Saitama Criterium 2017: Results

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Mark Cavendish celebrates victory ahead of Fumiyuku Beppu in the Saitama Criterium.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) won the 2017 Saitama Criterium, outsprinting the Japanese duo of Fumiyuki Beppu (Tour de France Japan Team) and Yusuke Hatanaka (Team Ukyo).

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data	1:25:07
2	Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Tour de France Japan Team	Row 1 - Cell 2
3	Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Team Ukyo	Row 2 - Cell 2
4	Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Sunweb	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac	Row 4 - Cell 2
6	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Julien Vermote (Bel) Quick-Step Floors	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Hayato Okamoto (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	Row 9 - Cell 2
11	Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team	Row 10 - Cell 2
12	Rei Onodera (Jpn) Utsunomia Blitzen	Row 11 - Cell 2
13	Shotaro Watanabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	Row 12 - Cell 2
14	Ryota Nishizono (Jpn) Bridgestone-Anchor	Row 13 - Cell 2
15	Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors	Row 14 - Cell 2
16	Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team	Row 15 - Cell 2
17	Kota Sumiyoshi (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	Row 16 - Cell 2
18	Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team	Row 17 - Cell 2
19	Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Utsunomia Blitzen	Row 18 - Cell 2
20	Atsushi Oka (Jpn) Utsunomia Blitzen	Row 19 - Cell 2
21	Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb	Row 20 - Cell 2
22	Ryu Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone-Anchor	0:00:09
23	Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Tour de France Japan Team	Row 22 - Cell 2
24	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Cannondale-Drapac	Row 23 - Cell 2
25	Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data	Row 24 - Cell 2
26	Petr Vakoc (Cze) Quick-Step Floors	Row 25 - Cell 2
27	Hideto Nakane (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini	Row 26 - Cell 2
28	Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky	Row 27 - Cell 2
29	Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors	Row 28 - Cell 2
30	Simon Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac	Row 29 - Cell 2
31	Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb	Row 30 - Cell 2
32	Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb	Row 31 - Cell 2
33	Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky	Row 32 - Cell 2
34	Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky	Row 33 - Cell 2
35	Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini	Row 34 - Cell 2
36	Ryohei Komori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team	Row 35 - Cell 2
37	Michimasa Nakai (Jpn) Team Ukyo	Row 36 - Cell 2
38	Yuma Koishi (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini	Row 37 - Cell 2
39	Kosuke Takeyama (Jpn) Special Team Japan For Saitama	Row 38 - Cell 2
40	Takayuki Abe (Jpn) Utsunomia Blitzen	Row 39 - Cell 2
41	Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Bridgestone-Anchor	Row 40 - Cell 2
42	Keisuke Kimaru (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	Row 41 - Cell 2
43	Takahiro Koyama (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	0:00:17
44	Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Team Ukyo	Row 43 - Cell 2
45	Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data	0:00:26
46	Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale-Drapac	Row 45 - Cell 2
47	Yuya Akimura (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	0:00:34
48	Marino Kobayashi (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini	0:02:12
49	Daichi Tomio (Jpn) Special Team Japan For Saitama	Row 48 - Cell 2
50	Kakeru Mizutani (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	0:02:40
51	Jin Okubo (Jpn) Bridgestone-Anchor	Row 50 - Cell 2
DNF	Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn) Special Team Japan For Saitama	Row 51 - Cell 2
DNF	Sawada Toki (Jpn) Special Team Japan For Saitama	Row 52 - Cell 2
DNF	Yukinori Hishinuma (Jpn) Team Ukyo	Row 53 - Cell 2

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Group A
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
1	Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors
2	Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Tour de France Japan Team
3	Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn) Special Team Japan For Saitama
4	Kakeru Mizutani (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team

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Group B
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
1	Jin Okubo (Jpn) Bridgestone-Anchor
2	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Cannondale-Drapac
3	Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Team Ukyo
4	Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team

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Group C
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
1	Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb
2	Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Tour de France Japan Team
3	Hayato Okamoto (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
4	Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini

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Group D
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
1	Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data
2	Atsushi Oka (Jpn) Utsunomia Blitzen
3	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky

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Final
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
1	Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors
2	Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data
3	Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb
4	Jin Okubo (Jpn) Bridgestone-Anchor

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Team Time Trial
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Utsunomia Blitzen	0:03:09
2	Team Sunweb	0:00:02
3	BMC Racing Team	0:00:05
4	Dimension Data	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Bridgestone - Anchor	0:00:07
6	Aisan Racing Team	0:00:10
7	Team Sky	0:00:13
8	Team Ukyo	0:00:16
9	Special Team Japan For Saitama	0:00:17
10	Shimano Racing Team	0:00:18
11	Quick Step Floors	0:00:21
12	Nippo - Vini Fantini	0:00:22
13	Cannondale - Drapac	0:00:28

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Women's Individual Time Trial
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Misuzu Shimoyama (Jpn)	0:03:46
2	Maria Fujita (Jpn)	0:00:16
3	Yuri Nakagawa (Jpn)	0:00:18
4	Yuka Matsui (Jpn)	0:00:20

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Paracycling Individual Time Trial
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Masaki Fujita (Jpn)	0:03:36
2	Shota Kawamoto (Jpn)	0:00:25
3	Keiko Noguchi (Jpn)	0:00:34
4	Naohiko Okumura (Jpn)	0:00:48
5	Kazuhiko Shimada (Jpn)	0:00:59
6	Miho Fujii (Jpn)	0:01:15
7	Kazuha Fukui (Jpn)	0:02:14

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Junior Men Individual Time Trial
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Tetsuo Yamamoto (Jpn)	0:03:24
2	Shoi Matsuda (Jpn)	0:00:01
3	Shuichiro Shiojima (Jpn)	0:00:16

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