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Pressemelding fra Saxo Bank
André Greipel hurtigst på Mallorca - Jonas Aaen Jørgensen syver
Det 158,5 kilometer lange femte og sidste løb i løbsserien, Challenge Ciclista a Mallorca udviklede sig til et spændende forfølgelsesløb, hvor Team Saxo Banks tyske veteran, Jens Voigt for alvor spillede med musklerne. Han stak af fra feltet efter cirka 60 kilometer og bevarede forspringet til det jagtende felt indtil 40 kilometer fra mål, hvor feltet påbegyndte opstigningen til Coll de Claret. Her viste Team Saxo Bank's unge André Steensen atter sin styrke ved at køre væk fra feltet på andenkategori-stigningen.

Der var dog atter samling på tropperne med tolv kilometer til mål, hvorfor etapen skulle afgøres i en massespurt. Her var André Greipel (Team Columbia) hurtigste mand. Team Saxo Banks nye rytter, Jonas Aaen Jørgensen, kørte en imponerende spurt og krydsede stregen som nummer syv.

Pressemelding fra Columbia-HTC:

HTC-Columbia rider André Greipel has netted his fifth win of the season with a victory in the final stage of the Tour of Mallorca, Spain. Greipel was the fastest in the 158.5-kilometre stage from Magalluf to Palmanova, ahead of Spaniard Koldo Fernandez de Larrea and Portuguese rider Manuel Cardoso.

"I wasn't expecting this win. Before the stage I thought I'd just try to hang on for as long as I could in the hillier parts, but I got over the climbs in a lot better shape than I'd thought possible," Greipel said afterwards. "In the last 40 kilometres my HTC-Columbia teammates did a lot of chasing of the riders who'd broken away and that way we had everything under control in the last part of the stage. There were three roundabouts in the last five kilometres where things got a bit more complicated again."

"But I followed my teammate [Vicente] Reynes. I was about fifth wheel on the final right-hand corner onto the finishing straight on the seafront and then I went for it in the last 200 metres. It's always good to get a win, but I'm particularly pleased with how well I got over the climbs on a tough day, too. My teammates worked hard for this, too, and we deserved to get a win."

Greipel now heads to the Tour of the Algarve in Portugal, after which he will race in Paris-Nice in France.

Resultater:

1. GREIPEL, André THR 4.17.13

2. FERNÁNDEZ, Koldo EUS

3. CARDOSO, Manuel FOT

4. ROJAS, José Joaquin GCE

5. KEUKELEIRE, Jens COF
6. WEGMANN, Fabian MRM

7. JORGENSEN, Jonas SAX

8. SCHILLINGER, Andreas APP

9. PÉREZ, Rubén EUS

10. VORGANOV, Eduard KAT

48. WILMANN, Frederik SKS +0.17