2025 Challenge Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca
(5 x 1.1)

34th edition: Jan 29 - Feb 2, 2025
Complete results

Challenge Illes Balears podium history | 2024 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-Colonia Sant Jordi | Race 3: Trofeo de Tramuntana | Race 4: Trofeo Andratx | Race 5: Trofeo Palma

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Sunday, February 2: Race 5, Trofeo Palma, Palma - Palma, 149.9 km

Course map & profile

Iuri Lettao wins the Trofeo Palma.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Palma at 2:05 PM, local time: 12C (55F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the north-northwest at 18 km/hr (11 mph). There is a 4% chance of rain.

The race: Here is a machine-translation of the race report from winner Iúri Leitão's Team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA.

The Challenge de Mallorca ended with an unbeatable finish with the victory achieved by Iúri Leitão in the Palma Trophy, the last of the five stages of the Balearic race. The Portuguese rider used his power to surprise the peloton in the final metres and take the first victory of the year, which is also the first for the Caja Rural-Seguros RGA team historically in Mallorca.

With a profile clearly favourable to a mass arrival, the peloton did not let go of a very large breakaway. In fact, after some aborted attacks, two men were in charge of riding ahead and it was not until well into the final circuit when the last survivor was reabsorbed by the large group.

From then on, the mass sprint seemed inevitable in the Mallorcan capital. However, Iúri Leitão's superb attack about five hundred metres from the finish surprised the rest of the sprinters and allowed the Portuguese to raise his arms and thus add his first victory in 2025, for a total of ten since he wore the colours of Caja Rural-Seguros RGA and having added victories in each of the four seasons he has been in the green squad.

Iúri Leitão: “The plan was not to attack so early because there were many teams preparing the sprint. I wanted to be in front, and my teammates have carried me very well positioned, especially in the last two laps of the circuit. I had planned to get a good wheel and have enough space to be able to launch the sprint, something I couldn't do the other day because the finish was very crazy. In the end I saw myself in a good position and I felt strong enough to try an attack from further away. Sometimes you have to take a bit of risk and luckily it has worked out well for us. It is very important to start the season like this, with a victory in a race of this level.”

Complete results:

