Time for the easily the most eagerly awaited National Championships. The good news is we do have a photographer present at the event - the bad news is he had no idea who most of the riders were, and ended up only taking snaps of the favourites. As it was a TT, the results were on the whole predictable.
In a class of his own, was Haijun Ma from Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne. He powered his way around the course, led at every check and was an easy winner on the day. His reward - glory and the Chinese TT jersey for next year.
Sergei Lagutin of Eurosport rode well, but never came close to Ma, and has to settle for less glory on the day, but does capture the Uzbek TT jersey for next year.
The camera man is a bit of a fan of Fumiyuki Beppu and the M&M rider is seen here into riding to fourth on the day on his way to taking the Japanese TT jersey for next year.
Full Results with Number in bold denoting Nationl Champion.
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Spoiler
1
Haijun Ma
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
1h04'44
2
Sergei Lagutin
Eurosport
+ 1'06
3
Wen Hao Li
AON Global
+ 1'29
4
Fumiyuki Beppu
M&M Cycling
+ 1'36
5
Denis Shkarpeta
International Cycling
+ 1'49
6
Azizulhasni Awang
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 1'51
7
Vladimir Tuychiev
International Cycling
+ 2'08
8
Sea-Keong Loh
Malaysia
+ 2'11
9
Kuei Hsiang Peng
International Cycling
+ 2'12
10
Yong-li Ng
Malaysia
+ 2'15
11
Behnam Khalilikhosroshani
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 2'19
12
Evgeny Wacker
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 2'20
13
Gang Xu
China
+ 2'22
14
Yukiya Arashiro
Japan
+ 2'30
15
Muradjan Khalmuratov
AON Global
+ 2'32
16
Po Hung Wu
International Cycling
+ 2'33
17
Kin-San Wu
American Suzuki
s.t.
18
Iman Suparman
British Airways - Martini
+ 2'36
19
Yusuf Kibar Tanos
Indonesia
+ 2'40
20
Jianhua Ji
Team Alpro - Cord Blood America
+ 2'44
21
Cheng Ji
China
+ 2'47
22
Moosa Said
International Cycling
+ 2'53
23
Kazuhiro Mori
Japan
+ 2'56
24
Wang-yip Tang
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 2'57
25
Hossaini Reza
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 3'02
26
Abbass Saeidi Tanha
Iran
+ 3'03
27
Taiji Nishitani
Japan
+ 3'07
28
Hari Fitrianto
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
29
Wei Zhang
China
+ 3'08
30
Budi Santoso
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
31
Miyataka Shimizu
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 3'12
32
Mohamed Shahrul Mat Amin
Malaysia
s.t.
33
Kuan Hua Lai
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 3'15
34
Kuei-hsiang Peng
Hong Kong
+ 3'19
35
Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
36
Fu-yu Li
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
+ 3'20
37
Yukihiro Doi
AON Global
+ 3'22
38
Seyed Rezaei Khormizi
Iran
+ 3'24
39
Chun-te Chiang
Hong Kong
+ 3'25
40
Amin Saryana
Indonesia
+ 3'27
41
Ahmad Haidar Anuawar
M&M Cycling
s.t.
42
Yasuharu Nakajima
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
43
Siros Hashemzadeh
Iran
+ 3'29
44
Takashi Miyazawa
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
45
Mahdi Sohrabi
Acqua & Sapone
+ 3'30
46
Takamitu Tsuji
Japan
+ 3'32
47
Reza Pahlevy
Indonesia
s.t.
48
Bolderdene Boldbaatar
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 3'35
49
Kazuo Inoue
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
+ 3'36
50
Mohammad Rizuan Zainal
Malaysia
+ 3'39
51
Fang Xu
China
+ 3'40
52
Abolfazl Gilanipoor
Iran
+ 3'44
53
Yuan Wei
China
+ 3'45
54
Kuan-Lai Hua
Hong Kong
+ 3'47
55
Ahmed Kazemi Sarai
Iran
+ 3'48
56
Hidenori Nodera
Japan
s.t.
