Challenge Illes Balears podium history | 2023 edition
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The race:
The Challenge Illes Balears/Ciclista Mallorca has historically been a series of four 1.1 races held in late January-early February on the Balearic Islands in the western Mediterranean sea.
Since 2023 there are five races.
While each race is an independent 1.1 ranked competition, until 2010 there was a General Classification for an overall winner as well.
Race 1: Trofeo Calvià | Race 2: Trofeo Ses Salines - Felanitx | Race 3: Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana | Race 4: Trofeo Pollenca - Port Andratx | Race 5: Trofeo Palma
Sunday, January 28, 5th & Final Race: Trofeo Palma, 150 km
Gerben Thijssen takes the last race of this year's Mallorca race series.
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Weather at the start/finish city of Palma at 1:20 PM, local time: 19C (66F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is a 1% chance of rain.
The race: Here's the report from fifth-place Arnaud Démare's Team Arkea-B&B Hotels.
In the final race of the Challenge Mallorca, Arnaud Démare took 5th place in the Trofeo Palma, which ended in a sprint.
Arnaud Démare:
“It was quite rough, there was still a lot of freshness within the peloton which explains this nervousness in the final. We had to have the right timing, we still had a little difficulty staying together, but we managed to extract ourselves. I got a little “ruffled” at 400-300 meters, but the main thing is that I was able to express myself today. That’s good, because it’s only the second sprint of the season. The automations are put in place. We have worked well here with a view to the next deadlines.”
Roger Tréhin, sports director:
“Everything isn’t perfect yet, but we’ve got the right automatisms in place, and there are still things to refine. We can feel that things are coming together for him. I’d also like to highlight the solidarity within the team, as well as Vincenzo and Raúl, who have made interesting debuts.”
Complete results:
150 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.573 km/hr
1 | Gerben Thijssen | Intermarché-Wanty | 3hr 9min 11sec |
2 | Alexander Kristoff | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
3 | Marijn Van Den Berg | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
4 | Tim Torn Teutenberg | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
5 | Arnaud Démare | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
6 | Alberto Dainese | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
7 | Jarne Van De Paar | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
8 | Daniel Babor | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
9 | Yves Lampaert | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
10 | Scott McGill | Project Echelon Racing | s.t. |
11 | David Martin | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
12 | Javier Serrano | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
13 | Tord Gudmestad | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
14 | David Dekker | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
15 | Fernando Barceló | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
16 | Georgios Boúglas | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
17 | Alvaro Hodeg | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
18 | Antonio Angulo | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
19 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
20 | Migue Angel Fernandez l | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
21 | Siebe Deweirdt | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
22 | Sergi Darder | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
23 | Robin Froidevaux | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
24 | Laurenz Rex | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
25 | Cade Bickmore | Project Echelon Racing | s.t. |
26 | Luca Colnaghi | VF Group-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
27 | Xavier Cañellas | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
28 | Arnau Gilabert | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
29 | Rodrigo Álvarez | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
30 | Francisco Muñoz | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
31 | Emil Herzog | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
32 | Luis-Joe Lührs | BORA-hansgrohe | @ 11sec |
33 | Dominik Merseburg | Storck-Metropol Cycling | s.t. |
34 | Toni Franz | Storck-Metropol Cycling | s.t. |
35 | Filippo Baroncini | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
36 | Jonathan Malte Rottmann | REMBE Pro Cycling Team Sauerland | s.t. |
37 | Tomas Barta | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
38 | Davide Gabburo | VF Group-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
39 | Andrea Pietrobon | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
40 | Marius Mayrhofer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
41 | Lennart Voege | REMBE Pro Cycling Team Sauerland | 0:15 |
42 | Adrien Petit | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
43 | Gibbe Staes | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
44 | Filippo Magli | VF Group-Bardiani-CSF | 0:18 |
45 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
46 | Sebastian Mora | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
47 | Ivan Cobo Cayon | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
48 | Unai Iribar | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
49 | Davide De Cassan | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
50 | Petr Kelemen | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
51 | Francesco Busatto | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
52 | Jan Temmen | REMBE Pro Cycling Team Sauerland | s.t. |
53 | Antonio Soto | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
54 | Anton Palzer | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
55 | Jon Aberasturi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
56 | Lukasz Owsian | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
57 | Xabier Isasa | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
58 | Arjen Livyns | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
59 | Samuele Zoccarato | VF Group-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
60 | Gonzalo Ariño Bolinches | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
61 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar Team | s.t. |
62 | Robin Fischer | Storck-Metropol Cycling | s.t. |
63 | Alexander Hajek | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
64 | Gianni Moscon | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
65 | Mikel Iturria | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:25 |
