2015 Japan Cup (HC) Results

24th edition: Sunday, October 18, 2015

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Sunday, October 18, 2015. Utsunomiya - Utsunomiya, Japan.

144.2 km

Bauke Mollema wins the 2015 Japan Cup. Photo: Makoto Ayano

The Race: The 2015 Japan Cup was a tough, hilly race. The course was the same as used for the 1990 World Road Championships when Rudy Dhaenens beat Dirk de Wolf, 14 laps of 103 kilometers. The 36.869 km/hr average speed tells how hard the race was.

It was on the final lap that the race was decided. Nine riders were away on that final circuit: Sebastian Henao, Diego Ulissi, Jan Polanc, Yukiya Arashiro, Matej Mohoric, Benjamin Prades, Bauke Mollema, Ben Swift and Floris Gerts.

But there were just three racers clear on the penultimate ascent: Bauke Mollema, Diego Ulissi and Sebastian Henao. Arashiro was able to bridge up to them.

In the final meters Henao wasn't able to stay with the quartet and Mollema was slightly ahead at the uphill finish to take the prestigious race. This was Mollema's second victory of the season. He also won the Tour of Alberta.

Complete Results:

144.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.869 km/hr

1	Bauke MOLLEMA	TREK	3:53:40
2	Diego ULISSI	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
3	Yukiya ARASHIRO	JAPAN	s.t.
4	Floris GERFS	BMC	s.t.
5	Jan POLANC	LAMPRE-MERIDA	@ 11sec
6	Matej MOHORIC	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	16
7	Sebastian HENAO GOMEZ	SKY	22
8	Benjamin PRADES	MATRIX-POWERTAG	44
9	Ben SWIFT	SKY	+1:22
10	Yusuke HATANAKA	TEAM UKYO	+1:54
11	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	s.t.
12	Manuele MORI	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
13	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	s.t.
14	Sho HATSUYAMA	BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR	s.t.
15	Javier MEGIAS LEAL	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
16	Jose Vicente TORIBIO	MATRIX-POWERTAG	s.t.
17	Nariyuki MASUDA	UTSUNOMIYA BLITZEN	s.t.
18	Masakazu ITO	AISAN RACING	s.t.
19	Shu Ming LIU	ATTAQUE TEAM GUSTO	s.t.
20	Tomohiro HAYAKAWA	AISAN RACING	+1:57
21	Manuel SENNI	BMC	+1:59
22	Thomas RABOU	ATTAQUE TEAM GUSTO	s.t.
23	Ryota NISHIZONO	BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR	+2:03
24	Oscar PUJOL MUNOZ	TEAM UKYO	+2:12
25	Charles PLANET	NOVO NORDISK	+3:45
26	Genki YAMAMOTO	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	+6:58
27	Ruben ZEPUNTKE	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+7:06
28	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	SKY	s.t.
29	Peter STETINA	BMC	s.t.
30	Antonio NIBALI	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	s.t.
31	Takeaki AMEZAWA	NASU BLASEN	+7:10
32	Toshiki OMOTE	JAPAN	+7:41
33	Ying Hon YEUNG	ATTAQUE TEAM GUSTO	s.t.
34	Peter VELITS	BMC	s.t.
35	Martijn VERSCHOOR	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
36	Eiichi HIRAI	TEAM UKYO	+7:43
37	Airan FERNANDEZ	MATRIX-POWERTAG	s.t.
38	Damien MONIER	BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR	s.t.
39	Laurent DIDIER	TREK	+8:05
40	Eric SHEPPARD	ATTAQUE TEAM GUSTO	+9:36
41	Takero TERASAKI	BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR	+10:51
42	Naoya YOSHIOKA	NASU BLASEN	s.t.
DNF	Takaaki HORI	UTSUNOMIYA BLITZEN
DNF	Yudai ARASHIRO	NASU BLASEN
DNF	Nicolas LEFRANCOIS	NOVO NORDISK
DNF	Yuzuru SUZUKI	UTSUNOMIYA BLITZEN
DNF	Fumiyuki BEPPU	TREK
DNF	Takeaki AYABE	AISAN RACING
DNF	Alberto BETTIOL	CANNONDALE-GARMIN
DNF	Suguru TOKUDA	JAPAN
DNF	Andrea PERON	NOVO NORDISK
DNF	Bernhard EISEL	SKY
DNF	Hayato YOSHIDA	MATRIX-POWERTAG
DNF	Yoshimitsu HIRATSUKA	AISAN RACING
DNF	Yukihiro DOI	TEAM UKYO
DNF	Chun Kai FENG	LAMPRE-MERIDA
DNF	Kazuki AOYANAGI	UTSUNOMIYA BLITZEN
DNF	Kota SUMIYOSHI	TEAM UKYO
DNF	Edward RAVASI	LAMPRE-MERIDA
DNF	Shotaro IRIBE	JAPAN
DNF	Shao Hsuan LU	ATTAQUE TEAM GUSTO
DNF	Hideto NAKANE	AISAN RACING
DNF	Shinri SUZUKI	UTSUNOMIYA BLITZEN
DNF	Saya KUROEDA	JAPAN
DNF	Fabian CANCELLARA	TREK
DNF	Daiki YASUHARA	MATRIX-POWERTAG
DNF	Yaroslav POPOVYCH	TREK
DNF	Ryu SUZUKI	NASU BLASEN
DNF	Nathan HAAS	CANNONDALE-GARMIN
DNF	Junya SANO	NASU BLASEN
DNF	Thomas LEBAS	BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR
DNF	Damiano CUNEGO	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI
DNF	Giacomo BERLATO	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI

