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18th Challenge Volta a Mallorca - 1.1 (x5)

Spain, February 8-12, 2009

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Stage 5 - February 12: Trofeo Calvia, 147.6km

Ciolek takes first for Milram in Mallorca's Trofeo Calvia

By Gregor Brown

Gerald Ciolek (Team Milram) wins
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Gerald Ciolek of Team Milram won the Trofeo Calvia on the final day of the Challenge Mallorca. The German, 22, out-sprinted Team Columbia-Highroad duo Edvald Boasson Hagen and Marcel Sieberg after 147.6 kilometres of racing. It was the team's first win of 2009.

Spaniard Antonio Colom of Team Katusha kept the lead to win the final general classification. It was Colom's second overall victory at the Challenge Mallorca, having one once previously in 2004. Jérôme Pineau (Quick Step), Edvald Boasson Hagen (Columbia-Highroad) and Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step), respectively, finished at 35 seconds behind Colom in general classification.

Trofeo Calvia, from Magaluf to Palmanova, was marked by a five-man escape. The riders moved free of the main group at kilometre 18: Mathew Hayman (Rabobank), Kanstantsin Siutsou (Columbia-Highroad), Juan José Oroz (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Jesús Rosendo (Andalucía-Cajasur) and Bram Schmitz (Van Vliet EBH Elshof).

The escape gained an advantage of 5:50 at kilometre 64. Schmitz fell off of the pace by kilometre 103, prior to the fourth of five categorised climbs of the day.

Team Katusha helped pull the race back together after the final climb of the day, Coll des Tords at 134km. The escapees' day was over by kilometre 142.

This was Gerald Ciolek's first time competing in the Challenge Mallorca. Last year he rode for Team Columbia.

The stage race is unique in cycling in that it allows teams to switch out riders during the event. The 2008 edition was won by Belgian Philippe Gilbert.

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Results

1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram                              4.03.32 (36.365 km/h)
2 Edvald Boasson (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad                       
3 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad                       
4 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne                    
5 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                
6 Javier Benitez (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO                            
7 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                                           
8 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram                                    
9 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step                                      
10 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Quick Step                                    
11 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                        
12 Sylvian Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step                                  
13 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                    
14 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad                    
15 José Francisco Pacheco (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO                         
16 Romain Sicard (Fra) Orbea                                          
17 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
18 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                                    
19 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha                                    
20 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
21 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus                                       
22 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                
23 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step                                     
24 Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO                           
25 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank                              0.06
26 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha                                   
27 Íńigo Landaluce (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
28 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse                        
29 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                  
30 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
31 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha                             
32 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              
33 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                           
34 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                              
35 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne                  
36 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                       
37 Pedro Hermida (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                
38 Rafael Valls (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon             
39 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                0.11
40 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                            
41 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
42 Marcos García (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                
43 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad                         
44 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram                          0.14
45 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step                                    
46 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad                 
47 Aitor Pérez (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO                              
48 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                     
49 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad                      
50 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad                        
51 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                
52 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad                  0.19
53 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha                       0.27
54 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha                                
55 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - Highroad                  0.34
56 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                 1.22
57 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Elk Haus                                    
58 Jonathan Tiernan-Lock (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison           1.29
59 Thomas Murray (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison                       
60 Rikke Dijkxhoorn (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof                        
61 Jarno Gmelich (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof                           
62 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                       
63 Jesús Rosendo (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur                              
64 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur                       
65 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur                            
66 Esteban Plaza (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur                              
67 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                        
68 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha                                  
69 Marlon Pérez Arango (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                         
70 Javier Ramírez (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur                             
71 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram                                    
72 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
73 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Orbea                                   
74 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad                       
75 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank                                     
76 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha                                  
77 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas                                     
78 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                    
79 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                     
80 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      1.44
81 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
82 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne                 
83 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne                  
84 Josu Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            2.25
85 Fco David Delgado (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon    2.40
86 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         3.12
87 Bas Stamsnijder (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof                     3.18
88 Dennis Kreder (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof                           
89 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland                      3.30
90 Juan Javier Estrada (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur                        
91 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison                   4.51
92 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha                           5.18
93 Daniel Sesma (Spa) Orbea                                           
94 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof                            
95 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse               6.23
96 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne                8.57
97 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                    
98 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus                                
99 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne                    
100 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne                    
101 Javier Etxarri (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO                      9.36
102 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                             12.58
103 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland                   
104 Eriz Ruiz (Spa) Orbea                                             
105 José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur                                 
106 Mikel Gaztańaga (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO                         
107 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO                          
108 Sergio Dominguez (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO                        
109 Jeffrey Wiersma (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof                   13.58
110 Sjoerd Kouwenhoven (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof                14.00
111 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof                     
112 Oliver Johr (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland                      14.05
113 Tim Klessa (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland                            
114 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
115 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas                                    
116 Mikel Ilundain (Spa) Orbea                                        
117 Eneko Echeverz (Spa) Orbea                                        
118 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                   
119 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank                                   14.08
120 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne                    
121 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
122 Jan Valach (Svk) Elk Haus                                         
123 Andoni Blazquez (Spa) Orbea                                  16.37
124 José A López (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur                              
DNF Mathias Jelitto (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland                       
DNF Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                    
DNF Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
DNF Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse                      
DNF Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
DNF Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur                             
DNF Diego Gallego (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon           
DNF Arjen De Baat (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof                          
DNF Rene Obst (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse                         
DNF Kenny De Haes (Bel) Team Katusha                                  
DNF Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne                  
DNF Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                   
DNF Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram                                    
DNF Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                     
DNF Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                    
DNF Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur                             
DNF Héctor Espasandín (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                           
DNF Delio Fernández (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                             
DNF Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                  
DNF Jeroen Janssen (Ned) Plowman Craven - Madison                     
DNF Jon Mozley (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison                         
DNF James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison                      
DNF Ross Creber (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison                        
DNF Stephen Adams (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison                      
DNF Tom Barras (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison                         
DNF Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse                  
DNF Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse               
DNF Jean- Mitja Schlüter (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse              
DNF José Carlos Valdez (Mex) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon      
DNF Luis Mas (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon                
DNF Joaquin Sobrino (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon         
DNF Raúl Santamarta (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon         
DNF Enrique Mata (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon            
DNF Dennis Pohl (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland                           
DNF Florenz Knauer (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland                        
DNF Alexander Grad (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland                        
DNF Jakob Massen (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland                          
DNF Thomas Bontenackels (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland                   
DNF Stefan Denifl (Aut) ELK Haus                                      
DNF Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus                                     
DNF Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus                                   
DNF Daniel Schorn (Aut) Elk Haus                                      
DNF Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus                                      
DNF Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Elk Haus                                       
DNF Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Elk Haus                                  
DNF Ricardo García (Spa) Orbea                                        
DNF Joseba Larralde (Spa) Orbea                                       
DNF Miguel Minguez (Spa) Orbea                                        
DNF Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof                        
DNF Stefan Vreugdenhil (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof                     
DNF Claudio José Casas (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO                      
DNF Marc Perry (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison                         
DNF Rafael Serrano (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO                          
 