149.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.671 km/hr

1	Iúri Leitão	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3hr 8min 40sec
2	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	s.t.
3	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
4	Matteo Malucelli	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
5	Max Kanter	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
6	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
7	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
8	Cesar Macias	Petrolike	s.t.
9	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
10	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
11	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
12	Davide Bomboi	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
13	Enrico Zanoncello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
14	David Martin	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
15	Giacomo Nizzolo	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
16	David Dekker	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
17	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
18	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar Team	s.t.
19	Davide Donati	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
20	Ander Ganzabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
21	Vince Gerits	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
22	Colby Simmons	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
23	Luca Colnaghi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
24	Georgios Boúglas	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
25	Ricard Fito	Illes Balears-Arabay	s.t.
26	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar Team	s.t.
27	Miguel Angel Fernandez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
28	Daniel Cavia	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
29	Sergio Trueba	Illes Balears-Arabay	s.t.
30	Iker Bonillo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
31	Milan Menten	Lotto	s.t.
32	Filippo Magli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
33	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
34	Matthias Schwarzbacher	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
35	Lindsay De Vylder	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
36	Abram Stockman	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
37	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
38	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
39	Callum Thornley	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
40	Sebastian Putz	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
41	Andoni Lopez de Abetxuko	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
42	Geoffrey Soupe	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
43	Cade Bickmore	Project Echelon Racing	s.t.
44	Andrii Ponomar	Petrolike	s.t.
45	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	@ 6sec
46	Lorrenzo Manzin	Team TotalEnergies	0:07
47	Xavier Cañellas	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
48	Davide Cimolai	Movistar Team	s.t.
49	Albert Riera Joan	Illes Balears-Arabay	0:11
50	Tiago Santos	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
51	Victor Martinez Garcia	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
52	Yentl Vandevelde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
53	Joshua Anderson	X-Speed United	s.t.
54	Ethan Craine	Project Echelon Racing	s.t.
55	Lorenzo Conforti	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
56	Louis Raymond	X-Speed United	s.t.
57	Owen Geleijn	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
58	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
59	Mason Hollyman	Sabgal-Anicolor	0:15
60	Alvaro Sagrado Perez	Illes Balears-Arabay	s.t.
61	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
62	Edgar Curto Pellicer	Illes Balears-Arabay	s.t.
63	Brendan Rhim	Project Echelon Racing	s.t.
64	Marcos Freire	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
65	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
66	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
67	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
68	Alejandro Callejas	Petrolike	s.t.
69	Kieran Haug	Project Echelon Racing	s.t.
70	Gavin Hlady	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
71	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	s.t.
72	José Juan Prieto	Petrolike	s.t.
73	David González	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
74	Aviv Bental	X-Speed United	s.t.
75	Sebastian Nielsen	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
76	Vojtech Kminek	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
77	Carlos Garcia Pierna	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
78	Carlos Alfonso Garcia	Petrolike	s.t.
79	Lorenz Van de Wynkele	Lotto	s.t.
80	Vicente Rojas	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
81	Ruben Fernandez	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
82	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
83	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
84	Samuel Boardman	Project Echelon Racing	s.t.
85	Iván García Cortina	Movistar Team	s.t.
86	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
87	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
88	Tim Riesen	X-Speed United	s.t.
89	Joe Howcroft	X-Speed United	s.t.
90	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
91	Pedro Silva	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
92	Sinuhé Fernandez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
93	Unai Esparza	Illes Balears-Arabay	s.t.
94	Jakub Otruba	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
95	Charlie Paige	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
96	Giovanni Carboni	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
97	Ian Lopez de San Roman	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
98	Marcel Camprubí	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
99	Jannik Steimle	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
100	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
101	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
102	Lorenzo Peschi	Petrolike	s.t.
103	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
104	Aimé De Gendt	Cofidis	s.t.
105	Thomas Gachignard	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
106	Brem Deman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
107	Xabier Berasategi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
108	Florian Sénéchal	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
109	Jelle Johannink	Unibet Tietema Rockets	0:28
110	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
111	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
112	Lorenzo Finn	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
113	Emmanuel Houcou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
114	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:32
115	Goncalo Oliveira	Sabgal-Anicolor	s.t.
116	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
117	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
118	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
119	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
120	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
121	Joan Gamundi	Illes Balears-Arabay	s.t.
122	Davide Toneatti	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
123	Filippo D'Aiuto	Petrolike	s.t.
124	Hugo Scala Jr	Project Echelon Racing	s.t.
125	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
126	Luca Van Boven	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
127	Baptiste Vadic	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
128	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
129	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
130	Nil Gimeno	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
131	Mattia Negrente	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
132	Gustav Wang	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
133	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
134	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
135	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:38
136	Federico Biagini	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
137	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
138	Ludovic Robeet	Cofidis	s.t.
139	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
140	Jonas Hem Hvideberg	Uno-X Mobility	0:40
141	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
142	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
143	Filippo Fiorelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	0:43
144	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	0:59
145	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	1:05
146	Colby Lange	Project Echelon Racing	s.t.
147	Mika Heming	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:08
148	Gleb Syritsa	XDS Astana Team	1:11
149	Jack Rootkin-Gray	EF Education-EasyPost	1:18
150	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	1:22
151	Rory Townsend	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:32
152	Oliver Juul Mortensen	X-Speed United	s.t.
153	Kiya Rogora	X-Speed United	s.t.
154	Tyler Stites	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:34
155	Jasper Dejaegher	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:40
156	Halvor Dolven	Intermarché-Wanty	1:42
157	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
158	Joseph Pidcock	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
159	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
160	Lars Craps	Lotto	s.t.
161	Henri Vandenabeele	Lotto	s.t.
162	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:45
163	Baptiste Poulard	Arkea-B&B Hotels	2:50
164	Baptiste Gillet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	2:57
165	Swann Gloux	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
166	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	3:10

 

Course map & profile:

Trofeo Palma map

Trofeo Palma profile

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Saturday, February 1: Race 4, Trofeo Andratx - Mirador del Colomer (Pollença), 151 km. Race cancelled.

