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January 27, 2017
Challenge de Mallorca 2018 – Trofeo Lloseta – Andratx – Lloseta – Andratx – 175 km
The Challenge Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca (English: Tour of Majorca,
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Challenge de Mallorca 2018 – Trofeo Lloseta – Andratx – Lloseta – Andratx – 175 km
January 27, 2017
Challenge de Mallorca 2018 – Trofeo Lloseta – Andratx – Lloseta – Andratx – 175 km
The Challenge Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca (English: Tour of Majorca, Catalan: Challenge Volta Ciclista a Mallorca) is a series of five professional one day road bicycle races held on the Spanish island of Mallorca in early February. The event is used as an early season preparatory event by many of the top teams in readiness for the bigger races later in the season. The five races are ranked 1.1 on the UCI Europe Tour.
Toms Skujins (Trek-Segafredo) pulled off a brilliant solo victory on the third day of racing in the Challenge Mallorca in the Trofeo Lloseta – Andratx. The 26-year-old Latvian put in a vicious counter-attack as his teammate Michael Gogl was caught, and soloed to victory over a group of top favourites.
Gregor Muhlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe) escaped for second, well behind Skujins, with Elmar Reinders (Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij) rounding out the podium.
It was the first win since last year’s Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali for Skujins, who moved from Cannondale-Drapac to Trek-Segafredo this season.
“That was hard, much harder than expected”, Skujins said after his victory. “I was in trouble a lot of times but in the end with the teamwork we had it was just incredible. The way we rode today it was really a pleasure to be wearing the Trek-Segafredo jersey. We never sat back, we were always up there for the action, and if it were not for Michael Gogl going on the attack for 60kms, we wouldn’t have won today. We saw in the end when Gogl was still solo – we had 3 or 4 guys in the next group so all we had to do was follow the wheels, and that we could go on the offensive again when he was caught.”
The lumpiest day of the Challenge Mallorca from Lloseta to Andratx would always be a difficult day, but wind and rain made conditions even more challenging for the peloton. With the first climb cresting 50km into the stage, it took an hour before the first breakaway could get away.
It wasn’t for lack of trying; Brian Van Goethem (Roompot) attacked from the flag drop, then another group swept him up, making it five, but they too were reeled in as another group split off.
Van Goethem continued to be a player in the moves, as did Preben van Hecke (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise) and Daniel Turek (Israel Cycling Academy), but as the first classified climb kicked up, the peloton came back together.
The descent shattered the peloton into several groups, as some riders were unwilling to take risks this early in the season. The peloton regrouped in the valley between the two major climbs, but it was just a momentary breather as attacks soon resumed.
A three-man breakaway went clear before the second climb, with Elie Gesbert (Fortuneo-Samsic), Daniel Turek (Israel Cycling Academy) and Preben Van Hecke (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise) making the move. They carved out a gap of a couple minutes while the peloton collected itself, but by the top of the second KOM, the trio were back in its clutches.
Gogl was the next to go, and his advantage never reached much more than a minute on a shrinking peloton, but he persisted and was only caught with 6km to go.
His teammate Skujins launched a promising counterattack as Gogl was brought back, and despite a furious chase from Pim Ligthart (Roompot) and Lukas Postlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe), the Latvian extended his advantage.
Results :
1 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 4:19:14
2 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:25
3 Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij 0:00:31
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:42
5 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
6 Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
7 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
8 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky
9 Vicente Garcia (Spa) Spain
10 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
11 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
12 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Fortuneo-Oscaro 0:00:46
13 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
14 Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
15 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:13
16 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky
17 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:16
18 Ibai Azurmendi Sagastibeltza (Spa) Team Euskadi 0:01:18
19 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky 0:01:59
20 Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Spa) Burgos BH 0:02:27
21 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:44
22 Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:51
23 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:03:54
24 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
25 Jose Manuel Diaz (Spa) Israel Cycling Academy
26 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:03:59
27 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:05:32
28 Jaime Roson (Spa) Movistar Team
29 Alberto Amici (Ita) Biesse Carrera Gavardo
30 Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
31 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
32 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
33 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo-Oscaro
34 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:06:37
35 Kevin Deltombe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:09:48
36 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
37 Omer Goldshtein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
38 James Shaw (GBr) Lotto Soudal
39 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
40 Igor Merino Kortazar (Spa) Burgos BH
41 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
42 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:13:06
43 Ricardo Garcia (Spa) Team Euskadi 0:15:21
44 Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
45 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 0:17:03
46 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Sky
47 Peio Goikoetxea Goiogana (Spa) Team Euskadi
48 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
49 Enrico Salvador (Ita) Biesse Carrera Gavardo
50 Mathias Van Gompel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
51 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Trek-Segafredo
52 Julien Stassen (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
53 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Fortuneo-Oscaro
54 Nicolas Sessler (Bra) Burgos BH
55 Awet Andemeskel (Eri) Israel Cycling Academy
57 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
58 Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team
59 Beñat Txoperena Matxikote (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
60 Lorenzo Delcó (Swi) Biesse Carrera Gavardo
61 Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar Jaimez (Spa) Team Euskadi
62 Márton Dina (Hun) Pannon 0:23:15
 is a series of five professional one day road bicycle races held on the Spanish island of Mallorca in early February. The event is used as an early season preparatory event by many of the top teams in readiness for the bigger races later in the season. The five races are ranked 1.1 on the UCI Europe Tour.
