Dan Martin was well wrapped up against the elements in Japan yesterday but was not in the reckoning in the finale despite a good recent showing in Beijing and claiming victory and a 2nd place in the Japan Cup in the past couple of seasons.
Dan Martin may have been fancied to finish the season on a high note with a possible victory in the Japan Cup yesterday, Sunday, after coming 2nd last year and winning the event two years ago.
However, while the Irishman showed very good form in taking 2nd overall in the Tour of Beijing which ended last week, his ride in Japan was lack lustre on what was a wet and tough day for the riders during which only 39 finished.
The Garmin-Sharp climbing specialist was not in the reckoning in the finale when a decisive group that went clear on the last passage of the hilly circuit in Utsunomiya.
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Some 4mins 4secs would elapse after race winner Michael Rogers (Saxo-Tinkoff) before Martin came home in 23rd place.
Sunday October 20th: Japan Cup
| 1 | Michael Rogers (Saxo-Tinkoff) | 4:25:00 | |
| 2 | Jack Bauer (Garmin-Sharp) | @44secs | |
| 3 | Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Merida) | ||
| 4 | Julian David Arredondo Moreno (Nippo-De Rosa) | ||
| 5 | David Lopez Garcia (Team Sky) | @50 | |
| 6 | Manuele Mori (Lampre-Merida) | @58 | |
| 7 | Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (Team Sky) | ||
| 8 | Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) | ||
| 9 | Taiji Nishitani (Aisan Racing Team) | @1:05 | |
| 10 | Joshua Edmondson (Team Sky Procycling) | @1:33 | |
| 11 | Elia Favilli (Lampre-Merida) | @2:30 | |
| 12 | Ben Hermans (RadioShack Leopard) | @2:55 | |
| 13 | Pieter Serry (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) | @2:59 | |
| 14 | Ivan Basso (Cannondale) | ||
| 15 | Steele Von Hoff (Garmin-Sharp) | @3:58 | |
| 16 | Serghei Tvetcov (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) | ||
| 17 | Tomoyuki Iino (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen | ||
| 18 | Jose Vicente Toribio Alcolea (Team Ukyo) | ||
| 19 | Ryoma Nonaka (Shimano Racing Team) | ||
| 20 | Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Aisan Racing Team) | ||
| 21 | Matthias Krizek (Cannondale) | ||
| 22 | Rory Sutherland (Saxo-Tinkoff) | ||
| 23 | Daniel Martin (Garmin-Sharp) | @4:04 | |
| 24 | Evgeny Petrov (Saxo-Tinkoff) | ||
| 25 | Ryota Nishizono (Champion System) | @4:36 | |
| 26 | Hossein Alizadeh (Amore & Vita) | @6:51 | |
| 27 | Naoya Uchino (Jpn) | @8:10 | |
| 28 | Sean Mazich (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) | @8:17 | |
| 29 | Bernhard Eisel (Team Sky) | ||
| 30 | Nariyuki Masuda (Cannondale) | ||
| 31 | Yasuharu Nakajima (Aisan Racing Team) | ||
| 32 | Charles Bradley Huff (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) | ||
| 33 | Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | @8:19 | |
| 34 | Naoya Yoshioka (Jpn) | ||
| 35 | Hayato Yoshida (Shimano Racing Team) | ||
| 36 | Yuzuru Suzuki (Shimano Racing Team) | @10:30 | |
| 37 | Uri Martins (Amore & Vita) | @11:26 | |
| 38 | Yuya Akimaru (Bridgestone Anchor) | @12:16 | |
| 39 | Shinichi Fukushima (Nippo-De Ross) | @12:36 |
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