Challenge de Mallorca 2020 (3 Trofeo Pollença-Port d’Andratx) – [Highlights] (spanish)

February 1, 2020

Challenge de Mallorca 2020 – Trofeo Pollença-Port d’Andratx – Pollença – Andratx : 168,9 km

The Challenge Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca (English: Tour of Majorca, Catalan: Challenge Volta Ciclista a Mallorca) is a series of four (five until 2012) professional one day road bicycle races held on the Spanish island of Mallorca in late January or 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.

Marc Soler claimed his and the Movistar team’s first victory of the 2020 campaign with a solo triumph above Port d’Andratx in the third leg of the Challenge Mallorca series on Saturday.

The Spaniard had Bora-Hansgrohe’s Gregor Mühlberger for company heading onto the two-kilometre final climb, and he managed to drop the Austrian on the nine per cent gradients.

Davide Villella made it a near-perfect day for Movistar, emerging from the chase group to take the final spot on the podium.

The Trofeo Pollença-Port d’Andratx was the third race in the 2020 Challenge Mallorca, which is a series of four back-to-back one-day races rather than a stage race.

The 168.9-kilometre route took the riders from the northern pocket of the Spanish island down to the western town of Port d’Andratx, where the final climb would provide a sting in the tail.

There were five categorised climbs in the opening 111km, and it was on the last two – the combination of the Coll de Sa Pedrissa-Can Costa (5.9km at 4.7 per cent) and the Coll den Claret (2.6km at 4.8 per cent) – that the race exploded into life.

A group of 20 riders broke free from the peloton, including Soler, Mühlberger and Villella. They went on to catch early breakaway riders Claudio Imhof (Switzerland) and Mads Würtz Schmidt (Israel Cycling Academy) on the rugged terrain that led towards the finale.

Bora-Hansgrohe’s new signing Lennard Kämna went on the attack but crashed on a downhill section, and he was caught and passed when Soler went on the attack with just over 15km remaining. Mühlberger was on the wheel and the pair combined to take on the final climb with a handsome advantage.

Soler landed his final, killer blow inside the final kilometre, pulling convincingly away from Mühlberger to start the season – on in which he has heightened responsibility after the departures of Nairo Quintana and Mikel Landa – with a bang.

In the dash for the line, it was Moschetti who prevailed over one of the big sprint names of 2019, with Ackermann having to settle for the runner’s up spot on his first race day of 2020.