66 | Joan Albert Riera | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
67 | Kristian Egholm | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
68 | Ibon Ruiz | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
69 | Unai Cuadrado | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
70 | Hugo Page | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
71 | Kenny Elissonde | Cofidis | s.t. |
72 | Ole Theiler | Storck-Metropol Cycling | s.t. |
73 | Jose Manuel Diaz | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
74 | Joseba Lopez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
75 | Elias Maris | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
76 | Cole Kessler | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | 0:29 |
77 | Axandre Van Petegem | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
78 | Nils Politt | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
79 | Jaume Guardeño | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
80 | Yentl Vandevelde | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
81 | Henri Appelbaum | REMBE Pro Cycling Team Sauerland | s.t. |
82 | Noe Ury | Storck-Metropol Cycling | s.t. |
83 | Markel Beloki | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:31 |
84 | Leander Van Hautegem | Soudal Quick-Step | 0:32 |
85 | Paul Wright | REMBE Pro Cycling Team Sauerland | s.t. |
86 | Niklas Behrens | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | 0:36 |
87 | Albert Torres | Movistar Team | s.t. |
88 | Toon Clynhens | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
89 | Jenthe Biermans | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
90 | Donavan Grondin | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
91 | Matthew Zimmer | Project Echelon Racing | s.t. |
92 | Baptiste Planckaert | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
93 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto Dstny | 0:38 |
94 | José Félix Parra | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
95 | Diego Sevilla | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
96 | Manuele Tarozzi | VF Group-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
97 | Sergio Samitier | Movistar Team | s.t. |
98 | Duarte Marivoet | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
99 | Florian Dauphin | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
100 | Andrew Vollmer | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
101 | Jacob Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
102 | Campo Schmitz | Storck-Metropol Cycling | s.t. |
103 | Lars Craps | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
104 | Victor Langellotti | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
105 | Alberto Bettiol | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
106 | Luke Lamperti | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
107 | Jakob Söderqvist | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
108 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Dstny | 0:46 |
109 | Jasper Dejaegher | Team Flanders-Baloise | 0:48 |
110 | Julen Arriola-Bengoa | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
111 | Iker Mintegi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
112 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar Team | s.t. |
113 | Victor Vercouillie | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
114 | Idar Andersen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
115 | Rasmus Bøgh Wallin | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
116 | Stian Fredheim | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
117 | William Blume Levy | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
118 | Martin Urianstad Bugge | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
119 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
120 | Alexis Renard | Cofidis | 0:53 |
121 | Mathijs Paasschens | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
122 | Domen Novak | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
123 | Martin Pedersen | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | 0:58 |
124 | Michael Valgren | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
125 | Gregor Mühlberger | Movistar Team | s.t. |
126 | Mauri Vansevenant | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:01 |
127 | Raúl García | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 1:07 |
128 | Jesus Herrada | Cofidis | s.t. |
129 | Julian Borresch | REMBE Pro Cycling Team Sauerland | 1:14 |
130 | Arthur Lenne | Storck-Metropol Cycling | s.t. |
131 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | 1:21 |
132 | Paul Magnier | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:24 |
133 | Mattia Cattaneo | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
134 | Joshua Giddings | Lotto Dstny | 1:33 |
135 | Nils Brun | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1:39 |
136 | Asier Etxeberria | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
137 | Jacob Scott | REMBE Pro Cycling Team Sauerland | 2:06 |
138 | Filippo Fiorelli | VF Group-Bardiani-CSF | 2:25 |
139 | James Shaw | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:34 |
140 | Clément Alleno | Burgos-BH | 4:13 |
141 | Mattia Bais | Team Polti Kometa | 6:10 |
142 | Enrico Zanoncello | VF Group-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
143 | Yuhi Todome | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
144 | Hannes Wilksch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 6:20 |
145 | Diego Uriarte | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
146 | Asier Pablo Gonzalez | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
Race 5 map & profile:
Trofeo Palma map
Trofeo Palma profile
Saturday, January 27, Race 4: Trofeo Pollenca - Port Andratx, 158.4 km
Pelayo Sanchez (far right) is first. Bora-hansgrohe photo
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Weather at the finish city of Port Andratx at 1:30 PM, local time: 19C (67F), sunny, with the wind from the southeast at 6 km/hr (4 mph). There is a 2% chance of rain
The race: Here's the report from third-place Aleksandr Vlasov's Team Bora-hansgrohe.
All good things come in threes! After sprinting to 2nd place twice in the past days, Aleks Vlasov is back again on the podium today. Sprinting out of a small group, he finished 3rd in the Trofeo Pollença - Port d'Andratx.
The finale of today's fourth race of the Mallorca Challenge was characterized by many attacks. After Frederik Wandahl and Toni Palzer rode tactically very attentively, the focus shifted to the last climb of the day. Here, with 12 kilometers to go, a small group around Aleks Vlasov broke away from the rest of the field. 10 kilometers later, they caught the last rider from the breakaway and sprinted for the victory.
