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Japan Cup Discussion
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 15-04-2026 12:51
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 [PTHC] Japan Cup
Report by Imladrik
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third | | | | | | | | 2024 | MEURISSE Xandro | HIRSCHI Marc | CHAMPOUSSIN Clement | | | | | | | | 2023 | LOPEZ Miguel Angel | SAGAN Peter | ARERUYA Joseph | | | | | | | | 2022 | BUCHMANN Emanuel | CALMEJANE Lilian | KINOSHITA Tomohiro | | | | | | | | 2021 | YATES Simon | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald | KINOSHITA Tomohiro | | | | | | | | 2020 | LUTSENKO Alexey | KINOSHITA Tomohiro | McCARTHY Jay | | | | | | | | 2019 | PREVAR Oleksandr | KINOSHITA Tomohiro | HAUGAARD JENSEN Kristian | | | | | | | | 2018 | KINOSHITA Tomohiro | SCHREURS Maurice | ULISSI Diego | | | | | | | | 2017 | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald | VAN GARDEREN Tejay | JUUL-JENSEN Christopher | | | | | | | | 2016 | FROOME Chris | KINOSHITA Tomohiro | ULISSI Diego | | | | | | | | 2015 | McCARTHY Jay | KLEMME Dominik | COSTA Rui | | | | | | | | 2014 | DI MAGGIO Cesare | BOBRIDGE Jack | MONFORT Maxime | | | | | | | | 2013 | GINANNI Francesco | FLÜGEL Aleksandar | EFIMKIN Aleksandr | | | | | | | | 2012 | FLÜGEL Aleksandar | BELLIS Jonathan | CLAEYS Dimitri | | | | | | | | 2011 | SIUTSOU Konstantin | BERNUCCI Lorenzo | FROOME Chris | | | | | | | | 2010 | LÖVKVIST Thomas | CARRARA Matteo | DI LUCA Danilo | | | | | | | | 2009 | SCHLECK Frank | CHAVANEL Sylvain | SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon | | | | | | | | 2008 | GHISALBERTI Sergio | SINKEWITZ Patrik | VICIOSO Angel | | | | | | |
| 1 | Xandro Meurisse | Specialized | 5h52'36 | | | | | | | | 2 | Marc Hirschi | Sauber Petronas Racing | s.t. | | | | | | | | 3 | Clement Champoussin | Rabobank | s.t. | | | | | | | | 4 | Takeaki Amezawa | MOL Cycling Team | s.t. | | | | | | | | 5 | Aurelien Paret-Peintre | Ekoi - Le Creuset | s.t. | | | | | | | | 6 | Valentin Madouas | Team Puma - SAP | + 1'06 | | | | | | | | 7 | Mauri Vansevenant | Fastned | s.t. | | | | | | | | 8 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Evonik - ELKO | s.t. | | | | | | | | 9 | Attila Valter | Aker - MOT | s.t. | | | | | | | | 10 | Robert Stannard | Everesting | s.t. | | | | | | |
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | MM | HL | ST | RS | RC | AC |  Lopez | Miguel Angel | COL | 31 | 82 | 84 | 76 | 74 | 74 | 78 |  Hirschi | Marc | SWI | 27 | 79 | 81 | 78 | 78 | 77 | 75 |  Vansevenant | Mauri | BEL | 26 | 78 | 81 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 80 |
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | MM | HL | ST | RS | RC | AC |  Sosa | Ivan | COL | 28 | 79 | 78 | 75 | 79 | 80 | 74 |  Amezawa | Takeaki | JPN | 30 | 79 | 77 | 76 | 78 | 80 | 75 |  Stannard | Robert | AUS | 27 | 77 | 81 | 75 | 76 | 74 | 78 |  Schmid | Mauro | SWI | 26 | 78 | 79 | 73 | 78 | 73 | 79 |  Pidcock | Thomas | GBR | 26 | 76 | 76 | 75 | 78 | 73 | 81 |
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | MM | HL | ST | RS | RC | AC |  Aleotti | Giovanni | ITA | 26 | 76 | 78 | 78 | 77 | 75 | 75 |  Eiking | Odd Christian | NOR | 31 | 75 | 81 | 78 | 74 | 71 | 76 |  Van Niekerk | Aidan | RSA | 28 | 78 | 80 | 72 | 75 | 76 | 74 |  Aranburu | Alex | ESP | 30 | 79 | 80 | 70 | 79 | 74 | 71 |  Romo | Javier | ESP | 26 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 71 |  Skujins | Toms | LAT | 34 | 75 | 81 | 77 | 74 | 70 | 73 |
Other leaders
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | MM | HL | ST | RS | RC | AC |  Nikiema | Bachirou | BUR | 28 | 74 | 77 | 72 | 74 | 72 | 76 |  Paret-Peintre | Aurelien | FRA | 29 | 77 | 77 | 73 | 75 | 73 | 74 |  Gaudu | David | FRA | 29 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 75 | 71 | 70 |  De Plus | Laurens | BEL | 30 | 78 | 79 | 74 | 73 | 71 | 72 |  Ardila | Andres Camilo | COL | 26 | 81 | 80 | 69 | 70 | 74 | 75 |  Formolo | Davide | ITA | 33 | 79 | 79 | 75 | 75 | 72 | 70 |  Kelderman | Wilco | NED | 34 | 75 | 80 | 77 | 72 | 70 | 69 |  Quita | Ronnilan | PHI | 30 | 76 | 77 | 75 | 75 | 73 | 74 |  Buchmann | Emanuel | GER | 33 | 78 | 80 | 71 | 72 | 72 | 71 |  Pira | Yesid Albeiro | COL | 26 | 76 | 71 | 68 | 71 | 73 | 69 |
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 15-04-2026 13:10
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Pidcock hasn't really performed as well as we know he can in the hills. Filling in for Areruya again here, hoping for a great result 
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 15-04-2026 13:14
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Not enough race days for Champoussin to try to repeat last year's podium, but we do have Formolo to keep the flag high.
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| knockout |
Posted on 15-04-2026 13:15
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This is far from a Lopez route imo and last year was underwhelming as well. Still, hilly and him on the startlist raises hope
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 15-04-2026 13:17
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Seeing Meurisse or Calmejane on the podium here means there's some hope APP could also do well. He could also finish in 20th, so thrilled how the race will unfold.
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 15-04-2026 13:17
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Hopefully the startlist is strong enough that Hirschi doesn't have to burn himself out and can get a strong result here.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 15-04-2026 14:24
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Probably too long for Aranburu to have success here, we'll just see what happens! Thanks for the preview!
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Posted on 15-04-2026 20:50
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 15-04-2026 14:24
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Probably too long for Aranburu to have success here, we'll just see what happens! Thanks for the preview!
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| ember |
Posted on 15-04-2026 20:34
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First race for Romo as our clear leader. Hopeful for a top 10, which would be a very good result. Hoping his good stamina benefits him, eventhough his acceleration is an obvious weakness. Fingers crossed we get to see him in the mix and action, whatever the result is in the end! |
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