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

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

Course map & profile:

Weather at the finish city of Selva

The race:

 

Results:

 

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