Challenge de Mallorca 2017 (1-Trofeo Porreres – Felanitx – Salines – Campos) – [Highlights] (spanish)

January 26, 2017
Challenge de Mallorca 2017 – Trofeo Porreres – Felanitx – Salines – Campos – Porreres – Campos – 161,8 km

The Challenge Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca (English: Tour of Majorca, Catalan: Challenge Volta Ciclista a Mallorca) is a series of five professional one day road bicycle races held on the Spanish island of Mallorca in early February. The event is used as an early season preparatory event by many of the top teams in readiness for the bigger races later in the season. The five races are ranked 1.1 on the UCI Europe Tour.

André Greipel (Lotto Soudal) sprinted to victory in Thursday’s Trofeo Porreres – Felanitx – Ses Salines – Campos, the first of four one-day races at the 2017 Challenge Mallorca.

Jonas Van Genechten (Cofidis) claimed runner-up honors, while Daniel McLay (Fortuneo – Vital Concept) took third in a close high-speed battle at the end of a 161.8-km day racing from Porreres to Campos.

Kersten Thiele (Germany), Evgeny Shalunov (Gazprom-Rusvelo), Pablo Torres (Burgos-BH) and Pello Olaberria (Euskadi-Murias) jumped clear of the bunch early to form the day’s breakaway. Their advantage over the peloton topped out at a little over three minutes before the pack began to reel them back in, with the sprinters’ teams eager to control the race ahead of a flat finish.

The catch was made 20km from the finale, setting up a bunch kick for the win. Greipel proved fastest on the finishing straight, opening up his sprint early and narrowly holding off Van Genechten at the line, with McLay just behind.

“It was our goal to get a sprint and we succeeded in it,” Greipel said. “Rémy Mertz did an amazing job in his first pro race. He was riding at the head of the bunch for more than one hundred kilometres, controlling the gap on his own. Really impressive. In the last fifteen kilometres Bart De Clercq, Tomasz Marczynski and Frederik Frison came to the front. When entering the last three kilometres, I still had Tim Wellens, Moreno Hofland and Jürgen Roelandts in support. Moreno Hofland took Jürgen and me into the last kilometre. We needed to get first to the passage with traffic islands and so we did. We got through it without any problems. I started sprinting with 250 metres to go.

“We dictated the whole stage with the team, so it’s nice to finish it off after all the work of the teammates. This is a perfect start of the season. Tomorrow and the day after it’s up to Tiesj Benoot, Louis Vervaeke and Tim Wellens. I have another chance on Sunday.”

The racing in Mallorca continues Friday with the Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana, a more climber-friendly affair.

As the Challenge Mallorca is not technically a stage race but instead a string of UCI 1.1 races, teams can change their line-up for each event. Movistar’s Alejandro Valverde and Nairo Quintana both kick off their seasons in Friday’s race.