Complete results:
158.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.444 km/hr
1 | Pelayo Sanchez | Movistar Team | 3hr 44min 52sec |
2 | Marius Mayrhofer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
3 | Aleksandr Vlasov | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
4 | Tobias Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
5 | Ilan Van Wilder | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
6 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | s.t. |
7 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates | @ 2sec |
8 | Lennert Van Eetvelt | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
9 | Marc Soler | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
10 | Alberto Bettiol | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:13 |
11 | Vincenzo Albanese | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
12 | Filippo Fiorelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
13 | Yves Lampaert | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
14 | Hugo Page | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
15 | Clément Champoussin | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
16 | Michael Valgren | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
17 | Martin Urianstad Bugge | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
18 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
19 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | s.t. |
20 | Johannes Kulset | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
21 | Gregor Mühlberger | Movistar Team | s.t. |
22 | Joan Bou | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
23 | Fernando Barceló | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
24 | Giovanni Aleotti | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
25 | Clément Alleno | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
26 | Mats Wenzel | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
27 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar Team | s.t. |
28 | Tyler Stites | Project Echelon Racing | s.t. |
29 | Joseba Lopez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
30 | Paul Double | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
31 | Anton Palzer | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
32 | Nils Politt | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
33 | Mattia Bais | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
34 | Jose Manuel Diaz | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
35 | Mikel Iturria | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
36 | Luca Covili | VF Group-Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
37 | Javier Romo | Movistar Team | s.t. |
38 | Raúl García | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 0:23 |
39 | James Shaw | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:29 |
40 | Simon Carr | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:43 |
41 | Arjen Livyns | Lotto Dstny | 1:21 |
42 | Jon Agirre | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:30 |
43 | Ivan Cobo Cayon | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
44 | William Blume Levy | Uno-X Mobility | 1:47 |
45 | Igor Arrieta | UAE Team Emirates | 1:53 |
46 | Alex Martin | Team Polti Kometa | 2:06 |
47 | Lars Craps | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
48 | Markel Beloki | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
49 | Johannes Adamietz | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
50 | Frederik Wandahl | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
51 | Hannes Wilksch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
52 | Nils Brun | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
53 | Mauri Vansevenant | Soudal Quick-Step | 2:08 |
54 | Sinuhé Fernandez | Burgos-BH | 2:26 |
55 | Alessandro Tonelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF | 3:36 |
56 | Mattia Cattaneo | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
57 | Rui Costa | EF Education-EasyPost | 4:12 |
58 | Martin Marcellusi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF | 5:04 |
59 | Diego Sevilla | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
60 | Jonas Gregaard | Lotto Dstny | 7:09 |
61 | Asier Etxeberria | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
62 | Julen Arriola-Bengoa | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
63 | Ibon Ruiz | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
64 | Alex Tolio | VF Group-Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
65 | Kenny Elissonde | Cofidis | s.t. |
66 | Ewen Costiou | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
67 | Marijn Van Den Berg | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
68 | Unai Iribar | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
69 | Iker Mintegi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 9:54 |
70 | Sergio Samitier | Movistar Team | s.t. |
71 | Rune Herregodts | Intermarché-Wanty | 10:31 |
72 | Jaume Guardeño | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 10:44 |
73 | Caleb Classen | Project Echelon Racing | s.t. |
74 | Jose Maria Garcia Soriano | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
75 | Louis Leidert | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
76 | Victor De La Parte | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
77 | Calum Johnston | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
78 | Nils Aebersold | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
79 | Alexander Hajek | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
80 | Julen Amezqueta | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
81 | Alex Molenaar | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
82 | Filippo Baroncini | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
83 | Jenthe Biermans | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
84 | Matteo Milan | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
85 | Mathijs Paasschens | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
86 | Davide De Cassan | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
87 | Filippo Magli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
88 | Andrea Garosio | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
89 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
90 | Jacob Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
91 | Elie Gesbert | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
92 | Domen Novak | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
93 | Antonio Soto | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
94 | Pablo Castrillo | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
95 | Ibai Azurmendi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
96 | Nicolas Alustiza | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
97 | Francisco Muñoz | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
98 | Siebe Deweirdt | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
99 | Vito Braet | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
100 | Francesco Busatto | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
101 | Idar Andersen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
102 | Gianni Moscon | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
103 | Ander Okamika | Burgos-BH | 14:50 |
104 | Laurenz Rex | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
105 | Cole Kessler | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | 14:51 |
106 | Dylan Vandenstorme | Team Flanders-Baloise | 14:52 |
107 | Alexander Kristoff | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
108 | Stian Fredheim | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
109 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
110 | Gorka Izagirre | Cofidis | s.t. |
111 | Jorge Gutiérrez | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
112 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto Dstny | 14:54 |
113 | Henri Appelbaum | REMBE Pro Cycling Team Sauerland | 18:36 |
114 | Patrick Frydkjær | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
115 | Elias Maris | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
116 | Riccardo Lucca | VF Group-Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
117 | Gibbe Staes | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
118 | Ole Theiler | Team Storck-Metropol Cycling | s.t. |
119 | Paul Wright | REMBE Pro Cycling Team Sauerland | s.t. |
120 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
121 | Arnau Gilabert | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
122 | Jokin Murguialday | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
123 | Liam O´Brien | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
124 | Aklilu Arefayne | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
125 | Samuel Boardman | Project Echelon Racing | s.t. |
126 | Albert Torres | Movistar Team | s.t. |
127 | Unai Esparza | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
Race 4 map & profile:
Race 4 map
Race 4 profile
Friday, January 26, Race 3: Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana (Selva - Lluc), 153.8 km
Lennert Van Eetvelt beats Aleksandr Vlasov and Brandon McNulty to the line.
