Challenge de Mallorca 2017 (4-Trofeo Playa de Palma-Palma) – [Highlights] (spanish)

January 29, 2017
Challenge de Mallorca 2017 – Trofeo Playa de Palma-Palma – Palma – Palma – 161 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.

Dan McLay (Fortuneo-Vital Concept) took victory on the final day of competition at the Mallorca Challenge, sprinting to victory in the Trofeo Palma. It was a close run fight, and the jury had to resort to a photo finish to split McLay and Bora-Hansgrohe’s Matteo Pelucchi, with initial reports stating that it had been the Italian who was the victor. Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) tried to split the two, driving up the middle of the road and finishing third.

The joy of victory was short-lived for McLay, who crashed soon after crossing the line. Fortunately, McLay was ok, despite bleeding from his lip.

The Mallorca Challenge closed out with a 161km loop out and back from Palma on the west side of the island. With a couple of climbs in the latter stages of the race, there was an opportunity for a breakaway, but a sprint finish would be most likely.

The day kicked off with an attack from Luis Mas Bonet (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) as soon as the neutral zone ended. It wasn’t to be, and there were more moves out of the bunch, including one from Dayer Quintana that signalled Movistar’s intentions going forward. After 10 kilometres, the peloton finally let a group of riders build up a small advantage.

Uri Martins Sandoval and Danilo Celano (both Amore & Vita-Selle SMP), Gaspar Mas (Nice Cycling Team), Julio Alberto Amores (Interja Dominican Cycling) and Pello Olaberria (Euskadi Basque Country) made up the group that got away. The gap between themselves and the calm and collected bunch behind built up to 4:20 at the 30km mark before the peloton decided to begin bringing them back.

With still 100 kilometres to go and the finishing circuit looming, the five up front had only two minutes to play with. A brief moment of respite came when the window opened a little, but it didn’t last the inevitable catch loomed ever closer. The handshakes came with a touch under 60 kilometres to the line, and the five were absorbed back into the peloton.

Having been dormant since the early attack of Dayer Quintana, Movistar struck out again with 49km to go. This time it was in the form of Dayer’s older brother Nairo, who made his move in the hillier section of the course. Quintana was allowed a large 1:30 gap before his teammate Alejandro Valverde attacked with Lotto-Soudal’s Jurgen Roelandts. The trio came together as the race entered the final circuits around Palma, but the peloton was chasing hard behind, led by Bora-Hansgrohe and Fortuneo Vital Concept.

Just before the final lap, Valverde, Quintana and Roelandts were brought back by the peloton, which began setting its self up for the bunch sprint. As the road curved slightly, Pelucchi chose the left side of the road while McLay picked the right. McLay had little more than a tyre’s width between himself and Pelucchi on the line, but it was enough to seal the victory. Bouhanni was close behind while Andre Greipel got boxed in between Bouhanni and Pelucchi, and finished fourth.

