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15th Challenge Illes Balears - 1.1 (x5)
Spain, February 5-9, 2006
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Stage 4 - February 8: Soller - Port De Soller, 150.6 km
Bettini finally scores
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After two third places in preceding stages, Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Innergetic) has won his first race of the season. Il Grillo beat Toni Colom (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) and David Bernabeu (Comunidad Valenciana) in a three-man sprint, with the latter maintaining his lead in the general classification.
"After several good results, finally the victory came," said Bettini. "I knew that my condition was good, but I didn't expect to ride so strongly. Considering how much I suffered last year at the beginning of the season, this win has really a sweet taste. Next Tuesday I would like to race also a good Trofeo Laigueglia. With today's victory, I will surely start with good ambition."
How it unfolded
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Stage 4 was a 150.6 km leg starting and finishing in Sóller, with four Cat. 2 climbs to cover. Comunidad Valenciana and Quick.Step kept things under tight control until the last climb, allowing no breaks to escape. On the Coll De Puig Major, the bunch broke apart thanks to the efforts of Toni Colom, who crossed the summit in first place. He was joined by Bernabeu, Sanchez and Bettini, but Sanchez was dropped on the descent.
The three remaining riders kept a healthy distance between them and the peloton over the last 10 km, and finished with just under a half minute advantage. Bettini was the quickest in the sprint, ahead of Colom and Bernabeu, while Alejandro Valverde led home the bunch in fourth place.
Tomorrow, the final stage of the Challenge Illes Balears will be contested. The GP de Calvia will run from Magaluf and Palmanova and include five climbs, three Cat. 2 and two Cat. 3.
Photography
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- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) gets his first win for the year
- He's loving it! Paolo Bettini gets a kiss for his efforts
- Big smiles for Paolo Bettini after taking the fourth stage of the Challenge Illes Balears
- Climbing up Col de Soller during stage 4 of the Challenge Illes Balears
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Paolo Bettini works hard on his way to the win
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) wins stage 4 of the Challenge Illes Balears
Results
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.47.10 2 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.25 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort 7 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 8 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Kaiku 10 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 11 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 Jon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 13 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 16 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 17 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 19 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 20 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 21 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 22 Victor Manuel Garcia (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 23 Luis Perez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 24 Jose Luis Carrasco (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 25 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 26 Osca Gar.-Casarrubios (Spa) Relax-Gam 27 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku 29 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 30 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 33 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 34 Juan Olmo (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 35 Victor Hernandez (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 36 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 37 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 38 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Viña Magna-Cropu 39 José Mario Almagro (Spa) Relax-Gam 40 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 41 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 42 Koldo Gil (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 43 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 2.49 44 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 3.22 45 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 46 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 47 Yury Trofimov (Rus) OMNIBIKE-Dynamo Moco 48 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 49 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 50 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 51 David Munoz (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 52 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 53 Ruben Oarbeascoa (Spa) Kaiku 54 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 55 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 56 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 59 Carty Jonathan P. Mc (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 60 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 61 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 62 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 63 Luis Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 64 Antonio Berasategui (Spa) Kaiku 65 Juan Gomis (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 66 Javier Ruiz (Spa) Kaiku 67 Ivan Gil Martin (Spa) Kaiku 68 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.27 69 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 70 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 6.52 71 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 9.21 72 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Kaiku 73 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 10.16 74 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 75 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 76 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 77 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 78 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 79 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 80 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 81 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 82 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.31 83 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 84 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 85 Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 86 Jose Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 87 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 88 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 89 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort 90 Jan Hruska (Cze) 3 Molinos Resort 91 Antonio Tauler (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort 92 Sergio Herrero (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 93 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 94 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 95 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 96 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 97 Diego Gallego (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 98 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 99 Manuel Lloret (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 100 Fernando Herrero (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 101 José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Comunidad Valenciana 102 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 103 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 104 Isidro Cerrato (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort 105 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam 13.13 106 Fco. José Terciado (Spa) Relax-Gam 107 Javier Benitez (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 16.02 108 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas 16.09 109 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 110 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 111 Joseba Aguirrezabala (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 112 Ivan Seledkov (Rus) OMNIBIKE-Dynamo Moco 113 Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 114 Martin Mata (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 115 José Herrada (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 116 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 117 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 118 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 119 Iker Leonet (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 120 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 16.16 121 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 18.50 122 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 123 Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 21.30 124 Charles Dionne (Can) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.34 125 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24.01 126 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 127 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 128 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile Team 129 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 130 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 131 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 132 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 133 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 134 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 135 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 136 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 137 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 138 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 