This weekend, CX Tokyo returns to the shores of the Tokyo Bay for its sixth year. The high-profile, non-UCI event is a popular season-ending event for amateur and pro racers alike, along with thousands of fans. Held within an hour’s train ride of 40 million people in the world’s most populated metropolitan area, CX Tokyo has attracted 6 Americans and 10 overseas racers this year.
An urban beach makes for a remarkable race venue. 2016 Cyclocross Tokyo © Kei Tsuji
Jeremy Powers (Aspire) returns to defend his title, while Kerry Werner (Kona) makes his first trip. Lucie and Steve Chainel (Cross Endurance Team by G4) line up as the top-ranked UCI racers in the men’s and women’s events, while the Squid team of Emily Kachorek, Sammi Runnels and Anthony Clark will also take to the start.
With the 2020 Tokyo Olympics looming on the horizon, the organizers have told Cyclocross Magazine that this year’s event is likely the penultimate running of the race, at least at this sandy Tokyo venue, as the venue will be needed for Olympics-related construction.
Is CX Tokyo on your bucket list? Next year’s event should float to the top of that bucket. The two-day event features amateur racing with professional racing ending the weekend on Sunday.
See Pigmon’s video of last year’s race, along with 2017 CX Tokyo start lists below (with names in three attempted formats).
2016 CX Tokyo Video Highlights:
2017 CX Tokyo Start List - Elite Women
| Pos | Name | Name-Kana | Name-Romaji | Nat | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucie Chainel | ﾙｰｼｰ ｼｬｲﾈﾙ | Lucie Chainel | FRA | Cross Team by G4 |
| 2 | Emily Kachorek | ｴﾐﾘｰ ｶﾁｮﾚｸ | Emily Kachorek | USA | Squid |
| 3 | 坂口 聖香 | ｻｶｸﾞﾁ ｷﾖｶ | Sakaguchi Kyoka | JPN | ﾊﾟﾅｿﾆｯｸﾚﾃﾞｨｰｽ |
| 4 | 武田 和佳 | ﾀｹﾀﾞ ﾜｶ | Waka Takeda | JPN | Liv |
| 5 | Rebecca Locke | ﾚﾍﾞｯｶ ﾙｯｸ | Rebecca Locke | AUS | Team Willy Locke · AUS |
| 6 | 今井 美穂 | ｲﾏｲ ﾐﾎ | Imai Miho | JPN | |
