Mori beats three time champion to ITT title
Hagiwara, Shimada retain women, U23 titles
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Kazuhiro Mori (Aisan Racing) finally claimed victory in the Japanese time trial championship. The winner of UCI Track World Cup Scratch race in Copenhagen, who finished just two seconds behind Kazuya Okazaki (Meitan Honpo-Graphite Design) last year, set the fastest time 38:52 minutes over the flat 30km course.
Three time champion Makoto Iijima (Team Bridgestone Anchor) took second place. Mori share team leadership with Taiji Nishitani, who finished third in the time trial, in the road race which will be held in Hiroshima.
20-year-old Yoshiaki Shimada (Team Bridgestone Anchor) again recorded the best time in the Under 23 category, to keep his title. Current champion Mayuko Hagiwara (Cycle Base ASAHI) won the women's race to keep the national championship jersey.
| 1 | Kazuhiro Mori (Aisan Racing) | 0:38:52 |
| 2 | Makoto Iijima (Team Bridgestone Anchor) | 0:00:09 |
| 3 | Taiji Nishitani (Aisan Racing) | 0:00:32 |
| 4 | Kazuya Okazaki (Meitan Honpo-Graphite Design) | 0:00:40 |
| 5 | Nariyuki Masuda (Meitan Honpo-Graphite Design) | 0:00:58 |
| 6 | Junya Sano (Team Nippo) | 0:01:20 |
| 7 | Masaru Fukuhara (Team Bridgestone Anchor) | 0:01:21 |
| 8 | Keiichi Tsujiura (Team Bridgestone Anchor) | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | Jumpei Murakami (Shimano Racing) | 0:01:04 |
| 10 | Yoshiyuki Abe (Shimano Racing) | 0:01:13 |
| 1 | Mayuko Hagiwara (Cycle Base ASAHI) | 0:21:36 |
| 2 | Remi Inoue (Team Corratec) | 0:00:19 |
| 3 | Minami Uwano (Hachinohe Kogyo High School) | 0:01:02 |
| 4 | Ayako Toyooka (Panasonic Ladies) | 0:01:10 |
| 5 | Kiriko Hori (Club Silbest) | 0:01:42 |
| 1 | Yoshiaki Shimada (Team Bridgestone Anchor) | 0:39:25 |
| 2 | Kazuki Aoyanagi (Hosei Univ.) | 0:02:09 |
| 3 | Genta Nakamura (Kyoto Sangyo Univ.) | 0:02:19 |
| 4 | Eiichi Hirai (Team Bridgestone Anchor) | 0:02:38 |
| 5 | Masaki Gunji (Chuo Univ.) | 0:03:03 |
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