57
Baasankhuu Myagmarsuren
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
+ 3'49
58
Mohamed Fadhli Fauzi
Malaysia
+ 3'52
59
Mashahiro Shinagawa
Japan
+ 3'53
60
Jin Long
China
+ 3'56
61
Farshad Salehian
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 3'57
62
Nunung Burhanudin
Indonesia
s.t.
63
Takumi Beppu
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 4'01
64
Chi-yin Leung
Hong Kong
+ 4'02
65
Robert Wijaya
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 4'05
66
Tonton Susanto
Indonesia
+ 4'07
67
Kaoru Ouchi
Japan
+ 4'08
68
Herwin Jaya
Indonesia
s.t.
69
Khayabkhyrvaa Uugunbayar
British Airways - Martini
+ 4'10
70
Tuguldur Tuulhangai
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
71
Kam-po Wong
British Airways - Martini
+ 4'11
72
Po-shen Chiu
Hong Kong
+ 4'12
73
Yoshiaki Shimada
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 4'13
74
Farkad Mohammad
British Airways - Martini
+ 4'14
75
Hideya Akiyama
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 4'15
76
Dwi Haryanto
Indonesia
+ 4'17
77
Mohd Shahrulnizam Che Samsudin
Malaysia
+ 4'19
78
Wan Mohammad Wan Ahmad
Malaysia
+ 4'21
79
Amin Suryana
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 4'22
80
Anuar Manan
British Airways - Martini
+ 4'24
81
Mohammad Umardi Rosdi
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
82
Ghader Mizbani
Iran
s.t.
83
Wu Chen
China
+ 4'25
84
Junya Sano
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 4'30
85
Takeaki Ayabe
Japan
+ 4'38
86
Kensyo Sawada
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 4'39
87
Tareq Esmaeli
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 4'40
88
Far Saeed Navid
Iran
s.t.
89
Ariyanto Ariyanto
Indonesia
+ 4'45
90
Mumu Muhsin
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 4'49
91
Hassan Maleki
Iran
+ 4'51
92
Mohammad Khairul Rosseli
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 4'55
93
Samai Samai
Team Alpro - Cord Blood America
+ 5'00
94
Mohammad Azman Zulkifli
Malaysia
+ 5'04
95
Kazuki Aoyanagi
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 5'08
96
Alireza Ahamadiashejerdi
Iran
s.t.
97
Khairuz Ghani
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 5'12
98
Mohd Che Shahrulnizam
Malaysia
+ 5'19
99
Yi-lin Liu
China
+ 5'26
100
Yan-dong Xing
China
+ 5'28
101
Kangarid Naran
International Cycling
+ 5'39
102
Hossein Askari
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 5'59
Quick List
Spoiler
China - Haijun Ma
Uzbekistan - Sergei Lagutin
Japan - Fumiyuki Beppu
Malaysia - Azizulhasni Awang
Chinese Taipei - Kuei Hsiang Peng
Iran - Behnam Khalilikhosroshani
Kyrgysztan - Evgeny Wacker
Indonesia - Iman Suparman (EDITED)
Qatar - Moosa Said
Hong Kong - Kin-San Wu (EDITED)
Thailand - Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn
Mongolia - Bolderdene Boldbaatar
Iraq - Farkad Mohammad
Time now for the Asian Championship Road Race. We have a big field so should be in for an interesting race here on a hilly course in Utsunomiya, Japan.
We join the race with just about 100k to go. Two Indonesian riders have slipped away from the field. Contract-less Haryanto riding with Ultra's Fitrianto and have a lead of just over 6 minutes.
80k to go the lead has gone out to just over 8 minutes. Strangely, it is Haryanto's International team for the day who are doing most of the pace setting back in the group.
It is not long before they start to eat into the gap. The lead is still around 4 minutes with about 60k to go and we have attacks from the pack. Fauzi (Malaysia), Li (Ernst and Young), and Arashiro (Japan) are the riders who are trying to force things.
The International team increase their efforts at the front of the pack and Olympus move up too to give the chase added impetus. 50k left, the front two have a lead of 3 minutes on the chasing trio, who are just over a minute up on the pack.
30k to go and Fauzi, Li and Arashiro have been reeled back in. At the front the two Indonesian riders have seen their lead to fall to just over a minute.
