Challenge de Mallorca 2017 (3-Trofeo Andratx – Mirador de’s Colomer) – [Highlights] (spanish)

January 28, 2017
Challenge de Mallorca 2017 – Trofeo Trofeo Andratx – Mirador de’s Colomer – Andratx – Mirador de’s Colomer – 158,7 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.

Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) followed up his Friday win at the Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana with another victory Saturday at the Trofeo Andratx – Mirador des Colomer on the third day of racing at the Challenge Mallorca.

The 25-year-old Belgian powered up the day’s final climb ahead of Movistar’s Alejandro Valverde. Tiesj Benoot rounded out the podium in third place, giving Lotto Soudal yet another podium finisher in a highly successful Challenge Mallorca campaign that also saw André Greipel sprint to victory at the Trofeo Porreres.

“It’s wonderful to beat Valverde on such a finish,” Wellens said. “In the sprint he would have been faster. I find this second win even more beautiful than the one of yesterday because there was more tension. I won’t race tomorrow, but I might go and cheer for the boys to conquer that fourth victory!”

Cyril Lemoine (Cofidis), Brian van Goethem (Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij), Laurent Pichon (Fortuneo – Vital Concept), Pello Olaberría (Euskadi Basque Country – Murias), Diego Milán (Inteja Dominican Cycling Team), Rafael Márquez (Inteja Dominican Cycling Team), Josep Miralles (Amore & Vita-Selle SMP), Jorge Cubero (Burgos-BH), Pedro Gregori (Equipo Bolivia), Sebastián Mora (Spain) and Gabriel Cullaigh (Great Britain) jumped clear to form the early breakaway in the first few minutes of the 158.7-km race. The escapees worked up to an advantage of around five minutes but a hard-charging peloton tightened the leash before long.

The break shed several riders attempting to stay away, but the move was ultimately reeled in with more than 50km still left to race.

Gazprom-Rusvelo’s Sergey Firsanov tried his luck next but couldn’t hold on out front. Then it was Sky’s Christian Knees and Jonathan Dibben making a move. The duo managed to open up a sizable advantage at first, but as the bunch got organized in pursuit, the gap dwindled. The peloton caught Knees and Dibben with 5km to go, setting up a battle on the Mirador des Colomer finishing climb.

Wellens hit the front early and continued to put the power down all the way up the ascent. He surged round the final corner a few bike lengths ahead of Valverde and held on to take his second win in as many days.

A more sprinter-friendly Trofeo Playa de Palma closes out the Challenge Mallorca on Sunday.