Sprints
 
1 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof                    8 pts
2 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof                          6
3 Jesús Rosendo (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur                            6
 
Special sprints
 
1 Romain Sicard (Fra) Orbea                                       12 pts
2 Jesús Rosendo (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur                            5
3 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof                    4
 
Points
 
1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram                                 25 pts
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad             20
3 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad                   16
4 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne                14
5 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            12
 
Best Mallorcan rider
 
1 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha                                   
 
Teams
 
1 Team Columbia - Highroad                                  12.10.36
2 Team Milram                                                       
3 Quick Step                                                        
4 Contentpolis - AMPO                                               
5 Caisse d'Epargne                                                  
 
Final General classification
 
1 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha                            19.11.14
2 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step                                  0.35
3 Edvald Boasson (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad                       
4 Sylvian Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step                                   
5 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                                 0.44
6 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          0.45
7 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           0.46
8 Íńigo Landaluce (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       1.45
9 Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO                        1.59
10 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank                              2.00
11 Aitor Pérez (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO                          2.43
12 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                 3.01
13 Rafael Valls (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon         3.37
14 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                3.40
15 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         7.13
16 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step                                7.16
17 Pedro Hermida (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                            7.23
18 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     8.46
19 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                               10.35
20 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur                       10.52
21 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse                   11.48
22 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha                             13.31
23 Javier Etxarri (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO                      14.16
24 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                         14.29
25 Marcos García (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                           14.37
26 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne             15.15
27 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                       16.56
28 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne            18.43
29 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad                  18.47
30 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                               19.07
31 Esteban Plaza (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur                         20.31
32 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur                  22.26
33 Jesús Rosendo (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur                         22.57
34 Romain Sicard (Fra) Orbea                                     23.29
35 Juan Javier Estrada (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur                   25.24
36 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                               31.01
37 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof                       31.12
38 Eriz Ruiz (Spa) Orbea                                         32.01
39 Daniel Sesma (Spa) Orbea                                      32.26
40 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison                  32.29
41 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus                           34.59
42 Eneko Echeverz (Spa) Orbea                                    42.33
43 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas                                50.05
44 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof                 51.46
45 Andoni Blazquez (Spa) Orbea                                 1.04.17
 
Points classification
 
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad             52 pts
2 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step                                  44
3 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha                                31
4 Sylvian Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step                               18
5 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            9
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof                         58 pts
2 Jesús Rosendo (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur                           41
3 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                           13
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team Columbia - Highroad                                  57.35.31
2 Quick Step                                                    1.25
3 Rabobank                                                      2.19
4 Caisse d'Epargne                                              3.14
5 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                           5.22