Oh boy, another criterium! And this time is the last because today's stage ends Tour of Japan. A completely flat stage means that Lloret wouldn't have problems keeping his yellow jersey, right? But the green jersey is also, and mainly, on the line, as Moreno has an advantage of 14 points over Priamo and 15 over Hoffman and expect these two to get good positions in the final sprint.
Right in the beginning of the stage, five riders try to make the break of the day. Their names: Sampaio, Inoue, Perez Arango, Wacker and Belmokhtar.
They are working well at the front. 100km to go and the advantage is 8'30''.
But the peloton, though very disorganized, raises the speed. Breakaway's maximum advantage was 9'30''.
70km to go and only two men from both Sony Ericsson and Vespa-Caffrey's relay in the pack. The gap is in 6 minutes and a half.
20km were passed and the advantage is 2 minutes lower.
30km to go and the gap is 3'30''. Can the break make to the end?
But the riders that were chasing during too many kilometers were replaced by riders from Irn Bru, NVidia, Nespresso and Acqua & Sapone.
And the breakaway ends with 10 km to go.
Falls! Stetina, 15th Overall; Lewis, 10th Overall and White Jersey holder; Moreno, 6th Overall and Green Jersey holder are the most notable names.
At 6km to go, Richeze leads Hoffman on the left side while in the right side Keisse leads Priamo. Gatto and Awang follow Priamo as well as the Acqua & Sapone riders (Godfrey and Murphy), the Irn Bru riders (Jamieson and Sutton) and the NVidia riders (Glomser and Weissinger). Johansson, who relayed a lot, leads Bazajev.
The sprint is on! The two Acqua & Sapone riders are in the front.
Same situation 1km later. Vespa rider who is in third is not Gatto but Garbelli as the train composed by Keisse, Priamo, Gatto and Awang is too far behind.
Under the banner, Murphy is the leader but Garbelli seems to be closing in!
500 meters to go, and Murphy has it on the bag! Sutton is quickly gaining on Garbelli...
Arms raised, it's victory for Murphy in an odd sprint! Sutton passes Garbelli right on the line.
More than 3 and a half minutes later, come Moreno, Stetina and Lewis. Moreno and Lewis lose their jerseys and their top 10 placements.
Lloret wins the Tour of Japan over Ghisalberti, the pre-race big favourite. The two remain jerseys changed of owner in this last stage as Hoffman wins the Points Classification and Bjelkmark wins the Young Rider Classification.
Stage Classification:
1
John Murphy
Acqua & Sapone
3h40'56
2
Christopher Sutton
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
3
David Garbelli
Vespa-Caffrey's
s.t.
4
Nolan Hoffman
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
5
Bernhard Eisel
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
6
Assan Bazajev
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
7
Dean Podgornik
EON Ruhrgas
s.t.
8
Lucas Schädlich
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
9
Matteo Priamo
EON Ruhrgas
s.t.
10
Oscar Gatto
Vespa-Caffrey's
s.t.
11
Hayden Godfrey
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
12
René Weissinger
Nvidia Intel
s.t.
13
Azizulhasni Awang
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
14
Ivano Lo Cicero
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
15
Mauro Richeze
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
16
Junya Sano
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
17
Iljo Keisse
EON Ruhrgas
s.t.
18
José Ivan Gutiérrez Palacios
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
19
Freddy Johansson
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
20
Gerrit Glomser
Nvidia Intel
s.t.
21
Mahdi Sohrabi
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
22
Mark Jamieson
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
23
Philipp Ludescher
Nvidia Intel
s.t.
24
Jesus Tendero
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
25
Ivan Basso
Vespa-Caffrey's
s.t.
26
Andrea Pagoto
Vespa-Caffrey's
s.t.
27
Florian Stalder
Nvidia Intel
s.t.
28
Francisco José Terciado
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
29
Martin Comploi
Nvidia Intel
s.t.
30
Paolo Longo Borghini
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
31
Ronny Scholz
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
32
Valentino China
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
33
Anthony Colby
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
34
Christian Pömer
Nvidia Intel
s.t.
35
Manuel Lloret
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
36
Saul Raisin
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
37
Tom Stubbe
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
38
Dmitri Grabovski
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
39
Ciaran Kelly
Vespa-Caffrey's
s.t.
