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Japan Cup (HC)

Winners, podium, distance, average speed

The Japan Cup takes place in late October on the same race course at Utsunomiya, Japan, that was used for the 1990 World Road Championships. As of 2008, it is 10 laps over a 14.1 km selective circuit with an eleventh lap of 10.3 km. The race was designated 1.1 in 2005 and rasied to "HC" for 2008.

Year

1st Place

2nd Place

3rd Place

Distance

Average Speed
km/hr
1992 Hendrik Redant
5hr 34min 8sec		 Bart Bowen
@ s.t.		 Laurent Maduas
@ 3min 3sec		 185.4 km 33.292 
1993 Claudio Chiappucci
4hr 16min 58sec		 Beat Zberg
@ 3min 41sec		 Dimitri Neliubine
@ 3min 43sec		 154km 35.957
1994 Claudio Chiappucci
4hr 19min 49sec		 Erich Maechler
@ 49sec		 Stefano Checchin
@ 3min 46sec		 154.5 km 35.679
1995 Claudio Chiappucci
4hr 13min 8sec		 Stefano Zanini
@ s.t.		 Mauro Gianetti
@ s.t.		 154 km 36.502
1996 Mauro Gianetti
4hr 31min 1sec		 Pascal Hervé
@ 23sec		 Andrea Peron
@ 24sec		 179.5 km 39.740
1997 Yoshiyuki Abe
4hr 4min 9sec		 Andrea Tafi
@ s.t.		 Mauro Gianetti
@ s.t.		 151.3 km 37.182
1998 Fabian De Waele
4hr 6min 52sec		 Daniele Nardello
@ s.t.		 José Luis Rubiera
@ s.t.		 151.3 km 36.772
1999 Sergio Barbero
4hr 10min 43sec		 Mirko Celestino
@ 1sec		 Sébastien Demarbaix
@ 6sec		 151.3 km 36.208
2000 Massimo Codol
4hr 16min 34sec		 Gabriele Missaglia
@ 1sec		 Marco Sepellini
@ 1min 11sec		 151.3 km 35.382
2001 Gilberto Simoni
4hr 16min 58sec		 Cadel Evans
@ 51sec		 Christophe Brandt
@ s.t.		 151.3 km 35.327
2002 Sergio Barbero
4hr 3min 29sec		 Igor Astarloa
@ s.t.		 Fabio Sacchi
@ 18sec		 151.3 km 37.283
2003 Sergio Barbero
4hr 3min 56sec		 Patrik Sinkewitz
@ s.t.		 Guido Trentin
@ 2sec		 151.3 km 37.215
2004 Patrik Sinkewitz
4hr 1min 30sec		 Damiano Cunego
@ 1sec		 Manuel Quinziato
@ 44sec		 151.3 km 37.590
2005 Damiano Cunego
4hr 5min 56sec		 Francisco Mancebo
@ 3sec		 Cristian Moreni
@ 27sec		 151.3km 36.912
2006 Riccardo Riccò
3hr 58min 18sec		 Ruggero Marzoli
@ s.t.		 Vladimir Gusev
@ s.t.		 151.3 km 38.094
2007 Manuele Mori
4hr 9min 58sec		 Fabian Wegmann
@ 6sec		 Francesco Gavazzi
@ s.t.		 151.3 km 36.316
2008 Damiano Cunego
4hr 4min 57sec		 Giovanni Visconti
@ s.t.		 Ivan Basso
@ s.t.		 151.3 km 37.06
2009 Chris Anker Sorensen
4hr 6min 19sec		 Daniel Moreno
@ 24sec 		 Ivan Santaromita
@ s.t.		 151.3 km 36.865