12th Challenge Illes Balears - 1.3 (x5)

Mallorca, Spain, February 2-6, 2003

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Stage 4 - February 5: Manacor - Porto Cristo, 166.3 km

Galvez takes his second

Zabel moves into the lead

Kelme's Isaac Galvez has won his second stage in the 12th Challenge Illes Balears, comfortably beating Fabrizio Guidi (Team Coast) and Erik Zabel (Telekom) in the fourth stage. However Zabel benefited from a gap in the peloton as a result of a crash with 200m to go, and was able to assume the overall leadership of the five day race which concludes tomorrow.

The fourth race was run between Manacor and Porto Cristo over 166 km, containing just one fourth category climb at km 144. The start was relatively fast, with several unsuccessful attempts by riders to get away. It wasn't until just after the sprint at Montuiri (km 19) that a break succeeded.

Three riders, Iván Díaz (Spanish Track Team), José A. López (iBanesto.com) and Xavier Tondo (Paternina-Costa De Almeria) gradually established a gap over the peloton that reached 6'35 at the halfway mark. Gerolsteiner's Thorsten Schmidt had set off in pursuit at km 71 but his bridging attempt proved unsuccessful as he hovered in between the peloton and the break for over 50 km.

Schmidt was caught at km 124 as ONCE and Phonak began to lift the tempo. The gap to the three leaders was still 5'00 at this point, but once the chase started it began to fall quickly. The three made it over the fourth category climb at km 144, with José López taking the points in front of Xavier Tondo and Iván Díaz. Eight kilometres later, and the break was caught.

For the fourth time in a row the stage came down to a bunch sprint, with the powerful Isaac Galvez getting his nose in front of Guidi and Zabel. However, as the riders were jostling for the lead with 200m to go, there was a fall in the peloton that took out Oscar Freire (Rabobank), Josu Silloniz (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and stage 2 winner Alexandre Usov (Phonak). ONCE's Allan Davis was one of many caught behind the crash, thus lost his overall lead to Erik Zabel at the end of the day.

Photography

Images by Challenge Illes Balears

José A. López (iBanesto.com) and Xavier Tondo (Paternina-Costa De Almeria) drove the day's break
The peloton passes under a Special Sprint banner
Isaac Galvez (Kelme) gets his second win of the series
Erik Zabel (Telekom) moved into the overall lead and role of Guy with Big Cheque

Results

1 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca             3.53.36 (42.714 km/h)
2 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast                      0.01
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom
4 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij
5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon
6 Jans Koerts (Ned) Bankgiroloterij
7 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS                     0.05
8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
9 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque
10 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
11 Julen Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
12 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Team Coast
13 Allan Davis (Aus) ONCE-Eroski
14 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
15 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
16 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrad
17 Vicente Reynes (Spa) L.A. Pecol
18 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
19 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com
20 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner
21 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
22 Jose Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
23 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij
24 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria
25 Ruben Plaza (Spa) iBanesto.com
26 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
27 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij
28 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol
29 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Lokomotiv
30 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
31 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com
32 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank
33 Rafael Mateos (Spa) iBanesto.com
34 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
35 Francisco Perez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS
36 David Muñoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
37 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-MSS
38 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon
39 Hector Guerra (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
40 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij
41 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon
42 Alexander Serov (Rus) Lokomotiv
43 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij
44 Alexei Markov (Rus) Lokomotiv
45 Alberto Contador (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
46 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast
47 Koldo Gil (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
48 Eric Beumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
49 David Kopp (Ger) Telekom
50 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS
51 Egoi Martinez, (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
52 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom
53 Javi Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
54 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Gerolsteiner
55 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A. Pecol
56 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC
57 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol
58 Ruben Diaz de Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
59 Rui Roque (Por) L.A. Pecol
60 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com
61 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems
62 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom
63 Goncalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS                   0.25
64 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrad    0.33
65 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria
66 Juan Llaneras (Spa) Spanish National Team
67 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
68 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Telekom
69 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
70 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) BankGiroLoterij                 0.46
71 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Bankgiroloterij
72 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
73 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
74 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast
75 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) L.A. Pecol
76 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com
77 Dirk Reichl (Ger) Telekom
78 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step-Davitamon
79 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca
80 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC                      0.53
81 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC
82 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Quick Step-Davitamon
83 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon
84 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS
85 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
86 Domenico Passuello (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon
87 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
88 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank
89 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
90 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank
91 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                    0.57
92 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
93 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Telekom
94 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                         1.10
95 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank
96 Robert Hunter (Rsa) Rabobank
97 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems          1.16
98 Iker Camaño (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems
99 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems
100 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems
101 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
102 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
103 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team CSC                        1.23
104 Domingo Segado (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria       1.44
105 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Coast                   1.54
106 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Coast
107 Andr· Korff (Ger) Team Coast
108 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              2.22
109 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeri    3.39
110 Jose Antonio Lopez (Spa) iBanesto.com              5.40
111 Ivan Diaz (Spa) Spanish National Team              6.37
112 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Lokomotiv                        9.24
113 Denis Smyslov (Rus) Lokomotiv
114 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
115 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij
116 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon
117 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria         9.52
118 Lander Euba (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               16.18
119 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque
120 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
121 Jose A. Pecharroman (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almer
122 Lizuarte Martins (Por) Milaneza-MSS
123 Pedro Andrade (Por) L.A. Pecol
124 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank
125 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Paternina-Costa Alm
126 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
127 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
128 Unai Elorriaga (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque
129 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
130 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
131 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Paternina-Costa Alme
132 Pieter Vries (Ned) Bankgiroloterij
133 Cesar Garcia (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque
 
