Japan Cup 2017
| 25th Japan Cup | |
| Racing series | UCI Asia Tour - Category 1.HC |
| Host country |
 Japan
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| Competition period | October 22, 2017 |
| overall length | 144.2 km |
| Starting field | 70 drivers in 14 teams (of which 47 arrived at the finish) |
| winner | |
| Overall rating | 1. Marco Canola (NIP) 2:45:37 h 2. Benjamin Prades (UKO) equal time 3. Takeaki Amezawa (BLZ) equal time 
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| ← 2016 | 2018 → |
The 25th Japan Cup 2017 was a Japanese road bike race . The one-day race took place on Sunday , October 22, 2017 . This bike race started and ended in Utsunomiya with a length of 144.2 km . In addition, the bike race was part of the UCI Asia Tour 2017 and was classified in the 1st HC category.
The winner was the Italian Marco Canola from Nippo-Vini Fantini in the five-man sprint ahead of Benjamin Prades from Team Ukyo . The next larger group followed, 34 seconds behind. Canola also won the 38.2 km criterion of the Japan Cup the day before .
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route
Around Utsunomiya a circuit of 14 laps of 10.3 kilometers each had to be tackled. On each lap you climbed Mount Kogashi , a two-kilometer climb, at the beginning of each lap. This was followed by a descent. In the end, the last two kilometers were uphill.
Race result
| # | driver | team | time |
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| winner |
Marco Canola
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Nippo-Vini Fantini | 2h 45 '37 " |
| 2. |
Benjamin Prades
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Team Ukyo | equal time |
| 3. |
Takeaki Amezawa
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Utsunomiya lightning | equal time |
| 4th |
 Antwan Tolhoek
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Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | equal time |
| 5. |
 Thomas Lebas
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Kinan Cycling Team | equal time |
| 6th |
 Jasper Stuyven
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Trek-Segafredo | +0 '34 " |
| 7th |
 Benjamin Hill
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Attaque Team Gusto | equal time |
| 8th. |
Enrico Battaglin
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Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | equal time |
| 9. |
 Danilo Wyss
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BMC Racing Team | equal time |
| 10. |
Yūsuke Hatanaka
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Team Ukyo | equal time |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Canola also wins the cup according to the criterion. In: radsport-news.com. October 22, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Preview of the races of the day / October 22nd. In: radsport-news.com. October 22, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017 .
Web links
- Official website
- Japan Cup 2017 in the ProCyclingStats.com database