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
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Thursday, January 30: Race 2, Trofeo Ses Salines-Colonia Sant Jordi, 184.5 km
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Weather at the finish city of Colonia Sant Jordi
The race:
Results:
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.
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