzo - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 25.31
45 Yuya Akimaru - Japan National Team 25.44
46 Makoto Nakamura - Utsunomiya Blitzen 25.59
47 Yusuke Hatanaka - Shimano Racing Team 26.03
48 Shun Yamamoto - Japan National Team 26.15
49 Andrea Francesco Palini - Lampre - Merida 26.20
50 Kazuo Inoue - Bridgestone Anchor 26.31
51 Mart Ojavee - Champion System 27.02
52 Takaaki Hori - Utsunomiya Blitzen 27.10
53 Maximiliano Richeze - Lampre - Merida 27.18
54 Takero Terasaki - Japan National Team
55 Massimo Graziato - Lampre - Merida 27.34
56 Phuchong Saiudomsin - OCBC Singapore 27.53
57 William Walker - Drapac Professional Cycling 28.07
58 Kosuke Harakawa - C Project 28.14
59 Masaru Fukuhara - Utsunomiya Blitzen 28.23
60 Chikara Wada - Japan National Team 28.28
61 Kohei Uchima - Team Nippo - De Rosa 28.38
62 Luca Wackermann - Lampre - Merida 28.40
63 Daiki Yasuhahara - Matrix Powertag 28.47
64 Jin Okubo - Team Ukyo 28.48
65 Ji Wen Low - OCBC Singapore 28.56
66 Jun Rong Ho - OCBC Singapore 29.02
67 Luigi Miletta - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 30.06
68 Masaki Gunji - Utsunomiya Blitzen 30.07
69 Kensyo Sawada - C Project 31.25
70 Masahiko Yasui - Shimano Racing Team 32.01

Pointkonkurrencen
1 Pierpaolo De Negri - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 25
2 Sung Baek Park - KSPO 25
3 Julian David Arredondo - Team Nippo - De Rosa 24
4 Fortunato Baliani - Team Nippo - De Rosa 23
5 Maximiliano Richeze - Lampre - Merida 18
6 Taiji Nishitani - Aisan Racing Team 16
7 Andrea Francesco Palini - Lampre - Merida 16
8 Cristiano Monguzzi - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 14
9 William Walker - Drapac Professional Cycling 14
10 Thomas Lebas - Bridgestone Anchor 12
11 Darren Lapthorne - Drapac Professional Cycling 12
12 Simone Compagnaro - Team Nippo - De Rosa 11
13 Ryota Nishizono - Champion System 9
14 Damien Monier - Bridgestone Anchor 8
15 Robbie Hucker - Drapac Professional Cycling 7
16 Mariusz Wiesiak - Matrix Powertag 7
17 Adiq Othman - Champion System 7
18 Shinichi Fukushima - Team Nippo - De Rosa 6
19 Kazushige Kuboki - Matrix Powertag 6
20 Kohei Uchima - Team Nippo - De Rosa 6
21 Nathan Earle - Huon Salmon - Genesys Wealth Advisers 5
22 Benjamin Dyball - Huon Salmon - Genesys Wealth Advisers 4
23 Elia Favilli - Lampre - Merida 3
24 Mart Ojavee - Champion System 3
25 Yukihiro Doi - Team Ukyo 2
26 Tomoyuki Iino - Utsunomiya Blitzen 1
27 Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka - Aisan Racing Team 1

Bjergkonkurrencen
1 Davide Vigano - Lampre - Merida 19
2 Benjamin Dyball - Huon Salmon - Genesys Wealth Advisers 15
3 Robbie Hucker - Drapac Professional Cycling 15
4 Fortunato Baliani - Team Nippo - De Rosa 12
5 Nathan Earle - Huon Salmon - Genesys Wealth Advisers 11
6 Damien Monier - Bridgestone Anchor 10
7 Shinichi Fukushima - Team Nippo - De Rosa 10
8 Julian David Arredondo - Team Nippo - De Rosa 8
9 Simone Compagnaro - Team Nippo - De Rosa 5
10 Thomas Lebas - Bridgestone Anchor 4
11 Tomoyuki Iino - Utsunomiya Blitzen 3
12 Hayato Yoshida - Shimano Racing Team 3
13 Elia Favilli - Lampre - Merida 2
14 Jai Crawford - Huon Salmon - Genesys Wealth Advisers 2
15 Mariusz Wiesiak - Matrix Powertag 2
16 Luca Wackermann - Lampre - Merida 2
17 Bernard Sulzberger - Drapac Professional Cycling 1
18 Takayuki Abe - Team Ukyo 1
19 Eric Sheppard - OCBC Singapore 1

Holdkonkurrencen
1 Team Nippo-De Rosa 2/01/1904  1.52.56
2 Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers 9.18
3 Bridgestone Anchor 10.25
4 Drapac Cycling 16.05
5 Aisan Racing Team 28.19
6 Team Ukyo 31.15
7 Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 32.03
8 Champion System Pro Cycling Team 36.50
9 Lampre-Merida 41.58
10 Matrix Powertag 43.29
11 Shimano Racing Team 47.35
12 Utsunomiya Blitzen 51.06
13 Japan National Team 1.02.01
14 OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team 1.06.05
15 C Project-C 1.16.37
16 KSPO 
 

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