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13th Challenge Illes Balears - 1.3 (x 5)
Spain, February 1-5, 2004
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Stage 5 - February 5: Magaluf-Palmanova, 149.3 km
Late attack pays off for Etxebarria
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Euskaltel-Euskadi recorded its first win of the season with Venezuelan Unai Etxebarria taking out the final stage of the Challenge Illes Balears in Palmanova. Etxebarria attacked in the closing kilometres of the stage to hold off a modestly sized bunch led home by Bram De Groot and Oscar Freire (Rabobank). Antonio Colom (Illes Balears-Banesto) finished in the bunch and thus claimed the overall honours in the general classification.
The last stage was between Magaluf and Palmanova and was peppered with Cat. 2 and Cat. 3 climbs. 176 riders took the start, although David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval) crashed after only 1 kilometre and abandoned. Alejandro Valverde (Com.Valenciana-Kelme) showed his good climbing legs on the Cat. 2 Coll De Sa Gramola (km 23.6), winning the points ahead of David Fernandez and José Angel Gomez (both Costa Almeria-Paternina).
Shortly after the first climb, Rolf Aldag (T-Mobile) and Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Com.Valenciana-Kelme) attacked and quickly gained a minute's lead, which made Aldag the virtual GC leader. The pair stretched their advantage to 2'30 on the Cat. 2 Coll De Claret (km 53), won by Rodriguez. Some 20 km later, a counter attack was launched by David Blanco and Adolfo Garcia (Com.Valenciana-Kelme), Aitor Osa (Illes Balears-Banesto) and Giampaolo Caruso (Liberty Seguros). The quartet was just 23 seconds behind the two leaders at the passage of the Coll De Soller (km 85), with the peloton another 50 seconds back. However the move didn't succeed and Aldag and Rodriguez were allowed a little more freedom in front.
The pair were finally caught after 105 km by a group of 12 riders containing all the favourites, but this group was recaptured by the peloton 17 km later. The bunch had greatly reduced in size by this stage, and scarcely 40 riders made it to the finish in the lead group. Unai Etxebarria (Euskaltel) chose the right opportunity to attack inside the final kilometres, and pulled off the stage victory by two seconds, with the Rabobank boys Bram De Groot and Oscar Freire having to settle for second and third.
Photography
Images by Jaime Reina/AFP Photo
- Keeping an eye on the peloton in the Challenge Illes Balears
- Unai Etxebarria (Euskaltel-Euskadi) takes the final stage and his team's first win of the year
- Antonio Colom (Illes Balears-Banesto) wins the overall classification in his sponsor's backyard
Results
1 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.44.32 2 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 0.02 3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 7 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 10 Tim Johnson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 12 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Lokomotiv 13 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 14 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 15 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 16 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 17 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 18 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 19 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 20 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 21 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 23 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 24 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 0.06 25 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 26 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.11 27 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 28 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile 29 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 31 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step-Davitamon 32 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 33 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 34 Javier A. Gonzalez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 35 Ichael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 36 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.15 37 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 0.17 38 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.19 39 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 40 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.27 41 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.34 42 Julian Winn (GBr) British National Team 1.58 43 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 2.45 44 José Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 45 Alberto Hierro (Spa) Cafes Baque 46 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Relax-Bodysol 47 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 48 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 49 Francisco Palacio (Spa) Cafes Baque 50 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 51 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 52 Julio Lopez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 53 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile 54 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 55 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 7.34 57 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 9.04 58 Carlos Ramon Golbano (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 59 David Fernandez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 60 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 61 Efrain Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 62 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 63 Julen Urbano (Spa) Cafes Baque 64 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 65 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 66 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 67 Juan Gomis (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 68 Marco Bos (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 69 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 70 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 71 Kevin Huysmans (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 72 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 73 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 74 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 75 Gaizka Lejarreta (Spa) Spanish National Team 76 Christia Van De Velde (USA) Liberty Seguros 77 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile 78 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros 79 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 80 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 81 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros 82 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 83 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 84 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 85 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 86 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 87 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 88 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 89 Frank Van Dulmen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 9.44 90 Alber Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.28 91 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 92 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 94 David Herrero (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 95 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 96 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 97 Jokin Ormaetxea (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 98 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 99 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 