Japan Cup 2014: Results

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Nathan Haas (Garmin-Sharp) takes his second victory at the Japan Cup(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Australia's Nathan Haas (Garmin-Sharp) ended the 2014 season on a high by beating Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) and Gregor Bole (Vini Fantini-Nippo) in a close sprint to win the Japan Cup.

The 151km race covered ten circuits of Utsonomiya Forest Park before a final lap of 14.1km. Four Japanese riders formed the break of the day with Team Sky and Garmin-Sharp doing the chasing to keep them in check. The quartet stayed away until the very last lap and then 10 riders went clear on the final Kogashi climb after an aggressive final 25km of racing between the strongest riders in the peloton.

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin Sharp	4:06:48
2	Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Sky	Row 1 - Cell 2
3	Grega Bole (Slo) Vini Fantini Nippo	Row 2 - Cell 2
4	Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Julian David Arredondo Moreno (Col) Trek Factory Racing	Row 4 - Cell 2
6	Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre-Merida	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre-Merida	0:00:05
10	Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo	0:00:18
11	Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo	0:00:25
12	Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin Sharp	0:00:38
13	Thomas Lebas (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor Cycling Team	0:00:48
14	Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek Factory Racing	Row 13 - Cell 2
15	Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	Row 14 - Cell 2
16	Steele Von Hoff (Aus) Garmin Sharp	0:00:56
17	Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky	Row 16 - Cell 2
18	Ricardo Garcia Ambroa (Spa) Team Ukyo	Row 17 - Cell 2
19	Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling	Row 18 - Cell 2
20	Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale	Row 19 - Cell 2
21	Salvador Guardiola Tora (Spa) Team Ukyo	Row 20 - Cell 2
22	Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	Row 21 - Cell 2
23	Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor Cycling Team	Row 22 - Cell 2
24	Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor Cycling Team	Row 23 - Cell 2
25	Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Cannondale	Row 24 - Cell 2
26	Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar	Row 25 - Cell 2
27	Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar	Row 26 - Cell 2
28	Phillip Gaimon (USA) Garmin Sharp	0:01:02
29	Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida	Row 28 - Cell 2
30	Tomohiro Hayakawa (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	Row 29 - Cell 2
31	Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor Cycling Team	0:02:01
32	Jose Vicente Toribio Alcolea (Spa) Team Ukyo	0:03:11
33	Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Vini Fantini Nippo	0:03:55
34	Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre-Merida	Row 33 - Cell 2
35	Marco Marcato (Ita) Cannondale	Row 34 - Cell 2
36	Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing	Row 35 - Cell 2
37	Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Team Europcar	0:04:25
38	Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Team Ukyo	0:04:37
39	Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	0:05:05
40	Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky	0:05:36
41	Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Vini Fantini Nippo	0:05:46
42	Karsten Kroon (Ned) Tinkoff-Saxo	0:05:48
43	Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky	Row 42 - Cell 2
44	Atsushi Oka (Jpn)	Row 43 - Cell 2
45	Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk	Row 44 - Cell 2
46	Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk	0:05:51
47	Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	Row 46 - Cell 2
48	Damien Monier (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor Cycling Team	Row 47 - Cell 2
49	Ryoma Nonaka (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	Row 48 - Cell 2
50	Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	Row 49 - Cell 2
51	Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	Row 50 - Cell 2
52	Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling	Row 51 - Cell 2
53	Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling	Row 52 - Cell 2
54	Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling	Row 53 - Cell 2
55	Shun Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Ukyo	0:05:59
56	David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk	0:06:36
57	Jack Anderson (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling	Row 56 - Cell 2
58	Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	Row 57 - Cell 2
59	Naoya Uchino (Jpn)	Row 58 - Cell 2
60	Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	Row 59 - Cell 2
61	Takayuki Abe (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:06:57
62	Takaaki Hori (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen	0:09:45
63	Shotaro Iribe (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	0:09:48
64	Manabu Ishibashi (Jpn) Vini Fantini Nippo	0:10:40
65	Keisuke Kimura (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	0:11:52
DNF	Andrea Vaccher (Ita)	Row 65 - Cell 2
DNF	Hayato Yoshida (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	Row 66 - Cell 2
DNF	Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky	Row 67 - Cell 2
DNF	Rory Sutherland (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo	Row 68 - Cell 2
DNF	Junya Sano (Jpn)	Row 69 - Cell 2
DNF	Genki Yamamoto (Jpn) Vini Fantini Nippo	Row 70 - Cell 2
DNF	Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing	Row 71 - Cell 2
DNF	Kevin De Mesmaeker (Bel) Team Novo Nordisk	Row 72 - Cell 2
DNF	Jeremy Cornu (Fra) Team Europcar	Row 73 - Cell 2
DNF	Tanzou Tokuda (Jpn)	Row 74 - Cell 2
DNF	Suguru Tokuda (Jpn)	Row 75 - Cell 2
DNF	Caleb Fairly (USA) Garmin Sharp	Row 76 - Cell 2
DNF	Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar	Row 77 - Cell 2
DNF	Joe Eldridge (USA) Team Novo Nordisk	Row 78 - Cell 2

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