Gerdemann opens season with Mallorca win

Linus Gerdemann (Team Milram) opened his season with a victory on Tuesday, out-sprinting his two breakaway companions to win the Challenge Mallorca's mountainous third stage. In rainy, windy conditions Gerdemann bested Spaniards Rafael Valls (Footon-Servetto) and Manuel Vazquez (Andalucia-Cajasur) to claim the 157.2km Trofeo Inca in a nail-biting finish.

"That was a way to open the new season with a bang," said a happy Gerdemann at the finish. "We put in a super team performance in really bad weather. Especially in light of the very difficult conditions, we showed that we are all top motivated and have big plans for this year."

The trio, along with Gerdemann's teammates Thomas Rohregger and Johannes Fröhlinger, formed the Trofeo Inca's decisive five-man break which went clear on the ascent of the category two Coll de Soller. The leading quintet crossed the summit with a 1:30 lead over the peloton, 56 kilometres from the finish in Inca.

As the escapees began their ascent of the category one Coll de Puig Major, Valls attacked the break and reached the summit with a 20-second lead over Gerdemann and Vazquez with 31 kilometres remaining to the finish.

Valls, a stage winner in Argentina's Tour de San Luis, extended his lead over the two chasers to 30 seconds in the driving rain with 14 kilometres remaining, but Gerdemann and Vazquez refused to throw in the towel.

The German and Spaniard began to claw their way back to Valls, reducing the gap to 20 seconds with eight kilometres remaining. Five kilometres later Valls held a tenuous five-second lead, and the capture was made inside the flamme rouge leading to the three-man sprint won by Gerdemann.

While Gerdemann was ecstatic about his victory, Valls expressed his frustration with the day's outcome.

"I'm a bit pissed off with everything: the final result, not being able to win and not being able to crown all the work done during my 30-kilometre solo ride, having shown I was the strongest today," said Valls.

"I had very good legs during the stage and felt good in the ascent to the Puig Major. I opened a little gap and increased it on the last descent, some turns being a little complicated, but in the end they were closing the gap to me and Matxin decided to let me stop and wait for them with three kilometers left, to play it out in a sprint after seeing we couldn't get to the finish solo.

"We tried to get Gerdemann nervous and pushed all responsibility into him for the lead-out, but the final 400-metre uphill sprint got me with no energy left and I couldn't overtake him."