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Weather at the finish city of Lluc at 2:30 PM, local time: 18C (67F), sunny, with the wind from the southeast at 6 km/hr (4 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.
The race: Here's the report from fifth-place Ilan Van Wilder's Team Soudal Quick-Step.
Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana wasn’t the longest race here in Mallorca, but was by far the hardest, comprising three classified climbs and altitude meters. Having won the previous appointment – Trofeo Ses Salines-Felanitx – with Paul Magnier, our team was again in the spotlight, as soon as the riders exited the neutral zone.
Mattia Cattaneo put in a strong dig at the front as soon as the road went up, snapping the elastic and building a small gap before being joined by two other men. The trio worked well together and stayed off the front for some 50-odd kilometers before being brought back by the peloton on the long flat roads after the intermediate sprint. Another breakaway soon formed, but this too was reeled in, albeit later, on the descent to Coll de Puig Major.
The 14km climb averaging 6% was the longest and toughest of the week, and it was there that the main cracks appeared. Ilan Van Wilder found himself in a chasing group after the Soler, but thanks to a phenomenal effort of Cattaneo and Mauri Vansevenant, he bridged across to the leaders. The Belgian stayed there for a number of kilometers, and even after losing contact after the big attacks came, he continued to ride a solid tempo behind the leading trio.
Van Wilder concluded a solid fifth in Selva – where Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto-Dstny) took the win – for his second top ten of the week, after the one he got in the opening event of the series, Trofeo Calvia, a morale-boosting result, as he explained at the end of the race: “The uphill start made it really hard, and from then on, it was full gas the entire day. The team did a great race, and I’m thankful for that. It’s only my second race of the season, so to finish again in the top ten, especially after such a tough race, is a good result that gives me a lot of confidence for the next events.”
Complete results:
153.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.319 km/hr
1 | Lennert Van Eetvelt | Lotto Dstny | 3hr 34min 43sec |
2 | Aleksandr Vlasov | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
3 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
4 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | @ 42sec |
5 | Ilan Van Wilder | Soudal Quick-Step | 0:52 |
6 | Lukas Nerurkar | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
7 | Ivan Romeo | Movistar Team | s.t. |
8 | Tobias Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
9 | Igor Arrieta | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
10 | Rune Herregodts | Intermarché-Wanty | 1:32 |
11 | Giovanni Aleotti | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
12 | Rui Costa | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
13 | Sergio Samitier | Movistar Team | s.t. |
14 | Raúl García | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
15 | Luca Covili | VF Group-Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
16 | Joan Bou | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
17 | Victor De La Parte | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
18 | Paul Double | Team Polti Kometa | 2:00 |
19 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | 2:58 |
20 | Simon Carr | EF Education-EasyPost | 3:56 |
21 | James Shaw | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
22 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates | 4:42 |
23 | Fernando Barceló | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
24 | Anton Palzer | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
25 | Johannes Adamietz | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
26 | Johannes Kulset | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
27 | Kenny Elissonde | Cofidis | s.t. |
28 | Jokin Murguialday | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
29 | Pablo Castrillo | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
30 | Alex Molenaar | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | 7:09 |
31 | Jose Manuel Diaz | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
32 | Nils Brun | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
33 | Jakob Söderqvist | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
34 | Mats Wenzel | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
35 | Jon Agirre | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
36 | Martin Urianstad Bugge | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
37 | Alexander Hajek | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
38 | Julen Arriola-Bengoa | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
39 | Jaume Guardeño | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
40 | Lars Craps | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
41 | Sinuhé Fernandez | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
42 | Alex Martin | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
43 | Andrew Vollmer | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
44 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
45 | Alex Tolio | VF Group-Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
46 | Iker Mintegi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
47 | Jacob Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
48 | Manuele Tarozzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF | 7:13 |
49 | Jonas Gregaard | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
50 | Dries De Pooter | Intermarché-Wanty | 8:46 |
51 | Javier Serrano | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
52 | José Félix Parra | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
53 | Mauri Vansevenant | Soudal Quick-Step | 8:48 |
54 | Nicolas Alustiza | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
55 | Tyler Stites | Project Echelon Racing | s.t. |
56 | Frederik Wandahl | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
57 | Magnus Kulset | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
58 | Davide Gabburo | VF Group-Bardiani CSF | 9:56 |
59 | Alessandro Tonelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
60 | Samuele Zoccarato | VF Group-Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
61 | Mathijs Paasschens | Lotto Dstny | 11:29 |
62 | Calum Johnston | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
63 | Jetse Bol | Burgos-BH | 12:38 |
64 | Hannes Wilksch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 12:52 |
65 | Ole Theiler | Team Storck-Metropol Cycling | s.t. |
66 | Louis Leidert | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
67 | Dylan Vandenstorme | Team Flanders-Baloise | 15:06 |
68 | Henri Appelbaum | REMBE Pro Cycling Team Sauerland | 15:38 |
