Three-race Challenge Mallorca Femenina attracts six top-tier teams in second edition

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'After last year's success, with the premiere of the first Garden Hotels-Luxcom Challenge Ciclista Mallorca for women, the best riders of the international peloton will start the season on the island' say organisers

Noemi Rüegg (EF Education-Cannondale), Arlenis Sierra (Movistar) and Chiara Consonni (UAE Team ADQ) the top three at at the Trofeo Felanitx-Colònia de Sant Jordi
(Image credit: UAE Team ADQ)

The Women's WorldTour season gets underway at the Tour Down Under and Cadel Evans Road Race in Australia, but at least six of the top-tier teams have committed to also racing at the second edition of the three-race Garden Hotels-Luxcom Challenge Mallorca Femenina held from January 25-27 on the Spanish island.

WorldTour teams that have confirmed their participation include Movistar, Uno-X Mobility, Human Powered Health, Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto, UAE Team ADQ and Ceratizit-WNT.

"After last year's success, with the premiere of the first Garden Hotels-Luxcom Challenge Ciclista Mallorca for women, the best riders of the international peloton will start the season on the island," the organisers said in a press release.

"Over three days, some of the best teams of the international women's peloton will start the season in Mallorca."

This is the first year that the women's teams will be classed into three tiers with the introduction of the UCI Women's ProTeams in 2025. The three tiers of teams - WorldTeams, ProTeams and Continental Teams - will bring the structure of women’s professional teams in line with the men's teams. 

2024 marked the inaugural edition of the Mallorca Challenge Femenina, a three-day event that includes Trofeo Felanitx-Colònia de Sant Jordi, Trofeo Palma and Trofeo Binissalem – Andratx.

Noemi Rüegg took the first win for the newly-formed Continental team EF Education-Cannondale at the Trofeo Felanitx-Colònia de Sant Jordi, while her teammate Magdeleine Vallieres soloed to victory at the Trofeo Palma Femina. Eleonora Gasparrini of UAE Team ADQ took the win on the final day of racing.

WorldTour Teams

  • Movistar Team
  • Uno X Mobility
  • Human Powered Health
  • Canyon-SRAM Racing
  • Uae Team ADQ
  • Ceratizit- WNT Procycling Team

ProTeams

  • EF Education-Oatly
  • Cofidis Women Team
  • Laboral Kutka-fundacion Euskadi
  • Arkea-B&B Hotels
  • Winspace

Continental Teams

  • Eneicat-CM Team
  • Aromitalia 3T Vaiano
  • Team Dukla Praha
  • Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
  • Das-Hutchinson Brother
  • Proximus Cyclis CT
  • BePink-Bongioanni
  • Spanish National Team
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Kirsten Frattini is the Deputy Editor of Cyclingnews, overseeing the global racing content plan.

Kirsten has a background in Kinesiology and Health Science. She has been involved in cycling from the community and grassroots level to professional cycling's biggest races, reporting on the WorldTour, Spring Classics, Tours de France, World Championships and Olympic Games.

She began her sports journalism career with Cyclingnews as a North American Correspondent in 2006. In 2018, Kirsten became Women's Editor – overseeing the content strategy, race coverage and growth of women's professional cycling – before becoming Deputy Editor in 2023.