Like last year, Robbie started toda his European season in the "Challenge Illes Balears", a five-days series with free participation.

The opening stage, Trofeo Palma, was a 116 km races over ten 11.6 km laps in the streets of Palma de Majorca. With a speed averaging nearly 50 km/h; no breakaway was possible.

It ended thus with a full pack sprint, and nobody was able to beat our champ. Robbie won the race ahead of two Spanish riders, Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Euskatel) and Oscar Freire (Rabobank).

Congratulations !!!

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