Challenge de Mallorca 2020 (4 Trofeo Playa de Palma-Palma) – [Highlights] (spanish)

February 2, 2020

Challenge de Mallorca 2020 – Trofeo Trofeo Playa de Palma-Palma – Palma – Palma : 159,6 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.

Matteo Moschetti (Trek-Segafredo) made it two wins and a perfect start to the season at the Challenge Mallorca, backing up his opening-day victory with another triumph in the Trofeo Palma on the final day.

The Italian beat Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Andrea Pasqualon (Circus-Wanty Gobert) to the line in a bunch sprint in Palma.

After a debut professional season with glimpses of promise but no victory, the 23-year-old now has two wins from two appearances in 2020.

Challenge Mallorca is a series of four one-day races, rather than a stage race and, after winning the Trofeo Felanitx, Ses Salines, Campos Porreres on Thursday, Moschetti chose to sit out the following two races, which were more suited to climbers.

He returned on Sunday to deliver a powerful sprint to get the better of Ackermann, one of last year’s leading sprinters, for a second time in a week.

“The first day was a surprise, first of all for me, and also for the guys, but today we were ready for the win from the start,” Moschetti said. “We showed we can control the race and have a good result. We are a strong team.

“In the last kilometer, we were just behind the train of Bora-Hansgrohe. In the last 100 meters, I took the wheel of Ackermann, and in the last 50, I tried to give my best, and yeah, it was enough. I am super happy.”

The final day of the Challenge Mallorca was always liable to finish in a bunch sprint but the climb and descent of the Col sa Creu – 6.4km at 3.7 per cent – ahead of the flat finishing circuit complicated matters.

It was there that the race ignited, with Movistar’s Enric Mas kicking off the hostilities and sparking a chaotic period of the race. The day’s early breakaway – Lluis Mas (Movistar), Brian Van Goethem (Lotto Soudal), Alvarao Cuadros (Caja Rural) – were caught, and moves came and went on the descent.

By the bottom, four riders – Jempy Drucker (Bora-Hansgrohe), Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo), Stefano Oldani (Lotto Soudal) and Loïc Vliegen (Circus-Wanty Gobert) – had pulled clear to take a slim lead onto the first of two laps of the 10km finishing circuit.

The peloton, however, made no mistake and dragged it back for a bunch sprint, where Moschetti showed again he’s a force to be reckoned with this season.

