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14th Challenge Illes Balears - 1.1 (x5)
Spain, February 6-10, 2005
2004 results Stage List Preview Start List Past winners
The Stages
- Stage 1 - February 6: Palma-Palma (Trofeo Mallorca), 82.5 km
- Stage 2 - February 7: Port d'Alcudia-Port d'Alcudia (Trofeo Alcudia), 163.2 km
- Stage 3 - February 8: Pollenca-Mirador des Colomer (Trofeo Manacor), 165.4 km
- Stage 4 - February 9: Soller-Port de Soller (Trofeo Soller), 150.6 km
- Stage 5 - February 10: Magalluf-Palmanova (Trofeo Calvia), 148.3 km
Strong field for Challenge Illes Balears
The opening of the Spanish season will once again be on the island of Mallorca with the 14th edition of the Challenge Illes Balears-Volta a Mallorca between February 6-10. Featuring five independent one day races with an overall classification at the end, the Challenge is used by many teams as a slightly relaxed way to ease into the season, as there is no requirement to ride one stage in order to start the next. As such, teams typically take bigger squads of up to 15 riders each, chopping and changing in order to give all their riders a taste of the racing.
Among the top riders present are triple World Champion Oscar Freire (Rabobank), World Cup champion Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step), Alejandro Valverde (Illes Balears) and Eric Zabel (T-Mobile). There are 15 teams in total, including nearly all of the major Spanish teams as well as four foreign squads: Comunidad Valenciana, Illes Balears, Euskatel-Euskadi, Saunier Duval, Orbea, Kaiku, Spiuk-Zafra, Relax-Fuenlabrada, E-Bici.Com, Spanish track team (all Spa), Phonak Hearing Systems (Swi), Quick.Step (Bel), Rabobank (Ned) and T-Mobile (Ger).
The race will start on February 6 with an 82 km circuit in Palma and finish on February 10 with a 148 km stage between Magalluf and Palmanova. Last year's edition was won by Antonio Colom (Illes Balears-Banesto).
Start list
Illes Balears Comunidad Valenciana
1 Toni Colom (Spa) 19 Ángel Casero (Spa)
2 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) 20 Javier Cherro (Spa)
3 Pablo Lastras (Spa) 21 J. Adrián Bonilla (CRc)
4 Unai Osa (Spa) 22 José Luis Martínez (Spa)
5 Toni Tauler (Spa) 23 Antonio Olmo (Spa)
6 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) 24 Carlos Zárate (Spa)
7 David Navas (Spa) 25 Francisco Cabello (Spa)
8 Iker Leonet (Spa) 26 David Bernabéu (Spa)
9 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) 27 Adolfo García Quesada (Spa)
10 Joan Horrach (Spa) 28 David Muñoz (Spa)
11 Aitor Osa (Spa) 29 Rubén Plaza (Spa)
12 Vicente Reynés (Spa) 30 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa)
13 Sergi Escobar (Spa)
14 Imanol Erviti (Spa)
15 Xabier Zandio (Spa)
Rabobank Relax Fuenlabrada
34 Óscar Freire (Spa) 53 Luis Pérez (Spa)
35 Michael Boogerd (Ned) 54 Javier Benítez (Spa)
36 Theo Eltink (Ned) 55 Ángel Vallejo (Spa)
37 Alexander Kolobnev (Rus) 56 José Miguel Elías (Spa)
38 Serben Löwik (Ned) 57 Raúl G. De Mateos (Spa)
39 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) 58 Óscar Laguna (Spa)
40 Rory Sutherland (Aus) 59 Iban Mayoz (Spa)
41 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) 60 Luis Pasamontes (Spa)
41 Steven De Jongh (Ned) 61 José Almagro (Spa)
43 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) 62 Nacor Burgos (Spa)
44 Matthew Hayman (Aus) 63 Moisés Dueñas (Spa)
45 Karsten Kroon (Ned) 64 Xavier Florencio (Spa)
46 Marc Wauters (Bel) 65 Josep Jufre (Spa)
47 Grischa Niermann (Ger) 66 Julio López (Spa)
48 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) 67 Daniel Moreno (Spa)
49 Remmert Wielinga (Ned)
Phonak Kaiku
71 Niki Aebersold (Swi) 86 Yon Bru Pascal (Spa)
72 Sascha Urweider (Swi) 87 Andoni Aranaga (Spa)
73 Ignacio Gutiérrez (Spa) 88 Antonio Berasategui (Spa)
74 Tomasz Nose (Slo) 89 Ricardo Serrano (Spa)
75 Óscar Pereiro (Spa) 90 Rodrigo García (Spa)
76 Johann Tschopp (Swi) 91 Pablo Urtasun (Spa)
77 Martin Elmiger (Swi) 92 José Antonio López (Spa)
78 José E. Gutiérrez (Spa) 93 Rubén Oarbeaskoa (Spa)
79 Bert Grabsch (Ger) 94 Javier Ruiz De Larrinaga (Spa)
80 Miguel A. Martín Perdiguero (Spa) 95 Adrián Palomares (Spa)
81 Daniel Schnider (Swi) 96 Jorge Azanza (Spa)
82 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) 97 Israel Núñez (Spa)
83 Alexandre Moos (Swi) 98 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa)
