Japan Cup

This article is about cycling. For horse racing, see Japan Cup (horse racing) .

Japan Cup
First run	1992
Period	October
country	Japan
Type	One day race
Data
Events	27
Last winner	Bauke Mollema
Record winner	Claudio Chiappucci & Sergio Barbero 3 ×

The Japan Cup ( Japaneseジ ャ パ ン カ ッ プ サ イ ク ル ロ ー ド レ ー ス, officially "Japan Cup Cycle Road Race" ) is a Japanese bicycle race .

The one-day race was held for the first time in 1992 and has been held annually at the end of October since then. In 1996 the race was part of the cycling world cup . With the introduction of the UCI Asia Tour in 2005, the race belongs to this racing series and was initially classified in category 1.1. Since it was held in October 2008, which was part of the Asia Tour 2009 , it has been upgraded to the 1st HC category.

Record winners of the race are the two Italians Claudio Chiappucci and Sergio Barbero , who have each been successful three times. In 1997, Yoshiyuki Abe was the only Japanese to win the one-day race.

winner

2019 Bauke Mollema  2018 Robert Power  2017 Marco Canola  2016 Davide Villella  2015 Bauke Mollema  2014 Nathan Haas  2013 Michael Rogers  2012 Ivan Basso  2011 Nathan Haas  2010 Daniel Martin  2009 Chris Anker Sørensen  2008 Damiano Cunego  2007 Manuele Mori  2006 Riccardo Riccò  2005 Damiano Cunego

2004 Patrik Sinkewitz  2003 Sergio Barbero  2002 Sergio Barbero  2001 Gilberto Simoni  2000 Massimo Codol  1999 Sergio Barbero  1998 Fabien De Waele  1997 Yoshiyuki Abe  1996 Mauro Gianetti  1995 Claudio Chiappucci  1994 Claudio Chiappucci  1993 Claudio Chiappucci  1992 Hendrik Redant

Web links

Commons : Japan Cup  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Japan Cup in the database of Radsportseiten.net
• Official Website (Japanese)