Results :
1 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 4:17:56
2 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora – Hansgrohe 0:00:11
3 Davide Villella (Ita) Movistar Team 0:01:04
4 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Bora – Hansgrohe
5 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Arkea – Samsic 0:01:10
6 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal 0:01:22
7 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Fundacion – Orbea 0:01:39
8 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Circus – Wanty Gobert 0:01:40
9 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora – Hansgrohe 0:02:55
10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:57
11 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:58
12 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Fundacion – Orbea
13 Jose Manuel Gutierrez Revuelta (Spa) Gios – Kiwi Atlantico
14 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team 0:03:01
15 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:03:03
16 Diego Rubio Hernandez (Spa) Burgos – Bh
17 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora – Hansgrohe 0:03:08
18 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
19 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek – Segafredo
20 Maximilian Stedman (GBr) Canyon Dhb P / B Soreen
21 Antonio Angulo Sampedro (Spa) Fundacion – Orbea 0:03:15
22 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Ktm
23 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Lotto Soudal
24 Damian Lüscher (Swi) Swiss Racing Academy 0:03:20
25 Ibai Azurmendi Sagastibeltza (Spa) Fundacion – Orbea 0:03:22
26 Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Team Arkea – Samsic 0:03:26
27 Jerome Baugnies (Bel) Canyon Dhb P / B Soreen 0:03:27
28 Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
29 Alejandro Ropero Molina (Spa) Kometa Xstra Cycling Team
30 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Fundacion – Orbea 0:03:32
31 Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani Csf Faizane’ 0:03:36
32 Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros Rga 0:03:43
33 Aaron Van Poucke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:03:46
34 Antonio Santoro (Ita) Work Service – Dinatek – Vega
35 Simone Velasco (Ita) Gazprom – Rusvelo
36 Mauro Schmid (Swi) Switzerland 0:03:54
37 Oier Lazkano Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros Rga 0:03:55
38 Márton Dina (Hun) Kometa Xstra Cycling Team
39 Jon Agirre Egaña (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
40 Juan Fernando Calle Hurtado (Col) Caja Rural – Seguros Rga
41 Jose Felix Parra Cuerda (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
42 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek – Segafredo 0:04:03
43 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Start – Up Nation 0:04:05
44 Jaime Castrillo Zapater (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:04:21
45 Willem Jakobus Smit (RSA) Burgos – Bh
46 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Ktm 0:04:33
47 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Canyon Dhb P / B Soreen 0:04:42
48 Kevin Deltombe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
49 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Israel Start – Up Nation
50 Quinn Simmons (USA) Trek – Segafredo
51 Raul Colombo (Ita) Work Service – Dinatek – Vega
52 Lukas Rüegg (Swi) Swiss Racing Academy
53 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:04:56
54 Kobe Goossens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
55 Stefano Oldani (Ita) Lotto Soudal
56 Jacob Scott (GBr) Canyon Dhb P / B Soreen
57 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
58 Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:05:07
59 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Fundacion – Orbea
60 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Caja Rural – Seguros Rga
61 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek – Segafredo 0:05:18
62 Julen Irizar Laskurain (Spa) Fundacion – Orbea 0:05:40
63 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani Csf Faizane’
64 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros Rga 0:05:46
65 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel Start – Up Nation 0:05:48
66 Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Start – Up Nation
67 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
68 Simone Petilli (Ita) Circus – Wanty Gobert
69 Petr Rikunov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:05:53
70 Stefan Bissegger (Swi) Switzerland 0:06:31
71 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Movistar Team 0:07:02
72 Matthias Reutimann (Swi) Swiss Racing Academy
73 Mads Schmidt Würtz (Den) Israel Start – Up Nation 0:07:17
74 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora – Hansgrohe 0:07:27