69 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | 15:46 |
70 | Cole Kessler | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
71 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
72 | Yentl Vandevelde | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
73 | Unai Iribar | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
74 | Petr Kelemen | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
75 | Julen Amezqueta | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
76 | Nils Politt | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
77 | Unai Esparza | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
78 | Unai Cuadrado | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
79 | Asier Etxeberria | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
80 | Andrea Pietrobon | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
81 | Pablo Torres | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
82 | Lukasz Owsian | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
83 | Elie Gesbert | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
84 | Gregor Mühlberger | Movistar Team | s.t. |
85 | Andrea Garosio | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
86 | Ibon Ruiz | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
87 | Sebastian Mora | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
88 | Ander Okamika | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
89 | Marc Soler | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
90 | Mattia Bais | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
91 | Domen Novak | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
92 | Alberto Bettiol | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
93 | Darren Rafferty | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
94 | Jesus Herrada | Cofidis | s.t. |
95 | Javier Romo | Movistar Team | s.t. |
96 | Richard Arnopol | Project Echelon Racing | s.t. |
97 | Baptiste Planckaert | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
98 | Toon Clynhens | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
99 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar Team | s.t. |
100 | Elias Maris | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
101 | Aklilu Arefayne | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
102 | Michael Valgren | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
103 | Hugo Scala Jr | Project Echelon Racing | s.t. |
104 | Joseba Lopez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
105 | Martin Marcellusi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
106 | Pelayo Sanchez | Movistar Team | s.t. |
107 | Jorge Gutiérrez | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
108 | Pau Llaneras | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
109 | Ewen Costiou | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
110 | Paul Magnier | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
111 | Clément Champoussin | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
112 | Samuel Boardman | Project Echelon Racing | s.t. |
113 | Pepijn Reinderink | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
114 | Antonio Angulo | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
115 | David Delgado | Burgos-BH | 17:04 |
116 | Campo Schmitz | Team Storck-Metropol Cycling | 17:46 |
117 | Arnaud Démare | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
118 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
119 | Leander Van Hautegem | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
120 | Alexis Renard | Cofidis | s.t. |
121 | Patrick Frydkjær | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
122 | Joan Albert Riera | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
123 | David Dekker | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
124 | Liam O´Brien | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
125 | Adrien Petit | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
126 | Jacob Scott | REMBE Pro Cycling Team Sauerland | s.t. |
127 | Joshua Giddings | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
128 | Mattia Cattaneo | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
129 | Idar Andersen | Uno-X Mobility | 18:22 |
130 | Gianni Moscon | Soudal Quick-Step | 21:35 |
131 | Linus Scheitinger | Team Storck-Metropol Cycling | 22:20 |
132 | Luis-Joe Lührs | Bora-hansgrohe | 23:04 |
133 | Robin Froidevaux | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 23:08 |
134 | Arnau Gilabert | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
135 | Jasper Dejaegher | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
136 | Rasmus Bøgh Wallin | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
137 | Diego Uriarte | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
138 | Emil Herzog | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
139 | Laurent Gervais | Project Echelon Racing | s.t. |
140 | Tord Gudmestad | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
141 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
142 | Gerben Thijssen | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
143 | Davide Cimolai | Movistar Team | s.t. |
144 | Paul Wright | REMBE Pro Cycling Team Sauerland | s.t. |
145 | Victor Vercouillie | Team Flanders-Baloise | 23:17 |
Race 3 map & profile:
Trofeo de Tramuntana map
Trofeo de Tramuntana profile
Thursday, January 25, Race 2: Trofeo Ses Salines - Felanitx, 181.2 km
Paul Magnier is the day's fastest racer.
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Weather at the finish city of Felanitx at 2:10 PM, local time: 22C (72F), sunny, with the wind from the southwest at 6 km/hr (4 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.
The race: Here's the report from winner Paul Magnier's Team Soudal Quick-Step.
Paul Magnier made a great start to his career with Soudal Quick-Step, taking a dominant victory in Trofeo Ses Salines-Felanitx, the second race of the Challenge Mallorca. The 19-year-old from Grenoble benefited from a monster lead-out of fellow neo-pro and former U23 teammate Luke Lamperti, whose ferocious pace kept Paul at the front of the peloton going into the final corner, which the latter rounded out glued to his wheel.
On the uphill drag to the line, Paul produced an incredible turn of legs that left everyone else trailing and propelled him to an incredible win, while Luke still had enough to clinch third and make it an unforgettable day for Soudal Quick-Step under the Mallorcan sun.
“It feels amazing to win on my debut with this fantastic team, which has so many great riders and where I already feel at home. I’m having a hard time finding the words to tell you how I feel after this victory. I’m just 19 years of age, I still don’t know what type of rider I am, so to take the win here it’s really incredible, something I would have never dreamed of”, an elated Paul explained after the race.