Time for the serious business to begin. Beppu (M&M) is first to make a move.
Ma (Lego), Tang (Ultra), Tuychiev (International), and Xu (China) follow soon after.
They are quickly up and past the leaders and on this hill with just over 25k to go the pack goes into meltdown.
Tuychiev finds himself out in front and his lead to a chase 8 (Tang, Ji, Ma, Doi, Beppu, Fitrianto, Xu and Haryanto) goes up to 34" at one stage. Behind these eight, others are trying to bridge across from the pack which imploded at the top of that last climb. Just over 20k are left of the race.
Beppu, Ma, Jianhua Ji and Xu attack from the second eight.
Beppu is the guy with the legs though and now with 10k to go he is the man out front and alone.
Just 20 seconds behind him is the Chinese pair of Jianhua Ji and Gang Xu. A little behind them and still in with a shot at the Chinese championship is
Ma.
No one is going to catch Beppu now and with the Chinese riders behind playing a cat and mouse game, Fumiyuki Beppu is left to ride solo to the line and win the Asian championships on home soil.
Behind Xu is the man with the strength and power in the final kilometer to kick for the line and claim the Chinese jersey for next year. The beaten Jianhua Ji (Alpro) will no doubt be gutted to have come so close. Just behind Ji, we see the new champion of Qatar - Olympus AirAsia's Esmaeli.
There are plenty of other small groups coming in ahead of the pack. Let's see if we can spot any new national champions.
Here's Tuychiev - the new Uzbek champ at the head of a group comprising of two more Chinese riders, Ma and Cheng Ji.
Next, here's the battle for the Hong Kong championship. Kin-San Wu looks to be edging out Ultraman Wang-yip Tang, with Yukihiro Doi behind the pair.
Acqua and Sapone would have a champion for next year if they manage to retain their license, with Sohrabi finishing ahead of Lagutin here.
Performance of the day - though Beppu and the Japanese fans will no doubt disagree - may well go to the new Indonesian Champion, Hari Fitrianto who just has the legs to come in ahead of the pack after being off the front nearly all of the day. 13th is not unlucky for him.
Then comes the pack and buried amongst them we no doubt have some more champions. Champions who finished in the pack and the photographer unfortunately missed.
Full Results
1
Fumiyuki Beppu
M&M Cycling
4h23'22
2
Gang Xu
China
s.t.
3
Jianhua Ji
Team Alpro - Cord Blood America
s.t.
4
Tareq Esmaeli
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
5
Vladimir Tuychiev
International Cycling
+ 1'22
6
Haijun Ma
Team LEGO - Capri-Sonne
s.t.
7
Cheng Ji
China
s.t.
8
Kin-San Wu
American Suzuki
+ 1'56
9
Wang-yip Tang
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
10
Yukihiro Doi
AON Global
s.t.
11
Mahdi Sohrabi
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
12
Sergei Lagutin
Eurosport
s.t.
13
Hari Fitrianto
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 4'21
14
Yuan Wei
China
s.t.
15
Yoshiaki Shimada
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
16
Dwi Haryanto
Indonesia
+ 4'59
17
Takashi Miyazawa
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
18
Budi Santoso
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
19
Kam-po Wong
British Airways - Martini
s.t.
20
Kazuo Inoue
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
21
Wen Hao Li
AON Global
s.t.
22
Khayabkhyrvaa Uugunbayar
British Airways - Martini
s.t.
23
Mashahiro Shinagawa
Japan
s.t.
24
Ahmad Haidar Anuawar
M&M Cycling
s.t.
25
Bolderdene Boldbaatar
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
26
Yukiya Arashiro
Japan
s.t.
27
Azizulhasni Awang
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
28
Tuguldur Tuulhangai
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
29
Anuar Manan
British Airways - Martini
s.t.
30
Reza Pahlevy
Indonesia
s.t.
31
Mohammad Umardi Rosdi
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
32
Jin Long
China
s.t.
33
Taiji Nishitani
Japan
s.t.
34
Alireza Ahamadiashejerdi
Iran
s.t.
35
Hassan Maleki
Iran
s.t.
36
Samai Samai
Team Alpro - Cord Blood America
s.t.
