Fischer wins Trofeo Magaluf–Palmanova
By Cycling News published
Brazilian champion takes final event of Challenge Mallorca
Garmin-Cervélo's Murilo Fischer netted his team's ninth victory of the season, topping Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and Jose Joaquin Rojas (Movistar) in the sprint of the Trofeo Magalluf - Palmanova.
With five classified mountains on the route, the fifth and final round of the Challenge Mallorca shouldn't have been a sprinter's stage on paper, but even with the category 3 Coll d'es Tords within the final 20km, the day's breakaway did not survive.
The stage started with an attack by Oleg Chuzdha (Caja Rural), who gained 1:30 before being reeled in 10km later.
Ahead of the category 2 Coll de sa Gramola, Adrián Palomares (Andalucía-Caja Granada) escaped the peloton, and was joined by Inaki Isasi (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and later David Belda (2016-Burgos Castilla y Leon).
The trio gained a maximum 4:50 advantage as crashes plagued the peloton behind. On the Coll de Sóller, the advantage had shrunk to mere seconds when three more men escaped. Mikel Landa and Gorka Izigirre (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Arkaitz Duran (Geox-TMC) tried to bridge across, but on the descent all six riders were brought back to the peloton.
Five more riders broke free on the Coll de Claret: Javier Ramírez (Andalucía-Caja Granada), Sergio Mantecón (Spanish National Team), Jose Herrada (Caja Rural), and Jonathan Castroviejo (Euskaltel-Euskadi).
The group never gained more than 41 seconds, and with 10km to go the peloton was back together for the rapid descent off the final climb, the Coll d'es Tords.
A late attack by Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) was brought back by the Movistar team, and while several other riders tried their hand in the final kilometres, it was Fischer who topped the mass sprint in Palmanova.
1 | Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 4:09:49 |
2 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
3 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team | |
4 | Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team | |
5 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Leopard Trek | |
6 | Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
7 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team | |
8 | Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
9 | Thomas Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
10 | John Degenkolb (Ger) HTC-Highroad | |
11 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano | |
12 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team | |
13 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team | |
14 | Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
15 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
16 | Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha Team | |
17 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Leopard Trek | |
18 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
19 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
20 | Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
21 | Peio Bilbao (Spa) Orbea Continental | 0:00:05 |
22 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
23 | Martin Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad | |
24 | Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team | |
25 | Iván Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
26 | Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | 0:00:07 |
27 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) HTC-Highroad | |
28 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team | |
29 | Bart De Clercq (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
30 | Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
31 | Jose Vicente Toribio Alcolea (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | |
32 | Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Geox-TMC | |
33 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Movistar Team | |
34 | Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
35 | Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
36 | Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Geox-TMC | |
37 | Matthias Brandle (Aut) Geox-TMC | |
38 | Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | |
39 | Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team | |
40 | Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
41 | Adrián Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | |
42 | Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team RadioShack | |
43 | José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural | |
44 | Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team RadioShack | |
45 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Team RadioShack | |
46 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
47 | Sergio Mantecon (Spa) Spain | 0:00:20 |
48 | Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:00:24 |
49 | Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad | 0:00:30 |
50 | David Blanco Rodriguez (Spa) Geox-TMC | 0:00:31 |
51 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC | 0:00:32 |
52 | Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC | |
53 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek | 0:00:41 |
54 | Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:00:48 |
55 | Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:00:57 |
56 | Samuel Horstmann (Swi) Price Your Bike | 0:01:02 |
57 | Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:01:14 |
58 | Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:01:15 |
59 | Christopher Jennings (RSA) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | 0:03:13 |
60 | Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | |
61 | Oscar Grau (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | |
62 | Víctor De La Parte (Spa) Caja Rural | |
63 | Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Caja Rural | |
64 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
65 | Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team Netapp | |
66 | Steven Cozza (USA) Team Netapp | |
67 | Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
68 | Martijn Maaskant (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
69 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