Course map:

2015 Japan Cup map

Start list, October 17, 2015:

AISAN RACING TEAM
AYABE Takeaki
HAYAKAWA Tomohiro
HIRATSUKA Yoshimitsu
ITO Masakazu
NAKANE Hideto
ATTAQUE TEAM GUSTO
LIU Shu Ming
LU Shao Hsuan
RABOU Thomas
SHEPPARD Eric
YEUNG Ting Hon
BMC
GERTS Floris
SCHÄR Michael
SENNI Manuel
STETINA Peter
VELITS Peter
BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR
HATSUYAMA Sho
ICHIMARU Shogo
MONIER Damien
NISHIZONO Ryota
UCHIMA Kohei
CRITERIUM SPECIAL TEAM
ASAI Kota
HASHIMOTO Eiya
KANEKO Yukihiro
KOSAKA Hikaru
VON HOFF Steele
JAPAN
ARASHIRO Yukiya
IRIBE Shotaro
KUROEDA Saya
OMOTE Toshiki
TOKUDA Suguru
LAMPRE-MERIDA
FENG Chun Kai
MORI Manuele
POLANC Jan
RAVASI Edward
ULISSI Diego
MATRIX POWERTAG
FERNANDEZ CASASOLA Airan
PRADES Benjamín
TORIBIO ALCOLEA Jose Vicente
YASUHARA Daiki
YOSHIDA Hayato
NASU BLASEN
AMEZAWA Takeaki
ONODERA Rei
SANO Junya
SUZUKI Ryu
YOSHIOKA Naoya
NIPPO-VINI FANTINI
BERLATO Giacomo
CUNEGO Damiano
DE NEGRI Pier Paolo
NIBALI Antonio
YAMAMOTO Genki
CANNONDALE-GARMIN
BETTIOL Alberto
BOVENHUIS Jasper
HAAS Nathan
MOHORIC Matej
ZEPUNTKE Ruben
TEAM NOVO NORDISK
LEFRANCOIS Nicolas
MEJIAS LEAL Javier
PERON Andrea
PLANET Charles
VERSCHOOR Martijn
TEAM SKY
EISEL Bernhard
GEOGHEGAN HART Tao
HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian
PETERS Alex
SWIFT Ben
TEAM UKYO
DOI Yukihiro
HATANAKA Yusuke
HIRAI Eiichi
KUBOKI Kazushige
SUMIYOSHI Kota
TREK FACTORY RACING
BEPPU Fumiyuki
CANCELLARA Fabian
DIDIER Laurent
MOLLEMA Bauke
POPOVYCH Yaroslav
UTSUNOMIYA BLITZEN
AOYANAGI Kazuki
MASUDA Nariyuki
OKUBO Jin
SUZUKI Shinri