Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek) scored the 10th win of his career in the Japan Cup road race, the American champion outpacing Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) after the pair escaped at the front of the race with 30km to go.
Simmons had the beating of Healy in the closing sprint between the duo, with the pair proving the strongest of the peloton after work on the front from Lidl-Trek and EF Education-EasyPost.
The pair couldn't be separated on the hilly course of the 144.2km race in Utsunomiya, with the pair racing to the line together to face off in a head-to-head finishing sprint.
"The fans really embrace the Captain America, so I really wanted to sign off for the season and give them a salute to say thank you to Japan for putting on such a nice race," Simmons said later, according to Velo.
"I’m pleased to see all the supporters on the side of the road with their cool signs and everything. I’m happy it ended like this."
Simmons and Healy had left the rest of the race far behind, with the chasers falling well out of contention for the win. Berckmoes was joined as the strongest of the chase by Jordan Jegat (TotalEnergies), Nicolò Garibbo (Team Ukyo), Julian Bernard (Lidl-Trek), and Sam Maisonobe (Cofidis)..
Berckmoes was the quickest finisher of the group, outpacing Jegat to grab the final spot on the podium, rounding off his season with two top-10s in Japan at both the road race and criterium.
Results
Position | Rider (Country) Team | Time Gap |
|---|---|---|
1 | Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek | 3:33:02 |
2 | Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost | |
3 | Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché | 0:01:12 |
4 | Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies | |
5 | Nicolò Garibbo (Ita) Team Ukyo | 0:01:45 |
6 | Julien Bernard (Fra) Lidl-Trek | 0:01:40 |
7 | Sam Maisonobe (Fra) Cofidis | 0:01:15 |
8 | Federico Iacomoni (Ita) Team Ukyo | 0:01:57 |
9 | Baptiste Vadic (Fra) Totalenergies | 0:01:26 |
10 | Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Totalenergies | 0:01:22 |
11 | Sam Oomen (Ned) Lidl-Trek | 0:02:00 |
12 | Louis Rouland (Fra) Cofidis | 0:02:03 |
13 | Benjamín Prades (Spa) Vc Fukuoka | |
14 | Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché | |
15 | Florian Stork (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling Team | |
16 | Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost | 0:02:06 |
17 | Hannes Wilksch (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 0:02:26 |
18 | Nicolas Breuillard (Fra) Totalenergies | 0:02:32 |
19 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | 0:02:48 |
20 | Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious | 0:03:07 |
21 | Yuhi Todome (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team | 0:03:22 |
22 | Bálint Feldhoffer (Hun) Bahrain Victorious Development Team | 0:05:53 |
23 | Ben Granger (GBr) Solution Tech Nippo Rali | 0:07:38 |
24 | Matteo Regnanti (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali | |
25 | Gerard Ledesma (Spa) Vc Fukuoka | |
26 | Junsei Tani (Jpn) Astemo Utsunomiya Blitzen | |
27 | Masao Shimazaki | 0:07:41 |
28 | Mauro Schmid (Swi) Jayco-AlUla | 0:07:47 |
29 | Paul Ourselin (Fra) Cofidis | 0:08:09 |
30 | Valentin Ferron (Fra) Cofidis | |
31 | Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Lidl-Trek | |
32 | Atsushi Oka (Jpn) Astemo Utsunomiya Blitzen | |
33 | Yoshiki Terada (Jpn) Team Ukyo | |
34 | Nicolas Gojković (Cro) Pogi Team Gusto Ljubljana | |
35 | Daiki Magosaki (Jpn) Victoire Hiroshima | |
36 | Alessandro Borgo (Ita) Bahrain Victorious | |
37 | Jo Hashikawa (Jpn) Kinan Racing Team | |
38 | Colby Simmons (USA) EF Education-EasyPost | |
39 | David Lozano Riba (Spa) Novo Nordisk | |
40 | Masaki Yamamoto (Jpn) Vc Fukuoka | |
41 | Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla | |
42 | Yael Joalland (Fra) Cofidis | |