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Full Results
1Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram3:55:45
2Rafael Valls (Spa) Footon-ServettoRow 1 - Cell 2
3Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Andalucia - CajasurRow 2 - Cell 2
4Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi0:02:22
5Aitor Pérez (Spa) Footon-Servetto0:02:33
6José Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'EpargneRow 5 - Cell 2
7Jan Bakelandsts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto0:02:34
8Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram0:03:24
9Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneRow 8 - Cell 2
10Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram0:04:09
11Jon Izagirre (Spa) Orbea0:04:44
12André Steensen (Den) Team Saxo BankRow 11 - Cell 2
13Christian Knees (Ger) Team MilramRow 12 - Cell 2
14Mikel Landa (Spa) OrbeaRow 13 - Cell 2
15Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) Team HTC - ColumbiaRow 14 - Cell 2
16Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiRow 15 - Cell 2
17Bauke Mollema (Ned) RabobankRow 16 - Cell 2
18Egor Silin (Rus) Team KatushaRow 17 - Cell 2
19Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiRow 18 - Cell 2
20Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'EpargneRow 19 - Cell 2
21Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'EpargneRow 20 - Cell 2
22Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne0:04:48
23Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur0:06:58
24Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram0:07:36
25Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Saxo Bank0:09:33
26Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step0:09:36
27Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne0:13:07
28Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team KatushaRow 27 - Cell 2
29Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank0:13:20
30Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiRow 29 - Cell 2
31Christophe Brandt (Bel) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 30 - Cell 2
32Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Skil - ShimanoRow 31 - Cell 2
33Grischa Niermann (Ger) RabobankRow 32 - Cell 2
34Manuel Anton (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y LeonRow 33 - Cell 2
35Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneRow 34 - Cell 2
36Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiRow 35 - Cell 2
37Christophe Moreau (Fra) Caisse d'EpargneRow 36 - Cell 2
38Iván Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiRow 37 - Cell 2
39Manuel Calvente (Spa) Andalucia - CajasurRow 38 - Cell 2
40Pablo Lechuga (Spa) Andalucia - CajasurRow 39 - Cell 2
41David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'EpargneRow 40 - Cell 2
42Martin Mares (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - AuthorRow 41 - Cell 2
43Unai Elorriaga (Spa) Spanish National TeamRow 42 - Cell 2
44Andrey Amador (CRc) Caisse d'EpargneRow 43 - Cell 2
45Fabio Felline (Ita) Footon-Servetto0:13:29
46Nikolas Maes (Bel) Quick Step0:14:15
47Serafín Martínez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia0:14:23
48Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team KatushaRow 47 - Cell 2
49Tassilo Fricke (Ger) Team NetappRow 48 - Cell 2
50Antonio Miguel Parra (Spa) Spanish National TeamRow 49 - Cell 2
51Daniel Moreno (Spa) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 50 - Cell 2
52Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank0:16:34
53Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil - Shimano0:17:30
54Kalle Kriit (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne0:17:46
55Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank0:17:47
56Martin Pedersen (Den) Footon-ServettoRow 55 - Cell 2
57Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank0:18:15
58Yoeri Havik (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh ElshofRow 57 - Cell 2
59Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick StepRow 58 - Cell 2
60Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh ElshofRow 59 - Cell 2
61Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil - ShimanoRow 60 - Cell 2
62Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Andalucia - CajasurRow 61 - Cell 2
HDJens Keukeleire (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne0:19:04
HDPedro Merino (Spa) Footon-Servetto0:19:51
HDJose Antonio De Segovia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia0:20:25
HDGustavo Rodríguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia0:20:28
HDGiampaolo Cheula (Ita) Footon-Servetto0:20:34
HDCharles Wegelius (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto0:22:35
HDAlan Pérez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi0:23:55
HDRubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiRow 69 - Cell 2
HDGorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi0:23:56
HDManuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur0:24:04
HDJose A. Carrasco (Spa) Spanish National TeamRow 72 - Cell 2
HDJob Vissers (Ned) Skil - Shimano0:25:25
HDPiet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - ShimanoRow 74 - Cell 2
HDDavid Deroo (Fra) Skil - ShimanoRow 75 - Cell 2
HDSylvian Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step0:25:27
HDDavide Malacarne (Ita) Quick StepRow 77 - Cell 2
HDRomain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne0:25:50
HDJean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto0:26:00