“My teammates did an amazing job today. On those long, straight roads in the last 20 kilometers we stayed together and made sure we were in a good position the whole time. Then, Gianni and Yves took over and pulled hard to stretch the peloton, before Luke – who is a very fast rider himself – guided me in that hectic finale, doing a superb job. We had a plan at the start of the day, we followed it, and now we are all happy with this success, our first of the season”, added the youngest rider to win a race at the Challenge Mallorca.
Complete results:
181.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.254 km/hr
1 | Paul Magnier | Soudal Quick-Step | 3hr 55min 3sec |
2 | Alberto Dainese | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
3 | Luke Lamperti | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
4 | Marijn Van Den Berg | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
5 | Luca Colnaghi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
6 | Davide Cimolai | Movistar Team | s.t. |
7 | Tim Torn Teutenberg | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
8 | Stefano Oldani | Cofidis | s.t. |
9 | David Martin | Polti Kometa | s.t. |
10 | Alexander Kristoff | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
11 | Alexis Renard | Cofidis | s.t. |
12 | Jon Aberasturi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
13 | Jarne Van De Paar | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
14 | Tomas Barta | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
15 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
16 | Scott Mcgill | Project Echelon Racing | s.t. |
17 | Carlos Canal | Movistar Team | s.t. |
18 | Javier Serrano | Polti Kometa | s.t. |
19 | Gerben Thijssen | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
20 | Niklas Behrens | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
21 | Daniel Babor | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
22 | Emil Herzog | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
23 | Antonio Soto | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
24 | Siebe Deweirdt | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
25 | Xavier Cañellas | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
26 | Luis-Joe Lührs | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
27 | Georgios Boúglas | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
28 | Xabier Isasa | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
29 | Arnaud Démare | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
30 | David González | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
31 | Arthur Lenne | Team Storck-Metropol | s.t. |
32 | Antonio Angulo | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
33 | Sergi Darder | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
34 | Hugo Scala Jr | Project Echelon Racing | s.t. |
35 | Enrico Zanoncello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
36 | Filippo Fiorelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
37 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates | @ 6sec |
38 | Sebastian Mora | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
39 | Dylan Vandenstorme | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
40 | Rodrigo Álvarez | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
41 | Robin Froidevaux | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
42 | Yentl Vandevelde | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
43 | Kristian Egholm | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
44 | Cade Bickmore | Project Echelon Racing | s.t. |
45 | Jetse Bol | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
46 | Arnau Gilabert | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
47 | Anton Palzer | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
48 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
49 | Joseba Lopez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
50 | Marius Mayrhofer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
51 | Filippo Baroncini | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
52 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
53 | Unai Cuadrado | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
54 | Caleb Classen | Project Echelon Racing | s.t. |
55 | Filippo Magli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
56 | Calum Johnston | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
57 | Jonathan-Malte Rottmann | REMBE Pro Cycling Team Sauerland | s.t. |
58 | Pablo Torres | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
59 | Andrew Vollmer | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
60 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
61 | Hugo Toumire | Cofidis | s.t. |
62 | Mikel Iturria | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
63 | Joan Albert Riera | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
64 | Ole Theiler | Team Storck-Metropol | s.t. |
65 | Adrien Petit | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
66 | Alexander Hajek | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
67 | Axandre Van Petegem | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
68 | Diego Sevilla | Polti Kometa | s.t. |
69 | Alberto Bettiol | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
70 | Gibbe Staes | UAE Team Emirates | 0:15 |
71 | Fabio Felline | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
72 | Tord Gudmestad | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
73 | Yves Lampaert | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
74 | Mathijs Paasschens | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
75 | Roman Duckert | Team Storck-Metropol | s.t. |
76 | Albert Torres | Movistar Team | 0:18 |
77 | Lukasz Owsian | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 0:21 |
78 | José Félix Parra | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
79 | Ivan Cobo Cayon | Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:24 |
80 | Marc Clauss | Team Storck-Metropol | s.t. |
81 | Pablo Gonzalez Asier | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
82 | Laurenz Rex | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
83 | Tobias Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
84 | Julen Arriola-Bengoa | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
85 | Markel Beloki | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
