Wellens wins second Challenge Mallorca race with solo attack
Belgian beats teammate Vervaeke in the rain
Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) won the second race in the Challenge Mallorca series thanks to a solo attack during the hilly finale near Soler.
The Belgian attacked on the Coll de sa Batalla and quickly opened a gap on a small group of chasers. His lead reached 1:40 with eight kilometres to go and he dug deep to hold on for victory despite heavy rain.
His Lotto Soudal teammate was second Louis Vervaeke, with Vicente Garcia de Mateos of Spain third.
Tao Geoghegan Hart finished an impressive fourth as he begins his full professional debut with Team Sky.
The Trophy Serra de Tramuntana attracted a quality field, with Alejandro Valverde and Nairo Quintana making their season debut in the race in a strong Movistar line-up. Andrey Amador finished fifth to save Movistar’s pride.
Así ha ganado @Tim_Wellens el Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana!!! @ciclismallorca pic.twitter.com/vTMEC73Jcn
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 4:06:42 |
2 | Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:00:24 |
3 | Vicente Garcia (Spa) Spain | 0:00:29 |
4 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky | 0:00:58 |
5 | Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team | 0:02:15 |
6 | Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:02:32 |
7 | David Belda (Spa) Burgos BH | 0:02:56 |
8 | Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:03:43 |
9 | Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | 0:04:21 |
11 | Silvio Herklotz (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:04:29 |
12 | Garikoitz Bravo (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - | 0:04:50 |
13 | Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:06:03 |
14 | Pablo Torres (Spa) Burgos BH | 0:06:04 |
15 | Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:06:06 |
16 | Marco Bernardinetti (Ita) Amore & Vita - Selle Smp | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Alexander Aranburu (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:06:08 |
22 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Jan Bárta (Cze) Bora-Hansgrohe | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Jorge Arcas Peña (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | 0:06:12 |
30 | Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | 0:07:18 |
32 | Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | 0:09:28 |
33 | Omar Alberto Mendoza (Col) Equipo Bolivia | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:09:46 |
36 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | 0:13:57 |
37 | Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky | 0:14:15 |
38 | Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Mikel Bizkarra (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Ibai Salas (Spa) Burgos Bh | 0:19:05 |
43 | Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Joan Ruiz (Spa) Burgos Bh | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Jan Tschernoster (Ger) German National Team | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Sebastian Mora (Spa) Sel. Nacional De Pista | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Jonas Koch (Ger) German National Team | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Fabricio Ferrari (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky | 0:19:08 |
52 | Jon Irisarri (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | 0:19:40 |
54 | Andre Looij (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Jorge Cubero (Spa) Burgos Bh | 0:20:03 |
56 | Noel Gil (Spa) Sel. Nacional De Pista | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Moreno Hofland (Ned) Lotto Soudal | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Ildar Arslanov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | David Lozano (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Hendrikus V Ijzendoorn Team Novo Nordisk | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Mark Stewart (GBr) Great Britain National Team | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Egoitz Garcia (Spa) Equipo Bolivia | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Georg Zimmermann (Ger) German National Team | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Carlos Antonio Jimenez (Spa) Equipo Bolivia | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Héctor Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Nuno Bico (Por) Movistar Team | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Sky | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | David Galarreta (Spa) Amore & Vita - Selle Smp | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Gotzon Udondo (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Pierpaolo Ficara (Ita) Amore & Vita - Selle Smp | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Uri Martins Sandoval (Mex) Amore & Vita - Selle Smp | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Aydar Zakarin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Alexander Foliforov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Gregory Obando (CRc) Inteja Dominican Cycling | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Raymond Kreder (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Julen Irizar (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Aritz Bagues (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Rafael Marquez (Spa) Inteja Dominican Cycling | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Enrique Sanz (Spa) Sel. Nacional De Pista | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Laurent Pichon (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Maxime Daniel (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Javier Megias (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Ivan Martinez (Spa) Equipo Bolivia | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Marcos Rojo (Spa) Burgos Bh | 0:20:48 |
93 | Xavier Cañellas (Spa) Sel. Nacional De Pista | 0:21:25 |
94 | Oscar Linares (Spa) Burgos Bh | 0:42:38 |
95 | Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:50:35 |
96 | Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
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