43 | Toki Sawada (Jpn) Astemo Utsunomiya Blitzen | |
44 | Hijiri Oda (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team | 0:08:16 |
45 | Diego Casagrande (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23 | 0:08:17 |
46 | Shoma Hayashibara (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team | 0:08:49 |
47 | Fabian Weiss (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 0:10:52 |
48 | Hayato Okamoto (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team | 0:13:21 |
DNF | Thomas Bonnet (Fra) Totalenergies | |
DNF | Tommaso Dati (Ita) Team Ukyo | |
DNF | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Solution Tech Nippo Rali | |
DNF | Yusuke Kubota (Jpn) Victoire Hiroshima | |
DNF | Sam Brand (GBr) Novo Nordisk | |
DNF | Yuma Koishi (Jpn) Kinan Racing Team | |
DNF | Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Astemo Utsunomiya Blitzen | |
DNF | Luke Burns (Aus) Victoire Hiroshima | |
DNF | Kosuke Takeyama (Jpn) Astemo Utsunomiya Blitzen | |
DNF | Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Tudor Pro Cycling Team | |
DNF | Gen Abe (Jpn) Vc Fukuoka | |
DNF | Jardi Christiaan Van Der Lee (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost | |
DNF | Shoma Kazama (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team | |
DNF | Genki Yamamoto (Jpn) Kinan Racing Team | |
DNF | Yudai Arashiro (Jpn) Kinan Racing Team | |
DNF | Takumi Yamada (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team | |
DNF | Keito Kamiya (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team | |
DNF | Gasper Stajnar (Slo) Pogi Team Gusto Ljubljana | |
DNF | Manabu Ishibashi (Jpn) Team Ukyo | |
DNF | Yamato Kazama | |
DNF | Koki Kamada (Jpn) Team Nippo Nuovacomauto Obor | |
DNF | Kohei Yokotsuka (Jpn) Vc Fukuoka | |
DNF | Elliot Schultz (Aus) Victoire Hiroshima | |
DNF | Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché | |
DNF | Mihael Štajnar (Slo) Pogi Team Gusto Ljubljana | |
DNF | Koen Bouwman (Ned) Jayco-AlUla | |
DNF | Anders Foldager (Den) Jayco-AlUla | |
DNF | Keisuke Nakamura (Jpn) Victoire Hiroshima | |
DNF | Taito Shindo | |
DNF | Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost | |
DNF | Simone Gualdi (Ita) Lotto-Intermarché | |
DNF | Lukas Nerurkar (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost | |
DNF | Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché | |
DNF | Fabien Doubey (Fra) Totalenergies | |
DNF | Juan Jose Lopez Rodriguez (Spa) Novo Nordisk | |
DNF | Ren Mochizuki | |
DNF | George Matsui (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team | |
DNF | Zenshin Nozaki | |
DNF | Joseph Brookes (GBr) Avc Aix Provence Dole | |
DNF | Shunya Amiji (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team | |
DNF | Adam Rafferty (Irl) Hagens Berman Jayco | |
DNF | Lucas Terrier (Fra) Novo Nordisk | |
DNF | Maxence Place (Bel) Aarco | |
DNF | Ikki Watanabe | |
DNF | Bastian Petrič (Slo) Pogi Team Gusto Ljubljana | |
DNF | Jesper Stiansen (Nor) Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23 | |
DNF | Alessandro Iacchi (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali | |
DNF | Rein Taaramäe (Est) Kinan Racing Team | |
DNF | Leonel Quintero Arteaga (Ven) Victoire Hiroshima | |
DNF | Taishi Miyazaki (Jpn) Astemo Utsunomiya Blitzen | |
DNF | Kazuki Watanabe (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team | |
DNF | Isshin Yamasato (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team | |
DNF | Keigo Kusaba (Jpn) Kinan Racing Team | |
DNF | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali | |
DNF | Attila Valter (Hun) Bahrain Victorious | |
DNF | Célestin Wattelle (Fra) Novo Nordisk | |
DNF | Filippo Ridolfo (Ita) Novo Nordisk | |
DNF | Taisei Hino (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team | |
DNF | Jon Pritržnik (Slo) Pogi Team Gusto Ljubljana | |
DNF | Jakob Šlibar (Slo) Pogi Team Gusto Ljubljana | |
DNF | Keizaburo Baba | |
DNS | Haruhi Honda (Jpn) Vc Fukuoka |