Results :
1 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 3:46:29
2 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
3 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Circus-Wanty Gobert
4 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
5 Stefano Oldani (Ita) Lotto Soudal
6 Cedric Beullens (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
7 Juan Jose Lobato del Valle (Spa) Fundacion-Orbea
8 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
9 Emils Liepins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo
10 Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
11 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Kern Pharma
12 Stefan Bissegger (Sui) Switzerland
13 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel Start-Up Nation
14 Christophe Noppe (Bel) Team Arkea-Samsic
15 Thery Schir (Sui) Swiss Racing Academy
16 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
17 Bram Welten (Ned) Team Arkea-Samsic
18 Jacob Scott (GBr) Canyon-Sram Racing
19 Xavier Cañellas Sanchez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
20 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
21 Paolo Totò (Ita) Work Service-Dinatek-Vega
22 Robin Froidevaux (Sui) Switzerland
23 Matis Louvel (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
24 Fabian Paumann (Sui) Swiss Racing Academy
25 Rasmus Byriel Iversen (Den) Lotto Soudal
26 Alex Paton (GBr) Canyon-Sram Racing
27 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
28 Antonio Angulo Sampedro (Spa) Fundacion-Orbea
29 Lukas Rüegg (Sui) Swiss Racing Academy
30 Willem Jakobus Smit (RSA) Burgos-BH
31 Antonio Jesus Soto Guirao (Spa) Fundacion-Orbea
32 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
33 Hector Saez Benito (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
34 Giacomo Garavaglia (Ita) Kometa Xstra
35 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Circus-Wanty Gobert
36 Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team
37 Jose Manuel Gutierrez Revuelta (Spa) Gios-Kiwi Atlantico
38 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM
39 Francesco Zandri (Ita) Work Service-Dinatek-Vega 0:00:04
40 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
41 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert
42 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
43 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:08
44 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM
45 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:11
46 Matthias Reutimann (Sui) Swiss Racing Academy
47 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
48 Denis Nekrasov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
49 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
50 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
51 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Israel Start-Up Nation
52 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo
53 Jon Agirre Egaña (Spa) Kern Pharma
54 Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Kern Pharma
55 Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Lotto Soudal
56 Joab Schneiter (Sui) Swiss Racing Academy
57 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:00:15
58 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
59 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Israel Start-Up Nation
60 Nils Politt (Ger) Israel Start-Up Nation
61 Patrick Gamper (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
62 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team
63 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
65 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:26
66 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:40
67 Diego Lopez Fuentes (Spa) Fundacion-Orbea 0:00:44
68 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:02
69 Miguel Angel Fernandez Ruiz (Spa) Gios-Kiwi Atlantico 0:02:42
70 Dario Puccioni (Ita) Work Service-Dinatek-Vega
71 Per Christian Münstermann (Ger) SKS Sauerland NRW
72 Alex Molenaar (Ned) Burgos-BH
73 Quinn Simmons (USA) Trek-Segafredo
74 Abram Stockman (Bel) SKS Sauerland NRW
75 Isaac Canton Serrano (Spa) Burgos-BH
76 Alejandro Ropero Molina (Spa) Kometa Xstra
77 Jerome Baugnies (Bel) Canyon-DHB Racing
78 Mathias Alexander E. Larsen (Den) Kometa Xstra
79 Yurgen Clesman Ramirez Uzcategui
80 Dmitrii Strakhov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
81 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
82 Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Start-Up Nation
83 Valère Thiébaud (Sui) Switzerland
84 Oier Lazkano Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
85 Alex Vogel (Sui) Swiss Racing Academy
86 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
87 Jaime Castrillo Zapater (Spa) Kern Pharma
88 Ivan Moreno Sanchez (Spa) Kern Pharma
89 Sergio Nestor Araiz Michel (Spa) Kern Pharma
90 Jose Felix Parra Cuerda (Spa) Kern Pharma
91 Yves Lütolf (Sui) Swiss Racing Academy
92 Alfdan De Decker (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert
93 Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM
94 Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:59
95 Fabio Van den Bossche (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:04:19
96 Gilles De Wilde (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:04:49
97 Sergio Roman Martin Galan (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
98 Julian Braun (Ger) SKS Sauerland NRW
99 Emil Andersson (Swe) Memil Pro Cycling
100 Carl Ljunggren (Swe) Memil Pro Cycling
101 Raul Colombo (Ita) Work Service-Dinatek-Vega
102 Carmelo Urbano Fontiveros (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
103 Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
104 Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
105 Antonio Puppio (Ita) Kometa Xstra
106 Antonio Santoro (Ita) Work Service-Dinatek-Vega
107 Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Vini Zabu’ KTM
108 Alessandro Pessot (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
109 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
110 Luis Guillermo Mas Bonet (Spa) Movistar Team
111 Franklín Chacón (Ven) Gios-Kiwi Atlantico 0:06:02
112 Fernando Lopes Gonzalez (Spa) Gios-Kiwi Atlantico
113 Petr Rikunov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
114 David Galarreta Ugarte (Spa) Gios-Kiwi Atlantico
115 Matteo Rotondi (Ita) Work Service-Dinatek-Vega
116 Manuel Peñalver Aniorte (Spa) Burgos-BH
117 Michiel Stockman (Bel) SKS Sauerland NRW
118 Dzmitry Zhyhunou (Blr) Fundacion-Orbea
119 Jacob Hennessy (GBr) Canyon-DHB Racing
120 Alexis Renard (Fra) Israel Start-Up Nation
121 Mattia Bevilacqua (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM
122 Márton Dina (Hun) Kometa Xstra
123 Fabio Mazzucco (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
124 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
125 Thomas Stewart (GBr) Canyon-Sram Racing
126 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal
127 Lars Kulbe (Ger) SKS Sauerland NRW
128 Ricardo Vilela (Por) Burgos-BH
129 Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Movistar Team
130 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Fundacion-Orbea
131 Emiel Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
132 Robert Scott (GBr) Canyon-DHB 0:08:32
133 Ollie Morgan (GBr) Memil Pro Cycling
DNF Dario Cataldo (Ita) Movistar Team
DNF Davide Villella (Ita) Movistar Team
DNF Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
DNF Lukasz Owsian (Pol) Team Arkea-Samsic
DNF Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Circus-Wanty Gobert
DNF Simone Petilli (Ita) Circus-Wanty Gobert
DNF Juan Felipe Osorio Arboleda (Col) Burgos-BH
DNF Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Fundacion-Orbea
DNF Alessandro Iacchi (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM
DNF Cristian Scaroni (Ita) Gazprom-Rusvelo
DNF Erik Fetter (Hun) Kometa Xstra
DNF Daniel Viegas (Por) Kometa Xstra
DNF Alex Colman (Bel) Canyon-Sram Racing
DNF Alejandro Regueiro Perez (Spa) Gios-Kiwi Atlantico
DNF Jon Knolle (Ger) SKS Sauerland NRW
DNF Lukas Baldinger (Ger) SKS Sauerland NRW
DNF Willhelm Wallinder (Swe) Memil Pro Cycling
DNF Wincent Wallinder (Swe) Memil Pro Cycling
DNF Christoffer Eriksson (Swe) Memil Pro Cycling
DNF Andreas Andersson (Swe) Memil Pro Cycling
DNF Nicolas Coppolino (Ita) Work Service-Dinatek-Vega
DNF Laurin Bachmann (Sui) Switzerland
DNF Tristan Marguet (Sui) Switzerland
DNF Mauro Schmid (Sui) Switzerland
DNF Nico Selenati (Sui) Switzerland