| 7 | Naomi Williams | ﾅｵﾐ ｳｲﾘｱﾑｽﾞ | Naomi Williams | AUS | Team Willy Locke · AUS |
| 8 | 福本 千佳 | ﾌｸﾓﾄ ﾁｶ | Chika Fukumoto | JPN | Live GARDEN Bici Stelle |
| 9 | 西山 みゆき | ﾆｼﾔﾏ ﾐﾕｷ | Miyuki Nishiyama | JPN | Toyo Frame |
| 10 | 林口 幸恵 | ﾊﾔｼｸﾞﾁ ﾕｷｴ | Yukie Hayashiguchi | JPN | SNEL CYCLOCROSS TEAM |
| 11 | 吉岡 梨紗 | ﾖｼｵｶ ﾘｻ | Risa Yoshioka | JPN | Ready Go JAPAN |
| 12 | 高橋 織江 | ﾀｶﾊｼ ｵﾘｴ | Orie Takahashi | JPN | PRDAL NATIOB |
| 13 | 橋口 陽子 | ﾊｼｸﾞﾁ ﾖｳｺ | Yoko Hashiguchi | JPN | TEAM 轍屋 |
| 14 | 川崎 路子 | ｶﾜｻｷ ﾐﾁｺ | Kawasaki Michiko | JPN | PAX PROJECT |
| 15 | 西形 舞 | ﾆｼｶﾀ ﾏｲ | Mai Nishikata | JPN | TRC Panama Reds |
| 16 | Sammi Runnels | ｻﾐｴﾙ ﾙｰﾈﾙｽﾞ | Sammi Runnels | USA | Squid |
| 17 | 坂本 沙弥 | ｻｶﾓﾄ ｻﾔ | Sakamoto Saya | JPN | TeamCUORE |
| 18 | 鬼形 貴子 | ｵﾆｶﾀ ﾀｶｺ | Takako Onikata | JPN | OCI |
| 19 | 辻 瑞穂 | ﾂｼﾞ ﾐｽﾞﾎ | Tsuji Mizuho | JPN | PAXPROJECT |
| 20 | 早瀬 久美 | ﾊﾔｾ ｸﾐ | Kumi Hayase | JPN | 日本ろう自転車競技協会 |
| 21 | 安田 朋子 | ﾔｽﾀﾞ ﾄﾓｺ | Tomoko Yasuda | JPN | CICADA UNITED |
| 22 | 木下 礼子 | ｷﾉｼﾀ ﾚｲｺ | Reiko Kinoshita | JPN | TEAM MELODY PUNCH |
| 23 | 赤松 綾 | ｱｶﾏﾂ ｱﾔ | Aya Akamatsu | JPN | ...&BicycleCC |
| 24 | 後口 沙織 | ｳｼﾛｸﾞﾁ ｻｵﾘ | Saori Ushiroguchi | JPN | ARAI MURACA |
| 25 | 二口 早紀 | ﾌﾀｸﾁ ｻｷ | Saki Futakuchi | JPN | ﾊﾞﾙﾊﾞｸﾗﾌﾞﾌｸｲ |
| 26 | 関谷 淳子 | ｾｷﾔ ｼﾞｭﾝｺ | Junko Sekiya | JPN | じてんしゃの杜 |
2017 CX Tokyo Start List - Elite Men
| Pos | Name | Name-Kana | Name-Romaji | Nat | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Chainel | ｽﾃｨｰﾌﾞ ｼｬｲﾈﾙ | Steve Chainel | FRA | Cross Enduance Team |
| 2 | Kerry Werner | ｹﾘｰ ﾜｰﾅｰ | Kerry Werner | USA | Kona |
| 3 | Jeremy Powers | ｼﾞｪﾚﾐｰ ﾊﾟﾜｰｽﾞ | Jeremy Powers | USA | ASPIRE RACING |
| 4 | 沢田 時 | ｻﾜﾀﾞ ﾄｷ | Sawada Toki | JPN | Bridgestone Anchor Cycling Team |
| 5 | Chris Jongewaar | ｸﾘｽ ｼﾞｮﾝｼﾞｪﾜｰﾄﾞ | Chris Jongewaar | AUS | Flanders-Nemisis |
| 6 | 小坂 光 | ｺｻｶ ﾋｶﾙ | Kosaka Hikaru | JPN | UTSUNOMIYA BLITZEN Cyclo cross team |