Results :
1 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo-Vital Concept 3:43:31
2 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
3 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit
4 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
5 Raymond Kreder (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
6 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
7 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Sky
8 Enrique Sanz (Spa) Spanish Track Team
9 Jonas Koch (Ger) German National Team
10 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
11 Albert Torres (Spa) Inteja Dominican Cycling
12 Xavier Cañellas (Spa) Spanish Track Team
13 Jacob Hennessy (GBr) Great Britain National Team
14 Dylan Page (Swi) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
15 Kondrad Gessner (Ger) German National Team
16 Andre Looij (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
17 Daniel Lopez (Spa) Burgos BH
18 Adrian Gonzalez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country
19 Vicente Garcia (Spa) Spanish Track Team
20 Christopher Latham (GBr) Great Britain National Team
21 Aritz Bagues (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country
22 Julen Irizar (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country
23 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team
24 Samuel Harrison (GBr) Great Britain National Team
25 Jonas Van Geneghten (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credit
26 Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
27 Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
28 Sebastian Mora (Spa) Spanish Track Team
29 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Lotto Soudal
30 Roman Maikin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
31 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
32 Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
33 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
34 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit
35 Boris Vallee (Bel) Fortuneo-Vital Concept
36 Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
37 Gabriel Cullaigh (GBr) Great Britain National Team
38 Gotzon Udondo (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country
39 Marco Zamparella (Ita) Amore & Vita-Selle SMP
40 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) German National Team
41 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:05
42 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
43 David Galarreta (Spa) Amore & Vita-Selle SMP 0:00:11
44 Marco Bernardinetti (Ita) Amore & Vita-Selle SMP
45 Pedro Gregori (Spa) Team Bolivia
46 Javier Megias (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk
47 Josep Miralles (Spa) Amore & Vita-Selle SMP
48 Jorge Cubero (Spa) Burgos BH
49 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
50 Nuno Bico (Por) Movistar Team
51 Jan Tschernoster (Ger) German National Team
52 Theo Reinhardt (Ger) German National Team
53 Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
54 David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky
55 Fabricio Ferrari (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
56 Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
57 Alexander Aranburu (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
58 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team
59 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
60 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
61 Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) Nice Cycling Team
62 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team
63 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky
64 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
65 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky
66 Omar Alberto Mendoza (Col) Team Bolivia
67 Oscar Linares (Spa) Burgos BH
68 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
69 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky
70 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team
71 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
72 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
73 Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
74 Egoitz Garcia (Spa) Team Bolivia
75 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:20
76 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo-Vital Concept
77 Michaël Van Staeyen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credit 0:00:21
78 Illart Zuazubiskar (Spa) Spanish Track Team
79 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal
80 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal
81 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal
82 Mikel Elorza (Spa) Amore & Vita-Selle SMP
83 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal 0:00:30
84 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Fortuneo-Vital Concept 0:00:37
85 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit 0:00:40
86 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo-Vital Concept 0:00:43
87 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit
88 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:46
89 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo-Vital Concept 0:00:48
90 Jon Irisarri (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:00:52
91 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Fortuneo-Vital Concept 0:01:11
92 Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:01:43
93 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:49
94 David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:15
95 Diego Milan Jiminez (Dom) Inteja Dominican Cycling
96 Jasper Frahm (Ger) German National Team 0:04:46
97 Corentin Cherhal (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk
98 Jérôme Pulidori (Fra) Nice Cycling Team
99 Ryan Macanally (Aus) Nice Cycling Team
100 Henning Bommel (Ger) German National Team
101 Oliver Wood (GBr) Great Britain National Team
102 Joan Ruiz (Spa) Burgos BH
103 Kian Emadi (GBr) Great Britain National Team
104 Alvaro Robredo (Spa) Burgos BH
105 Brian Kamstra (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
106 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk
107 Hendrikus Van IJzendoorn (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
108 Pierpaolo Ficara (Ita) Amore & Vita-Selle SMP
109 Romain Gioux (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk
110 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
111 Uri Martins Sandoval (Mex) Amore & Vita-Selle SMP
112 Luis Mari Garikano (Spa) Spanish Track Team
113 Danilo Celano (Ita) Amore & Vita-Selle SMP
114 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country
115 William Guzman (Dom) Inteja Dominican Cycling
116 Ander Barrenetxea (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country
117 Pello Olaberria (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country
118 Mikel Bizkarra (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country
119 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Fortuneo-Vital Concept
120 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
121 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
122 Lucas Liss (Ger) German National Team
123 Nuno Meireles (Por) Team Bolivia
124 Marcos Jurado (Spa) Burgos BH
125 Reid Mcclure (Can) Team Novo Nordisk 0:10:42
126 Cédric Jolidon (Swi) Nice Cycling Team 0:12:56
127 Julio Alberto Amores (Spa) Inteja Dominican Cycling 0:16:43
DNF Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Rayane Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
DNF Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
DNF Jaime Roson Garcia (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA
DNF Josu Zabala Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA
DNF Ignacio Sarabia Diaz (Mex) Inteja Dominican Cycling Team
DNF Gregory Obando Brenes (CRc) Inteja Dominican Cycling Team
DNF Rafael Marquez Raigon (Spa) Inteja Dominican Cycling Team
DNF Joel García (Dom) Inteja Dominican Cycling Team
DNF Gaspar Mas (Spa) Nice Cycling Team
DNF Marcos Rojo (Spa) Burgos BH
DNF Raul Castrillo Sedano (Spa) Burgos BH
DNF Bacilio Ramos Ticona (Bol) Equipo Bolivia
DNF Gilber Zurita (Bol) Equipo Bolivia
DNF Ivan Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Equipo Bolivia
DNF Sergio Rodriguez Reche (Spa) Equipo Bolivia
DNF Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Spanish Track Team
DNF Jose Daniel Viejo Redondo (Spa) Spanish Track Team
DNF Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain
DNF Steven Burke (GBr) Great Britain