About “Le Tour de France SAITAMA CRITERIUM”

“Le Tour de France SAITAMA CRITERIUM” has been held in the city of Saitama, Japan since 2013, the event the world carries the prestige of Le Tour de France and the 6th edition of the event will be upcoming in 4th November 2018.

The race is set on the closed circuit in the center of Saitama city in which international top riders, who won various classifications of 2018 Le Tour de France, and Japanese leading riders compete with each other and gain attention from the approximately 100 thousand excited spectators.

On the day before the race, cultural exchange events are held in Saitama, which the riders experience Japanese traditional cultures.

“ Le Tour de France SAITAMA CRITERIUM” is a meaningful international event which presents “SAITAMA” to the world.

2018 Event Outline

Event name	J:COM presents 2018 Le Tour de France SAITAMA CRITERIUM
Organizer	Saitama City
Co-organizers	Saitama Prefecture, Saitama Sports Commission, Saitama Tourisms and International Relations Bureau, A.S.O.(Amaury Sport Organisation)
Management	2018 SAITAMA CRITERIUM Executive Committee
Race management	Japan Cycling Federation
Presenting Sponsor	Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (J:COM)
Official Media Partners	The Asahi Shimbun Company , The Yomiuri Shimbun Tokyo Headquarters
Official Airlines	ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS CO., LTD.（ANA）
Event date	Sunday,4 th November,2018
Venue	Around Saitama Shintoshin station, saitama city, Japan
Event contents	Criterium Race Events for the Growth of Cycling Events for the General public Sponsor Booths Stage Events Public Viewing Welcome Events for International Riders

Race results (2013-2017 editions)

2017

Rank	Bib	Name / Nat / Team	Time
1	41	Mark CAVENDISH / GBR / DDD	01'25'07"
2	51	Fumiyuki BEPPU / JPN / TDF	+00"
3	81	Yusuke HATANAKA / JPN / UKO	+00"
4	21	Warren BARGUIL / FRA / SUN	+00"
5	12	Alberto BETTIOL / ITA / CDT	+00"
6	3	Michal KWIATKOWSKI / POL / SKY	+00"
7	62	Michael SCHAR / SUI / BMC	+00"
8	34	Julien VERMOTE / BEL / QST	+00"
9	43	Nathan HAAS / AUS / DDD	+00"
10	124	Hayato OKAMOTO / JPN / AIS	+00"

2016

Rank	Bib	Name / Nat / Team	Time
1	11	Peter SAGAN / SVK / TNK	01'22'02'"
2	81	Sho HATSUYAMA / JPN / BGT	+00"
3	1	Christopher FROOME / GBR / SKY	+00"
4	21	Adam YATES / GBR / OBE	+05"
5	41	Marcel KITTEL / GER / EQS	+12"
6	33	Samuel DUMOULIN / FRA / ALM	+12"
7	62	Fumiyuki BEPPU /JPN / TDF	+12"
8	102	Shimpei FUKUDA / JPN / AIS	+12"
9	52	Zico WAEYTENS / BEL / TGA	+12"
10	31	Romain BARDET / FRA / ALM	+12"

2015

Rank	Bib	Name / Nat / Team	Time
1	61	John DEGENKOLB / GER / GIA	1h19'30"
2	21	Fumiyuki BEPPU / JPN / TFR	+00"
3	1	Christopher FROOME / GBR / SKY	+00"
4	31	Joaquim RODRIQUEZ / ESP / KTS	+00"
5	41	Romain BARDET / FRA / ALM	+00"
6	11	Yukiya ARASHIRO / JPN / EUC	+00"
7	53	Petr VAKOC /CZE / EQS	+22"
8	23	Marco COLEDAN / ITA / TFR	+22"
9	111	Yasuharu NAKAJIMA / JPN / AIS	+22"
10	71	Ryutaro NAKAMURA / JPN / SAI	+22"
11	101	Kazushige KUBOKI / JPN / UKO	+24"

2014

Rank	Bib	Name / Nat / Team	Time
1	41	Marcel KITTEL / GER / GIA	1h24'39"
2	12	Peter SAGAN / SVK / CAN	+00"
3	62	Alexander KRISTOFF / NOR / KAT	+00"
4	71	Arnaud DEMARE / FRA / FDJ	+00"
5	81	Yukiya ARASHIRO / JPN / TDF	+00"
6	32	Romain BARDET / FRA / ALM	+00"
7	4	Valerio AGNOLI / ITA / AST	+02"
8	43	Koen DE KORT / NED / GIA	+05"
9	1	Vincenzo NIBALI /ITA / AST	+05"
10	82	Fumiyuki BEPPU / JPN / TDF	+10"

2013

Rank	Bib	Name / Nat / Team	Time
1	1	Cristopher FROOME / GBR / SKY	1h17‘10"
2	21	Peter SAGAN / SVK / CAN	+07"
3	11	Rui Alberto COSTA / POR / MOV	+07"
4	34	Tom VEELERS / NED / ARG	+12"
5	92	Kazushige KUBOKI / JPN / JPN	+12"
6	83	Yasuharu NAKAJIMA / JPN / JPN	+12"
7	104	Masanari KOMURO / JPN / JPN	+12"
8	84	Taiji NISHITANI / JPN / JPN	+12"
9	87	Hayato YOSHIDA / JPN / JPN	+12"
10	12	Alejandro VALVERDE / ESP / MOV	+12"

Japanese traditional Culture Experience in Saitama city

International riders visited several historical sights in Saitama city and they directly experienced Japanese traditional cultures on the day before the race.