| 7 | 前田 公平 | ﾏｴﾀﾞ ｺｳﾍｲ | Maeda Kohei | JPN | YOWAMUSHI PEDAL CYCLING TEAM |
| 8 | 織田 聖 | ｵﾀﾞ ﾋｼﾞﾘ | Oda Hijiri | JPN | YOWAMUSHI PEDAL CYCLING TEAM |
| 9 | 丸山 厚 | ﾏﾙﾔﾏ ｱﾂｼ | Maruyama Atsushi | JPN | BOMA/ROND |
| 10 | 竹之内 悠 | ﾀｹﾉｳﾁ ﾕｳ | Yu Takenouchi | JPN | Toyo Frame |
| 11 | 重田 兼吾 | ｼｹﾞﾀ ｹﾝｺﾞ | Kengo Shigeta | JPN | TeamCUORE/順天堂大学 |
| 12 | 加藤 健悟 | ｶﾄｳ ｹﾝｺﾞ | Kengo Kato | JPN | 臼杵ﾚｰｼﾝｸﾞ |
| 13 | 藤田 拓海 | ﾌｼﾞﾀ ﾀｸﾐ | Takumi Fujita | JPN | SNEL CYCLOCROSSTEAM |
| 14 | 山田 大介 | ﾔﾏﾀﾞ ﾀﾞｲｽｹ | Daisuke Yamada | JPN | PAXPROJECT |
| 15 | 宮津 旭 | ﾐﾔﾂﾞ ｱｻﾋ | Miyazu Asahi | JPN | PAXPROJECT |
| 16 | 門田 基志 | ｶﾄﾞﾀ ﾓﾄｼ | Motoshi Kadota | JPN | TEAM GIANT |
| 17 | 斎藤 朋寛 | ｻｲﾄｳ ﾄﾓﾋﾛ | Saito Tomohiro | JPN | RIDELIFE GIANT |
| 18 | 兼子 博昭 | ｶﾈｺ ﾋﾛｱｷ | Hiroaki Kanako | JPN | ｽﾜｺﾚｰｼﾝｸﾞﾁｰﾑ |
| 19 | 中村 龍太郎 | ﾅｶﾑﾗ ﾘｭｳﾀﾛｳ | Ryutaro Nakamura | JPN | SNEL CYCLOCROSS TEAM |
| 20 | 合田 正之 | ｺﾞｳﾀﾞ ﾏｻﾕｷ | Masayuki Goda | JPN | Cycle club 3UP |
| 21 | Anthony Clark | ｱﾝｿﾆｰ ｸﾗｰｸ | Anthony Clark | USA | Squid Factory |
| 22 | Matthew Schweik | ﾏﾃｭｰ ｼｭｳｨｯｶｰ | Matthew Schweik | USA | SRAM |
| 23 | 中里 仁 | ﾅｶｻﾞﾄ ﾏｻﾙ | Masaru Nakazato | JPN | |
| 24 | 鈴木 禄徳 | ｽｽﾞｷ ﾖｼﾉﾘ | Suzuki Yoshinori | JPN | PAXPROJECT |
| 25 | 岩田 祐樹 | ｲﾜﾀ ﾕｳｷ | Yuki Iwata | JPN | team36隊/cyclespeceHalo |
| 26 | 窪田 博英 | ｸﾎﾞﾀ ﾋﾛﾋﾃﾞ | Kubota Hirohide | JPN | Speedvagen Family Racing |
| 27 | 鬼形 博之 | ｵﾆｶﾀ ﾋﾛﾕｷ | Hiroyuki Onikata | JPN | OCI |
| 28 | 松本 駿 | ﾏﾂﾓﾄ ｼｭﾝ | Matsumoto Shun | JPN | TEAM SCOTT |
| 29 | 橋口 潤一郎 | ﾊｼｸﾞﾁ ｼﾞｭﾝｲﾁﾛｳ | Junichiro Hashiguchi | JPN | team轍屋 |
| 30 | 箭内 秀平 | ﾔﾅｲ ｼｭｳﾍｲ | Shuhei Yanai | JPN | 日本ろう自転車競技協会 |
| 31 | 國井 敏夫 | ｸﾆｲ ﾄｼｵ | Toshio Kunii | JPN | MilePost BMC Racing |
| 32 | 佐復 真人 | ｻﾏﾀ ﾏｻﾄ | Masato Samata | JPN | 茨城ｼｸﾛｸﾛｽﾁｰﾑ |
| 33 | 向山 浩司 | ﾑｺｳﾔﾏ ｺｳｼﾞ | Koji Mukoyama | JPN | SNEL CYCLOCROSS TEAM |
| 34 | 牧野 崇 | ﾏｷﾉ ﾀｶｼ | Takashi Makino | JPN | COGS |
| 35 | 比護 任 | ﾋｺﾞ ｱﾀﾙ | Higo Ataru | JPN | PAXPROJECT |