86 | Yago Aguirre | REMBE Pro Cycling Team Sauerland | s.t. |
87 | Frederik Wandahl | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
88 | Ander Okamika | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
89 | Nils Politt | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
90 | Martin Marcellusi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
91 | Toon Clynhens | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
92 | Ibon Ruiz | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
93 | Arjen Livyns | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
94 | Jonas Gregaard | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
95 | Miguel Angel Fernandez | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
96 | Francisco Muñoz | Polti Kometa | s.t. |
97 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar Team | s.t. |
98 | Davide De Cassan | Polti Kometa | 0:35 |
99 | Jenthe Biermans | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 0:39 |
100 | David Dekker | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
101 | Andrea Garosio | Polti Kometa | 0:46 |
102 | Diego Uriarte | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
103 | Toni Franz | Team Storck-Metropol | s.t. |
104 | Gonzalo Ariño Bolinches | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
105 | Donavan Grondin | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
106 | Petr Kelemen | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
107 | Jan Temmen | REMBE Pro Cycling Team Sauerland | s.t. |
108 | Michael Valgren | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
109 | Elias Maris | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
110 | Giovanni Aleotti | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
111 | Mattia Cattaneo | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
112 | Gianni Moscon | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
113 | Nicolas Alustiza | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
114 | Joshua Giddings | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
115 | Martin Urianstad Bugge | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
116 | Florian Dauphin | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
117 | Sergio Samitier | Movistar Team | s.t. |
118 | Leander Van Hautegem | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
119 | Pepijn Reinderink | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
120 | Stian Fredheim | Uno-X Mobility | 1:04 |
121 | Jorge Gutiérrez | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
122 | Victor Vercouillie | Team Flanders-Baloise | 1:07 |
123 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | s.t. |
124 | Ivan Romeo | Movistar Team | 1:10 |
125 | Darren Rafferty | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
126 | Dries De Pooter | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
127 | Baptiste Planckaert | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
128 | Hugo Page | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
129 | Jasper Dejaegher | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
130 | Jacob Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
131 | Duarte Marivoet | UAE Team Emirates | 1:14 |
132 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar Team | s.t. |
133 | Clément Alleno | Burgos-BH | 1:17 |
134 | Andrea Pietrobon | Polti Kometa | 1:23 |
135 | Paul Wright | REMBE Pro Cycling Team Sauerland | s.t. |
136 | Jacob Scott | REMBE Pro Cycling Team Sauerland | 1:26 |
137 | Lennart Voege | REMBE Pro Cycling Team Sauerland | s.t. |
138 | Manuele Tarozzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
139 | William Blume Levy | Uno-X Mobility | 1:32 |
140 | Nils Brun | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1:35 |
141 | Vito Braet | Intermarché-Wanty | 1:39 |
142 | Vincenzo Albanese | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 1:54 |
143 | James Shaw | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
144 | Laurent Gervais | Project Echelon Racing | 3:40 |
145 | Colby Lange | Project Echelon Racing | s.t. |
146 | Rasmus Bøgh Wallin | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
147 | Dominik Merseburg | Team Storck-Metropol | 4:09 |
148 | Alexander Kamp | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
149 | Sebastian Niehues | REMBE Pro Cycling Team Sauerland | s.t. |
150 | Martin Pedersen | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
151 | Carlos Verona | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
152 | Campo Schmitz | Team Storck-Metropol | s.t. |
153 | Ethan Craine | Project Echelon Racing | 5:21 |
154 | Riccardo Lucca | VF Group-Bardiani CSF | 5:23 |
155 | Yuhi Todome | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
156 | Edgar Curto Pellicer | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
Trofeo Ses Salines - Felanitx map & profile:
Trofeo Ses Salines-Felanitx map
Trofeo Ses Salines-Felanitx profile
Wednesday, January 24, Race 1: Trofeo Calvià, Palmanova - Palmanova, 150.1 km
Simon Carr takes the Trofeo Calvià. Getty Images
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Weather at the start/finish city of Palmanova at 2:10 PM, local time: 18C (65F), sunny, with the wind from the west-southwest at 14 km/hr (9 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.
The Race: Here's the report from second-place Aleksandr Vlasov's Team Bora-hansgrohe.
Bora-hansgrohe took part in its first European race today with the Trofeo Calvià. At the start of the Mallorca Challenge, Aleksandr Vlasov impressed with a second place. After 150 undulating kilometers, he was only beaten by Simon Carr in Palmanova.
It was an almost perfect start to the season for Vlasov, who caused a scare with a crash in yesterday's training. In a race characterized by many attacks, a trio around Vlasov was able to break away 30 kilometers before the finish. After their lead quickly grew to over a minute, it was clear that the three riders would decide today's victory among themselves.
Video screen grab of Simon Carr's victory.
Aleksandr Vlasov: "It was a very hard race, and the last part was only full gas. This was exactly what we expected. We wanted to do the race as hard as possible ourselves, to let only a small group come to the finish. Unfortunately, I didn't win but it was a good race to start into the season anyway."