Course map & profile

The peloton before the stage was cancelled. Getty photo

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Weather at the city of Pollença, on the route and near the finish at 2:10 PM, local time: 10C (50F), cloudy, with the wind from the east at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is a 20% chance of rain, rising to 54% at 5:00 PM.

The race: Here is the race organizer's explanation for the race cancellation:

The Andratx-Pollença Trophy, the fourth round of the XXXIV Garden Hotels-Luxcom Challenge Ciclista a Mallorca, was suspended at kilometre 23. Given the adverse conditions, with heavy rain and after several falls in the first kilometres of the day, the riders have informed the Technical Jury of the race of their decision to stop the race and declare it finished.

From the Organisation of the race, its general director Manuel Hernández has expressed his disappointment at the circumstances and has explained that the riders have had no other option. “It is a complicated and also sad day, because organising a race takes a lot of work and there are a lot of personnel involved, sponsors, etc., but we have not been able to overcome the weather and non-weather conditions. It is the riders who have made a unilateral decision and have decided to stop and not the Organisation”, he said.

Hernández believes that “the safety of the riders comes first”, but he regretted that, in the decision taken, the Organisation “had no say in it”, which he considered “a lack of respect”. He went further: “If this were the Vuelta or the Tour, I would bet that it would not have happened”.

The Organisation regrets the injuries suffered by some of the cyclists who have been involved in a fall and wishes them all a speedy recovery.

Results: No results.The race was cancelled.

Trofeo Andratx map & profile:

Trofeo Andratx map

Trofeo Andratx profile

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Friday, January 31: Race 3, Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana, Lluc - Selva, 151.3 km

Course map & profile:

Florian Stork gets his first pro win in Selva.

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Weather at the finish city of Selva at 1:50 PM, local time: 11C (52F), cloudy, with the wind from the north at 23 km/hr (14 km/hr). There is a 60% chance of rain at 2:00 PM.

The race: Here's the report from second-place Martin Marcellusi's Team VF Group Bardiani-CSF Faizanè.

At the Trofeo Serra Tramuntana, the team delivered a strong collective performance: Alessandro Pinarello, Filippo Fiorelli, and Marcellusi himself successfully led the chase of Morgado, battling for the final victory. The decisive move came from Florian Stork, while just behind him, Marcellusi secured an excellent second place, postponing his first professional win but securing the first podium of the season for VF Group Bardiani-CSF Faizanè. Also finishing in the Top 10 was Filippo Fiorelli, who took tenth place, while Alessandro Pinarello finished 12th.

Here are the words of Martin Marcellusi:"Today, I felt really good on the climbs. After Soller, we lost some ground on the descent, but we managed to catch up. I felt a bit too tired for the final stretch, so I fueled up more than usual and noticed that my legs were responding well. The initial plan was to position Fiorelli as best as possible for the final, but he was also quite tired and gave me the green light. When Stork attacked, I didn’t have the energy to catch him. However, I’m very satisfied with this second place. I want to thank my teammates, Pinarello and Fiorelli, who were impeccable, and the entire team."

