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October 27, 2019
Saitama Critérium 2019 – Saitama : 59,5 km
Le critérium de Saitama (ツール・ド・フランス さいたまクリテリウム, Tūru do Furansu Saitama kuriteriumu, Tour de France – Saitama Critérium) est une compétition cycliste japonaise lancée en 2013 par Amaury Sport Organisation.
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October 27, 2019
Saitama Critérium 2019 – Saitama : 59,5 km
Le critérium de Saitama (ツール・ド・フランス さいたまクリテリウム, Tūru do Furansu Saitama kuriteriumu, Tour de France – Saitama Critérium) est une compétition cycliste japonaise lancée en 2013 par Amaury Sport Organisation. La première édition est disputée le 26 octobre 2013.
Local hero Yukiya Arashiro (Bahrain-Merida) pulled off an upset at the Saitama Criterium, holding off Tour de France champion Egan Bernal (Team Ineos) and Vuelta a España champion Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) to take a solo victory.
Arashiro has been a mainstay of the end-of-season exhibition event in Japan in recent years, but has largely found himself written out of the script at the expense of the bigger names.
Chris Froome (Team Ineos) did not ride the criterium race but returned to competition four months after his terrible crash by riding the three-rider 3.1km team time trial with Bernal and Michal Kwiatkowski.
The Team Ineos trio finishing 12th, the last of Tour de France teams in the classification. The four Japanese teams were faster than the big-name teams; the AG2R trio finished fifth with an average speed of 46.9 kmph, three seconds ahead of Astana and seven seconds ahead of the Jumbo-Visma squad.
This year, 35-year-old Arashiro made the decisive selection with 16km and just over four laps of the 3.5km circuit remaining, and went solo with three kilometres to go.
Initially, he was in a move with Jakob Fuglsang (Astana), Luka Mezgec (Mitchelton-Scott), Oliver Naesen (AG2R La Mondiale), Jonathan Castroviejo (Team Ineos), and Kohei Uchima (Team Ukyo).
Seven kilometres later, Bernal and Roglic bridged across, along with Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) and Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-Scott).
Total Direct Energie launched a futile chase, with full commitment shown by Anthony Turgis, who emptied his bidon across the road in a desperate attempt to lighten the load.
With five kilometres to go, Arashiro went clear with Fuglsang, while Bernal and Roglic set about chasing them down. Fuglsang fell away with three kilometres to go, leaving Arashiro out front against the Grand Tour winners.
He maintained his slim advantage all the way to the line, slowing to celebrate to huge cheers from the local crowds.
Bardet, wearing the polka-dot jersey he won at the Tour de France, won the mountains classification thanks to his presence in the early breaks, while Trentin similarly claimed the green points jersey.
Results :
1 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida 1:22:16
2 Egan Bernal (Col) Team Ineos
3 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma
4 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:05
5 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Team Ukyo 0:00:06
6 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott
7 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:00:09
9 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:11
10 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Team Ineos 0:00:14
11 Keitaro Sawada (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Cycling 0:00:21
12 Hayato Okamoto (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
13 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
14 Rei Onodera (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
15 Benjami Prades (Spa) Team Ukyo
16 Tadaaki Nakai (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team
17 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Team Ukyo
18 Kakeru Omae (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
19 Kota Sumiyoshi (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:00:23
20 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana Pro Team
21 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Total Direct Energie
22 Tomohiro Hayakawa (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
23 Mikaël Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:30
24 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
25 Rein Taaramae (Est) Total Direct Energie
26 Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team 0:00:33
27 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Total Direct Energie
28 Paul Martens (Ger) Team Jumbo-Visma
29 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
30 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott
31 Tom Leezer (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
32 Airán Fernandez Casasola (Spa) Matrix Powertag
33 Omar Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team
34 Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
35 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Ineos 0:00:39
36 Eiya Hashimoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Cycling 0:00:42
37 Shotaro Iribe (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 0:00:44
38 Jérôme Cousin (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:00:45
39 Saya Kuroeda (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 0:00:48
40 Manabu Ishibashi (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Cycling 0:00:53
41 Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Cycling 0:01:36
42 Kosuke Takeyama (Jpn) Team Ukyo 0:02:06
43 Daiki Yasuhara (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 0:02:08
44 Junya Sano (Jpn) Matrix Powertag
DNF Kohei Maeda (Jpn) Japan
DNF Tatsuyoshi Nakamura (Jpn) Japan
DNF Shingo Shiraishi (Jpn) Japan
DNF Keita Watanabe (Jpn) Japan
DNF Takaaki Hori (Jpn) Japan
DNF Shogo Ichimaru (Jpn) Japan
 est une compétition cycliste japonaise lancée en 2013 par Amaury Sport Organisation. La première édition est disputée le 26 octobre 2013.
