Challenge Mallorca, 5 x Cat 1.4

Spain, February 7-11, 1999

Other Stages

Stage 5, Palmanova - Palmanova, 141 kms:

Today's 5th Stage from Palmanova saw 177 riders start at 13.00 in 14 degree temperatures with sun and cold winds. At the 3 km mark, Andriotto abandoned. The first special sprint came at km 14 at Andratx, with Kroon (Rabobank) first, Verziagi (Fuenlabrada) second, and Commesso (Saeco) third.

The first major mountain climb cam at km 30 as the peloton tackled the Cat 2 Coll de Galilea. Cabello first, Pascual Rodriguez second, Hernandez 3rd, Rebollo 4th, Ajuria 5th, Knaven 6th, Boven 7th, Etzebarria 8th, Moller 9th, and Dietz 10th.

The first hour passed with only 31.5 kms of the race done. At the 39 kms mark, the second KOM sprint on the Cat 2 Coll de Superna saw Laurent Jalabert in some form with Cabello on his wheel over the top.

6 kms later the first major attack of the day went way with 2 riders, Otxoa (Kelme) and Van Dyck (TVM) being joined soon after by Udo Bolts (Telekom). The three worked well together and by km 63 they had a lead of 2.05. At the 69 kms mark, the first of the Meta Volantes sprint with Otxoa, Van Dyck and Bolts in that order taking the points and the peloton now at 2.50.

The second hour of riding passed with the three averaging 35.8 km/h (71.6 kms travelled).

The end of the first lap saw the second special sprint in Palmanova and it was Bolts, Van Dyck and Otxoa (in that order) taking the points and the peloton was now languishing at 4.15. The action in the peloton was just beginning though and Kelme-Costa Blanca were active on the front as a lot of attacks were being tried. The effect was to bring the gap to the 3 leaders down to 3.45 by km 85. The three breakaways were also trying things out and the Otxoa became the casuality being dropped at the 93 kms mark. The gap was now at 2.40 and closing.

At km 95 the gap was 1.55. The third mountain sprint came at km 97 on the Cat 2 Coll de Galilea. The order was Van Dyck 1, Bolts 2, Otxoa 3 at 1.00 and at 2.30 De Wolf, Pascual, Rebollo, Pradera, Jalabert and Moller in that order. On the descent, Van Dyck dropped Bolts and the peloton absorbed Otxoa.

At km 107, Van Dyck had a 40 second lead on Bolts and Gutierrex with 1.00 to a placid peloton. At km 115, Van Dyck retained his lead but the peloton was now being driven hard by Kelme and ONCE. 6 kms later the breakaway finally is closed down and a new break goes away - Pascaul and Moller. Cabello soon joins them prior to the final mountain premie which came at the 123 kms mark. Over the Cat 2 Coll De Sa Creu, it was Cabello, Klier, Pascual, Medina, Garcia, Rebollo, Dekker, De Wolf, Farazijn and Osa in that order. On the descent, a group of 13 rider formed with the top 4 on the GC present in the break.

The final Meta Volantes premie came at the 130 kms mark and it was Perez (ONCE), Jalabert (ONCE) and Rebollo (ONCE) in that order.

The final sprint came at the 141 kms mark with Cabello taking the final stage with José Luis Rebollo (ONCE) taking the overall. 