Complete results:

151.3 kilomometers raced at an average speed of 46.128 km/hr

1	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3hr 16min 48sec
2	Martin Marcellusi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	@ 18sec
3	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	0:24
4	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar Team	0:25
5	Raúl García	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
6	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
7	Diego Ulissi	XDS Astana Team	0:28
8	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
9	Henri Vandenabeele	Lotto	0:31
10	Filippo Fiorelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
11	Hugo de la Calle	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
12	Alessandro Pinarello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	0:36
13	Fabio Christen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:09
14	Louis Barré	Intermarché-Wanty	2:12
15	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:14
16	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	2:20
17	Cristian Scaroni	XDS Astana Team	2:35
18	William Barta	Movistar Team	2:38
19	Luke Tuckwell	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	2:40
20	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	2:43
21	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
22	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:46
23	Lorenzo Finn	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
24	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:48
25	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:53
26	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	3:06
27	Juan Prieto José	Petrolike	3:32
28	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:36
29	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:36
30	Jakub Otruba	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:38
31	Xabier Berasategi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	6:41
32	Marton Dina	Euskaltel-Euskadi	6:47
33	Walter Calzoni	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:49
34	Garin Kelley	XSpeed United	s.t.
35	Toon Clynhens	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
36	Simon Guglielmi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
37	Edoardo Zamperini	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
38	Marco Martin	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
39	Lars Craps	Lotto	7:01
40	Simone Velasco	XDS Astana Team	7:02
41	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	7:08
42	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X Mobility	7:21
43	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
44	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	7:38
45	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	7:38
46	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	7:49
47	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	7:57
48	Odd Christian Eiking	Unibet Tietema Rockets	9:02
49	Andoni Lopez de Abetxuko	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
50	Clément Alleno	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
51	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
52	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
53	Alvaro Sagrado Perez	Illes Balears Arabay Cycling	s.t.
54	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
55	Fabian Weiss	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
56	Daniel Cavia	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
57	Abram Stockman	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
58	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
59	Merhawi Kudus	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
60	Owen Geleijn	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
61	Andrii Ponomar	Petrolike	s.t.
62	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
63	Jelle Johannink	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
64	Adrien Boichis	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
65	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
66	Iván García Cortina	Movistar Team	s.t.
67	Ruben Fernandez	Sabgal - Anicolor Cycling Team	s.t.
68	Hugo Scala Jr	Project Echelon Racing	9:11
69	Jonathan Caicedo	Petrolike	s.t.
70	Alex Aranburu	Cofidis	s.t.
71	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	9:15
72	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
73	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
74	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar Team	s.t.
75	Andreas Kron	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
76	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	9:17
77	Aimé De Gendt	Cofidis	s.t.
78	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	s.t.
79	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	9:19
80	Ander Ganzabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	9:21
81	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	9:22
82	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
83	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
84	Tyler Stites	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
85	Luca Van Boven	Intermarché-Wanty	9:33
86	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar Team	9:37

 

Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana course map & profile:

Here's the map

Here's the profile

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Thursday, January 30: Race 2, Trofeo Ses Salines-Colonia Sant Jordi, 184.5 km

Course map & profile

Marijn van den Berg beats Anthony Turgis for the win. Photo: Getty Sport

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Weather at the finish city of Colonia Sant Jordi at 2:20 PM, local time: 16C (61F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west-northwest at 23 km/hr (14 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from winner Martijn van den Berg's Team EF Education-EasyPost.

Marijn van den Berg closed out a massive effort from his EF Education-EasyPost teammates with a sprint victory at the Trofeo Ses Salines.

The Dutchman kept his cool in the final kilometer and then launched up the left side of the pack and left all of his rivals behind him. As he crossed the finish line, Marijn swung his arm in the air and let out a whoop of joy. His teammates soon gathered around to celebrate with him. This victory was the best way for Marijn and his leadout squad to start the season.

“First race, first win is really good,” Marijn said after the finish. “In the sprint, I just tried to focus on my own race. We knew that it was a little bit windy today and made a plan to stay on the left side, where we were more covered from the wind. We all did really well to focus on the plan. For us it was a perfect situation. The sprint went really well and I could keep them in my wheel.”

