BELGIUM'S FABIAN DE WAELE WINS THE 1998 JAPAN CUP CYCLING ROAD RACE IN UTSUNOMIYA.
Fabian De Waele (L) of Belgium's Lotto-Mobistar team races with Daniele Nardello (R) of Italy's Mapei-Bricobi team and Jose Luis Rubiera Vigil (centre rear) of Spain's Kelme-Costa Blanca team in the last lap of the Japan Cup cycling road race in Utsunomiya, Japan October 25. De Waele won the race in four hours six minutes 52 seconds. Nardello placed second and Rubiera Vigil, third.
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