  1. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                   3.47.26 (37.382 km/h)
  2. Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                      0.02
  3. Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips               0.03
  4. Alberto Elli (Ita) Telekom                                      0.03
  5. Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto                                 0.03
  6. José Luis Rebollo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                      0.03
  7. Renger Ijpendburg (Ned) Batavus                                 0.03
  8. Unai Osa (Spa) Banesto                                          0.03
  9. Felix M. Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina                             0.03
 10. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis                                    0.03
 11. Luis Perez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                             0.03
 12. Igor Gonzalez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                           0.03
 13. Javier Pascual (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                         0.03
 14. Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        0.03
 15. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                      0.03
 16. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                         0.03
 17. Santiago Botero (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                        0.03
 18. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                       0.03
 19. Claus Michael Moller (Den) TVM-Farm Frites                      0.03
 20. Andreas Klier (Ger) TVM-Farm Frites                             0.56
 21. Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank                                     0.56
 22. Roberto Petito (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                           0.56
 23. Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                        0.56
 24. Andreas Klöden (Ger) Telekom                                    0.56
 25. Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                          0.56
 26. Simone Campagnari (Ita) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips               0.56
 27. Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                     0.56
 28. Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                         0.56
 29. Bart Voskamp (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                              0.56
 30. Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                               0.56
 31. Mikel Pradera (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           0.56
 32. Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                     0.56
 33. Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      0.56
 34. Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          0.56
 35. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom                                        0.56
 36. Tristan Hoffman (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                           0.56
 37. Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina                                   0.56
 38. Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Banesto                                    0.56
 39. Vlatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips               0.56
 40. Isaac Villanueva (Spa) Fuenlabrada                              0.56
 41. Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Vitalicio Seguros                        0.56
 42. Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                            0.56
 43. Andrea Peron (Ita) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                           0.56
 44. David Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                       0.56
 45. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank                                    0.56
 46. José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                 0.56
 47. Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                            0.56
 48. Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger                                4.09
 49. Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                    4.09
 50. Nacor Burgos (Spa) Fuenlabrada                                  4.09
 51. Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger                                4.09
 52. Cesar Perez (Spa) Fuenlabrada                                   4.09
 53. Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                          4.09
 54. Alberto López de Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 4.09
 55. Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         4.09
 56. Jens Zemke (Ger) Team Nürnberger                                4.09
 57. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom                                  4.09
 58. David Latasa (Spa) Banesto                                      4.09
 59. Alexandre Moos (Swi) Festina                                    4.09
 60. William Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step                      4.09
 61. Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina                                      4.09
 62. Pieter Vries (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                              4.09
 63. Mike Weissmann (Ger) Team Nürnberger                            4.09
 64. Peter Luttenberger (Aut) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                     4.09
 65. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                               4.09
 66. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                         4.09
 67. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM-Farm Frites                         4.27
 68. Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                       4.27
 69. Hendrik Van Dijck (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                         9.27
 70. John Talen (Ned) Batavus                                        9.31
 71. Kees Jeurissen (Ned) Batavus                                    9.31
 72. Michel Cerneus (Ned) Batavus                                    9.31
 73. Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Cofidis                                  9.31
 74. Ramón Medina (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                            9.31
 75. Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          9.31
 76. Toni Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                            9.31
 77. Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Banesto                                    9.31
 78. Dirk Ronellenfitsch (Ger) Team Nürnberger                       9.31
 79. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step                             9.31
 80. Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     9.31
 81. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                                        9.31
 82. Rik Reinerink (Ned) Batavus                                     9.31
 83. Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom                                    9.31
 84. Manuel Fernandez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step                         9.31
 85. André Korff (Ger) Festina                                       9.31
 86. Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Rabobank                                    9.31
 87. Danilo Hondo (Ger) Telekom                                      9.31
 88. Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom                                         9.31
 89. Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Cofidis                                     9.31
 90. J.José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                  9.31
 91. Amilcare Tronca (Ita) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips                 9.31
 92. Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom                                      9.31
 93. José-Ramón Uriarte (Spa) Festina                                9.31
 94. Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto                                     9.31
 95. Martin Van Steen (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                          9.31
 96. Angel Vicioso (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                          9.31
 97. Marcel Renggli (Swi) Post Swiss Team                            9.31
 98. Jörge Jaksche (Ger) Telekom                                     9.31
 99. Alexander Kastenhuber (Ger) Team Nürnberger                     9.31
100. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto                                9.31
101. Guido Wirz (Swi) Post Swiss Team                                9.31
102. Saul Morales (Spa) Fuenlabrada                                  9.31
103. Cesar Solaun (Spa) Banesto                                      9.31
104. Andres Bermejo (Spa) Fuenlabrada                                9.31
105. Inigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                           9.31
106. Rolf Jaermann (Swi) Post Swiss Team                             9.31
107. Roland Müller (Swi) Team Nürnberger                             9.31
108. Matias Cagigas (Spa) Fuenlabrada                                9.31
109. Ibon Ajuria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             9.31
110. José Garcia vicente (Spa) Banesto                               9.31
111. Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Post Swiss Team                        9.31
112. Marcelino Garcia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                       9.31
113. Eugeni Berzin (Rus) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips                   9.31
114. German Nieto (Spa) Fuenlabrada                                 17.54
115. Pedro Diaz (Spa) Fuenlabrada                                   17.54
116. Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Nürnberger                        17.54
117. Marcos A. Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                     17.54
118. Jan Hordijk (Ned) Team Nürnberger                              17.54
119. Gatzka Lejarreta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                      17.54
120. Olivier Asmaker (Fra) TVM-Farm Frites                          17.54
121. Anthony Rokia (Fra) Cofidis                                    17.54

Mountain Sprint 1, Coll de Galilea, Cat 2, km 30:

  1. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                        10
  2. Javier Pascual (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                            9
  3. Eduardo Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                         8
  4. José Luis Rebollo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                         7
  5. Ibon Ajuria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                6
  6. Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                               5
  7. Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                           4
  8. David Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                          3
  9. Claus Michael Moller (Den) TVM-Farm Frites                         2
 10. Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger                                   1

Mountain Sprint 3, Coll de Superna, Cat 2, km 39:  
  
  1. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                         10
  2. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                         9

Mountain Sprint 3, Coll de Galilea, Cat 2, km 97:

  1. Hendrik Van Dijck (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                           10
  2. Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom                                            9
  3. Javier Otxoa (Spa) Banesto                                         8
  4. Steve De Wolf (Bel) Cofidis                                        7
  5. Javier Pascual (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                            6