Toms Skujins (Trek-Segafredo) pulled off a brilliant solo victory on the third day of racing in the Challenge Mallorca in the Trofeo Lloseta - Andratx. The 26-year-old Latvian put in a vicious counter-attack as his teammate Michael Gogl was caught, and soloed to victory over a group of top favourites.
Gregor Muhlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe) escaped for second, well behind Skujins, with Elmar Reinders (Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij) rounding out the podium.
It was the first win since last year's Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali for Skujins, who moved from Cannondale-Drapac to Trek-Segafredo this season.
"That was hard, much harder than expected", Skujins said after his victory. "I was in trouble a lot of times but in the end with the teamwork we had it was just incredible. The way we rode today it was really a pleasure to be wearing the Trek-Segafredo jersey. We never sat back, we were always up there for the action, and if it were not for Michael Gogl going on the attack for 60kms, we wouldn't have won today. We saw in the end when Gogl was still solo - we had 3 or 4 guys in the next group so all we had to do was follow the wheels, and that we could go on the offensive again when he was caught."
The lumpiest day of the Challenge Mallorca from Lloseta to Andratx would always be a difficult day, but wind and rain made conditions even more challenging for the peloton. With the first climb cresting 50km into the stage, it took an hour before the first breakaway could get away.
It wasn't for lack of trying; Brian Van Goethem (Roompot) attacked from the flag drop, then another group swept him up, making it five, but they too were reeled in as another group split off.
Van Goethem continued to be a player in the moves, as did Preben van Hecke (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise) and Daniel Turek (Israel Cycling Academy), but as the first classified climb kicked up, the peloton came back together.
The descent shattered the peloton into several groups, as some riders were unwilling to take risks this early in the season. The peloton regrouped in the valley between the two major climbs, but it was just a momentary breather as attacks soon resumed.
A three-man breakaway went clear before the second climb, with Elie Gesbert (Fortuneo-Samsic), Daniel Turek (Israel Cycling Academy) and Preben Van Hecke (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise) making the move. They carved out a gap of a couple minutes while the peloton collected itself, but by the top of the second KOM, the trio were back in its clutches.
Gogl was the next to go, and his advantage never reached much more than a minute on a shrinking peloton, but he persisted and was only caught with 6km to go.
His teammate Skujins launched a promising counterattack as Gogl was brought back, and despite a furious chase from Pim Ligthart (Roompot) and Lukas Postlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe), the Latvian extended his advantage.
<strong>Results : </strong>
1 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 4:19:14
2 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:25
3 Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij 0:00:31
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:42
5 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
6 Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
7 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
8 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky
9 Vicente Garcia (Spa) Spain
10 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
11 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
12 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Fortuneo-Oscaro 0:00:46
13 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
14 Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
15 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:13
16 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky
17 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:16
18 Ibai Azurmendi Sagastibeltza (Spa) Team Euskadi 0:01:18
19 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky 0:01:59
20 Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Spa) Burgos BH 0:02:27
21 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:44
22 Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:51
23 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:03:54
24 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
25 Jose Manuel Diaz (Spa) Israel Cycling Academy
26 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:03:59
27 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:05:32
28 Jaime Roson (Spa) Movistar Team
29 Alberto Amici (Ita) Biesse Carrera Gavardo
30 Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
31 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
32 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
33 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo-Oscaro
34 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:06:37
35 Kevin Deltombe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:09:48
36 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
37 Omer Goldshtein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
38 James Shaw (GBr) Lotto Soudal
39 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
40 Igor Merino Kortazar (Spa) Burgos BH
41 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
42 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:13:06
43 Ricardo Garcia (Spa) Team Euskadi 0:15:21
44 Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
45 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 0:17:03
46 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Sky
47 Peio Goikoetxea Goiogana (Spa) Team Euskadi
48 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
49 Enrico Salvador (Ita) Biesse Carrera Gavardo
50 Mathias Van Gompel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
51 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Trek-Segafredo
52 Julien Stassen (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
53 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Fortuneo-Oscaro
54 Nicolas Sessler (Bra) Burgos BH
55 Awet Andemeskel (Eri) Israel Cycling Academy
57 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
58 Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team
59 Beñat Txoperena Matxikote (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
60 Lorenzo Delcó (Swi) Biesse Carrera Gavardo
61 Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar Jaimez (Spa) Team Euskadi
62 Márton Dina (Hun) Pannon 0:23:15)
