Nobeyama Cyclocross

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The Nobeyama Farmyard Tourist Ranch, at the base of Yatsugatake mountain range, hosted the second Nobeyama Cyclocross Race. Rapha Japan’s Daisuke Yano and local resident of Nobeyama (where he has a Rapha showroom and workshop) created a course that involved a stretch through a cabbage field as well as Japan's first ever flyover. There was also a detour through the food gallery, serving local produce from this picturesque region, as well as Rapha coffee.

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A full field of top Japanese bike racers took part in the main event, along with a selection from the USA. Yu Takenouchi (Team Eurasia Fondriest) won the elite men’s ahead of National Champion Keiichi Tsujiura (Bridgestone Anchor) and MTB National Champion Kohei Yamamoto (Bridgestone Anchor).

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_{Photo © Keitsuji1983}

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In the women's race Nat. Champion Ayako Toyooka (Panasonic Ladies) took victory over Chika Fukumoto (Ready Go Japan) and Tina Brubaker from the US (Vanilla / Speedvagen).

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