40
Wilmer Vasquez
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
41
Tyler Butterfield
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
42
Tommy Zaini
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
43
Grégory Rast
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
44
Edwin Orozco
EON Ruhrgas
s.t.
45
Steven Cozza
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
46
Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
47
Xabier Zandio
EON Ruhrgas
s.t.
48
Sylvain Calzati
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
49
Tadej Valjavec
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
50
Gianluca Cavalli
EON Ruhrgas
s.t.
51
Kensyo Sawada
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
52
Jonas Bjelkmark
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
53
Jason Donald
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
54
Nuno Ribeiro
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
55
Yoshiaki Shimada
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
56
David Belda
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
57
Thomas Peterson
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
58
Zakayo Ndbri
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
59
Hernâni Broco
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
60
Sergio Ghisalberti
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
61
Serge Pauwels
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
62
Fabien Taillefour
Nvidia Intel
s.t.
63
Hesham Abdelmotelb
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
64
Marlon Pérez Arango
EON Ruhrgas
s.t.
65
Jure Golcer
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 1'22
66
Takashi Miyazawa
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
67
Kazuo Inoue
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
68
Fu-yu Li
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
69
Evgeny Wacker
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
70
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
71
Luca Ascani
Vespa-Caffrey's
s.t.
72
Peter Williams
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
73
Ananias Ananias
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
74
Kristian House
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
75
Joe Hicks
Acqua & Sapone
+ 2'05
76
Yon Bru Pascal
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
77
Ciaran Cassidy
Vespa-Caffrey's
s.t.
78
Abdelkader Belmokhtar
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
79
Ciaran Power
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
80
Baasankhuu Myagmarsuren
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
81
Carlo Kirsch
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 2'44
82
Viktor Renäng
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
83
Kazuki Aoyanagi
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 3'44
84
Peter Stetina
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
85
Miles Olman
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
86
Diego Gallego
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
87
Daniel Moreno
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
88
Shaun Lewis
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
89
Ben Jacques-Maynes
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
90
Ryan Eastman
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
91
Matías Médici
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
92
Rui Pinto
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
93
Gilberto Sampaio
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 4'50
94
Vasilis Anastopoulos
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
Overall Classification:
1
Manuel Lloret
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
19h32'42
2
Sergio Ghisalberti
Sony Ericsson
+ 33
3
Sylvain Calzati
BMC Racing Team
+ 1'05
4
Ivan Basso
Vespa-Caffrey's
+ 1'13
5
Tadej Valjavec
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
+ 1'15
6
José Ivan Gutiérrez Palacios
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 2'11
7
Nuno Ribeiro
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 2'33
8
Florian Stalder
Nvidia Intel
+ 3'23
9
Francisco José Terciado
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 3'30
10
Jonas Bjelkmark
Sony Ericsson
+ 3'32
11
Wilmer Vasquez
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 3'48
12
Nolan Hoffman
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 3'50
13
Serge Pauwels
Sony Ericsson
+ 3'59
14
Thomas Peterson
BMC Racing Team
+ 4'01
15
Tom Stubbe
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 4'15
16
Edwin Orozco
EON Ruhrgas
+ 4'16
17
Ronny Scholz
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 4'20
18
Assan Bazajev
Sony Ericsson
+ 4'30
19
Xabier Zandio
EON Ruhrgas
+ 4'31
20
Jason Donald
BMC Racing Team
+ 4'50
21
Tommy Zaini
IrnBru - RBS
+ 4'51
22
Anthony Colby
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
23
Gianluca Cavalli
EON Ruhrgas
+ 4'56
24
Jesus Tendero