Complete results:
150.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.368 km/hr
1 | Simon Carr | EF Education-EasyPost | 3hr 48min 47sec |
2 | Aleksandr Vlasov | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
3 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates | @ 27sec |
4 | Alex Aranburu | Movistar Team | 1:32 |
5 | Alberto Bettiol | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:33 |
6 | Rui Costa | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:03 |
7 | Marius Mayrhofer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
8 | Hugo Page | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
9 | Vincenzo Albanese | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
10 | Ilan Van Wilder | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
11 | Samuele Zoccarato | VF Group-Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
12 | Javier Romo | Movistar Team | s.t. |
13 | Ivan Romeo | Movistar Team | s.t. |
14 | Nils Politt | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
15 | Igor Arrieta | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
16 | Johannes Kulset | Uno-X Mobility | 2:04 |
17 | Iker Mintegi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
18 | Lennert Van Eetvelt | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
19 | Alex Martin | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
20 | Pablo Castrillo | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
21 | Rune Herregodts | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
22 | Mattia Bais | Team Polti Kometa | 5:39 |
23 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 5:47 |
24 | Vito Braet | Intermarché-Wanty | 5:49 |
25 | Joseba Lopez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
26 | Alessandro Tonelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
27 | Giovanni Aleotti | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
28 | Mats Wenzel | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
29 | Andrea Garosio | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
30 | Xabier Isasa | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
31 | Sergio Samitier | Movistar Team | s.t. |
32 | Fernando Barceló | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
33 | Johannes Adamietz | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
34 | Alexander Hajek | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
35 | Martin Urianstad Bugge | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
36 | Luca Covili | VF Group-Bardiani CSF | 5:50 |
37 | Alex Tolio | VF Group-Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
38 | Andrea Pietrobon | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
39 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
40 | Jon Agirre | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
41 | Victor De La Parte | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
42 | Unai Iribar | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
43 | Ibon Ruiz | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
44 | Tobias Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
45 | Antonio Soto | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
46 | Jokin Murguialday | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 5:54 |
47 | Hannes Wilksch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 5:56 |
48 | Mattia Cattaneo | Soudal Quick-Step | 6:12 |
49 | Marc Soler | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
50 | Mauri Vansevenant | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
51 | Raúl García | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 11:45 |
52 | Pelayo Sanchez | Movistar Team | s.t. |
53 | Jaume Guardeño | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 12:56 |
54 | Kenny Elissonde | Cofidis | s.t. |
55 | Mathijs Paasschens | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
56 | Lars Craps | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
57 | Ibai Azurmendi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
58 | Ander Okamika | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
59 | William Blume Levy | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
60 | Sinuhé Fernandez | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
61 | Markel Beloki | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
62 | Emil Herzog | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
63 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | s.t. |
64 | Lukasz Owsian | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 12:58 |
65 | Ewen Costiou | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
66 | Ivan Cobo Cayon | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
67 | Carlos Verona | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
68 | Jakob Söderqvist | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
69 | JoséFélix Parra | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
70 | Manuele Tarozzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
71 | Tyler Stites | Project Echelon Racing | s.t. |
72 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar Team | s.t. |
73 | Yves Lampaert | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
74 | Elie Gesbert | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
75 | Frederik Wandahl | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
76 | Carlos Canal | Movistar Team | s.t. |
77 | Lukas Nerurkar | EF Education-EasyPost | 12:59 |
78 | Paul Double | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
79 | James Shaw | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
80 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | s.t. |
81 | Stefano Oldani | Cofidis | s.t. |
82 | Jesus Herrada | Cofidis | s.t. |
83 | Riccardo Lucca | VF Group-Bardiani CSF | s.t. |
84 | Pau Llaneras | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
85 | Davide Gabburo | VF Group-Bardiani CSF | 13:01 |
86 | Gianni Moscon | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
87 | Michael Valgren | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
88 | Jonas Gregaard | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
89 | Ethan Craine | Project Echelon Racing | 15:43 |
90 | Jasper Dejaegher | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
91 | Clément Alleno | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
92 | Alex Molenaar | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
93 | Pablo Gonzalez Asier | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
94 | Louis Leidert | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
95 | Francesco Busatto | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
96 | Aklilu Arefayne | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
97 | Siebe Deweirdt | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
98 | Dylan Vandenstorme | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
99 | Leander Van Hautegem | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
100 | Pepijn Reinderink | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
101 | Elias Maris | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
102 | Andrew Vollmer | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
103 | Filippo Baroncini | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
104 | Henri Appelbaum | REMBE Pro Cycling Team Sauerland | s.t. |
105 | Calum Johnston | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
106 | Roman Duckert | Team Storck-Metropol Cycling | s.t. |
107 | Unai Cuadrado | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
108 | Davide De Cassan | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
109 | Matteo Milan | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
110 | Toon Clynhens | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
111 | Nils Aebersold | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
112 | Fabio Felline | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
113 | Jacob Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 15:44 |
114 | Samuel Boardman | Project Echelon Racing | s.t. |
115 | Nils Brun | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
116 | Luis-Joe Lührs | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
117 | Diego Sevilla | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
118 | Domen Novak | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
119 | Yentl Vandevelde | Team Flanders-Baloise | 19:39 |
120 | Donavan Grondin | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
121 | Yago Aguirre | REMBE Pro Cycling Team Sauerland | s.t. |
122 | Arnau Gilabert | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
123 | Rodrigo Álvarez | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
124 | Ole Theiler | Team Storck-Metropol Cycling | s.t. |
125 | Joan Albert Riera | Illes Balears-Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
126 | Jose Manuel Diaz | Burgos-BH | 19:40 |
127 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
128 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
129 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
130 | Scott Mcgill | Project Echelon Racing | s.t. |
131 | Paul Wright | REMBE Pro Cycling Team Sauerland | s.t. |
132 | Magnus Kulset | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
133 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
134 | Hugo Toumire | Cofidis | 22:15 |
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