2014 Japan Cup (HC) Results

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Sunday, October 19, 2014. Utsunomiya - Utsunomiya, Japan.

10 laps of 14.1 km + 10.3 km= 151.3 km total distance

The Race: More than 80,000 spectators lined the course at Utsunomiya today. In a tight photo-finish (I guess they all are), Australian Nathan Hass won the Japan Cup for a second time. Haas also won the race in 2011.

Four riders were away for much of the day, but they were caught during the final lap. A strong group counter-attacked, making for a 9-man uphill sprint, initiated by Grega Bole. Haas, Hagen and Bole threw their bikes across the line, but Haas prevailed.

Complete results:

Winner's average speed: 36.783 km/hr

1	Nathan Haas	Garmin-Sharp	4:06:48
2	Edvald Boasson Hagen	SKY
3	Grega Bole	Vini Fantini-Nippo
4	Michael Valgren Andersen	Tinkoff-Saxo
5	Julian David Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing
6	Valerio Conti	Lampre-Merida
7	Davide Formolo	Cannondale
8	Moreno Moser	Cannondale
9	Jan Polanc	Lampre-Merida	@ 5 seconds
10	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo	18"
11	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff-Saxo	25"
12	Daniel Martin	Garmin-Sharp	38"
13	Thomas Lebas	Bridgstone-Anchor	48"
14	Fumiyuki Beppu	Trek Factory Racing
15	Nariyuki Masuda	Utsunomiya-Blitzen
16	Steele Von Hoff	Garmin-Sharp	56"
17	Christopher Sutton	SKY
18	Ricardo Garcia Ambroa	Team Ukyo
19	Bernard Sulzberger	Drapac Professional Cycling
20	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale
21	Salvador Guardiola Tora	Team Ukyo
22	Taiji Nishitani	Aisan
23	Sho Hatsuyama	Bridgstone-Anchor
24	Kohei Uchima	Bridgstone-Anchor
25	Cristiano Salerno	Cannondale
26	Yukiya Arashiro	Europcar
27	Christophe Kern	Europcar
28	Phillip Gaimon	Garmin-Sharp	+1:02
29	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Merida
30	Tomohiro Hayakawa	Aisan
31	Miyataka Shimizu	Bridgstone-Anchor	+2:01
32	Jose Vicente Toribio	Team Ukyo	+3:11
33	Pier Paolo De Negri	Vini Fantini-Nippo	+3:55
34	Elia Favilli	Lampre-Merida
35	Marco Marcato	Cannondale
36	Hayden Roulston	Trek Factory Racing
37	Bjorn Thurau	Europcar	+4:25
38	Yukihiro Doi	Team Ukyo	+4:37
39	Yusuke Hatanaka	Shimano Racing Team	+5:05
40	Ben Swift	SKY	+5:36
41	Takashi Miyazawa	Vini Fantini-Nippo	+5:46
42	Karsten Kroon	Tinkoff-Saxo	+5:48
43	Bernhard Eisel	SKY
44	Atsushi Oka
45	Charles Planet	Novo Nordisk
46	Javier Megias Leal	Novo Nordisk	+5:51
47	Kazuhiro Mori	Aisan
48	Damien Monier	Bridgstone-Anchor
49	Ryoma Nonaka	Shimano Racing Team
50	Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka	Aisan
51	Yuzuru Suzuki	Utsunomiya-Blitzen
52	Wesley Sulzberger	Drapac Professional Cycling
53	Lachlan Norris	Drapac Professional Cycling
54	Darren Lapthorne	Drapac Professional Cycling
55	Shun Yamamoto	Team Ukyo	+5:59
56	David Lozano Riba	Novo Nordisk	+6:36
57	Jack Anderson	Drapac Professional Cycling
58	Masakazu Ito	Aisan
59	Naoya Uchino
60	Shinri Suzuki	Utsunomiya-Blitzen
61	Takayuki Abe	Utsunomiya-Blitzen	+6:57
62	Takaaki Hori	Utsunomiya-Blitzen	+9:45
63	Shotaro Iribe	Shimano Racing Team	+9:48
64	Manabu Ishibashi	Vini Fantini-Nippo	+10:40
65	Keisuke Kimura	Shimano Racing Team	+11:52
DNF	Andrea Vaccher
DNF	Hayato Yoshida	Shimano Racing Team
DNF	Ian Boswell	SKY
DNF	Rory Sutherland	Tinkoff-Saxo
DNF	Junya Sano
DNF	Genki Yamamoto	Vini Fantini-Nippo
DNF	Yaroslav Popovych	Trek Factory Racing
DNF	Kevin De Mesmaeker	Novo Nordisk
DNF	Jeremy Cornu	Europcar
DNF	Tanzou Tokuda
DNF	Suguru Tokuda
DNF	Caleb Fairly	Garmin-Sharp
DNF	Jerome Cousin	Europcar
DNF	Joe Eldridge	Novo Nordisk