100 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Lokomotiv 101 Alexander Serov (Rus) Lokomotiv 102 Paul Manning (GBr) British National Team 103 Christopher Newton (GBr) British National Team 104 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 105 Allan Johansen (Den) Bankgiroloterij 106 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 107 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 108 Bart Dockx (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 109 Addy Engels (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 110 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Mountains Coll De Sa Gramola - Cat. 2, km 23,60 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 10 pts 2 David Fernandez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 7 3 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 5 4 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 5 José Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2 6 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 Coll De Claret - Cat. 3, km 53,20 1 Javier Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 6 pts 2 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile 4 3 David Fernandez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 2 4 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 1 Coll De Soller - Cat. 2, km 85,30 1 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile 10 pts 2 Javier Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 7 3 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 5 4 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3 5 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 6 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 1 Coll De Claret - Cat. 2, km 112,1 1 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 10 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 7 3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 5 4 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step-Davitamon 3 5 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 2 6 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 Coll Des Tords - Cat. 3, km 134,90 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 6 pts 2 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 4 3 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2 4 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 Metas Volantes Es Capdella, km 18,70 1 Marco Bos (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 3 pts 2 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 2 3 Frank Van Dulmen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 1 Esporles, km 118,20 1 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3 pts 2 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 1 Special Sprints Deia, km 65,70 1 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile 3 pts 2 Javier Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2 3 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 Establiments, km 124,20 1 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 3 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 Teams 1 Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 11.13.42 2 Relax-Bodysol 0.04 3 Liberty Seguros 4 Rabobank 0.09 5 Team Csc 6 Illes Balears-Banesto 7 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.18 8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.41 9 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.00 10 Cafes Baque 5.26 11 T-Mobile 5.35 12 Gerolsteiner 9.02 13 Costa Almeria-Paternina 9.17 14 Quick Step-Davitamon 11.54 15 Bankgiroloterij 18.04 16 Lokomotiv 36.52 17 British National Team 38.48 Final general classification 1 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 16.30.31 2 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.04 5 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.32 6 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 0.41 7 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 8 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 9 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.06 11 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.35 12 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.41 13 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.45 14 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 3.24 15 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile 3.40 16 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.09 17 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 5.27 18 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 7.07 19 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 7.33 20 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.00 21 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile 9.52 22 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros 9.55 23 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 10.46 24 David Fernandez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 10.53 25 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 11.38 26 Julian Winn (GBr) British National Team 12.42 27 Alberto Hierro (Spa) Cafes Baque 13.58 28 Tim Johnson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16.15 29 Gaizka Lejarreta (Spa) Spanish National Team 18.34 30 Marco Bos (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 20.04 31 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 20.17 32 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 20.33 33 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34 Julen Urbano (Spa) Cafes Baque 35 Juan Gomis (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 37 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 21.41 38 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 21.44 39 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 21.58 40 Carlos Ramon Golbano (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 22.27 41 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 22.43 Mountains classification 1 David Fernandez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 30 pts 2 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 22 3 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 20 4 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 17 5 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile 14 6 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 13 7 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 10 8 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 8 9 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 5 10 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3 11 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3 Metas Volantes classification 1 Marco Bos (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 13 pts 2 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 7 3 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3 4 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3 5 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3 6 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 7 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 1 Special Sprints classification 1 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile 3 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 3 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 4 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 5 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1 Mallorcan Rider classification 1 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto Teams classification 1 Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 49.31.33 2 Illes Balears-Banesto 1.31 3 Liberty Seguros 1.38 4 Relax-Bodysol 2.07 5 Rabobank 2.12 6 Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.27 7 Team Csc 7.21 8 T-Mobile 7.47 9 Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.21 10 Phonak Hearing Systems 17.59 11 Costa Almeria-Paternina 20.17 12 Cafes Baque 23.41 13 Gerolsteiner 28.48 14 Quick Step-Davitamon 29.07 15 Bankgiroloterij 41.43 16 Lokomotiv 1.13.44 17 British National Team 1.34.15