70 | Aritz Etxebarria (Spa) Orbea Continental | |
71 | Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad | |
72 | Mikel Bizkarra (Spa) Orbea Continental | |
73 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:03:16 |
74 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
75 | Anders Lund (Den) Leopard Trek | |
76 | Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Orbea Continental | 0:03:22 |
77 | Pablo Lechuga Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | |
78 | David Belda Garcia (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | |
79 | Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Price Your Bike | |
80 | Patrick Schelling (Swi) Price Your Bike | |
81 | Raúl Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Spain | |
82 | Aitor Galdos (Spa) Caja Rural | 0:04:09 |
83 | Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Caja Rural | |
84 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | 0:06:27 |
85 | Julien Vermote (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | |
86 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Katusha Team | |
87 | Caleb Fairly (USA) HTC-Highroad | |
88 | Kevin Ista (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
89 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Leopard Trek | |
90 | Robert Wagner (Ger) Leopard Trek | |
91 | Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:08:09 |
92 | Bruno Pires (Por) Leopard Trek | |
93 | Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | |
94 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek | |
95 | Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Katusha Team | 0:11:31 |
96 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team | |
97 | Juan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Katusha Team | |
98 | André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
99 | Diego Gallego Arnaiz (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | 0:14:59 |
100 | Antonio Miguel Parra (Spa) Spain | |
101 | Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | |
102 | Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha Team | |
103 | Diego Milán Jiménez (Spa) Caja Rural | |
104 | Manuel Anton (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | |
105 | Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:15:01 |
106 | Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
DNS | Bjorn Selander (USA) Team RadioShack | |
DNS | Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team | |
DNS | Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Skil - Shimano | |
DNS | Andreas Rutishauser (Swi) Price Your Bike | |
DNF | Martin Mortensen (Den) Leopard Trek | |
DNF | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack | |
DNF | Grégory Rast (Swi) Team RadioShack | |
DNF | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Team RadioShack | |
DNF | Jesse Sergent (NZl) Team RadioShack | |
DNF | Jason McCartney (USA) Team RadioShack | |
DNF | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack | |
DNF | Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha Team | |
DNF | Egor Silin (Rus) Katusha Team | |
DNF | Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Katusha Team | |
DNF | Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
DNF | Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
DNF | Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
DNF | Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
DNF | Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
DNF | Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
DNF | Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
DNF | Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
DNF | Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
DNF | Adam Blyth (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
DNF | Oscar Pujol Muñoz (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
DNF | David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Movistar Team | |
DNF | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team | |
DNF | Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team | |
DNF | Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad | |
DNF | Frantisek Rabon (Cze) HTC-Highroad | |
DNF | Leigh Howard (Aus) HTC-Highroad | |
DNF | Craig Lewis (USA) HTC-Highroad | |
DNF | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team | |
DNF | Andy Cappelle (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | |
DNF | Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
DNF | Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
DNF | Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
DNF | Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Geox-TMC | |
DNF | Marcel Wyss (Swi) Geox-TMC | |
DNF | Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Geox-TMC | |
DNF | David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Geox-TMC | |
DNF | Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | |
DNF | Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | |
DNF | Antonio Piedra Perez (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | |
DNF | Jose Luis Roldan Carmona (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | |
DNF | Antonio Cabello Baena (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | |
DNF | Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Caja Rural | |
DNF | Joaquin Sobrino (Spa) Caja Rural | |
DNF | Fabricio Ferrari (Uru) Caja Rural | |
DNF | Ruben Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural | |
DNF | Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil - Shimano | |
DNF | Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil - Shimano | |
DNF | Cheng Ji (Chn) Skil - Shimano | |
DNF | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Skil - Shimano | |
DNF | Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Skil - Shimano | |
DNF | Jesús Del Nero Montes (Spa) Team Netapp | |
DNF | Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Netapp | |
DNF | Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Netapp | |
DNF | Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team Netapp | |
DNF | Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Team Netapp | |
DNF | Jan Barta (Cze) Team Netapp | |
DNF | Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Netapp | |
DNF | Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Netapp | |
