The hilly NCs have brought out a wide variety of winners so far this season, time will tell if Kinoshita will be able to avoid the upset.
With 16.5km to go Hayakawa launches an attack that creates a group of 9 riders that look primed for the finish line.
With 7.5km to go Hayakawa decides to make another move with Oka trying to follow.
One of the main contenders was supposed to be Amezawa but he was unable to keep up with the rapid racing on the flats and enters the final kilometre outside of reach as Kinoshita looks immense at the front.
And Kinoshita closes it out as he claims himself another NC!
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Tomohiro Kinoshita
Minions
1h19'44
2
Shoi Matsuda
McCormick Pro Cycling
s.t.
3
Uga Ryuki
Zwift Pro Cycling
+ 9
4
Takeaki Amezawa
Aker - MOT
s.t.
5
Wataru Mutsumine
Podium Ambition
s.t.
6
Atsushi Oka
SEE Turtles
s.t.
7
Tomohiro Hayakawa
DuckDuckGo - Everesting
s.t.
8
Yamato Shirota
Sony - Force India
+ 25
9
Yosukue Matsumoto
Assa Abloy
s.t.
10
Shiki Kuroeda
Sony - Force India
+ 2'03
11
Saya Kuroeda
Sony - Force India
+ 2'32
Individual Time Trial
The ITT will be a tight affair between Matsuda and Oka.
Oka keeps it close at the first two checkpoints, only dropping 9 seconds.
But on the finish line it’s Matsuda who can call himself ITT champion as he beats Oka by 14 seconds.
