Gerald Ciolek came good for his new Milram team by winning the of the Mallorca Challenge in Palmanova on Thursday. The team's new hire out-sprinted his former teammates Edvald Boasson Hagen and Marcel Sieberg (Team Columbia-Highroadꦰ) after 147.6 kilometres of racing. It was the team's first win of 2009.

"The whole team supported me magnificently," said Ciolekౠ. "Markus Fothen was with me up to one kilometer before the finish, then I found exactly the right way to the finish line. It worked perfectly."

"That was an important win so early in the season," said team manager Gerry van Gerwen. "It gives us a big push for our co♐ming races."

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 M🍬allorca, having on𝓡e once previously in 2004.