Challenge Mallorca: Cancellara swoops to victory in Deia
Swiss solos clear to claim Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
Fabian Cancellara (Trek-Segafredo) signalled his intentions for his final season in the professional peloton as he powered clear to claim a fine solo victory in the Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana.
Former world champion Michal Kwiatkowski (Sky) took second place for the second successive day at the head of the chasing group, just in front of Belgian talent Tiesj Benoot (Lotto Soudal).
If Cancellara’s sixth place in Friday’s Trofeo Pollenca-Andratx suggested that he had begun the campaign in fine form, then the final ten kilometres of Saturday’s race provided emphatic confirmation.
On the hilliest of the Challenge Mallorca’s four events, Cancellara had highlighted his eagerness by infiltrating the 23-man break that forged clear around the midway point, and he paced himself expertly when that group began to fragment on the day’s toughest climb, the Puig Major.
Dayer Quintana (Movistar), Tao Geoghegan Hart (Great Britain), Hugh Carthy (Caja Rural), Daniel Teklehaimanot (Dimension Data) and Benat Intxausti (Sky) were among the sizeable break that built up a maximum advantage of a little over two minutes over the main peloton, but all had to give best to Cancellara in the finale.
"I had no expectation to be in the breakaway," Cancellara said. "It was unclear if the break would make it. At the end, I was just trying to save as much energy as I could and followed the attacks from the group. In the last climb somehow I managed to survive, and then I felt some good feelings return."
The coup de grace arrived on the way down the Puig Major, as Cancellara powered clear of his breakaway companions, stretching out his advantage to 50 seconds, and he then proceeded to make light work of the day’s final climb, the Coll d’en Bleda.
Behind, Sky and Movistar, after some initial hesitancy, began to organise the pursuit in earnest, and though they soon swept up the remnants of the break, they never truly threatened to peg back Cancellara. Hunkered down in his familiar position, it was apparent that Cancellara was wholly committed to his attack, and he maintained a lead in excess of 30 seconds over the peloton for most of the final 10 kilometres.
The Swiss rider cruised into Deia to claim victory by 17 seconds. It was Cancellara’s first victory since the concluding time trial of last year’s Tirreno-Adriatico and it also marked the first time that he has ever won a professional race in January.
Kwiatkowski led the chasing group home, 17 seconds behind Cancellara, with Benoot taking third ahead of Friday’s winner Gianluca Brambilla (Etixx-QuickStep) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar).
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek-Segafredo | 3:41:48 |
2 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky | 0:00:17 |
3 | Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Dimension Data | 0:00:20 |
12 | Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Hugh Carthy (GBr) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:00:26 |
17 | Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) IAM Cycling | 0:00:40 |
18 | Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:46 |
19 | Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:00:49 |
20 | Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Enric Mas (Spa) Spain | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:51 |
23 | David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Benat Intxausti (Spa) Team Sky | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 0:00:59 |
27 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Vicente Garcia (Spa) Spain | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Great Britain | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Ibai Salas (Spa) Burgos BH | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Bruno Pires (Por) Team Roth | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | David Belda Garcia (Spa) Team Roth | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Jesus Del Pino (Spa) Burgos BH | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Stephane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Antonio Molina (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Ricardo Vilela (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Javier Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data | 0:01:33 |
47 | Alexander Foliforov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo | 0:01:43 |
48 | Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 | 0:01:44 |
49 | Laurens De Plus (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Marcos Jurado (Spa) Spain | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Daniel Pearson (GBr) Great Britain | 0:01:52 |
53 | Garikoitz Bravo (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country | 0:02:37 |
54 | Toms Skujins (Lat) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 0:03:58 |
55 | Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data | 0:03:59 |
56 | Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ | 0:04:00 |
57 | Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ | 0:05:00 |
58 | Jérémy Maison (Fra) FDJ | 0:05:03 |
59 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Dimension Data | 0:05:05 |
60 | Omar Fraile (Spa) Dimension Data | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Mikel Bizkarra (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country | 0:05:28 |
66 | José Gonçalves (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:05:52 |
67 | Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky | 0:08:17 |
68 | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Dominik Nerz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Gregor Muhlberger (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Adria Moreno (Spa) Spain | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Lawrence Warbasse (USA) IAM Cycling | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Pirmin Lang (Swi) IAM Cycling | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Nico Brüngger (Swi) Team Roth | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Scott Davies (GBr) Great Britain | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Kirill Sveshnikov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky | 0:09:47 |
82 | Damien Garcia (Fra) Stradalli-BikeAid | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Benat Txoperena (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country | 0:09:51 |
84 | Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo | 0:09:53 |
85 | Artem Samolenkov (Rus) Lokosphinx | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Oliver Zaugg (Swi) IAM Cycling | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Valentin Baillifard (Swi) Team Roth | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Sergei Shilov (Rus) Lokosphinx | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Jorge Cubero (Spa) Burgos BH | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:11:03 |
92 | Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 0:13:35 |
93 | Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ | 0:13:43 |
94 | Loïc Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Matti Breschel (Den) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM Cycling | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Jaime Roson (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Dmitrii Strakhov (Rus) Lokosphinx | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Roman Kustadincev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo | 0:14:13 |
102 | Albert Torres (Spa) Spain | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Roland Thalmann (Swi) Team Roth | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
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