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12th Challenge Illes Balears - 1.3 (x5)
Mallorca, Spain, February 2-6, 2003
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Stage 3 - February 4: Port D'alcudia - Port D'alcudia, 169.5 km
Davis on top
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ONCE's new Australian signing Allan Davis has already made good the team's investment in him, beating Telekom's top man EriK Zabel in the bunch sprint that ended Race 3 of the Challenge Illes Balears. 22 year old Davis showed that his second place on Day 1 was no fluke by getting the better of the German legend in Port d'Alcudia. In doing so he also took the leader's jersey, although will be hard pressed to defend it as he shares the same GC time with 28 other riders.
The third race of the Challenge Illes Balears started and finished in Port d'Alcudia, and was disputed over 169.5 kilometres in windy and wet conditions. The early tempo was set by the Kelme team, which was interested in protecting the lead of Isaac Galvez. A group of 12 riders escaped after 35 km, but could only get a maximum lead of 2 minutes - not enough to withstand the charge of the peloton.
A crash with 10 km to go completely destroyed the peloton, with only 37 riders remaining in front to contest the sprint. With many teams decimated, including Zabel's Telekom train, the sprint was a far more open affair. In the end it was Allan Davis getting over Zabel for an impressive win, with Gerben Löwik (BankGiroLoterij) taking the third spot.
Also see: Allan Davis interview
Photography
Images by Challenge Illes Balears
- The peloton tackles the day's first climb
- Kelme takes charge to chase down the break
- The weather turned grim as the riders climbed Puig Major
- Allan Davis (ONCE) takes the stage win ahead of Erik Zabel (Telekom)
Results
1 Allan Davis (Aus) ONCE-Eroski 4.28.15 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 3 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 5 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 7 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 8 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 10 Vicente Reynes (Spa) L.A. Pecol 11 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner 14 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 15 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Ibanesto.Com 16 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 Hector Guerra (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 19 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 20 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 21 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Team Coast 22 Udo Bolts (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 24 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 25 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 26 Domingo Segado (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 27 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 28 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 29 Koldo Gil (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 30 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 31 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 32 Goncalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 33 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 34 Francisco Perez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 35 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom 36 Alberto Contador (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 37 Domenico Passuello (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 38 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Ibanesto.Com 0.12 39 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Telekom 0.19 40 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.28 41 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol 4.06 42 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 43 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 4.59 44 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 45 David Muñoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 46 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 48 Gustavo Miguel Otero (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 49 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 50 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 51 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 52 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step-Davitamon 53 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 6.32 54 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 7.25 55 Iker Camaño (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.24 56 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom 10.59 58 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank 59 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Telekom 60 Denis Smyslov (Rus) Lokomotiv 61 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A. Pecol 62 Rui Roque (Por) L.A. Pecol 63 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 64 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 65 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Telekom 66 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 67 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom 68 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 14.52 69 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 70 Christian Werner (Ger) Telekom 71 Andre Korff (Ger) Team Coast 72 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team CSC 73 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 74 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 75 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 76 Francisco Palacios (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 77 Javier Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 78 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Quick Step-Davitamon 79 Lizuarte Martins (Por) Milaneza-MSS 80 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 81 Lander Euba (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 82 Vincent Van Der Kooy (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 83 Timo Scholz (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 84 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 85 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Telekom 86 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 87 Dermot Nally (Irl) Paternina-Costa Almeria 88 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 89 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Paternina-Costa Alme 90 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 91 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Ibanesto.Com 92 Michael Giebelmann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 93 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Telekom 94 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 95 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Ibanesto.Com 18.46 96 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) L.A. Pecol 97 Candido Barbosa (Por) L.A. Pecol 98 Guillermo Ferrer (Spa) Spanish National Team 99 Sergi Escobar (Spa) Spanish National Team 100 Jose Antonio Lopez (Spa) Ibanesto.Com 101 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria Mountains Coll De Femenia - Cat. 2, 25.10 km 1 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 10 pts 2 Alberto Contador (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 7 3 Koldo Gil (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 5 4 David Muñoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 5 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2 6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Coll De Puig Major - Cat. 2, 47.70 km 1 David Muñoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 pts 2 Alberto Contador (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 7 3 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step-Davitamon 5 4 Koldo Gil (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3 5 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 2 6 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Coll De Soller - Cat. 2, 72.20 km 1 Koldo Gil (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 10 pts 2 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step-Davitamon 7 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 5 4 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 5 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Team Coast 2 6 Oscar Pererio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Coll De Sa Batalla - Cat. 2, 121.30 km 1 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 10 pts 2 Koldo Gil (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 7 3 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 4 Hector Guerra (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 5 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 6 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 Metas Volantes Soller, 64.50 km 1 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 pts 2 David Muñoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 3 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1 Sa Pobla, 155.30 km 1 Koldo Gil (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3 pts 2 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 2 3 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1 Special Sprints De La Etapalloseta, 103.70 km 1 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 3 pts 2 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 2 3 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1 Pollença, 141.70 km 1 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 3 pts 2 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 3 David Muñoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Teams 1 Gerolsteiner 13.24.45 2 Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 Bankgiroloterij 4 ONCE-Eroski 5 Rabobank 6 Quick Step-Davitamon 7 Milaneza-MSS 8 Telekom 0.19 9 Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.59 10 Paternina-Costa Almeria 11 Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 Phonak Hearing Systems 14.23 13 Ibanesto.Com 15.04 14 L.A. Pecol 15.05 15 Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 26.23 16 Team Csc 40.43 17 Team Wiesenhof 44.36 General classification after race 3 1 Allan Davis (Aus) ONCE-Eroski 10.18.41 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 Vicente Reynes (Spa) L.A. Pecol 5 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 7 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Team Coast 8 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 9 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 10 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrad 13 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner 14 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 15 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 16 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 17 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 18 Domingo Segado (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 19 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom 20 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 21 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 22 Francisco Perez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 23 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 24 Koldo Gil (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 25 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 26 Hector Guerra (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 27 Gon·Alo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 28 Udo Bolts (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29 Alberto Contador (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 30 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.28 31 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Telekom 0.46 32 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol 4.06 33 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 34 Gustavo Miguel Otero (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 4.59 35 David Muñoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 36 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 37 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 38 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 39 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 40 Antonio Colom (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 41 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step-Davitamon 42 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 6.11 43 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 7.25 44 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.24 45 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 10.59 46 Rui Roque (Por) L.A. Pecol 47 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A. Pecol 48 Denis Smyslov (Rus) Lokomotiv 49 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom 11.26 50 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank 11.36 51 Andr· Korff (Ger) Team Coast 14.52 52 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 53 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 54 Javi Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 55 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 56 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 57 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 58 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 59 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Quick Step-Davitamon 60 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 61 Francisco Palacios (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 62 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 63 Ruben Plaza (Spa) iBanesto.com 64 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Telekom 65 Michael Giebelmann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 66 Dermot Nally (Irl) Paternina-Costa Almeria 67 Timo Scholz (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 68 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Telekom 16.38 69 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 16.44 70 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Telekom 18.40 71 Sergi Escobar (Spa) Spanish National Team 18.46 72 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 73 Candido Barbosa (Por) L.A. Pecol 74 Jose Antonio Lopez (Spa) iBanesto.com 75 Guillermo Ferrer (Spa) Spanish National Team 76 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Paternina-Costa Alme 22.33 77 Lizuarte Martins (Por) Milaneza-MSS Mountains classification 1 Koldo Gil (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 28 pts 2 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 20 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 14 4 David Muñoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 13 5 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step-Davitamon 12 6 Lizuarte Martins (Por) Milaneza-MSS 10 7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 8 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 9 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 5 10 Hector Guerra (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 11 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 Metas volantes classification 1 Lizuarte Martins (Por) Milaneza-MSS 6 pts 2 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 6 3 Koldo Gil (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3 4 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 5 Sergi Escobar (Spa) Spanish National Team 3 6 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 2 7 David Muñoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 8 Udo Bolts (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 9 Antonio Colom (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 10 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1 11 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1 Special sprints classification 1 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 9 pts 2 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almer 8 3 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 4 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 2 5 David Muñoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 6 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1 7 Dermot Nally (Irl) Paternina-Costa Almeria 1
