11th Challenge Internacional Vuelta a Mallorca - 1.3 (x5)Spain, February 3-7, 2002 |
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Stage 4 - February 6: Manacor - Porto Cristo, 153.7 km
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Freire wins again, Zabel on podium
By Julie Walsh in Porto Cristo
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Oscar Freire (Mapei-Quick Step) has won his second race in three days, taking the fourth leg of the Mallorca Challenge from Manacor to Porto Cristo. Freire was again led out for the sprint by Mapei teammate Tom Steels, who finished fourth behind Isaac Galvez (Kelme) and Erik Zabel (Telekom). The general classification leader remains Francisco Cabello (Kelme).
With gale force winds with gusts up to 60mph in Mallorca, 175 riders started today's 153.7 km stage from Manacor in the east of the island to Porto Cristo, the port city of Manacor.
The riders maintained an average speed of 43 km/hour but the teams with the speedsters, including Telekom, Rabobank, Mapei and Kelme controlled the race from start to finish.
At 33 km, a break of 15 formed with Frank Vandenbroucke and Leon Van Bon (Domo), Rafael Diaz (ONCE) and Michael Boogerd (Rabobank). However, the group was absorbed within 11 kilometres. At 71 km, Jose L. Martinez (Jazztel) broke away alone and was joined by Roberto Lozano (Kelme), Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) and four others. Their gap on the field grew to 1'50 seconds but they were caught at 123 km
With 13 kilometres left before the finish, three riders broke away, but again were quickly caught, resulting in a field sprint.
Oscar Freire showed again what a smart rider he can be. In the last kilometres, it would turn out to be a close fight with Isaac Galvez (Kelme), the two riders crossed the line together in a photo finish just in front of Erik Zabel (Telekom). Tom Steels (Mapei) was fourth, once again behind Freire.
"We couldn't ask for more," said Freire. "To win two stages this early in the season wasn't in my plans. We wanted Steels to win the stage, but after we saw the finish the first time, Steels told me to try it. It was a hard sprint and I just won by a tire," he said.
In the general classification, Francisco (Paco) Cabello (Kelme) maintained the lead but with the same time as Jose Ivan Gutierrez (ibanesto.com) and Jose Luis Rebollo (Relax-Fuenlabrada).
Photography
- Richard Virenque (Domo) and Laurent Jalabert (CSC) - examine an interesting patch of pavement
- Isaac Galvez - gives Oscar Freire a friendly nudge to ensure that the World Champ wins the fourth stage
Results
1 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick-Step 3.31.34 2 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 4 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick-Step 5 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 0.04 6 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Phonak 7 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Gerolsteiner 8 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Domo Farm-Frites 9 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak 10 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 11 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 12 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC Tiscali 14 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 16 Sergio Villamil (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 17 Antonio Colon (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 18 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 19 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Nurnberger 0.07 20 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Team Coast 0.09 21 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 22 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 23 Martin Garrido (Arg) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 24 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick-Step 0.12 25 Pablo Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.15 26 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 0.22 27 Henricus Knaven (Ned) Domo Farm-Frites 28 Konstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Itera 29 Ruben Plaza (Spa) iBanesto.com 30 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Itera 31 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo Farm-Frites 32 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 33 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) ONCE-Eroski 34 Rafael Diaz (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 35 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 36 JaviPascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 37 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza MSS 38 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 39 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 40 Fabian De Waele (Bel) Mapei-Quick-Step 41 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Nurnberger 42 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 43 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 44 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.30 45 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC Tiscali 46 Jose A. Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 47 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo Farm-Frites 48 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 49 Sergio Perez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 50 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 51 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick-Step 52 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 53 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 54 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 55 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Abraham Olano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 57 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Nurnberger 58 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 59 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak 60 Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 61 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Phonak 0.35 62 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 0.36 63 Andre Korff (Ger) Team Coast 0.39 64 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 65 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 0.42 66 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 67 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 68 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 69 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 0.45 70 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Nurnberger 71 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Coast 72 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 73 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak 74 Melchior Mauri (Spa) Milaneza MSS 0.51 75 Iban Herrero (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 76 Goncalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza MSS 77 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.54 78 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Telekom 79 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Rene Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 81 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Phonak 82 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak 83 Martin Elminger (Swi) Phonak 84 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Milaneza MSS 85 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) Team Nurnberger 86 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 87 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 0.56 88 Vincent Van Der Kooy (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 1.06 89 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 90 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 91 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 92 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 93 Gorka Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 94 Marco Milesi (Ita) Domo Farm-Frites 95 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Domo Farm-Frites 96 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Domo Farm-Frites 97 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza MSS 98 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick-Step 1.11 99 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mapei-Quick-Step 1.11 100 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Mapei-Quick-Step 1.28 101 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick-Step 2.20 102 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 103 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Domo Farm-Frites 5.59 104 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 7.37 105 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza MSS 7.39 106 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 107 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza MSS 108 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Team Coast 9.49 109 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 110 Sascha Henrix (Ger) Team Coast 111 ChristVon Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Coast 112 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 113 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 114 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo Farm-Frites 115 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Itera 116 Bas Vandooren (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 117 Vladimir Autko (Blr) Itera 118 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 119 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 120 