Results :
1 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 3:41:35
2 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
3 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
4 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
5 Raymond Kreder (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
6 Jonathan Diebben (GBr) Team Sky
7 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
8 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
9 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Sky
10 Vicente Garcia De Mateos Rubio (Spa) Spain
11 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
12 Roman Maikin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
13 Xavier Cañellas Sanchez (Spa) Spain
14 Julen Irizar Laskurain (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
15 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Spain
16 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
17 Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Inteja Dominican Cycling Team
18 Josep Miralles Rigo (Spa) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP
19 Dylan Page (Swi) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
20 Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
21 Michaël Van Staeyen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
22 Oliver Wood (GBr) Great Britain
23 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
24 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Bora-Hansgrohe
25 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal
26 Jose Daniel Viejo Redondo (Spa) Spain
27 Daniel Lopez Parada (Spa) Burgos-BH
28 Boris Vallee (Bel) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
29 Hendrikus Van Ijzendoorn (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
30 Aritz Bagues Kalparsoro (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
31 Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
32 Joan Ruiz Vicens (Spa) Burgos-BH
33 Marco Zamparella (Ita) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP
34 David Galarreta Ugarte (Spa) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP
35 Christopher Latham (GBr) Great Britain
36 Erwann Corbel (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:00:07
37 Gaspar Mas (Spa) Nice Pro Cycling Team
38 Konrad Geßner (Ger) Germany
39 Marco Bernardinetti (Ita) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP
40 Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
41 Mark Stewart (GBr) Great Britain
42 Uri Martins Sandoval (Mex) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP
43 Nuno Matos (Por) Movistar Team
44 Carlos Antonio Jimenez Lozano (Spa) Equipo Bolivia
45 Omar Alberto Mendoza Cardona (Col) Equipo Bolivia
46 Jorge Cubero Galvez (Spa) Burgos-BH
47 Gotzon Udondo Santamaria (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias 0:00:11
48 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
49 Brian Kamstra (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
50 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Spain
51 Jorge Arcas Peña (Spa) Movistar Team
52 Alvaro Robredo Crespo (Spa) Burgos-BH
53 Theo Reinhardt (Ger) Germany
54 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
55 Henning Bommel (Ger) Germany
56 Fabricio Ferrari (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
57 Jérôme Pulidori (Fra) Nice Pro Cycling Team
58 Corentin Cherhal (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk
59 Josu Zabala (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
60 Danilo Celano (Ita) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP
61 Pedro Gregori Martinez (Spa) Equipo Bolivia
62 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
63 Julio Alberto Amores Palacios (Spa) Inteja Dominican Cycling Team
64 Raul Castrillo Sedano (Spa) Burgos-BH
65 Gabriel Cullaigh (GBr) Great Britain
66 Joel García (Dom) Inteja Dominican Cycling Team
67 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
68 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk
69 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team
70 Samuel Harrison (GBr) Great Britain
71 David Lozano (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk
72 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team
73 Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
74 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
75 David Belda (Spa) Burgos-BH
76 Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
77 Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
78 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
79 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team
80 Héctor Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team
81 Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
82 Jan Bárta (Cze) Bora-Hansgrohe
83 Illart Zuazubiskar Gallastegi (Spa) Spain
84 Javier Megias (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk
85 Romain Gioux (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 0:00:28
86 Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) Nice Pro Cycling Team 0:00:30
87 Ibai Salas Zorrozua (Spa) Burgos-BH
88 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:00:33
89 Jon Irisarri (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
90 Alexander Aranburu (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
91 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Equipo Bolivia
92 Diego Milan Jimenez (Dom) Inteja Dominican Cycling Team 0:00:35
93 Nils Schomber (Ger) Germany 0:00:39
94 Pierpaolo Ficara (Ita) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP
95 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Lotto Soudal
96 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:00:45
97 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky 0:00:47
98 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 0:00:50
99 Ryan Macanally (Aus) Nice Pro Cycling Team 0:00:51
100 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
101 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal
102 Sergio Rodriguez Reche (Spa) Equipo Bolivia 0:00:55
103 Adrian Gonzalez Velasco (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias 0:01:01
104 Maxime Daniel (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:01:05
105 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky
106 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky
107 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team
108 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
109 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
110 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
111 Ander Barrenetxea Uriarte (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
112 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
113 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:19
114 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal
115 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:01:29
116 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
117 Gregory Obando Brenes (CRc) Inteja Dominican Cycling Team
118 Pablo Torres Muia?O (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:01:43
119 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:44
120 Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spa) Spain
121 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky
122 Jonas Koch (Ger) Germany
123 William Guzmán (Dom) Inteja Dominican Cycling Team 0:03:39
124 David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:03:47
125 Steven Burke (GBr) Great Britain 0:04:32
126 Cristian Galvan Cortes (Spa) Spain
127 Gilber Zurita (Bol) Equipo Bolivia
128 Javier Arando (Bol) Equipo Bolivia
129 Jasper Frahm (Ger) Germany 0:04:51
130 Eneko Lizarralde Delgado (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
131 Andre Looij (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:04:57
132 Pello Olaberria Arruabarrena (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias 0:05:01
133 Mikel Elorza Pagaldai (Spa) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP
134 Kersten Thiele (Ger) Germany
135 Lucas Liß (Ger) Germany
136 Adrián Nuñez (Dom) Inteja Dominican Cycling Team
137 Ignacio Sarabia Diaz (Mex) Inteja Dominican Cycling Team
138 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:05:25
139 Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:06:00
140 Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
141 Bacilio Ramos Ticona (Bol) Equipo Bolivia 0:06:34
142 Cédric Jolidon (Swi) Nice Pro Cycling Team 0:12:19