HDPascual Orengo López (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y Leon0:26:18
HDAndreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Netapp0:26:21
HDJan Barta (Cze) Team Netapp0:26:52
HDJulien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneRow 83 - Cell 2
HDXabier Zabalo (Spa) Orbea0:27:46
HDAntonio Cabello (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur0:28:04
HDGustavo Dominguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia0:29:06
HDBranislau Samoilau (Blr) Quick Step0:29:26
HDBert De Backer (Bel) Skil - ShimanoRow 88 - Cell 2
HDStijn Devolder (Bel) Quick StepRow 89 - Cell 2
HDFrantisek Kloucek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - AuthorRow 90 - Cell 2
HDAndri Kunitski (Blr) Quick StepRow 91 - Cell 2
HDJose Vicente Toribio (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur0:29:48
HDDelio Fernández (Spa) Xacobeo GaliciaRow 93 - Cell 2
HDVladimir Isaychev (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia0:30:42
HDTristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne0:30:49
HDJeffrey Wiersma (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof0:33:31
HDNicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank0:33:34
HDKasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo BankRow 98 - Cell 2
HDChris Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank0:33:38
HDNico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne0:33:39
HDAlberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne0:33:57
HDOscar Grau (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y Leon0:33:58
HDJosae Luis Roldan (Spa) Andalucia - CajasurRow 103 - Cell 2
HDSergio Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur0:34:25
HDCarlos Castaño (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia0:35:14
HDBartt Van Haaren (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof0:35:52
DNSAlexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team KatushaRow 107 - Cell 2
DNSDominik Nerz (Ger) Team MilramRow 108 - Cell 2
DNSPeter Velits (Svk) Team HTC - ColumbiaRow 109 - Cell 2
DNSFrantisek Rabon (Cze) Team HTC - ColumbiaRow 110 - Cell 2
DNSMikel Ilundain (Spa) OrbeaRow 111 - Cell 2
DNFJoan Horrach (Spa) Team KatushaRow 112 - Cell 2
DNFJuan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiRow 113 - Cell 2
DNFDries Devenyns (Bel) Quick StepRow 114 - Cell 2
DNFMarkus Fothen (Ger) Team MilramRow 115 - Cell 2
DNFMatthias Russ (Ger) Team MilramRow 116 - Cell 2
DNFMichael Albasini (Swi) Team HTC - ColumbiaRow 117 - Cell 2
DNFTony Martin (Ger) Team HTC - ColumbiaRow 118 - Cell 2
DNFMaxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC - ColumbiaRow 119 - Cell 2
DNFNick Nuyens (Bel) RabobankRow 120 - Cell 2
DNFEugeni Petrov (Rus) Team KatushaRow 121 - Cell 2
DNFJoaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Team KatushaRow 122 - Cell 2
DNFKim Kirchen (Lux) Team KatushaRow 123 - Cell 2
DNFAlexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team KatushaRow 124 - Cell 2
DNFNoe Gianetti (Swi) Footon-ServettoRow 125 - Cell 2
DNFEros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-ServettoRow 126 - Cell 2
DNFErmanno Capelli (Ita) Footon-ServettoRow 127 - Cell 2
DNFIban Mayoz (Spa) Footon-ServettoRow 128 - Cell 2
DNFAddy Engels (Ned) Quick StepRow 129 - Cell 2
DNFDominik Roels (Ger) Team MilramRow 130 - Cell 2
DNFPaul Voss (Ger) Team MilramRow 131 - Cell 2
DNFJakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo BankRow 132 - Cell 2
DNFRichie Porte (Aus) Team Saxo BankRow 133 - Cell 2
DNFLars Boom (Ned) RabobankRow 134 - Cell 2
DNFSteven Kruijswijk (Ned) RabobankRow 135 - Cell 2
DNFBram Tankink (Ned) RabobankRow 136 - Cell 2
DNFTejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC - ColumbiaRow 137 - Cell 2
DNFCraig Lewis (USA) Team HTC - ColumbiaRow 138 - Cell 2
DNFRasmus Guldhammer (Aus) Team HTC - ColumbiaRow 139 - Cell 2
DNFTom Stubbe (Bel) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 140 - Cell 2
DNFJurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 141 - Cell 2
DNFFrancis De Greef (Bel) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 142 - Cell 2
DNFJelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 143 - Cell 2
DNFGlenn D'hollander (Bel) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 144 - Cell 2
DNFKevyn Ista (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneRow 145 - Cell 2
DNFRobbie Mcewen (Aus) Team KatushaRow 146 - Cell 2
DNFJonas Jorgensen (Den) Team Saxo BankRow 147 - Cell 2
DNFJaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Team Saxo BankRow 148 - Cell 2
DNFCheng Ji (Chn) Skil - ShimanoRow 149 - Cell 2
DNFFrederik Wilmann (Nor) Skil - ShimanoRow 150 - Cell 2
DNFKenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - ShimanoRow 151 - Cell 2
DNFGustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo GaliciaRow 152 - Cell 2
DNFJosé Fco Pacheco (Spa) Xacobeo GaliciaRow 153 - Cell 2
DNFAlberto Fernandez (Spa) Xacobeo GaliciaRow 154 - Cell 2
DNFNoel Martin (Spa) OrbeaRow 155 - Cell 2
DNFAdrián Saez (Spa) OrbeaRow 156 - Cell 2
DNFJon Aberasturi (Spa) OrbeaRow 157 - Cell 2
DNFBeñat Urain (Spa) OrbeaRow 158 - Cell 2
DNFAndoni Blazquez (Spa) OrbeaRow 159 - Cell 2
DNFAritz Etxebarria (Spa) OrbeaRow 160 - Cell 2
DNFEric Baumann (Ger) Team NetappRow 161 - Cell 2
DNFDimitri Clayes (Bel) Team NetappRow 162 - Cell 2
DNFBastien Delrot (Fra) Team NetappRow 163 - Cell 2
DNFTimon Seubert (Ger) Team NetappRow 164 - Cell 2
DNFCesare Benedetti (Ita) Team NetappRow 165 - Cell 2
DNFAlexander Gottfried (Ger) Team NetappRow 166 - Cell 2