This win belongs to James Shaw, Rui Costa, Jack Rootkin-Gray, Michael Valgren, Owain Doull, and Vincenzo Albanese, too. As soon as the commissaire dropped his flag at the start of the second day of the Challenge Mallorca, the whole team committed to Marijn’s cause, trusting that the winner of the 2023 edition of the race could pull it off if they got him to the final kilometer at the front of the peloton.

A strong wind was blowing off of the Mediterranean, making their work hard, but the team kept in front, keeping the day’s breakaway in check, as they rolled around the southern corner of the island, winding through olive groves between dry stone walls.

As the finish line approached, riders surged ahead, but EF Education-EasyPost stuck together, chasing them down with Marijn in their draft. All of the work that they put in over the past weeks of training together in Mallorca has paid off.

“The team did a super good job getting me out of the wind,” Marijn said. “We trained really hard here. We did a training camp with the team and know the roads quite well now. You can do everything here. For me, it's perfect. I always like training and racing here. I’m super happy, and tomorrow we go again.”

Tomorrow, EF Education-EasyPost will take on the Trofeo Serra Tramuntana, which crosses the mountains on the northwest coast of Mallorca.

“It's a different race, of course, but I will do my best to be up there again,” Marijn says.

Complete results:

184.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.282 km/hr

1	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	4hr 4min 28sec
2	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
3	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
4	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
5	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar Team	s.t.
6	Max Kanter	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
7	Davide Bomboi	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
8	Matthias Schwarzbacher	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
9	Matteo Malucelli	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
10	Francisco Galván	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
11	Haimar Etxeberria	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
12	Carlos Garcia	Petrolike	s.t.
13	Milan Menten	Lotto	s.t.
14	Juan Prieto José	Petrolike	s.t.
15	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
16	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
17	Emmanuel Houcou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
18	Francisco Peñuela	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
19	Cesar Macias	Petrolike	s.t.
20	Georgios Boúglas	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
21	David Martin	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
22	Miguel Angel Fernandez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
23	Enrico Zanoncello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
24	Vince Gerits	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
25	Abram Stockman	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
26	David Dekker	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
27	Ricard Fito	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
28	Luca Colnaghi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
29	Daniel Cavia	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
30	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	s.t.
31	Filippo Fiorelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
32	Giacomo Nizzolo	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
33	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Luca Mozzato	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
35	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
36	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
37	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
38	Iván García Cortina	Movistar Team	s.t.
39	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
40	Lorenzo Peschi	Petrolike	s.t.
41	Rory Townsend	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
42	Andoni Lopez de Abetxuko	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
43	Sebastian Nielsen	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
44	Sergio Trueba	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
45	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
46	Iker Bonillo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
47	Romet Pajur	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
48	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
49	Tuur Dens	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
50	Xabier Berasategi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
51	Davide Donati	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
52	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar Team	@ 8sec
53	Lorenzo Conforti	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
54	Joseph Pidcock	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
55	Victor Martinez Garcia	Sabgal/Anicolor	0:10
56	Albert Riera Joan	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
57	Baptiste Gillet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
58	Marcos Freire	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:14
59	Alejandro Callejas	Petrolike	s.t.
60	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
61	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
62	Davide Cimolai	Movistar Team	s.t.
63	Clément Alleno	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
64	Garin Kelley	XSpeed United	s.t.
65	Kristian Klevgård	XSpeed United	s.t.
66	Joan Gamundi	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
67	Paul Fietzke	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
68	Filippo Turconi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
69	Marcel Camprubí	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
70	Jonathan Caicedo	Petrolike	s.t.
71	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
72	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
73	Ethan Craine	Project Echelon Racing	21
74	Filippo D'Aiuto	Petrolike	s.t.
75	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
76	Louis Raymond	XSpeed United	s.t.
77	Lorenz Van de Wynkele	Lotto	s.t.
78	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
