Stage 3 - February 5: Port d'Alcudia - Port d' Alcudia, 171.8 kmResults Previous Stage Next stage Surprise victory by Basque Igor FloresBy Julie Walsh in Port d' Alcudia Euskaltel's Igor Flores has opened his account for the season, with a dramatic solo victory in the third race of the Mallorca Challenge, the Trofeo Manacor. After attacking with 6 kilometres to go in the stage, Flores held off Mapei's Paolo Bettini and Kelme's Francisco Cabello, who led the bunch in behind him. Cabello, a former overall winner of the Mallorca Challenge, took over the lead in the general classification. After two days of riding flats, this looped course that started and finished in Port d'Alcudia, a northern beach town favored by the British, was the first day of real climbing. Before the race, Mario Kummer, the director sportif of Telekom commented, "Today is the first mountain stage; we have to see who are the strongest on the climbs." But this Tour is just training for Zabel and the eight other Telekom riders who are preparing for Milan- San Remo and other classics. "Zabel and the team for Milan-San Remo will stay in Mallorca for another week after this Tour ends for preparation." In today's stage, there were three mountain passes to climb: an 11km category 3 climb at 77 km, a 5 km category 2 climb at 92 km and a 15 km category 1 climb up Puig Major at 118 km. After the Puig Major, the course was virtually all downhill for the remaining 53 km back to Alcudia.
After 24 kilometres, a breakaway containing six Dutchmen and one German established a small lead: Erik Dekker (Rabobank), Servais Knaven (Domo), Bram Schmitz, Thijs Al, Remco Van de Ven, and Jan Van Velzen (all BankGiroLoterij-Batavus) and Stefan Kupfernagel (Phonak). The seven riders could only gain a maximum of 1'30 over the peloton, and were reduced to four men (Dekker, Knaven, Kupfernagel and Schmitz) by the Coll D'honor (km 67). By the next climb, the Col de Soller, the situation had changed with Toni Colom (Relax-Fuenlabrada) crossing first followed by Dekker and Ivan Gutierrez (iBanesto). A new group was formed with these three riders, in addition to Mikel Zarrabeitia (ONCE), Joaquín López and (Kelme), Iker Flores and Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel). Their lead was not great, but only 13 others could join them to make a front group of 20. This group stayed together on the final climb of the day, the category 1 Puig Major (km 118), where Toni Colom again took the points followed by Francisco Cabello (Kelme) and Javier Pascual Rodriguez (iBanesto). The peloton shattered at this stage and race leader Erik Zabel, lost seven minutes on the group. Javier Pascual Rodriguez attacked shortly afterwards and managed to hold off the leading group for some 35 kilometres, before he too was caught. At this point there were only 17 kilometres to go. The next riders to try were Cadel Evans (Mapei) and Luis Perez (Team Coast). They lasted until 9 kilometres to go before Igor Flores launched the final race winning attack with 6 kilometres to go. Cadel Evans did most of the work in chasing down Flores, but the young Mapei rider could not quite close it down. With a few hundred metres to go, the sprinters started their charge but it was too late to catch the Basque. Said the winner Flores, "It was not easy for me today. I was with a group of specialists, there was no flexibility with what I could do. I thought my only chance was to go early."