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 121 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 122 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo Farm-Frites 123 Thijs Al (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 124 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 125 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 126 Alexei Markov (Rus) Itera 127 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Itera 128 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 129 Gilberto Martins (Por) Milaneza MSS 130 Sasa Sviben (Slo) Team Nurnberger 131 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 132 Armin Kroniger (Ger) Team Nurnberger 133 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Phonak 134 David Kopp (Ger) Team Telekom 135 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 136 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 137 Francisco J. Cerezo (Spa) Team CSC Tiscali 138 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 139 Juan Manuel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 140 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 141 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 142 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Team Telekom 143 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 144 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 145 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com 146 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 147 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 148 Alexander Serov (Rus) Itera 149 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 150 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 151 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 152 Denis Smyslov (Rus) Itera 153 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 154 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 155 Leandro Navarrette (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 156 Corey Sweet (Aus) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 157 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Telekom Mountains Son Macia - Cat. 4 1 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 3 pts 2 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak 2 3 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 Son Macia - Cat. 4 1 Antonio Colon (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 pts 2 Martin Elminger (Swi) Phonak 2 3 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Coast 1 Metas volantes Felanitx - km 13 1 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 3 pts 2 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 2 3 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo Farm-Frites 1 Porto Cristo - km 101.8 1 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak 3 pts 2 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2 3 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza MSS 1 Special Sprints Manacor - km 67 1 Alexei Markov (Rus) Itera 3 pts 2 Konstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Itera 2 3 Vladimir Autko (Blr) Itera 1 Manacor - km 119 1 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak 3 pts 2 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2 3 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 Teams 1 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 10.34.54 2 Bankgiroloterij-Batabus 0.26 3 Domo Farm-Frites 0.36 4 iBanesto.com 5 Team Coast 0.45 6 Team Nurnberger 0.47 7 Team CSC Tiscali 0.52 8 ONCE-Eroski 0.54 9 Rabobank 1.08 10 Team Telekom 1.09 11 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.25 12 Itera 10.21 General classification after stage 4 1 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 13.17.20 2 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 4 Antonio Colon (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.04 5 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Team Coast 0.05 6 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 7 Pablo Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.11 8 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) ONCE-Eroski 0.18 9 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 10 JaviPascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 11 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 7.15 12 Sergio Villamil (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 7.19 13 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 7.37 14 Ruben Plaza (Spa) iBanesto.com 7.37 15 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Nurnberger 16 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 17 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo Farm-Frites 7.45 18 Sergio Perez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 19 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Nurnberger 20 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 10.46 21 Konstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Itera 15.46 22 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Domo Farm-Frites 16.09 23 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC Tiscali 16.55 24 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 17.04 25 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 26 Bas Vandooren (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 27 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 28 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo Farm-Frites 29 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 30 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 31 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Team Telekom 32 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 17.12 33 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17.13 34 Henricus Knaven (Ned) Domo Farm-Frites 35 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 36 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Itera 37 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC Tiscali 17.21 38 Andre Korff (Ger) Team Coast 39 Jose A. Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 40 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 17.30 41 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 17.33 42 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Nurnberger 17.36 43 Iban Herrero (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 17.42 44 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) Team Nurnberger 17.45 45 Rene Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 46 Sascha Henrix (Ger) Team Coast 17.55 47 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 19.28 48 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Itera 19.59 49 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 20.05 50 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 21.00 51 Martin Garrido (Arg) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 22.05 52 Sasa Sviben (Slo) Team Nurnberger 25.32 53 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 26.31 54 Vladimir Autko (Blr) Itera 55 Thijs Al (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 56 Alexei Markov (Rus) Itera 26.40 57 Francisco J. Cerezo (Spa) Team CSC Tiscali 58 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 59 Armin Kroniger (Ger) Team Nurnberger 60 Denis Smyslov (Rus) Itera 61 ChristVon Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Coast 62 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 29.50 63 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 64 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 65 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Itera 41.08 Mountains classification 1 Antonio Colon (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 28 pts 2 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 3 JaviPascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 8 4 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 7 5 Henricus Knaven (Ned) Domo Farm-Frites 6 6 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) ONCE-Eroski 3 7 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 2 8 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Team Coast 1 9 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1 10 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 1 11 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeri 1 Metas volantes classification 1 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 12 pts 2 Thijs Al (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 5 3 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 4 4 JaviPascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 5 Antonio Colon (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 6 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2 7 Konstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Itera 1 8 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo Farm-Frites 1 9 Henricus Knaven (Ned) Domo Farm-Frites 1 Special sprints classification 1 Alexei Markov (Rus) Itera 14 pts 2 Konstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Itera 4 3 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 2 4 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 5 Denis Smyslov (Rus) Itera 2 6 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Itera 1 7 Vladimir Autko (Blr) Itera 1 8 Thijs Al (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 1 9 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 Teams classification 1 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 39.52.04 2 iBanesto.com 0.32 3 Team Coast 8.00 4 ONCE-Eroski 8.09 5 Rabobank 23.01 6 Team Telekom 23.02 7 Domo Farm-Frites 25.24 8 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 25.35 9 Team Nurnberger 31.08 10 Bankgiroloterij-Batabus 41.13 11 Team CSC Tiscali 41.57 12 Itera 52.45