79	Vojtech Kminek	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
80	Jakub Otruba	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
81	Tim Riesen	XSpeed United	s.t.
82	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
83	Brem Deman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
84	Davide Toneatti	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
85	David González	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
86	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	s.t.
87	Diego Ulissi	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
88	Owen Geleijn	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
89	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
90	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
91	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
92	Theodor Clemmensen	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
93	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
94	Luca Van Boven	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
95	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto	s.t.
96	Rui Costa	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
97	Charlie Paige	Unibet Tietema Rockets	0:29
98	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	0:30
99	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
100	Colby Lange	Project Echelon Racing	s.t.
101	Ruben Fernandez	Sabgal/Anicolor	s.t.
102	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
103	Lindsay De Vylder	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
104	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
105	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
106	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:34
107	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
108	Samuel Boardman	Project Echelon Racing	s.t.
109	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
110	Mika Heming	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
111	Baptiste Vadic	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
112	Gustav Wang	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
113	Mattia Negrente	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
114	Lorrenzo Manzin	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
115	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	0:43
116	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
117	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
118	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
119	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
120	Nil Gimeno	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
121	Xavier Cañellas	Sabgal/Anicolor	s.t.
122	Thomas Gachignard	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
123	Halvor Dolven	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
124	Pau Llaneras	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
125	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
126	Unai Esparza	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
127	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
128	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
129	Baptiste Poulard	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
130	William Barta	Movistar Team	s.t.
131	Swann Gloux	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
132	Jannik Steimle	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
133	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
134	Sinuhé Fernandez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
135	Lars Craps	Lotto	s.t.
136	Pedro Silva	Sabgal/Anicolor	0:50
137	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:53
138	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
139	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:07
140	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
141	Geoffrey Soupe	Team TotalEnergies	1:15
142	George Radcliffe	XSpeed United	1:16
143	Mason Hollyman	Sabgal/Anicolor	s.t.
144	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
145	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
146	Ludovic Robeet	Cofidis	s.t.
147	Edgar Curto Pellicer	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
148	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
149	Tomoya Koyama	Burgos Burpellet BH	1:21
150	Aimé De Gendt	Cofidis	1:25
151	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	s.t.
152	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:50
153	Jack Rootkin-Gray	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
154	Jelle Johannink	Unibet Tietema Rockets	2:09
155	Gleb Syritsa	XDS Astana Team	2:45
156	Tyler Stites	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:48
157	Joshua Anderson	XSpeed United	3:13
158	Cedrik Bakke Christophersen	Unibet Tietema Rockets	3:41
159	Jonas Walton	Project Echelon Racing	3:50
160	Brendan Rhim	Project Echelon Racing	3:52
161	Federico Biagini	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	5:24
162	Tiago Santos	Sabgal/Anicolor	s.t.
163	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
164	Kiya Rogora	XSpeed United	s.t.
165	Goncalo Oliveira	Sabgal/Anicolor	6:20
166	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	7:27
167	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.

 

Course map & profile:

Trofeo Ses Salines-Colonia Sant Jordi map

Trofeo Ses Salines-Colonia Sant Jordi profile

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Wednesday, January 29: Race 1, Trofeo Calvià, Palmanova - Palmanova, 149.6 km. Palmanova Mallorca should not be confused with the city with the same name in northeast Italy.

Course map & profile

Jan Christen takes a solo win in Palmanova.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Palmanova at 2:20 PM, local time: 15C (59F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 32 km/hr (19 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from winner Jan Christen's UAE Team Emirates:

Jan Christen took the fourth win of the season for UAE Team Emirates-XRG with a classy solo victory at the Trofeo Calvia on day one of the Challenge Mallorca.

The Swiss talent played a clever tactical game, taking advantage of a lull in the group to bridge across solo to the two leaders, Frederick Wandahl (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) and Christian Scaroni (XDS Astana), at -10km to go.