Mountain Sprint 4, Coll de sa Creu, Cat 2, km 123:

  1. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                        10
  2. Andreas Klier (Ger) TVM-Farm Frites                                9
  3. Javier Pascual (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                            8
  4. Ramón Medina (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                               7
  5. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                          6
  6. José Luis Rebollo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                         5
  7. Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         4
  8. Steve De Wolf (Bel) Cofidis                                        3
  9. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis                                       2
 10. Unai Osa (Spa) Banesto                                             1

Special Sprint 1, Andratx, km 14:

  1. Javier Otxoa (Spa) Banesto                                         3
  2. Hendrik Van Dijck (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                            2
  3. Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom                                            1

Special Sprint 2, Palmanova, km 76:
 
  1. Luis Perez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                                3
  2. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                          2
  3. José Luis Rebollo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                         1

Final General Classifications after Stage 5: 

  1. José Luis Rebollo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                  17.36.47
  2. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                      0.26
  3. Claus Michael Moller (Den) TVM-Farm Frites                      0.48
  4. Javier Pascual (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                         0.50
  5. Unai Osa (Spa) Banesto                                          0.50
  6. Igor Gonzalez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                           0.50
  7. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis                                    0.50
  8. Felix M. Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina                             0.50
  9. Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                        1.43
 10. Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank                                     1.58
 11. David Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                       1.58
 12. José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                 2.48
 13. Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          3.42
 14. Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                     6.56
 15. Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger                                7.24
 16. Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina                                   8.05
 17. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank                                    8.05
 18. Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                     8.24
 19. Pieter Vries (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                             10.02
 20. Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                     10.08
 21. William Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step                     10.09
 22. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                        10.09
 23. Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                   10.59
 24. J.José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                 11.23
 25. Mike Weissmann (Ger) Team Nürnberger                           12.03
 26. Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Nürnberger                               12.22
 27. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                                       15.31
 28. Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina                                     18.32
 29. Kees Jeurissen (Ned) Batavus                                   21.38
 30. Rik Reinerink (Ned) Batavus                                    23.38
 31. Cesar Perez (Spa) Fuenlabrada                                  24.35
 32. Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Rabobank                                   24.52
 33. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                              25.12
 34. Renger Ijpendburg (Ned) Batavus                                25.31
 35. Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Vitalicio Seguros                       25.39
 36. Toni Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                            26.4
 37. John Talen (Ned) Batavus                                       30.12
 38. Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                      33.00
 39. Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Nürnberger                        33.13
 40. Olivier Asmaker (Fra) TVM-Farm Frites                          37.53
 41. Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Post Swiss Team                       44.15

Final Meta Volantes Sprints:

  1. Rik Reinerink (Ned) Batavus                                        6
  2. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                         3
  3. Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank                                        3
  4. Olivier Asmaker (Fra) TVM-Farm Frites                              3
  5. Claus Michael Moller (Den) TVM-Farm Frites                         2
  6. Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                          2
  7. José Luis Rebollo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                         1
  8. Mike Weissmann (Ger) Team Nürnberger                               1
  9. John Talen (Ned) Batavus                                           1

Final Special Sprints:

  1. John Talen (Ned) Batavus                                          15
  2. Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                       8
  3. Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank                                        4
  4. Olivier Asmaker (Fra) TVM-Farm Frites                              2
  5. Rik Reinerink (Ned) Batavus                                        1
  6. Renger Ijpendburg (Ned) Batavus                                    1
  7. Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                          1

Final Mountains:

  1. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                        72
  2. Javier Pascual (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                           36
  3. José Luis Rebollo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                        30
  4. Claus Michael Moller (Den) TVM-Farm Frites                        18
  5. Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                        11
  6. Igor Gonzalez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                             10
  7. Unai Osa (Spa) Banesto                                             9
  8. Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Vitalicio Seguros                           9
  9. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis                                       7
 10. Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                           7
 11. Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                        4
 12. David Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                          3
 13. Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger                                   1

Final Teams:

  1. Rabobank                                                    41.28.59
  2. ONCE-Deutsche Bank                                          41.30.08
  3. Kelme-Costa Blanca                                          41.30.18
  4. TVM-Farm Frites                                             41.34.41
  5. Vitalicio Seguros                                           41.34.53
  6. Saeco-Cannondale                                            41.36.28
  7. Euskaltel-Euskadi                                           41.38.04
  8. Festina                                                     41.40.00
  9. Team Nürnberger                                             41.44.08
 10. Mapei-Quick Step                                            41.46.03
 11. Telekom                                                     41.46.03
 12. Banesto                                                     41.46.28
 13. Fuenlabrada                                                 41.58.08
 14. Costa Almeria-Amica Chips                                   42.02.39
 15. Batavus                                                     42.03.54
 16. Post Swiss Team                                             42.45.07
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