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 4'58
25
David Garbelli
Vespa-Caffrey's
+ 5'08
26
Andrea Pagoto
Vespa-Caffrey's
+ 5'11
27
Daniel Moreno
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 5'19
28
Oscar Gatto
Vespa-Caffrey's
+ 5'22
29
Iljo Keisse
EON Ruhrgas
+ 5'26
30
Matteo Priamo
EON Ruhrgas
+ 5'27
31
Grégory Rast
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
32
Bernhard Eisel
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
+ 5'40
33
Valentino China
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
+ 5'54
34
René Weissinger
Nvidia Intel
+ 5'56
35
Paolo Longo Borghini
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
+ 5'57
36
Christian Pömer
Nvidia Intel
+ 6'33
37
Yoshiaki Shimada
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 6'43
38
Zakayo Ndbri
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
+ 6'46
39
Shaun Lewis
IrnBru - RBS
+ 7'13
40
David Belda
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 7'35
41
Peter Stetina
BMC Racing Team
+ 7'36
42
Dmitri Grabovski
IrnBru - RBS
+ 7'41
43
Mark Jamieson
IrnBru - RBS
+ 8'06
44
Hernâni Broco
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 8'15
45
Diego Gallego
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 8'18
46
Ben Jacques-Maynes
BMC Racing Team
+ 8'35
47
Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
+ 9'04
48
Marlon Pérez Arango
EON Ruhrgas
+ 9'46
49
Lucas Schädlich
IrnBru - RBS
+ 10'36
50
Mauro Richeze
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 10'38
51
Carlo Kirsch
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 11'02
52
Kensyo Sawada
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 11'03
53
Ryan Eastman
BMC Racing Team
+ 11'28
54
Jure Golcer
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 11'40
55
Luca Ascani
Vespa-Caffrey's
+ 11'45
56
Ciaran Cassidy
Vespa-Caffrey's
+ 11'49
57
Tyler Butterfield
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
+ 12'25
58
John Murphy
Acqua & Sapone
+ 12'31
59
Rui Pinto
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 13'00
60
Christopher Sutton
IrnBru - RBS
+ 13'11
61
Takashi Miyazawa
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 13'20
62
Gilberto Sampaio
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 13'33
63
Kazuo Inoue
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
+ 13'52
64
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 13'54
65
Steven Cozza
BMC Racing Team
+ 14'20
66
Ciaran Power
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
+ 14'41
67
Dean Podgornik
EON Ruhrgas
+ 15'00
68
Saul Raisin
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
+ 15'03
69
Gerrit Glomser
Nvidia Intel
+ 15'17
70
Philipp Ludescher
Nvidia Intel
+ 15'51
71
Matías Médici
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 15'53
72
Freddy Johansson
Sony Ericsson
+ 16'12
73
Peter Williams
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 16'39
74
Baasankhuu Myagmarsuren
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
+ 16'54
75
Mahdi Sohrabi
Acqua & Sapone
+ 17'06
76
Ciaran Kelly
Vespa-Caffrey's
+ 17'28
77
Ivano Lo Cicero
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
+ 18'12
78
Junya Sano
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 19'00
79
Ananias Ananias
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 19'26
80
Fabien Taillefour
Nvidia Intel
+ 21'09
81
Abdelkader Belmokhtar
Acqua & Sapone
+ 21'45
82
Yon Bru Pascal
Acqua & Sapone
+ 23'18
83
Evgeny Wacker
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 23'46
84
Hayden Godfrey
Acqua & Sapone
+ 25'35
85
Viktor Renäng
Sony Ericsson
+ 25'39
86
Kristian House
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 25'50
87
Fu-yu Li
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
+ 26'29
88
Joe Hicks
Acqua & Sapone
+ 26'55
89
Azizulhasni Awang
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 27'07
90
Miles Olman
IrnBru - RBS
+ 30'38
91
Hesham Abdelmotelb
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 33'54
92
Martin Comploi
Nvidia Intel
+ 36'25
93
Kazuki Aoyanagi
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 37'41
94
Vasilis Anastopoulos
Acqua & Sapone
+ 48'13
Points Classification:
1
Nolan Hoffman
Nespresso - SportZone
88
2
Matteo Priamo
EON Ruhrgas
82
3
Daniel Moreno
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
79
4
Christopher Sutton
IrnBru - RBS
74
5
René Weissinger
Nvidia Intel
14
6
John Murphy
Acqua & Sapone
73
7
Oscar Gatto
Vespa-Caffrey's
66
8
Manuel Lloret
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
57
9
Assan Bazajev
Sony Ericsson
55
10
David Garbelli
Vespa-Caffrey's
55
Young Rider Classification:
1
Jonas Bjelkmark
Sony Ericsson
19h36'14
2
Nolan Hoffman
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 18
3
Thomas Peterson
BMC Racing Team
+ 29
4
Tommy Zaini
IrnBru - RBS
+ 1'19
5
Andrea Pagoto
Vespa-Caffrey's
+ 1'39
6
Oscar Gatto
Vespa-Caffrey's
+ 1'50
7
Yoshiaki Shimada
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
