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13th Challenge Illes Balears - 1.3 (x 5)
Spain, February 1-5, 2004
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Stage 2 - February 2: Alcudia-Port d'Alcudia, 159 km
Freire gets it right
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Oscar Freire (Rabobank) went one better than yesterday, winning the bunch sprint to take the second stage of the Challenge Illes Balears. Once again, Freire was led out perfectly by the Rabobank train, and crossed the line in front of Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) and yesterday's winner Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros). Freire thus took over the lead in the general classification in the event.
Stage 2 was run in cool, 12 degree temperatures, taking the riders over 159 km between Alcudia and Port d'Alcudia. 181 riders took the start, and it wasn't long before Mikhail Ignatiev (Lokomotiv) attacked after only 4 km. The Russian benefited from the relatively relaxed pace of the peloton to build up a maximum lead of 8'32, shortly before the foot of the day's only climb, the Cat. 2 Coll d'Honor. However by the summit his advantage was cut to 5'50 as the Illes Balears-Banesto team took control of the race.
The speed picked up over the second half and Ignatiev was swept up after 134 km of solo effort with 22 km to go. After that, the T-Mobile and Rabobank teams wound it up for a bunch sprint, with Oscar Freire getting his first win of the season in Port d'Alcudia.
Tomorrow's third stage takes the riders over a hilly 150 km between Soller and Port De Soller, including four Category 2 climbs, the final one (Coll de Puig Major) coming at 17 km to go.
Photography
Images by AFP Photo/Jaime Reina-STR
- The peloton climbs a pass in Puerto de Alcudia
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) enjoying the early-season Spanish sunshine
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) beats Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) in the final sprint
Results
1 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 3.57.39 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 4 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 5 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 6 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 7 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 9 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 10 Eroen Blijlevens (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 11 David Fernandez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 12 Julian Winn (GBr) British National Team 13 Miguel Alzamora (Spa) Spanish National Team 14 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 15 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 16 Mikel Gaztanaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 17 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 Antonio Miguel (Spa) Spanish National Team 19 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Vladimir Goussev (Rus) Team CSC 21 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 22 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 23 Nico Mattan (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 24 Russell Downing (GBr) British National Team 25 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 26 Javier Cherro (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 27 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 28 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 29 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 30 Unai Elorriaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 31 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 32 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 33 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 34 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 35 Alberto Hierro (Spa) Cafes Baque 36 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile 37 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 38 Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Lokomotiv 39 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 40 Carlos Ramon Golbano (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 41 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 42 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 43 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 44 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 45 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 46 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 47 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 48 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Lokomotiv 49 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 50 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 51 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52 Antony Gibb (GBr) British National Team 53 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 54 Alexander Serov (Rus) Lokomotiv 55 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 57 José Enriqu Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 58 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 59 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 60 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 61 José Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 62 Julien Smink (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 63 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 64 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 65 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 66 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros 67 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 68 Julen Urbano (Spa) Cafes Baque 69 Lars Bak (Den) Bankgiroloterij 70 Javier Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 71 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 72 Dean Downing (GBr) British National Team 73 Javier Carrion (Spa) Spanish National Team 74 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 75 Brian Vandborj (Den) Team CSC 76 Christopher Newton (GBr) British National Team 77 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 78 Marco Bos (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 79 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Lokomotiv 80 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 81 Maxim Averin (Rus) Lokomotiv 82 Anton Mindlin (Rus) Lokomotiv 83 Bart Dockx (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 84 Alvaro Noguera (Spa) Spanish National Team 85 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 86 Arcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 87 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 88 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 89 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 90 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 91 Sergio Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 92 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 93 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 94 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 95 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 96 Fernando Torres (Spa) Cafes Baque 97 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 98 Kirill Demura (Rus) Lokomotiv 99 Allan Johansen (Den) Bankgiroloterij 100 Luis Perez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 101 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 102 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 103 Asier Maeztu (Spa) Spanish National Team 104 Antonio Olmo (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 105 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 106 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 107 Sergey Kulakov (Rus) Lokomotiv 108 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 109 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile 110 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 111 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 112 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 113 Tim Johnson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 114 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 115 Juan Gomis (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 116 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 117 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Lokomotiv 118 Max Sciandri (GBr) Team CSC 119 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 120 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 121 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 122 Jokin Ormaetxea (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 123 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 124 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 125 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 126 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step-Davitamon 127 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 128 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 129 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 130 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile 131 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 132 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 133 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 134 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 135 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 136 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 137 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 138 Bryan Steel (GBr) British National Team 139 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 140 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank 141 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 142 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 143 Paul Manning (GBr) British National Team 144 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 145 Gaizka Lejarreta (Spa) Spanish National Team 146 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile 147 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 148 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 149 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 150 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile 151 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Relax-Bodysol 152 Alberto Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 153 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 154 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Bankgiroloterij 155 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile 156 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 157 Lander Euba (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 158 David Herrero (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 159 Igor Gonzalez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 160 Haritz Arruti (Spa) Cafes Baque 161 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 162 Jesus Buendia (Spa) Spanish National Team 163 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 