Had some good Youtube clips of this stage but they keep being removed by Youtube for Copyright violations…

What a great ride by Yukiya. If he didn’t take the initiative in the last 1.5km the trio were doomed.
Usually in these situations one will break away and win or lose or all three will wait for the other to break.
Yukiya decided to do all the work and take none of the glory.
He however has made a million fans with his fearsome display and probably earnt a lot of worth respect in the process.

I was lucky enough to ride with Yukiya in the 2008 Christmas Tokyo Fun Ride and he gave me a nice High Five on the finish line as I finished the last lap of the day.

The Fukushima brothers Koji & Shinichi also deserve a lot of praise in bringing Yukiya up through the juniors and putting him in Europe through the Meitan Honpo team.

Great ride.