DNF | Pascual Orengo Lopez (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | |
DNF | Ruben Jimenez Ventosa (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | |
DNF | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | |
DNF | Nicolas Schnyder (Swi) Price Your Bike | |
DNF | Bernhard Oberholzer (Swi) Price Your Bike | |
DNF | Lionel Wust (Swi) Price Your Bike | |
DNF | Daniel Henggeler (Swi) Price Your Bike | |
DNF | Joël Eglin (Swi) Price Your Bike | |
DNF | Ricardo Garcia Ambroa (Spa) Orbea Continental | |
DNF | Adrian Saez (Spa) Orbea Continental | |
DNF | Noel Martin Infante (Spa) Orbea Continental | |
DNF | Victor Cabedo (Spa) Orbea Continental | |
DNF | Aritz Bagües (Spa) Orbea Continental | |
DNF | Xabier Zabalo Imaz (Spa) Orbea Continental | |
DNF | Albert Torres (Spa) Spain | |
DNF | Sebastián Mora Vedri (Spa) Spain | |
DNF | Airán Fernandez (Spa) Spain | |
DNF | David Gutierrez (Spa) Spain | |
DNF | Nikias Arndt (Ger) Germany | |
DNF | Henning Bommel (Ger) Germany | |
DNF | Jakob Steigmiller (Ger) Germany | |
DNF | Erik Mohs (Ger) Germany | |
DNF | Franz Schiwer (Ger) Germany | |
DNF | Stefan Schäfer (Ger) Germany | |
DNF | Thomas Bonin (Fra) Skil - Shimano |
1 | Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Caja Rural | 3 | pts |
2 | Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Netapp | 2 | |
3 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Movistar Team | 1 |
1 | Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | 3 | pts |
2 | Sergio Mantecon (Spa) Spain | 2 | |
3 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team | 1 |
1 | Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | 3 | pts |
2 | Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Caja Rural | 3 | |
3 | Sergio Mantecon (Spa) Spain | 2 | |
4 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Movistar Team | 1 |
1 | Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 3 | pts |
2 | David Belda Garcia (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | 2 | |
3 | Adrián Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | 1 |
1 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 3 | pts |
2 | Sergio Mantecon (Spa) Spain | 2 | |
3 | Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | 1 |
1 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 3 | pts |
2 | Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 3 | |
3 | Sergio Mantecon (Spa) Spain | 2 | |
4 | David Belda Garcia (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | 2 | |
5 | Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | 1 | |
6 | Adrián Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | 1 |
1 | Adrián Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | 10 | pts |
2 | Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 7 | |
3 | David Belda Garcia (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | 5 | |
4 | David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Movistar Team | 3 | |
5 | Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team | 2 | |
6 | Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 1 |
1 | Adrián Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | 6 | pts |
2 | Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 4 | |
3 | David Belda Garcia (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | 2 | |
4 | Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team | 1 |
1 | Adrián Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | 10 | pts |
2 | Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 7 | |
3 | David Belda Garcia (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | 5 | |
4 | Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 3 | |
5 | Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2 | |
6 | Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Geox-TMC | 1 |
1 | Sergio Mantecon (Spa) Spain | 10 | pts |
2 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 7 | |
3 | José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural | 5 | |
4 | Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 3 | |
5 | Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | 2 | |
6 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team | 1 |
1 | Sergio Mantecon (Spa) Spain | 6 | pts |
2 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 4 | |
3 | Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2 | |
4 | José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural | 1 |
1 | Adrián Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | 26 | pts |
2 | Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 18 | |
3 | Sergio Mantecon (Spa) Spain | 16 | |
4 | David Belda Garcia (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | 12 | |
5 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 11 | |
6 | Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 8 | |
7 | José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural | 6 | |
8 | Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2 | |
9 | Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | 2 | |
10 | Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 1 | |
11 | Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Geox-TMC | 1 | |
12 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team | 1 |
1 | Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 10 | pts |
2 | Sergio Mantecon (Spa) Spain | 9 | |
3 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team | 8 | |
4 | Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 8 | |
5 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team | 7 | |
6 | Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | 7 | |
7 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 7 | |
8 | Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team | 6 | |
9 | Adrián Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | 6 | |
10 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Leopard Trek | 5 | |
11 | Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 4 | |
12 | David Belda Garcia (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | 4 | |
13 | Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Caja Rural | 4 | |
14 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team | 3 | |
15 | Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 2 | |
16 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Movistar Team | 2 | |
17 | Thomas Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 1 |

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