Results :
1 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 4:27:55
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
3 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal
4 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:04
5 David Belda (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:00:05
6 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:00:07
7 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
8 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky
9 Alexander Aranburu Deva (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
10 Vicente Garcia De Mateos Rubio (Spa) Equipo Bolivia
11 David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky
12 Jaime Roson Garcia (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:00:09
13 Pablo Torres Muiño (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:00:12
14 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 0:00:14
15 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:15
16 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk
17 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky
18 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal
19 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky
20 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
21 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
22 Ibai Salas Zorrozua (Spa) Burgos-BH
23 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:20
24 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:21
25 José Mendes (Por) Bora-Hansgrohe
26 Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:00:25
27 Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
28 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
29 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
30 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
31 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:00:49
32 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:04
33 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
34 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias 0:01:22
35 Jonas Koch (Ger) Germany
36 Pierpaolo Ficara (Ita) Amore Vita – Selle SMP 0:01:25
37 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:01:45
38 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 0:01:47
39 Jon Irisarri Rincon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:59
40 Pedro Gregori Martinez (Spa) Equipo Bolivia
41 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:02:17
42 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:41
43 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
44 Ivan Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Equipo Bolivia
45 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:53
46 Jorge Arcas Peña (Spa) Movistar Team
47 Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:03:05
48 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:03:33
49 Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spa) Spain
50 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal
51 Alexander Foliforov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:03:38
52 Rafael Marquez Raigon (Spa) Inteja Dominican Cycling Team
53 Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:04:05
54 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
55 Raymond Kreder (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
56 Jorge Cubero Galvez (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:05:12
57 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 0:05:50
58 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team
59 Jonathan Diebben (GBr) Team Sky
60 Marco Zamparella (Ita) Amore Vita – Selle SMP 0:05:53
61 Nuno Matos (Por) Movistar Team 0:06:00
62 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:11:44
63 Noel Gil Llorens (Spa) Spain 0:18:12
64 Andre Looij (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:18:28
65 Gabriel Cullaigh (GBr) Great Britain 0:18:30
66 Jan Tschernoster (Ger) Germany
67 Pello Olaberria Arruabarrena (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias 0:19:25
68 Mikel Elorza Pagaldai (Spa) Amore Vita – Selle SMP
69 Aritz Bagues Kalparsoro (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
70 Uri Martins Sandoval (Mex) Amore Vita – Selle SMP
71 David Galarreta Ugarte (Spa) Amore Vita – Selle SMP
72 Gregory Obando Brenes (CRc) Inteja Dominican Cycling Team
73 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
74 Carlos Antonio Jimenez Lozano (Spa) Equipo Bolivia
75 Marco Bernardinetti (Ita) Amore Vita – Selle SMP
76 Nuno Meireles (Por) Equipo Bolivia
77 Josu Zabala Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
78 Josep Miralles Rigo (Spa) Amore Vita – Selle SMP
OTL Brian Kamstra (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 0:27:53
OTL Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team
OTL Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
OTL Gotzon Udondo Santamaria (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
OTL Jacob Hennessy (GBr) Great Britain
OTL Daniel Lopez Parada (Spa) Burgos-BH
OTL Marcos Jurado Rodriguez (Spa) Burgos-BH
OTL Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Equipo Bolivia
OTL Samuel Harrison (GBr) Great Britain
OTL Michaël Van Staeyen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
OTL Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
OTL Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
OTL Romain Gioux (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk
OTL Ildar Arslanov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
OTL Ander Barrenetxea Uriarte (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
OTL Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk
OTL Sergio Rodriguez Reche (Spa) Equipo Bolivia
DNF Leopold Konig (Cze) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
DNF Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
DNF Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
DNF Aydar Zakarin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
DNF Rayane Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk
DNF Corentin Cherhal (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk
DNF Corentin Cherhal (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk
DNF Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
DNF Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
DNF Erwann Corbel (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
DNF Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
DNF Laurent Pichon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
DNF Boris Vallee (Bel) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
DNF Dylan Page (Swi) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
DNF Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
DNF Eneko Lizarralde Delgado (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
DNF Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Inteja Dominican Cycling Team
DNF Ignacio Sarabia Diaz (Mex) Inteja Dominican Cycling Team
DNF Diego Milan Jimenez (Dom) Inteja Dominican Cycling Team
DNF Julio Alberto Amores Palacios (Spa) Inteja Dominican Cycling Team
DNF Adrián Nuñez (Dom) Inteja Dominican Cycling Team
DNF William Guzmán (Dom) Inteja Dominican Cycling Team
DNF Gaspar Mas (Spa) Nice Pro Cycling Team
DNF Ryan Macanally (Aus) Nice Pro Cycling Team
DNF Cédric Jolidon (Swi) Nice Pro Cycling Team
DNF Jérôme Pulidori (Fra) Nice Pro Cycling Team
DNF Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) Nice Pro Cycling Team
DNF Danilo Celano (Ita) Amore Vita – Selle SMP
DNF Joan Ruiz Vicens (Spa) Burgos-BH
DNF Marcos Rojo (Spa) Burgos-BH
DNF Omar Alberto Mendoza Cardona (Col) Equipo Bolivia
DNF Bacilio Ramos Ticona (Bol) Equipo Bolivia
DNF Antonio Ballester (Spa) Spain
DNF Gorka Etxabe Castillo (Spa) Spain
DNF Marc Buades Ferriol (Spa) Spain
DNF Jose Daniel Viejo Redondo (Spa) Spain
DNF Illart Zuazubiskar Gallastegi (Spa) Spain
DNF Jasper Frahm (Ger) Germany
DNF Henning Bommel (Ger) Germany
DNF Kersten Thiele (Ger) Germany
DNF Nils Schomber (Ger) Germany
DNF Theo Reinhardt (Ger) Germany
DNF Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Germany
DNF Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain
DNF Mark Stewart (GBr) Great Britain
DNF Oliver Wood (GBr) Great Britain
DNF Christopher Latham (GBr) Great Britain