37
Mohd Che Shahrulnizam
Malaysia
s.t.
38
Kuei Hsiang Peng
International Cycling
s.t.
39
Mohammad Rizuan Zainal
Malaysia
s.t.
40
Mohamed Fadhli Fauzi
Malaysia
s.t.
41
Fu-yu Li
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
42
Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn
Ernst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News
s.t.
43
Muradjan Khalmuratov
AON Global
s.t.
44
Abbass Saeidi Tanha
Iran
s.t.
45
Kazuki Aoyanagi
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
46
Junya Sano
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
47
Yasuharu Nakajima
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
48
Wei Zhang
China
s.t.
49
Sea-Keong Loh
Malaysia
s.t.
50
Mohd Shahrulnizam Che Samsudin
Malaysia
s.t.
51
Far Saeed Navid
Iran
s.t.
52
Kuan Hua Lai
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
53
Moosa Said
International Cycling
s.t.
54
Mohamed Shahrul Mat Amin
Malaysia
s.t.
55
Ahmed Kazemi Sarai
Iran
s.t.
56
Hossaini Reza
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
57
Siros Hashemzadeh
Iran
s.t.
58
Robert Wijaya
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
59
Abolfazl Gilanipoor
Iran
s.t.
60
Hossein Askari
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
61
Farshad Salehian
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
62
Iman Suparman
British Airways - Martini
s.t.
63
Takamitu Tsuji
Japan
s.t.
64
Behnam Khalilikhosroshani
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
65
Seyed Rezaei Khormizi
Iran
s.t.
66
Baasankhuu Myagmarsuren
Wal-Mart Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
67
Yan-dong Xing
China
s.t.
68
Kuan-Lai Hua
Hong Kong
s.t.
69
Takumi Beppu
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
70
Miyataka Shimizu
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
71
Ghader Mizbani
Iran
s.t.
72
Hidenori Nodera
Japan
s.t.
73
Kensyo Sawada
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
74
Kuei-hsiang Peng
Hong Kong
s.t.
75
Kazuhiro Mori
Japan
s.t.
76
Denis Shkarpeta
International Cycling
s.t.
77
Herwin Jaya
Indonesia
s.t.
78
Wu Chen
China
s.t.
79
Yusuf Kibar Tanos
Indonesia
s.t.
80
Kaoru Ouchi
Japan
s.t.
81
Takeaki Ayabe
Japan
s.t.
82
Ariyanto Ariyanto
Indonesia
s.t.
83
Fang Xu
China
s.t.
84
Yong-li Ng
Malaysia
s.t.
85
Yi-lin Liu
China
s.t.
86
Evgeny Wacker
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
87
Kangarid Naran
International Cycling
s.t.
88
Mohammad Khairul Rosseli
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
89
Chun-te Chiang
Hong Kong
s.t.
90
Amin Saryana
Indonesia
s.t.
91
Chi-yin Leung
Hong Kong
s.t.
92
Tonton Susanto
Indonesia
s.t.
93
Po-shen Chiu
Hong Kong
s.t.
94
Wan Mohammad Wan Ahmad
Malaysia
s.t.
95
Po Hung Wu
International Cycling
s.t.
96
Nunung Burhanudin
Indonesia
s.t.
97
Mohammad Azman Zulkifli
Malaysia
s.t.
98
Khairuz Ghani
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
99
Farkad Mohammad
British Airways - Martini
+ 9'31
100
Amin Suryana
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
101
Hideya Akiyama
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
102
Mumu Muhsin
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 12'50
The New National Champions
China - Gang Xu
Uzbekistan - Vladimir Tuychiev
Japan - Fumiyuki Beppu
Malaysia - Ahmad Haidar Anuawar
Chinese Taipei - Kuei Hsiang Peng
Iran - Mahdi Sohrabi
Kyrgysztan - Evgeny Wacker
Indonesia - Hari Fitrianto
Qatar - Tareq Esmaeli
Hong Kong - Kin-San Wu
Thailand - Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn
Mongolia - Khayabkhyrvaa Uugunbayar
Iraq - Farkad Mohammad
Edited by Roman on 17-10-2016 21:57
