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NOBEYAMA, Japan — On Day 2 of the 2014 Nobeyama Cyclocross race, the sun came out and dried up some of the soup from Day 1. The giant puddles and streams were gone, but there was still plenty of mud. Only today it was a lot stickier.

Sticky or not, it didn’t matter. The two Italian Cyclocross National Champions Alice Maria Arzuffi and Gioele Bertolini reigned supreme in the Far East again at Day 2 of the UCI C2 race weekend.

Behind the two Italians, there was some flip-flopping from Day 1. In the women’s race, Japanese National Champion Sakiko Miyauchi swapped Day 1 places with Ayako Toyooka, and would finish second, two and half minutes behind Arzuffi, and 18 seconds up on Toyooka.

Alice Maria Arzuffi leads Ayako Toyooka on Day 2 of the 2014 Nobeyama Cyclocross race.

Alice Maria Arzuffi leads Ayako Toyooka on Day 2 of the 2014 Nobeyama Cyclocross race.

In the men’s race, Americans Zach McDonald and Tim Johnson played trading places as well, with McDonald assuming Johnson’s second place from Day 1, and Johnson not finishing.

Italian National Champion Gioele Bertolini was dominant for the second day in a row at Nobeyama.

Italian National Champion Gioele Bertolini was dominant for the second day in a row at Nobeyama.

American Brennan Wodtli also overcame a Day 1 DNF and finished tenth on the day.

Japan’s Kazuhiro Yamamoto and Yu Takenouchi finished third and fourth, respectively, for the second day in a row.

See the video of muddy racing at the 2014 Nobeyama Cyclocross Day 2, and see the full results below. See also: 2014 Nobeyama Cyclocross Day 1 video and report and results. And don’t miss our print magazine feature on this classic international event that Rapha now calls a “Theatre of Cyclocross.”

2014 Nobeyama Cyclocross Race Day 2 Video by Pigmon:

2014 Nobeyama Cyclocross Day 2 Men's Results

RankNameNat.Age*ResultPaRPcR
1Gioele BERTOLINIITA1959:21:004040
2Zach MCDONALDUSA231:00:093030
3Kazuhiro YAMAMOTOJPN321:00:272020
4Yu TAKENOUCHIJPN261:00:421515
5Kota YOKOYAMAJPN191:01:031010
6Hikaru KOSAKAJPN261:01:3388
7Atsushi MARUYAMAJPN361:02:1766
8Yuri KOBASHIJPN201:03:2744
9Toki SAWADAJPN201:03:4122
10Brennan WODTLIUSA261:03:4111
11Masanori KOSAKAJPN511:04:07
12Yoshitaka HAMAJPN301:04:51
13Kohei MAEDAJPN201:05:24
14Ryo SAITOJPN34
15Yoshiki YAMADAJPN19
16Hiroaki KANEKOJPN30
17Yoshitaka NAKAHARAJPN21
18Yoshihide KIMURAJPN20
19Shun MATSUMOTOJPN38
20Shintarou NAKAMAJPN34
21Seigo YAMAMOTOJPN31
22Shinya IKEMOTOJPN36
23Masayuki GODAJPN40
24Kengo SIGETAJPN20
25Kazushi MIKAMIJPN42
26Syuntarou YAMAKAWAJPN32
27Yudai IZAWAJPN26
28Obuchi KOKIJPN39
29Ryoji NEMOTOJPN32
30Toshio KUNIIJPN37
31Makoto KAWAMURAJPN26
32Yuya MURAYAMAJPN22
33Ryutaro NAKAMURAJPN24
34Ataru HIGOJPN21
35Toshihide SATOJPN32
36Masaru NAKAZATOJPN22
37Daisuke YANOJPN42
38Kouji MUKOUYAMAJPN36
39Masanori KUNIYOSHIJPN42
40Daigoro KUMAMOTOJPN42
41Kodai IZAWAJPN23
42Asahi KURIHARAJPN27
43Kodai ICHIMORIJPN34
44Toyoshige IKEYAMAJPN27
45Tomova HACHISUKAJPN38
46Tomohiro SAITOJPN37
47Manabu NEMOTOJPN36
48Kazuyoshi IZAWAJPN40
49Tooru YOKOYAMAJPN39
50Takashi MIYAZAWAJPN36
51Yoshinori SUZUKIJPN27
52Yuki OCHIAIJPN31
53Hirohide KUBOTAJPN33
54Yukikaze ISHIYAMAJPN42
55Masato SAMATAJPN38
56Takashi DAIBOJPN40
57Jin KANAIJPN40
58Hiroyuki ONIKATAJPN36
59Yuichi SAWADAJPN45
60Kenichi ILJPN47
61Junichiro HASHIGUCHIJPN36
62Isamu OKURAJPN22
63Maeda NAOJPN34
64Kenichiro ONISHIJPN38
65Naoya OHASHIJPN42
66Natsuki YAMADAJPN46
67Shinji IWANAMIJPN43
68Katsuhisa BABAJPN37
69Shinsuke KOZAIJPN36
70Nobuhiko TANABEJPN31
71Hiroyuki ANDOJPN39
72Ikiru YASUKAWAJPN22
73Yusuke YAMAGISHIJPN34
74Teisuke MORIMOTOJPN40
75Takashi MAKINOJPN41
76Kousuke SAKAIJPN44

2014 Nobeyama Cyclocross Day 2 Women's Results

RankNameNat.Age*ResultPaRPcR
1Alice Maria ARZUFFIITA2044:57:004040
2Sakiko MIYAUCHIJPN3947:21:003030
3Ayako TOYOOKAJPN3447:39:002020
4Seika AINOTAJPN2049:14:001515
5Miho IMAIJPN2750:41:001010
6Waka TAKEDAJPN2251:44:0088
7Junko UEDAJPN3353:44:0066
8Yoko HASHIGUCHIJPN3444
9Michiko KAWASAKIJPN3622
10Yukie HAYASHIGUCHIJPN4111
11Mutsumi SUDOUJPN45
12Keiko AYANOJPN45
13Mikako SUZUKIJPN40
14Mihoko MORIJPN42
15Michiho WATANUKIJPN43
16Chihiro ITOJPN31