By just one second and forty-five hundredths, Solution Tech NIPPO Rali breaks the dominance of Team UKYO at the Tour of Japan, winning the team time trial in Ooshika, which counts as the third stage. With a time of 15:44.18, the Italian team managed to edge out the squad led by Manuele Boaro (who had been flawless until now with three victories in as many race days in Japan) which, in any case, by closing with such a tight gap, managed to defend the green leader's jersey of Tommaso Dati.

Third place went to another Italian representative, Carlo Beretta's Swatt Club, which delivered a more than solid performance and finished with a gap of 5"12 from Matteo Fabbro, Alessandro Iacchi, Kamiel Bonneu, Yukiya Arashiro, Tommaso Nencini and Tilen Finkšt, who, riding on the wings of enthusiasm for a magnificent 2026 so far, gave their team the first-ever victory in a team time trial and, above all, their thirteenth success of the season.

FINISHING ORDER

1. Solution Tech NIPPO Rali - 15:44.18

2. Team UKYO +1"45

3. Swatt Club +5"12

4. Astemo Utsunomiya Blitzen +8"44

5. Terengganu Cycling Team +13"00

6. Kinan Racing Team +17"15

7. CCACHE x Bodywrap +18"71

8. VC Fukuoka +19"70

9. Li Ning Star +19"78

10. Aisan Racing Team +37"85

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION

1. Tommaso Dati (Team UKYO) 5:44:53

2. Federico Iacomoni (Team UKYO) +0:10

3. Benjamín Prades (VC Fukuoka) +0:28

4. Nicolò Garibbo (Team UKYO) +0:31

5. Giacomo Garavaglia (Swatt Club) +0:41

6. Matteo Fabbro (Solution Tech NIPPO Rali) +0:46

7. Rein Taaramäe (Kinan Racing Team) +0:47

8. Fergus Browning (Terengganu Cycling Team) +0:48

9. Nicolò Pettiti (Swatt Club) +0:50

10. Mathias Bregnhøj (Terengganu Cycling Team) +0:50

OTHER CLASSIFICATIONS

Points Classification: Benjamín Prades (VC Fukuoka)

King of the Mountains Classification: Giacomo Garavaglia (Swatt Club)

Best Young Rider Classification: Will Heat (CCACHE x Bodywrap)

Team Classification: Team UKYO