75 Umberto Orsini (Ita) Bardiani Csf Faizane’ 0:07:39
76 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:07:50
77 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek – Segafredo 0:08:18
78 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Team Arkea – Samsic 0:08:36
79 Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:08:43
80 Filippo Zana (Ita) Bardiani Csf Faizane’ 0:09:00
81 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek – Segafredo 0:09:07
82 Claudio Imhof (Swi) Switzerland 0:10:13
83 Alejandro Osorio Carvajal (Col) Caja Rural – Seguros Rga
84 Callum Macleod (GBr) Canyon Dhb P / B Soreen 0:11:46
85 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Circus – Wanty Gobert
86 Ivan Moreno Sanchez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
87 Aleksei Rybalkin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:12:02
88 Denis Nekrasov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
89 Emiel Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
90 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora – Hansgrohe
91 Robin Froidevaux (Swi) Switzerland
92 Yannis Voisard (Swi) Swiss Racing Academy 0:12:38
93 Giacomo Garavaglia (Ita) Kometa Xstra Cycling Team 0:12:59
94 Abram Stockman (Bel) Team Sks Sauerland Nrw 0:13:28
95 Michiel Stockman (Bel) Team Sks Sauerland Nrw 0:13:48
96 Jonas Härtig (Ger) Team Sks Sauerland Nrw 0:13:49
97 Joab Schneiter (Swi) Swiss Racing Academy 0:13:50
98 Ricardo Vilela (Por) Burgos – Bh
99 Cristian Scaroni (Ita) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:14:06
100 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:14:09
101 Franklín Chacón (Ven) Gios – Kiwi Atlantico
102 Dario Puccioni (Ita) Work Service – Dinatek – Vega 0:14:13
103 Alessandro Iacchi (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Ktm
104 David Galarreta Ugarte (Spa) Gios – Kiwi Atlantico 0:14:18
105 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Israel Start – Up Nation 0:14:51
106 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
107 Daniel Savini (Ita) Bardiani Csf Faizane’ 0:16:35
108 Yurgen Clesman Ramirez Uzcategui (Ven) Gios – Kiwi Atlantico 0:26:53
109 Carmelo Urbano Fontiveros (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros Rga 0:27:08
110 Antonio Puppio (Ita) Kometa Xstra Cycling Team
111 Wincent Wallinder (Swe) Memil Pro Cycling 0:27:41
112 Emils Liepins (Lat) Trek – Segafredo
DNF Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Bora – Hansgrohe
DNF Matthias Brändle (Aut) Israel Start – Up Nation
DNF Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Team Arkea – Samsic
DNF Christophe Noppe (Bel) Team Arkea – Samsic
DNF Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Arkea – Samsic
DNS Lukasz Owsian (Pol) Team Arkea – Samsic
DNF Alfdan De Decker (Bel) Circus – Wanty Gobert
DNS Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Circus – Wanty Gobert
DNF Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Circus – Wanty Gobert
DNF Alex Molenaar (Ned) Burgos – Bh
DNF Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos – Bh
DNF Isaac Canton Serrano (Spa) Burgos – Bh
DNF Juan Felipe Osorio Arboleda (Col) Burgos – Bh
DNF Francesco Romano (Ita) Bardiani Csf Faizane’
DNF Alessandro Monaco (Ita) Bardiani Csf Faizane’
DNF Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Vini Zabu’ Ktm
DNF Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Ktm
DNF Mattia Bevilacqua (Ita) Vini Zabu’ Ktm
DNF Diego Pablo Sevilla Lopez (Spa) Kometa Xstra Cycling Team
DNF Sergio Garcia Gonzalez (Spa) Kometa Xstra Cycling Team
DNF Riccardo Verza (Ita) Kometa Xstra Cycling Team
DNF Thomas Stewart (GBr) Canyon Dhb P / B Soreen
DNF Robert Scott (GBr) Canyon Dhb P / B Soreen
DNF Sergio Nestor Araiz Michel (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
DNF Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
DNF Ruben Eggenberg (Swi) Swiss Racing Academy
DNF Yves Lütolf (Swi) Swiss Racing Academy
DNF Alejandro Regueiro Perez (Spa) Gios – Kiwi Atlantico
DNF Miguel Angel Fernandez Ruiz (Spa) Gios – Kiwi Atlantico
DNF Fernando Lopes Gonzalez (Spa) Gios – Kiwi Atlantico
DNF Lars Kulbe (Ger) Team Sks Sauerland Nrw
DNF Julian Braun (Ger) Team Sks Sauerland Nrw
DNS Per Christian Münstermann (Ger) Team Sks Sauerland Nrw
DNF Lukas Baldinger (Ger) Team Sks Sauerland Nrw
DNF Ollie Morgan (GBr) Memil Pro Cycling
DNF Willhelm Wallinder (Swe) Memil Pro Cycling
DNF Christoffer Eriksson (Swe) Memil Pro Cycling
DNF Emil Andersson (Swe) Memil Pro Cycling
DNF Carl Ljunggren (Swe) Memil Pro Cycling
DNF Andreas Andersson (Swe) Memil Pro Cycling
DNS Federico Burchio (Ita) Work Service – Dinatek – Vega
DNF Nicolas Coppolino (Ita) Work Service – Dinatek – Vega
DNS Paolo Totò (Ita) Work Service – Dinatek – Vega
DNF Francesco Zandri (Ita) Work Service – Dinatek – Vega
DNF Laurin Bachmann (Swi) Switzerland
DNF Tristan Marguet (Swi) Switzerland
DNF Scott Quincey (Swi) Switzerland