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2006 Vuelta a Mallorca, Stage 2

Vuelta a Mallorca, Spain

Stage 2, Cala Millor - Cala Bona, 159.4K

6 February

Twofer for Isaac Gálvez

Trofeo Mallorca organizers threw in a pair of category 4 climbs in today's action, but they weren't enough to stop the man with a mission, Isaac Gálvez, from scoring a repeat sprint victory.

The climbs of Cala Millor and Cala Bona are freeway overpasses compared to a climb like the Passo Gavia or Passo dello Stelvio, but then again Isaac Gálvez is no climbing specialist either. He and his team got over both with relative ease and the sprint for the stage win was a mere formality. Following Gálvez into second place was Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) with Il Grillo, Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step), rounding out the podium. Italian fast-man Francesco Chicchi (Quick-Step) slotted into fourth, while the likeable Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) showed a glimmer of form in fifth place.

Tomorrow's prediction: Isaac Gálvez will be seeing a lot more rear wheels than he will be showing to the other riders. The parcours will become notably more lumpy and should favor some of the serious climbers.
- Paco

Results: 3:45'53"
1 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
2 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step
4 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quick-Step
5 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank
6 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas
7 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort
8 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
9 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
10 Alberto Benito (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort
11 Javier Benitez (Spa) Grupo Nicolás Mateos
12 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak H.S.
13 Oscar Grau (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu
14 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
15 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak H.S.
16 Ivan Terenine (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow
17 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
18 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
19 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku
20 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
21 Pedro Luis Marichalar (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versa
22 David Navas (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
23 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
24 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile
25 David Muñoz (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
26 Rodrigo García (Spa) Kaiku
27 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner
28 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Grupo Nicolás Mateos
29 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Kaiku
30 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
31 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak H.S.
32 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
33 Adrián Palomares (Spa) Kaiku
34 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Kaiku
35 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
36 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
37 Angel Edo (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versa
38 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
39 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas
40 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank
41 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prévoyance
42 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak H.S.
43 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versa
44 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
45 Manuel Vázquez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versa
46 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
47 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
48 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
49 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
50 Diego Milan (Spa) Grupo Nicolás Mateos
51 Josep Jufré (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto
52 Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versa
53 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow
54 Gerardo Fernández (Arg) Viña Magna-Cropu
55 Fernando Herrero (Spa) Grupo Nicolás Mateos
56 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
57 Vicente Ballester (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
58 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner
59 José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versa
60 Juan Gomis (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
61 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
62 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
63 Antonio Tauler (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort
64 Sergio Herrero (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu
65 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile
66 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
67 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak H.S.
68 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
69 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak H.S.
70 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam
71 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu
72 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak H.S.
73 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
74 Manuel Lloret (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
75 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
76 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
77 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
78 Oscar García-Casarrubios (Spa) Relax-Gam
79 Jesús Tendero (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu
80 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
81 Charles Dionne (Can) Saunier Duval-Prodir
82 Victor Manuel García (Spa) Grupo Nicolás Mateos
83 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile
84 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile
85 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
86 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Comunidad Valenciana
87 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort
88 Luis Pérez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versa
89 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
90 Juan Olmo (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versa
91 Joseba Aguirrezabala (Spa) Grupo Nicolás Mateos
92 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
93 Rafael Casero (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort
94 Ivan Gilmartin (Spa) Kaiku
95 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
96 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak H.S.
97 Isidro Cerrato (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort
98 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
99 Carlos Capitan (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu
100 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
101 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
102 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick-Step
103 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas
104 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas
105 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas
106 Viatcheslav Vilkov (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow
107 Javier Ruiz de Larrinaga (Spa) Kaiku
108 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
109 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
110 Fernando Serrano (Spa) Kaiku
111 Jesús Buendia (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort
112 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile
113 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
114 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku
115 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
116 Jason McCartney (USA) Phonak H.S.
117 Javier Moreno (Spa) Grupo Nicolás Mateos
118 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner
119 Antonio Olmo (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
120 Víctor Hernández (Spa) Grupo Nicolás Mateos
121 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
122 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
123 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick-Step
124 Diego Gallego (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu
125 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu
126 Adolfo García Quesada (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versa
127 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow
128 Juan José Abril (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu
129 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
130 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile
131 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile
132 Alexis Rodríguez (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort
133 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC
134 José Almagro (Spa) Relax-Gam
135 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
136 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
137 José Herrada (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu
138 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile
139 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam
140 José Luis Martínez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
141 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas
142 José Cayetano Julià (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
143 Iker Leonet (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
144 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick-Step
145 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas
146 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
147 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC
148 Pablo De Pedro (Spa) Grupo Nicolás Mateos
149 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
150 Jorge Ferrío (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort
151 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick-Step
152 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
153 José Bonilla (CRc) Comunidad Valenciana
154 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
155 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
156 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
157 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC
158 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner
159 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Quick-Step
160 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
161 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
162 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
163 Ivan Seledkov (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow
164 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank
165 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak H.S.
166 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam
167 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
168 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 0.27
169 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 0.33
170 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 0.36
171 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.51
172 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow
173 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
174 Francisco José Terciado (Spa) Relax-Gam
175 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas
176 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick-Step
177 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
178 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
179 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow
180 Juan Carlos Fernández (Spa) Grupo Nicolás Mateos
181 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.01
182 José Antonio López (Spa) Kaiku 3.05
183 José Rafael Martínez (Spa) Relax-Gam 8.51
184 Francisco Lara (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versa

GC:
1º Isaac Gálvez 05:55:10
2º Paolo Bettini
3º Francesco Chicchi
4º Martin Elmiger
5º Javier Benitez
6º Luca Paolini
7º Jesús Del Nero
8º Heinrich Haussler
9º Loyd Mondory
10º Henk Vogels
11º Alberto Benito
12º Oscar Grau
13º Pedro Luis Marichalar
14º Marcus Burghardt
15º Bram De Groot
16º Antonio Colom
17º David Navas
18º Pablo Urtasun
19º Ivan Terenine
20º Sergio Escobar