Mountains
 
Costas De Son Macia - Cat. 4, km 144.80
 
1 Jose Antonio Lopez (Spa) iBanesto.com                   3 pts
2 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria              2
3 Ivan Diaz (Spa) Spanish National Team                   1
 
Metas Volantes
 
Llucmajor, km 38.00
 
1 Jose Antonio Lopez (Spa) iBanesto.com                   3 pts
2 Ivan Diaz (Spa) Spanish National Team                   2
3 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria              1
 
Manacor, km 131.80
 
1 Jose Antonio Lopez (Spa) iBanesto.com                   3 pts
2 Ivan Diaz (Spa) Spanish National Team                   2
3 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria              1
 
Special Sprints
 
Montuiri, km 19.00
 
1 Eric Beumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                       3 pts
2 Cesar Garcia (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque                 2
3 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almer       1
 
Felanix, km 90.80
 
1 Jose Antonio Lopez (Spa) iBanesto.com                   3 pts
2 Ivan Diaz (Spa) Spanish National Team                   2
3 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria              1
 
Teams
 
1 Bankgiroloterij                                  11.40.55
2 Kelme-Costa Blanca                                   0.03
3 Team Coast                                           0.04
4 Quick Step-Davitamon
5 Telekom
6 ONCE-Eroski                                          0.08
7 Euskaltel-Euskadi
8 Relax-Fuenlabrada
9 iBanesto.com
10 Milaneza-MSS
11 Gerolsteiner
12 L.A. Pecol
13 Lokomotiv
14 Phonak Hearing Systems                              1.17
15 Rabobank                                            1.44
16 Team CSC
17 Paternina-Costa Almeriaa                            2.15
18 Labarca 2-Cafe Baque                               32.34
 
General classification after race 4
 
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                         14.12.18
2 Allan Davis (Aus) ONCE-Eroski                        0.04
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
4 Vicente Reynes (Spa) L.A. Pecol
5 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
6 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS
7 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Team Coast
8 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
9 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
10 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
11 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
12 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrad
13 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com
14 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner
15 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-MSS
16 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria
17 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon
18 Francisco Perez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS
19 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom
20 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij
21 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon
22 Hector Guerra (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
23 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij
24 Koldo Gil (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
25 Alberto Contador (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
26 Goncalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS                   0.24
27 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca          1.13
28 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Telekom                        1.42
29 Domingo Segado (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria        1.43
30 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol                            4.10
31 David Muñoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                5.03
32 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
33 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems
34 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria         5.31
35 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step-Davitamon         5.44
36 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada     7.29
37 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria    8.37
38 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij                  9.23
39 Rui Roque (Por) L.A. Pecol                         11.03
40 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A. Pecol
41 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank                       12.45
42 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque         14.56
43 Javi Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
44 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij
45 Ruben Plaza (Spa) iBanesto.com
46 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Telekom                       15.24
47 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC                     15.44
48 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Quick Step-Davitamon
49 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS
50 Andr· Korff (Ger) Team Coast                       16.45
51 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij                 16.48
52 Denis Smyslov (Rus) Lokomotiv                      20.22
53 Jose Antonio Lopez (Spa) iBanesto.com              24.25
54 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems      31.09
55 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Paternina-Costa Alme   38.50
56 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 Jose Antonio Lopez (Spa) iBanesto.com                  3
11 Hector Guerra (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada          3
 
Metas Volantes classification
 
1 Jose Antonio Lopez (Spa) iBanesto.com                   6 pts
2 Lizuarte Martins (Por) Milaneza-MSS                     6
3 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij                 6
4 Koldo Gil (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                             3
5 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij                      2
6 David Muñoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                    2
7 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                      1
8 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS                        1
 
Special Sprints classification
 
1 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almer       9 pts
2 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria             9
3 Jose Antonio Lopez (Spa) iBanesto.com                   3
4 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca            2
5 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria        2
6 David Muñoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                    1
7 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-MSS                       1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Bankgiroloterij                                  42.36.58
2 Kelme-Costa Blanca                                   0.03
3 Quick Step-Davitamon                                 0.04
4 ONCE-Eroski                                          0.08
5 Milaneza-MSS
6 Gerolsteiner
7 Telekom                                              0.23
8 Rabobank                                             1.44
9 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    5.07
10 Relax-Fuenlabrada
11 Paternina-Costa Almeria                             7.14
12 iBanesto.com                                       15.12
13 L.A. Pecol                                         15.13
14 Phonak Hearing Systems                             15.40
15 Team CSC                                           42.27
16 Labarca 2-Cafe Baque                               58.57