"I was looking for a possible stage win," said new race leader Cabello, "But it's better to be the overall leader." Results1 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.35.19 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick-Step 3 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza MSS 6 Javi Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Team Coast 8 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 9 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Milaneza MSS 10 Pablo Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 11 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 12 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) ONCE-Eroski 13 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 14 David Muñoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 16 Jav Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 17 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 18 Antonio Colon (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.04 19 Cadel Evans (Aus) Mapei-Quick-Step 20 Koldo Gil (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.09 21 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 7.19 22 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 23 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 24 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 25 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 26 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo Farm-Frites 27 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo Farm-Frites 29 Bas Vandooren (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 30 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 31 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Nurnberger 32 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 33 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Mapei-Quick-Step 35 Marcel Duijn (Ned) Rabobank 36 Victoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza MSS 37 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 38 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 39 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak 40 Sergio Perez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 41 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 42 Sergio Villamil (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 43 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Nurnberger 44 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza MSS 45 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 46 Sascha Henrix (Ger) Team Coast 47 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 48 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza MSS 49 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 50 Ruben Plaza (Spa) iBanesto.com 51 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 52 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 53 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 54 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 57 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 58 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick-Step 59 Jose Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 60 Gianpaolo Caruso (Ita) ONCE-Eroski 61 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Team Telekom 62 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 63 Andrea Noe (Ita) Mapei-Quick-Step 64 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 10.14 65 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Itera 66 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Domo Farm-Frites 67 Jhonathan Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 68 Konstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Itera 15.28 69 Sasa Sviben (Slo) Team Nurnberger 15.47 70 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 16.46 71 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 72 Thijs Al (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 73 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 74 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo Farm-Frites 75 Andr‚ Korff (Ger) Team Coast 76 Vladimir Autko (Blr) Itera 77 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza MSS 78 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 79 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 80 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza MSS 81 David Kopp (Ger) Team Telekom 82 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak 83 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Domo Farm-Frites 84 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak 85 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 86 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 87 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 88 Alexei Markov (Rus) Itera 16.55 89 Chris Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Coast 90 Carlos Carneiro (Por) Milaneza MSS 91 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 92 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo Farm-Frites 93 Henricus Knaven (Ned) Domo Farm-Frites 94 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick-Step 95 Francisco J. Cerezo (Spa) Team CSC Tiscali 96 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Nurnberger 97 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nurnberger 98 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo Farm-Frites 99 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 100 Iban Herrero (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 101 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 102 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 103 Michael Reihs (Den) Phonak 104 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Team Coast 105 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 106 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 107 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 108 Jose A. Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 109 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Nurnberger 110 Ren‚ Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 111 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 112 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 113 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 114 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak 115 Cedric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak 116 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) Team Nurnberger 117 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 118 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 119 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 120 Armin Kroniger (Ger) Team Nurnberger 121 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 122 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC Tiscali 123 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 124 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 125 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Gerolsteiner 126 Corey Sweet (Aus) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 127 Denis Smyslov (Rus) Itera 128 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC Tiscali 129 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 130 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Itera 131 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 18.44 132 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick-Step 19.37 133 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 20.05 134 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 135 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) iBanesto.com 136 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 137 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 138 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 139 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 140 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 141 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 142 Iker Camaño (Spa) Phonak 143 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Gerolsteiner 144 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 145 Martin Garrido (Arg) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 146 Nokolaj Bo Larsen (Den) Gerolsteiner 147 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick-Step 148 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 149 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Team Coast 31.23 150 Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Itera 151 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Itera 152 Alexei Kuznetsov (Rus) Itera 41.29 Mountains Coll D'honor - Cat. 3 1 Henricus Knaven (Ned) Domo Farm-Frites 6 pts 2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 4 3 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 2 4 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak 1 Coll De Soller - Cat. 2 1 Antonio Colon (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 pts 2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 7 3 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 4 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3 5 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 