164 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 165 Guillermo Ferrer (Spa) Spanish National Team 166 Juan Llaneras (Spa) Spanish National Team 167 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Spanish National Team 168 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 169 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 170 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Mountains Coll D'Honor - Cat. 2, km 69.10 1 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Lokomotiv 10 pts 2 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 7 3 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 5 4 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 5 David Fernandez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 2 6 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 Metas Volantes Bunyola, km 61,90 1 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Lokomotiv 3 pts 2 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2 3 Marco Bos (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 1 Can Picafort, km 150,00 1 Marco Bos (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 3 pts 2 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2 3 Guillermo Ferrer (Spa) Spanish National Team 1 Special sprints Sa Pobla, km 12,60 1 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Lokomotiv 3 pts 2 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Santa Margalida, km 140,00 1 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 pts 2 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 2 3 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Teams 1 Bankgiroloterij 11.52.57 2 Relax-Bodysol 3 Illes Balears-Banesto 4 Cafes Baque 5 Costa Almeria-Paternina 6 T-Mobile 7 Team CSC 8 British National Team 9 Rabobank 10 Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 11 Spanish National Team 12 Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Quick Step-Davitamon 14 Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Liberty Seguros 16 Lokomotiv 17 Team Wiesenhof 18 Saunier Duval-Prodir 19 Gerolsteiner General classification after stage 2 1 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 5.33.27 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 4 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 7 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 8 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 9 David Fernandez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 10 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 11 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 12 Julian Winn (GBr) British National Team 13 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 14 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 16 Russell Downing (GBr) British National Team 17 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 18 Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Lokomotiv 19 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 Javier Cherro (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 21 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 22 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 23 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 25 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 27 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 28 Vladimir Goussev (Rus) Team CSC 29 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile 30 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 31 Alexander Serov (Rus) Lokomotiv 32 Antony Gibb (GBr) British National Team 33 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 34 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 35 Marco Bos (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 36 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Lokomotiv 37 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros 38 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 39 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40 Javier Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 41 Maxim Averin (Rus) Lokomotiv 42 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 43 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 45 Alvaro Noguera (Spa) Spanish National Team 46 Javier Carrion (Spa) Spanish National Team 47 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 48 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 49 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 50 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 51 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 52 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 53 Anton Mindlin (Rus) Lokomotiv 54 Dean Downing (GBr) British National Team 55 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57 Luis Perez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 58 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 59 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Lokomotiv 60 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 61 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 62 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile 63 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 64 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 65 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile 66 Lander Euba (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 67 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 68 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 0.17 69 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 0.28 70 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 0.29 71 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 72 Nico Mattan (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 73 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 74 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 75 Alberto Hierro (Spa) Cafes Baque 76 Carlos Ramon Golbano (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 77 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 78 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 79 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 80 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 81 Christopher Newton (GBr) British National Team 82 Julen Urbano (Spa) Cafes Baque 83 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 84 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 85 Tim Johnson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 86 Juan Gomis (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 87 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Lokomotiv 88 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 89 Bart Dockx (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 90 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 91 Sergio Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 92 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 93 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 94 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 95 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 96 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile 97 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 98 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 99 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 100 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 101 David Herrero (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 102 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 103 Bryan Steel GRB British National Team 104 Gaizka Lejarreta (Spa) Spanish National Team 105 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step-Davitamon 106 Guillermo Ferrer (Spa) Spanish National Team 107 Alberto Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 108 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 109 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank 110 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 111 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile 112 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 113 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 114 Jesus Buendia (Spa) Spanish National Team 115 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 116 Juan Llaneras (Spa) Spanish National Team 117 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Spanish National Team 118 Miguel Alzamora (Spa) Spanish National Team 1.41 119 Arcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 120 Fernando Torres (Spa) Cafes Baque 121 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 122 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 123 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 124 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 125 Paul Manning (GBr) British National Team 126 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Bankgiroloterij 127 Haritz Arruti (Spa) Cafes Baque 1.54 128 Antonio Olmo (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2.49 129 Kirill Demura (Rus) Lokomotiv 3.02 130 Lars Bak (Den) Bankgiroloterij 3.04 131 Allan Johansen (Den) Bankgiroloterij 132 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3.07 Mountains classification 1 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Lokomotiv 10 pts 2 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 7 3 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 5 4 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 5 David Fernandez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 2 6 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 Metas Volantes classification 1 Marco Bos (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 9 pts 2 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 7 3 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Lokomotiv 3 4 Sergi Escobar (Spa) Spanish National Team 2 5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 6 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 1 7 Guillermo Ferrer (Spa) Spanish National Team 1 Special Sprints classification 1 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 pts 2 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Lokomotiv 3 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 4 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 2 5 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 6 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1 7 Bart Dockx (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 1 Mallorcan Rider classification 1 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 Juan Llaneras (Spa) Spanish National Team 4 Miguel Alzamora (Spa) Spanish National Team Teams classification 1 Bankgiroloterij 16.40.21 2 Illes Balears-Banesto 3 Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4 Relax-Bodysol 5 British National Team 6 Cafes Baque 7 Costa Almeria-Paternina 8 T-Mobile 9 Lokomotiv 10 Team CSC 11 Team Wiesenhof 12 Liberty Seguros 13 Rabobank 14 Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 Spanish National Team 0.29 17 Gerolsteiner 18 Quick Step-Davitamon 0.57 19 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.58