99 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa)
Quick Step Andalucía-Paul Versan
103 Paolo Bettini (Ita) 116 Gorka Beloki (Spa)
104 José Garrido (Spa) 117 David Fernández (Spa)
105 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) 118 Jaime Rovira (Spa)
106 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) 119 José Ruiz (Spa)
107 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) 120 Víctor Gómez (Spa)
108 Mads Christensen (Den) 121 Francisco J. Martínez (Spa)
109 Marc Lotz (Ned) 122 Joseba Agirrezabala (Spa)
110 Cristian Moreni (Ita) 123 Jon Del Rio (Spa)
111 José Antonio Pecharromán (Spa) 124 Efrain Gutiérrez (Spa)
112 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) 125 Carlos Castaño (Spa)
113 Addy Engels (Ned) 126 Juan Antonio Pastor (Spa)
114 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) 127 Javier Pérez (Spa)
128 Javier Alberto González (Spa)
129 Juan Carlos López Marín (Spa)
Spanish national track team Orbea
133 Joan Llaneras (Spa) 147 Beñat Albizuri (Spa)
134 Miguel Alzamora (Spa) 148 Vidal Celis (Spa)
135 Aitor Alonso (Spa) 149 Jesús Del Nero (Spa)
136 Unai Elorriaga (Spa) 150 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa)
137 Eloy Teruel (Spa) 151 Xabat Otxotorena (Spa)
138 Miguel Ángel Cerrillo (Spa) 152 Rubén Pérez (Spa)
139 Guillermo Ferrer García (Spa) 153 Julen Zubero (Spa)
140 Asier Maeztu (Spa) 154 Gorka Amuriza (Spa)
141 Joan Font (Spa) 155 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa)
142 Sebastián Franco (Spa) 156 Dailos Díaz (Spa)
143 Jesús Buendía (Spa) 157 Iker Mezo (Spa)
158 Alan Pérez (Spa)
159 Aarón Villegas (Spa)
160 Joseba Zumeta (Spa)
Spiuk Eukaltel-Euskadi
164 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) 179 Roberto Laiseka (Spa)
165 Alfonso Rodríguez (Spa) 180 Mikel Artetxe (Spa)
166 Israel Pérez (Spa) 181 Anttón Luengo (Spa)
167 Rafael Macarrón (Spa) 182 Aketza Peña (Spa)
168 Jesús Pérez (Spa) 183 Unai Etxebarria (Ven)
169 José A. Benítez (Spa) 184 David Herrero (Spa)
170 Jesús J. Ramírez (Spa) 185 David López (Spa)
171 Ángel Rodríguez (Spa) 186 Iker Flores (Spa)
172 Jorge Sánchez (Spa) 187 Koldo Fdez. De Larrea (Spa)
173 Sergio Domínguez (Spa) 188 Alberto López De Munain (Spa)
174 Pedro Romero (Spa) 189 Iker Camaño (Spa)
175 Fernando Torres (Spa) 190 Igor Anttón (Spa)
176 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) 191 Gorka González (Spa)
192 Aitor Silloniz (Spa)
Team T-Mobile Saunier Duval-Prodir
196 Erik Zabel (Ger) 213 Rafael Casero (Spa)
197 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) 214 Rubén Lobato (Spa)
198 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) 215 Angel Edo (Spa)
199 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) 216 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa)
200 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) 217 Oliver Zaugg (Swi)
201 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) 218 Ángel Gómez (Spa)
202 Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) 219 Juanma Gárate (Spa)
203 Rolf Aldag (Ger) 220 Juan Carlos Domínguez (Spa)
204 Andreas Klier (Ger) 221 José A. Gómez Marchante (Spa)
205 Francisco Lara (Spa) 222 David Cañada (Spa)
206 Stephan Schreck (Ger) 223 Nicolas Fritcsh (Fra)
207 Olaf Pollack (Ger) 224 Chris Horner (USA)
208 Andre Korff (Ger) 225 Íñigo Cuesta (Spa)
209 Christian Werner (Ger) 226 David De La Fuente (Spa)
Catalunya-Ángel Mir
230 Carlos Torrent (Spa)
231 Xavier Tondo (Spa)
232 Antonio Miguel (Spa)
233 Joaquim Soler (Spa)
234 Gaizka Lajarreta (Spa)
235 Mikel Gaztanaga (Spa)
236 Jorge Berenguer (Spa)
237 Alberto Rodríguez (Spa)
238 Javier García (Spa)
239 Marc Rodríguez (Spa)
Past winners
2004 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2003 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2002 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2001 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2000 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 1999 José Luis Rebollo (Spa) ONCE - Deutsche Bank 1998 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Mapei-Bricobi 1997 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE 1996 Francisco Cabello (Spa) ONCE 1995 Alex Zülle (Swi) ONCE 1994 David García (Spa) Banesto 1993 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE 1992 Javier Murguialday (Spa) Lotus Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