Local hero Yukiya Arashiro (Bahrain-Merida) pulled off an upset at the Saitama Criterium, holding off Tour de France champion Egan Bernal (Team Ineos) and Vuelta a España champion Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) to take a solo victory.
Arashiro has been a mainstay of the end-of-season exhibition event in Japan in recent years, but has largely found himself written out of the script at the expense of the bigger names.
Chris Froome (Team Ineos) did not ride the criterium race but returned to competition four months after his terrible crash by riding the three-rider 3.1km team time trial with Bernal and Michal Kwiatkowski.
The Team Ineos trio finishing 12th, the last of Tour de France teams in the classification. The four Japanese teams were faster than the big-name teams; the AG2R trio finished fifth with an average speed of 46.9 kmph, three seconds ahead of Astana and seven seconds ahead of the Jumbo-Visma squad.
This year, 35-year-old Arashiro made the decisive selection with 16km and just over four laps of the 3.5km circuit remaining, and went solo with three kilometres to go.
Initially, he was in a move with Jakob Fuglsang (Astana), Luka Mezgec (Mitchelton-Scott), Oliver Naesen (AG2R La Mondiale), Jonathan Castroviejo (Team Ineos), and Kohei Uchima (Team Ukyo).
Seven kilometres later, Bernal and Roglic bridged across, along with Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) and Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-Scott).
Total Direct Energie launched a futile chase, with full commitment shown by Anthony Turgis, who emptied his bidon across the road in a desperate attempt to lighten the load.
With five kilometres to go, Arashiro went clear with Fuglsang, while Bernal and Roglic set about chasing them down. Fuglsang fell away with three kilometres to go, leaving Arashiro out front against the Grand Tour winners.
He maintained his slim advantage all the way to the line, slowing to celebrate to huge cheers from the local crowds.
Bardet, wearing the polka-dot jersey he won at the Tour de France, won the mountains classification thanks to his presence in the early breaks, while Trentin similarly claimed the green points jersey.
<strong>Results : </strong>
1 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida 1:22:16
2 Egan Bernal (Col) Team Ineos
3 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma
4 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:05
5 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Team Ukyo 0:00:06
6 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott
7 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:00:09
9 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:11
10 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Team Ineos 0:00:14
11 Keitaro Sawada (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Cycling 0:00:21
12 Hayato Okamoto (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
13 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
14 Rei Onodera (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
15 Benjami Prades (Spa) Team Ukyo
16 Tadaaki Nakai (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team
17 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Team Ukyo
18 Kakeru Omae (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
19 Kota Sumiyoshi (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:00:23
20 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana Pro Team
21 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Total Direct Energie
22 Tomohiro Hayakawa (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
23 Mikaël Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:30
24 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
25 Rein Taaramae (Est) Total Direct Energie
26 Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team 0:00:33
27 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Total Direct Energie
28 Paul Martens (Ger) Team Jumbo-Visma
29 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
30 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott
31 Tom Leezer (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
32 Airán Fernandez Casasola (Spa) Matrix Powertag
33 Omar Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team
34 Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
35 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Ineos 0:00:39
36 Eiya Hashimoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Cycling 0:00:42
37 Shotaro Iribe (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 0:00:44
38 Jérôme Cousin (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:00:45
39 Saya Kuroeda (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team 0:00:48
40 Manabu Ishibashi (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Cycling 0:00:53
41 Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Cycling 0:01:36
42 Kosuke Takeyama (Jpn) Team Ukyo 0:02:06
43 Daiki Yasuhara (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 0:02:08
44 Junya Sano (Jpn) Matrix Powertag
DNF Kohei Maeda (Jpn) Japan
DNF Tatsuyoshi Nakamura (Jpn) Japan
DNF Shingo Shiraishi (Jpn) Japan
DNF Keita Watanabe (Jpn) Japan
DNF Takaaki Hori (Jpn) Japan
DNF Shogo Ichimaru (Jpn) Japan){kind=spacer}
