2013 Tour of Japan (JPN, 2.1)

[SetonHallPirate]

http://cyclingiq.com/2013/05/12/2013-tour-of-japan-preview/

Brief thought...why would any tour organizer design a 2.65km ITT (that they are calling stage 1, not a prologue), followed by a rest day, and then stage four of just a "hillclimb" (up Mount Fuji). Ms. Libertine Seguros would go bat-crazy over this sort of itinerary, and with good reason!

Stage 1 results: http://cyclingiq.com/2013/05/19/2013-tour-of-japan-stage-1-sakai-itt/

 

[GPdesAmeriques]

Stage 1 results: http://cyclingiq.com/2013/05/19/2013-tour-of-japan-stage-1-sakai-itt/

TTs / prologues with riders using normal road bikes are always good to see. No road aero helmets either!

 

[Michele]

The short ITT prologue isnt a surprise cause they use it already from many years.

 

[PCutter]

http://cyclingiq.com/2013/05/12/2013-tour-of-japan-preview/

Brief thought...why would any tour organizer design a 2.65km ITT (that they are calling stage 1, not a prologue), followed by a rest day, and then stage four of just a "hillclimb" (up Mount Fuji). Ms. Libertine Seguros would go bat-crazy over this sort of itinerary, and with good reason!

Stage 1 results: http://cyclingiq.com/2013/05/19/2013-tour-of-japan-stage-1-sakai-itt/

What's more surprising is that this is a cycling culture that can draw 66,000 people to a crit of domestic teams based in the world's third largest economy yet it doesn't have a WT event