139 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 140 Mario José Box (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort 141 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 142 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) OMNIBIKE-Dynamo Moco 35.11 143 Vyacheslav Vilkov (Rus) OMNIBIKE-Dynamo Moco 37.13 Mountains Coll De Soller - Cat. 2, km 8,50 1 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 pts 2 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 7 3 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 4 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 5 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 2 Coll De Sa Batalla - Cat. 2, km 57,90 1 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 pts 2 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 3 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 5 4 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 5 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 2 6 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Coll De Sa Batalla - Cat. 2, km 117,00 1 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 10 pts 2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 7 3 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 3 5 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 6 Jose Luis Carrasco (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Coll De Puig Major - Cat. 2, km 133,50 1 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 pts 2 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7 3 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5 4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 5 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 6 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1 Metas Volantes Benissalem, km 34,70 1 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Viña Magna-Cropu 3 pts 2 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 2 3 Ruben Oarbeascoa (Spa) Kaiku 1 Pollença, km 78,30 1 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 3 pts 2 Antonio Berasategui (Spa) Kaiku 2 3 Martin Mata (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 1 Special sprints Lloseta, km 40,30 1 Ivan Gil Martin (Spa) Kaiku 3 pts 2 Mario José Box (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort 2 3 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Inca, km 101,30 1 Antonio Tauler (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort 3 pts 2 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 3 Vicente Ballester (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1 Teams 1 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 11.22.20 2 Kaiku 0.25 3 Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 Liquigas 5 Andalucia-Paul Versan 6 Relax-Gam 7 Grupo Nicolas Mateos 8 Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 Rabobank 2.49 10 Comunidad Valenciana 2.57 11 Team CSC 3.22 12 T-Mobile Team 5.27 13 Phonak Hearing Systems 6.19 14 Ag2R Prevoyance 9.16 15 Davitamon-Lotto 15.18 16 Gerolsteiner 15.28 17 Viña Magna-Cropu 18 Quick Step-Innergetic 19.42 19 3 Molinos Resort 24.37 General classification after stage 4 1 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 13.29.44 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.03 3 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.07 4 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.26 5 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.28 6 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 7 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Kaiku 0.34 8 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.43 9 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku 1.11 10 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.16 11 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 1.17 12 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 14 José Mario Almagro (Spa) Relax-Gam 15 Victor Manuel Garcia (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 1.21 16 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Viña Magna-Cropu 1.23 17 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.24 18 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 1.27 19 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 1.29 20 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.33 21 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort 1.49 22 Luis Perez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 2.08 23 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 2.27 24 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 2.35 25 David Munoz (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.25 26 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.48 27 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4.10 28 Juan Gomis (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4.21 29 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.46 30 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.51 31 Carty Jonathan P. Mc (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.19 32 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5.33 33 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.33 34 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 11.44 35 Osca Gar.-Casarrubios (Spa) Relax-Gam 36 Juan Olmo (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 37 Victor Hernandez (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 38 Manuel Lloret (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 13.02 39 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 13.11 40 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 14.41 41 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 42 Yury Trofimov (Rus) OMNIBIKE-Dynamo Moco 43 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15.15 44 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 15.41 45 José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Comunidad Valenciana 16.18 46 Fco. José Terciado (Spa) Relax-Gam 17.02 47 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18.38 48 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 20.43 49 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 21.35 50 Sergio Herrero (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 23.50 51 Antonio Tauler (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort 52 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 53 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 24.16 54 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 24.37 55 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 25.20 56 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 27.28 57 Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 58 Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 27.47 59 Fernando Herrero (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 60 Jose Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 61 Isidro Cerrato (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort 62 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 63 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 64 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 27.48 65 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam 28.29 66 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 28.54 67 Javier Benitez (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 31.18 68 José Herrada (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 31.25 69 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 70 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 35.04 71 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 72 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 37.03 73 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 39.17 74 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 75 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 76 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile Team 52.30 Mountains classification 1 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 pts 2 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 17 3 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 16 4 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 15 5 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 6 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 7 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 8 9 Juan Gomis (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8 10 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 7 11 José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Comunidad Valenciana 6 Metas Volantes classification 1 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 10 pts 2 Victor Hernandez (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 7 3 Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 6 4 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Viña Magna-Cropu 3 5 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 6 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 2 7 Javier Benitez (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 1 Special sprints classification 1 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 16 pts 2 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 4 3 Victor Hernandez (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 4 4 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Kaiku 4 5 Antonio Tauler (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort 3 6 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 7 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku 1 Teams classification 1 Kaiku 40.31.29 2 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.07 3 Rabobank 0.36 4 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.25 5 Comunidad Valenciana 1.34 6 Andalucia-Paul Versan 2.25 7 Relax-Gam 3.47 8 Team CSC 4.48 9 T-Mobile Team 8.14 10 Phonak Hearing Systems 8.21 11 Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.25 12 Quick Step-Innergetic 22.31 13 Grupo Nicolas Mateos 22.32 14 Liquigas 28.42 15 Gerolsteiner 30.54 16 Davitamon-Lotto 31.18 17 Viña Magna-Cropu 41.34 18 Ag2R Prevoyance 41.46 19 3 Molinos Resort 47.12