With no immediate answer from the reduced peloton the trio worked together to maintain a lead, before Christian hit-out solo with an explosive attack at -1km to go and was able to cross the line solo with his arms aloft.

Antonio Morgado also continued to show his form with 3rd place as he put in a strong shift covering the attacks behind for Christen.

Christen : “I’m super happy, I have really good condition and the first two races were already good with Morgado taking a win and now me as well.

"Today, Tudor pulled all day at a super-hard pace and I didn’t have the best legs. So I tried to save as much energy as possible until the end and then make one or two good moves. To get away and win the race is amazing.

"I did some super good winter training in Gran Canaria, and could make another step forward. Taking a win already is amazing and I’m super happy. My thanks must also go to the team who did an excellent job.”

Complete results:

149.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.797 km/hr

1	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3hr 34min 45sec
2	Christian Scaroni	XDS Astana Team	@ 6sec
3	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
4	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
5	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:15
6	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar Team	0:17
7	Simone Velasco	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
8	Alex Aranburu	Cofidis	s.t.
9	Francisco Galván	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
10	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
11	Louis Barré	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
12	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
13	Fabio Christen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
14	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
15	Jelle Johannink	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
16	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
17	Giovanni Carboni	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
18	Martin Marcellusi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
19	Jon Agirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
20	Andrii Ponomar	Petrolike	s.t.
21	Henri Vandenabeele	Lotto	s.t.
22	Kamiel Bonneu	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
23	Thomas Gachignard	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
24	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
25	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
26	Diego Ulissi	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
27	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
28	Ewen Costiou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
29	Adrien Boichis	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
30	Ruben Fernandez	Sabgal-Anicolor Cycling Team	s.t.
31	Davide Toneatti	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
32	Edgar Cadena	Petrolike	s.t.
33	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
34	Odd Christian Eiking	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
35	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
36	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
37	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
38	Alessio Martinelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
39	Alessandro Pinarello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
40	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
41	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
42	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
43	Lorenzo Galimberti	Petrolike	s.t.
44	Anthon Charmig	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
45	Davide Formolo	Movistar Team	1:07
46	Luca Van Boven	Intermarché-Wanty	2:38
47	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	3:31
48	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3:59
49	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
50	Lars Craps	Lotto	7:16
51	Luke Tuckwell	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	8:26
52	William Barta	Movistar Team	s.t.
53	Filippo Turconi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	8:53
54	Cesar Macias	Petrolike	s.t.
55	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
56	Francisco Peñuela	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
57	Haimar Etxeberria	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
58	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
59	Toon Clynhens	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
60	Jose Maria Garcia	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
61	Sinuhé Fernandez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
62	Owen Geleijn	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
63	Alejandro Callejas	Petrolike	s.t.
64	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar Team	s.t.
65	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
66	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
67	Edoardo Zamperini	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
68	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
69	Alvaro Sagrado Perez	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
70	Alan Jousseaume	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
71	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	s.t.
72	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
73	Manuele Tarozzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
74	Marco Brenner	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
75	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
76	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
77	Rui Costa	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
78	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
79	Callum Thornley	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
80	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
81	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
82	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
83	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
84	Jonathan Caicedo	Petrolike	s.t.
85	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
86	Walter Calzoni	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	12:46
87	Abram Stockman	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
88	Enea Sambinello	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
89	David González	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
90	Jakub Otruba	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
91	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
92	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
93	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
94	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
95	Vicente Rojas	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
96	Hugo de la Calle	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
97	Jasper Dejaegher	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
98	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
99	Marton Dina	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
100	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
101	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
102	Cole Davis	Project Echelon Racing	s.t.
103	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
104	Geoffrey Soupe	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
105	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
106	Baptiste Poulard	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
107	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
108	Hugo Scala Jr	Project Echelon Racing	s.t.
109	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
110	Tyler Stites	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.

Trofeo Calvià course map & profile:

Trofeo Calvià course map

Trofeo Calvià profile