Stage 5 - February 7: Magaluf - Palmanova, 155.6 kmResults Previous Stage Next stage Rabobank's Dekker finishes last stage number oneKelme's Cabello captures overall Mallorca win for third timeBy Julie Walsh in Palmanova
Team Kelme-Costa Blanca's ten young riders worked the peloton over today to ensure the overall GC win for their 32 year old captain, Francisco (Paco) Cabello. Rabobank's Erik Dekker, led out by teammate Matthé Pronk won the sprint finish in downtown Palma Nova. Pronk finished seconds with David Muñoz (Kelme) rounding out the top three finishers in today's stage. Today's course was one of the hardest of the tour. It was constantly up and down and wound through narrow villages, making it hard for the peloton to maintain high speeds during several sections. It included two category 2 climbs and two category 3 climbs on the dramatic mountain coastline. It started and finished in Palma Nova, a mostly British tourist area where you can eat fish and chips, drink beer in pubs or have tea. At 27 km into the race, Juan Antonio Flecha (iBanesto), Karsten Kroon (Rabobank), Michael Rasmussen (CSC) Dave Bruylandts (Domo) and Mikel Pradera (ONCE) attacked. The five remained in front of the peloton, gaining over 5'00 on the field at 100 km into the race. Rasmussen eventually fell off the pace with 50km from the finish. On the third climb of the day, the Coll de sa Gramola, Karsten Kroon (Rabobank) was dropped as Flecha pushed the pace to the top of the climb. As the peloton started the climb, several minutes back, local rider and mountain leader Toni Colom (Relax-Fuenlabrada) launched an attack to close the gap to the leaders. Dario David Cioni (Mapei), Iker Castano (Phonak), David Arroyo (ONCE) and Ruben Plaza (iBanesto) were in a chase group that eventually was absorbed as Team Kelme and Relax pushed the pace at the front of the peloton to try to get the overall win for Cabello (Kelme) or Toni Colom (Relax). At the beginning of the last climb, Toni Colom launched an attack in an effort to make up the 24 seconds Cabello had on him for the GC. The peloton closed the time gap to the original breakaways to just 1'27 with 10 km left in the race. Colom, along with David Arroyo (ONCE) were absorbed a few kilometres later. At 5 km from the finish, Kelme reduced the time gap to under 25 seconds, but Bruylandts (Domo) continued to ride like a man possessed, driving the break even harder. However, Bruylandts, at the front of the break, took a wrong turn at a roundabout and was absorbed by the field; the three others in the break continued to the finish, but were caught in the last two kilometres of the race. Rabobank's Pronk provided Dekker with the perfect wheel for a 1-2 stage win. "I was surprised to win here," commented Dekker. "We didn't think we would catch the break, but when we realized we had, we decided to go for the win." "The Mallorca Challenge used to be thought of as just a training race, but in the past few years, it's become a real race, they ride really fast," added Dekker. Photography
Results1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 4.10.51 (37.217 km/h) 2 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 3 David Munoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.01 4 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 6 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 7 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 9 JaviePascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Mapei-Quick-Step 11 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 12 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 14 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak 15 Antonio Colon (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 16 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 17 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 18 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 19 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Milaneza MSS 20 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo Farm-Frites 21 Cadel Evans (Aus) Mapei-Quick-Step 22 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 23 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) ONCE-Eroski 24 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Team Coast 25 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 27 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 28 Marcel Duijn (Ned) Rabobank 29 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 30 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.11 31 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabra 0.18 32 Gianpaolo Caruso (Ita) ONCE-Eroski 0.20 33 Ruben Plaza (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.14 34 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.21 35 Andrea Noe (Ita) Mapei-Quick-Step 1.35 36 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick-Step 37 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 3.21 38 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3.59 39 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Team Coast 40 Konstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Itera 5.08 41 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo Farm-Frites 42 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 43 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Telekom 7.32 44 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Itera 9.43 45 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Itera 46 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 47 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 48 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 49 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Team Telekom 50 Vladimir Autko (Blr) Itera 51 Pablo Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 52 Sergio Perez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 53 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo Farm-Frites 54 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 55 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 56 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 57 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 58 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 59 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 60 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak 61 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 62 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 63 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak 64 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 65 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 66 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 67 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 68 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 69 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 70 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Phonak 71 Michael Reihs (Den) Phonak 72 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 73 Rafael Diaz (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 74 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo Farm-Frites 75 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza MSS 76 Rene Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 77 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Team CSC Tiscali 78 Nicolaj Bo Larsen (Den) Gerolsteiner 79 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Phonak 80 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 81 Goncalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza MSS 82 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 83 Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 84 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 85 Gorka Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 86 Igor Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 87 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 88 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank 89 