DNFDuyn Huub (Ned) Team NetappRow 167 - Cell 2
DNFAntonio Tauler (Spa) Spanish National TeamRow 168 - Cell 2
DNFDavid Muntaner (Spa) Spanish National TeamRow 169 - Cell 2
DNFRafael Serrano (Spa) Spanish National TeamRow 170 - Cell 2
DNFAndoni Lafuente (Spa) Spanish National TeamRow 171 - Cell 2
DNFIbán Leanizbarrutia (Spa) Spanish National TeamRow 172 - Cell 2
DNFPetr Bencik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - AuthorRow 173 - Cell 2
DNFTomas Buchacek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - AuthorRow 174 - Cell 2
DNFStanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - AuthorRow 175 - Cell 2
DNFJakub Danacik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - AuthorRow 176 - Cell 2
DNFLeopold Konig (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - AuthorRow 177 - Cell 2
DNFTomas Danacik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - AuthorRow 178 - Cell 2
DNFVojtech Dlouhy (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - AuthorRow 179 - Cell 2
DNFAndré Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - AuthorRow 180 - Cell 2
DNFJesper Asselman (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh ElshofRow 181 - Cell 2
DNFRonan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh ElshofRow 182 - Cell 2
DNFStefan Vreugdenhil (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh ElshofRow 183 - Cell 2
DNFBob Schoonbroodt (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh ElshofRow 184 - Cell 2
DNFRikke Dijkxhoorn (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh ElshofRow 185 - Cell 2
DNFSander Oostlander (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh ElshofRow 186 - Cell 2
DNFDiego Gallego (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y LeonRow 187 - Cell 2
DNFRaúl Santamarta (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y LeonRow 188 - Cell 2
DNFFco David Delgado (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y LeonRow 189 - Cell 2
DNFIván Melero (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y LeonRow 190 - Cell 2
DNFJosé Carlos Lara (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y LeonRow 191 - Cell 2
DNFRamon Domene (Spa) Spanish National TeamRow 192 - Cell 2
DNFAirán Fernández (Spa) Spanish National TeamRow 193 - Cell 2
DNFArnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'EpargneRow 194 - Cell 2
DNFAndrés A Antuña (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y LeonRow 195 - Cell 2
DNFGregory Obando (CRc) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y LeonRow 196 - Cell 2
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Combination Competition
1Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram17pts
2Rafael Valls (Spa) Footon-Servetto14Row 1 - Cell 3
3José Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne13Row 2 - Cell 3
4Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur10Row 3 - Cell 3
5Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram10Row 4 - Cell 3
6Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram8Row 5 - Cell 3
7Mikel Landa (Spa) Orbea8Row 6 - Cell 3
8Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur7Row 7 - Cell 3
9Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi6Row 8 - Cell 3
10Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram6Row 9 - Cell 3
11Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) Team HTC - Columbia6Row 10 - Cell 3
12Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil - Shimano6Row 11 - Cell 3
13Aitor Pérez (Spa) Footon-Servetto5Row 12 - Cell 3
14Jan Bakelandsts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto3Row 13 - Cell 3
15Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne1Row 14 - Cell 3
16Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Saxo Bank1Row 15 - Cell 3
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Sprints
1Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil - Shimano1
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Sprints Special
1Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram3pts
2Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram2Row 1 - Cell 3
3Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram1Row 2 - Cell 3
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Mountains
1Rafael Valls (Spa) Footon-Servetto21pts
2Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram17Row 1 - Cell 3
3Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur12Row 2 - Cell 3
4Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram11Row 3 - Cell 3
5Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Saxo Bank10Row 4 - Cell 3
6Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) Team HTC - Columbia6Row 5 - Cell 3
7Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur4Row 6 - Cell 3
8Mikel Landa (Spa) Orbea3Row 7 - Cell 3
9José Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne2Row 8 - Cell 3
10Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram1Row 9 - Cell 3
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Teams
1Team Milram11:54:48
2Euskaltel - Euskadi0:04:17
3Caisse d'Epargne0:04:28
4Footon-Servetto0:08:29
5Andalucia - Cajasur0:12:45
6Omega Pharma-Lotto0:22:44
7Rabobank0:23:51
8Team Saxo Bank0:24:31
9Team Katusha0:24:41
10Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne0:26:57
11Orbea0:29:41
12Quick Step0:34:33
13Skil - Shimano0:41:32
14Spanish National Team0:44:14
15Xacobeo Galicia0:47:43
16Team Netapp1:00:03
17Van Vliet Ebh Elshof1:02:28
18Burgos 2016 - Castilla y Leon1:06:03

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