The Belgian cyclist Gerben Thijssen (Intermarché Circus Wanted) won the sprint at the Palma Trophyfinal round of the Garden Hotels-Luxcom Challenge Mallorca, defeating the Norwegian Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X Mobility), second, and the Dutch Marijin Van (EF-Education), third.
Thijssen showed great speed at the finish line on the Balearic capital’s Paseo Marítimo, located in front of the Palma Cathedral, to overtake the experienced sprinters.
The Belgian rider, gold medalist at the 2017 European Track Cycling Championships in the elimination race, and with victories at the Tour of Limburg (2023) and Houtland Circuit (2023), used a time of 3 hours, 9 minutes and 11 seconds to complete the 150 kilometer journey.
The Mallorcan Joan Albert Riera and the Catalan Sergi Darder from Illes Balears Arabay, a recently created team debuting on the roads of Mallorca, had a great performance.
Riera was first in the mountain classification and second in the special sprints; Darder leads the intermediate sprint standings.
In the thirty-third edition of the Garden Hotels-Luxcom Challenge Mallorca, the main novelty of which is the holding of women’s events for the first time, 157 cyclists from 24 countries belonging to 29 teams in the UCI World Team, UCI Pro Team and UCI Continental categories participated in. Team.
The winners of the women’s stages were the Swiss Noemí Rüegg (EF Education – Felanitx Trophy-Colonia de Sant Jordi); the Canadian Magdalene Vallires (EF Education-Trofeo Palma) and the Italian Eleonora Gasparrini (UAE Team-Trofeo Binissalem-Andratx).
In the men’s stages, British Simon Carr (EF Education- Calviá Trophy) won; the French Paul Magnier (Soudal Quick Step-Trofeo Ses Salines-Felanitx); the Belgian Lenert Van Eelt (Lotto Dstny-Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana-Selva-Lluc); the Spanish Pelayo Sánchez (Movistar Team-Trofeo Pollença-Port d’Andratx) and the Belgian Bergen Thijssen (Intermarché Circus Wanted).
Source: La Verdad
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