6 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 1 Puig Major - Cat. 1 1 Cadel Evans (Aus) Mapei-Quick-Step 16 pts 2 Antonio Colon (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 3 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 4 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 8 5 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6 6 Koldo Gil (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 7 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) ONCE-Eroski 3 8 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 9 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Team Coast 1 Metas Volantes Santa Margalida - km 24 1 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 3 pts 2 Thijs Al (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 2 3 Henricus Knaven (Ned) Domo Farm-Frites 1 Pollena - km 153.9 1 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 pts 2 David Munoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 3 JaviePascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Special Sprints Sa Pobla - km 13 1 Alexei Markov (Rus) Itera 3 pts 2 Konstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Itera 2 3 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Itera 1 Inca - km 48.5 1 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 3 pts 2 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 2 3 Thijs Al (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 1 Teams 1 iBanesto.com 13.45.57 2 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.04 3 Milaneza MSS 7.19 4 Once-Eroski 5 Team Coast 6 Rabobank 21.57 7 Team Telekom 8 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 24.14 9 Domo Farm-Frites 24.52 10 Team Nurnberger 30.25 11 Bankgiroloterij-Batabus 40.51 12 Team CSC Tiscali 41.09 13 Itera 42.28 General classification after stage 3 1 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9.45.42 2 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) ONCE-Eroski 4 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 5 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza MSS 6 Pablo Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 7 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 8 JaviPascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 9 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Team Coast 10 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 11 Antonio Colon (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.04 12 Koldo Gil (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.09 13 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick-Step 1.04 14 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 7.19 15 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 16 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 17 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 18 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo Farm-Frites 19 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 20 Ruben Plaza (Spa) iBanesto.com 21 Bas Vandooren (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 22 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Nurnberger 23 Sergio Perez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 24 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 25 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 26 Marcel Duijn (Ned) Rabobank 27 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 28 Sergio Villamil (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 29 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 30 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 31 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Nurnberger 32 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Team Telekom 33 Victoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza MSS 34 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza MSS 35 Sascha Henrix (Ger) Team Coast 8.10 36 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 10.14 37 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Domo Farm-Frites 38 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Itera 39 Konstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Itera 15.28 40 Sasa Sviben (Slo) Team Nurnberger 15.47 41 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 16.46 42 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 43 Vladimir Autko (Blr) Itera 44 Thijs Al (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 45 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 46 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza MSS 47 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo Farm-Frites 48 Andre Korff (Ger) Team Coast 49 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 50 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza MSS 51 Alexei Markov (Rus) Itera 16.55 52 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 53 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Nurnberger 54 Francisco J. Cerezo (Spa) Team CSC Tiscali 55 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 56 Armin Kroniger (Ger) Team Nurnberger 57 Iban Herrero (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 58 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 59 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 60 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 61 Henricus Knaven (Ned) Domo Farm-Frites 62 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC Tiscali 63 Denis Smyslov (Rus) Itera 64 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick-Step 65 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) Team Nurnberger 66 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC Tiscali 67 ChristVon Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Coast 68 Jose A. Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 69 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 70 Rene Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 71 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 72 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Itera 73 Carlos Carneiro (Por) Milaneza MSS 74 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nurnberger 75 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 76 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.37 77 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 18.44 78 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 19.28 79 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Nurnberger 19.54 80 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 20.05 81 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 82 Iker Camano (Spa) Phonak 83 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 84 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 85 Martin Garrido (Arg) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 23.00 86 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Itera 31.23 87 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Team Coast 88 Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Itera 37.22 89 Alexei Kuznetsov (Rus) Itera 41.29 Mountains classification 1 Antonio Colon (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 25 pts 2 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 3 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 8 4 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 7 5 Henricus Knaven (Ned) Domo Farm-Frites 6 6 Koldo Gil (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 7 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) ONCE-Eroski 3 8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick-Step 2 9 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 2 10 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Team Coast 1 11 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 1 12 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1 Metas Volantes classification 1 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 9 pts 2 Thijs Al (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 5 3 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 4 Antonio Colon (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 5 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 2 6 Konstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Itera 1 7 Henricus Knaven (Ned) Domo Farm-Frites 1 Special Sprints classification 1 Alexei Markov (Rus) Itera 11 pts 2 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 3 3 Konstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Itera 2 4 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 2 5 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 6 Denis Smyslov (Rus) Itera 2 7 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Itera 1 8 Thijs Al (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 1 Teams classification 1 iBanesto.com 5.17.06 2 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.04 3 Milaneza MSS 7.19 4 Once-Eroski 5 Team Coast 6 Rabobank 21.57 7 Team Telekom 8 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 24.14 9 Domo Farm-Frites 24.52 10 Team Nurnberger 30.25 11 Bankgiroloterij-Batabus 40.51 12 Team CSC Tiscali 41.09 13 Itera 42.28
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