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12th Challenge Illes Balears - 1.3 (x5)
Mallorca, Spain, February 2-6, 2003
Stage 1 - February 2: Circuito Palma Mallorca, 80 km
Galvez wins balears opener
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Isaac Galvez has opened Kelme's season with a win in the first stage of the Challenge Illes balears (formerly Challenge Mallorca). Galvez sprinted to victory in front of Allan Davis (ONCE) with Alejandro Valverde (Kelme) and Oscar Freire (Rabobank) taking third and fourth respectively.
The first stage was run over 10 laps of a flat eight kilometre circuit in Palma, Mallorca. With all the riders keen to test their winter training legs, the pace was very high from the start, with the riders averaging over 50 km/h for the duration of the race.
The speed effectively prevented any attacks from lasting, and the main mid-race action was the battle for the metas volantes and special sprints. These were shared by Remco Van der Ven (BankGiroLoterij), Juan Carlos Guillamon (Paternina), Sergi Escobar (Spanish track team) and Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner). Van der Ven took the metas volantes jersey at the end of the day, while Wegmann and Guillamon were on equal points in the special sprints.
The peloton was still together for the last lap, and it was the Kelme and Rabobank teams who set up the leadout. Kelme proved stronger, with Galvez winning and Valverde taking third, while ONCE's Allan Davis showed that he had good legs from the Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under by nipping in for second place.
Photography
Images by Challenge Illes Balears
- Lizuarte Martins (Milaneza) on his solo escapade
- The peloton passes through the Mallorcan countryside
- Isaac Galvez (Kelme) grabs second place ahead of Erik Zabel (Telekom)
- Isaac Galvez still the series leader, still the man with the big cheque
Results
1 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.35.02 (50.5 km/h) 2 Allan Davis (Aus) ONCE-Eroski 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 5 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Coast 6 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 8 Vicente Reynes (Spa) L.A. Pecol 9 Jans Koerts (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 10 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Alexei Markov (Rus) Lokomotiv 12 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 13 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 14 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Eric Beumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 16 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 18 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 19 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol 20 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 21 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 22 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 25 Unai Elorriaga (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 26 Miguel Alzamora (Spa) Spanish National Team 27 Andr· Korff (Ger) Team Coast 28 Vincent Van Der Kooy (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 29 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol 30 Sergi Escobar (Spa) Spanish National Team 31 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 32 Gustavo Miguel Otero (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 33 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 34 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 35 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 36 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 37 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 38 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 39 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 40 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Team Coast 41 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 42 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) L.A. Pecol 43 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 44 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 45 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Lokomotiv 46 Rene Obst (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 47 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC 48 Cesar Garcia (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 49 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 50 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 51 David Muñoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 52 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 53 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 54 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 55 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 56 Martin Muller (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 57 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 58 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 59 Alexander Serov (Rus) Lokomotiv 60 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 61 Michael Giebelmann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 62 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 63 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 64 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 65 Javi Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 66 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 67 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 68 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 69 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 70 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 71 Egoi Martinez, (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 72 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 73 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 74 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner 75 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 76 Antonio Colom (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 77 Domingo Segado (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 78 Cristobal Forcadell (Spa) Spanish National Team 79 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 80 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 81 Francisco Palacios (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 82 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 83 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 84 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 85 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 86 Jose Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Rui Roque (Por) L.A. Pecol 88 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 89 Francisco Perez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 90 Gilberto Martins (Por) Milaneza-MSS 91 Ivan Diaz (Spa) Spanish National Team 92 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 93 Lizuarte Martins (Por) Milaneza-MSS 94 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 95 Asier Maeztu (Spa) Spanish National Team 96 Francisco Marti (Spa) Spanish National Team 97 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 98 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 99 Juan Llaneras (Spa) Spanish National Team 100 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 101 Pedro Andrade (Por) L.A. Pecol 102 Luis Pinheiro (Por) L.A. Pecol 103 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom 104 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 105 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 106 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Quick Step-Davitamon 107 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 108 Koldo Gil (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 109 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step-Davitamon 110 Denis Smyslov (Rus) Lokomotiv 111 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 112 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 113 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Telekom 114 Christian Werner (Ger) Telekom 115 Hector Guerra (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 116 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Lokomotiv 117 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 118 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 119 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 120 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 121 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 122 Alberto Contador (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 123 Iker Camaño (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 124 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Telekom 125 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 126 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team CSC 127 Francisco J. Cerezo (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 128 Jose A. Pecharroman (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 129 Jose Antonio Lopez (Spa) iBanesto.com 130 Rafael Mateos (Spa) iBanesto.com 131 David Muntaner (Spa) Spanish National Team 132 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Coast 133 Dirk Reichl (Ger) Telekom 134 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 135 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 136 Leonardo Navarrete (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 137 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 138 Pieter Vries (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 139 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com 140 Udo Bolts (Ger) Gerolsteiner 141 Ruben Plaza (Spa) iBanesto.com 142 Timo Scholz (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 143 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 144 Dermot Nally (Irl) Paternina-Costa Almeria 145 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 146 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 147 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team CSC 148 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 149 Jav Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 150 Gon·Alo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 151 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 152 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 153 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Team Coast 154 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 155 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 156 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 157 Guillermo Ferrer (Spa) Spanish National Team 158 Jhonathan Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 159 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 160 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 161 Candido Barbosa (Por) L.A. Pecol 162 David Kopp (Ger) Telekom 163 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 164 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Team Coast 165 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 166 Juan Gomis (Spa) L.A. Pecol 167 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A. Pecol 168 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 169 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team Coast 170 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 171 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Spanish National Team 172 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 173 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Gerolsteiner 174 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Telekom 175 Robert Hunter (Rsa) Rabobank 0.24 176 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Telekom 0.27 177 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom 178 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.37 179 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank 180 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.12 181 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 182 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.20 183 Lander Euba (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.34 184 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 5.11 Metas volantes Lap 2 - km 16 1 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 3 pts 2 Eric Beumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 2 3 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Lap 6 - km 48 1 Sergi Escobar (Spa) Spanish National Team 3 pts 2 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 2 3 Eric Beumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 1 Special sprints Lap 4 - km 32 1 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Paternina-Costa Alme 3 pts 2 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 3 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Lap 8 - km 64 1 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 pts 2 David Muntaner (Spa) Spanish National Team 2 3 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Teams 1 Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.45.06 2 L.A. Pecol 3 Bankgiroloterij 4 ONCE-Eroski 5 Team Coast 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 7 Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 8 Paternina-Costa Almeria 9 Team CSC 10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 Rabobank 12 Lokomotiv 13 Team Wiesenhof 14 Seleccion Española Pista 15 Quick Step-Davitamon 16 Gerolsteiner 17 Milaneza-MSS 18 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 19 Telekom 20 ibanesto.com