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza MSS 90 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 91 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Nurnberger 92 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 93 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 94 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Team Coast 95 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Gerolsteiner 96 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 97 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 98 Iker Camano (Spa) Phonak 99 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) iBanesto.com 100 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 101 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 102 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 103 Melchior Mauri (Spa) Milaneza MSS 104 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick-Step 9.56 105 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick-Step 106 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak 107 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak 108 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza MSS 109 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza MSS 110 Andreas Kloeden (Ger) Team Telekom 111 David Kopp (Ger) Team Telekom 112 Gilberto Martins (Por) Milaneza MSS 14.17 113 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 15.15 114 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 115 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 116 Thijs Al (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 22.24 117 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22.26 118 Sergio Villamil (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 22.36 119 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 120 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 22.39 121 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Nurnberger 22.51 122 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Nurnberger Metas Volantes Soller - km 72.5 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 3 pts 2 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick-Step 2 3 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1 Es Capdella - km 146.2 1 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo Farm-Frites 3 pts 2 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2 3 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Special Sprints Calvia - km 7.2 1 Leandro Navarrette (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 pts 2 Juan Manuel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 3 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Andratx - km 132.5 1 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo Farm-Frites 3 pts 2 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 3 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1 Mountains Coll De Suprema - Cat. 2 1 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo Farm-Frites 10 pts 2 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 7 3 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo Farm-Frites 5 4 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 3 5 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick-Step 2 6 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 1 Coll De Soller - Cat. 2 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 10 pts 2 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick-Step 7 3 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 5 4 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo Farm-Frites 3 5 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 6 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1 Coll De Sa Pedrisa - Cat. 3 1 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo Farm-Frites 6 pts 2 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4 3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 2 4 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Coll De Sa Gramola - Cat. 3 1 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo Farm-Frites 6 pts 2 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 3 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2 4 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1 Teams 1 Rabobank 12.32.34 2 iBanesto.com 0.02 3 ONCE-Eroski 4 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.19 5 Itera 24.33 6 Team Telekom 26.57 7 Bankgiroloterij-Batabus 29.08 Final general classification 1 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17.28.12 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 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) ONCE-Eroski 0.18 8 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 9 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 10 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 7.36 11 Ruben Plaza (Spa) iBanesto.com 8.50 12 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 8.57 13 Pablo Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 9.53 14 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo Farm-Frites 12.52 15 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 16.57 16 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 17.04 17 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17.13 18 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Nurnberger 17.19 19 Sergio Perez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 17.27 20 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 20.28 21 Konstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Itera 20.53 22 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 21.17 23 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo Farm-Frites 26.46 24 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 25 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 26 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Team Telekom 27 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 26.54 28 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Itera 26.55 29 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 27.15 30 Rene Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 27.27 31 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 29.10 32 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 29.47 33 Sergio Villamil (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 29.54 34 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Nurnberger 30.35 35 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 32.18 36 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 36.13 37 Vladimir Autko (Blr) Itera 38 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 39.32 39 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 39.48 40 Thijs Al (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 48.54 41 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Itera 50.50 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 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 5 Antonio Colon (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 6 Konstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Itera 1 7 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo Farm-Frites 1 Special sprints classification 1 Konstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Itera 4 pts 2 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 2 3 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 4 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1 5 Vladimir Autko (Blr) Itera 1 6 Thijs Al (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 1 Mountains classification 1 Antonio Colon (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 28 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 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 5 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 Teams classification 1 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 52.24.57 2 iBanesto.com 0.15 3 ONCE-Eroski 7.52 4 Rabobank 22.42 5 Team Telekom 49.40 6 Bankgiroloterij-Batabus 1.10.02 7 Itera 1.16.59
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