Norwegian Sky rider escapes a select breakaway to win third Challenge Mallorce race On a double day for Team Sky, shortly after Mark Cavendish had taken the third stage of the Tour of Qatar, Lars Petter Nordhaug escaped alone to […]
21-year-old British neo-pro fastest again in Balearic bunch sprint As his teammate Tom Boonen was holding on to the race lead in the Tour of Qatar by his fingernails, Omega Pharma-Quick Step neo-pro Andy Fenn was chalking up his second […]
Americans Van Garderen and Phinney also ready to get racing The leaders of the BMC Racing Team will get their seasons underway on Sunday, with Tour de France champion Cadel Evans lining out in the Trofeo Palma de Mallorca in […]
Saxo Bank rider looks set to return home after Palma Trophy to await CAS decision Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank) has long been expected to be present at the Mallorca Challenge, which will start on Sunday, February 5th, with the Trofeo […]
Picardie, Indurain and Mallorca all under pressure in the difficult search for sponsors and the squeezing of budgets After the near demise of the Tour Mediterranean last month, a number of other European Tour races are under threat from the […]
Brazillian sprinter takes Garmin-Cervélo’s third race in the island series Murilo Fischer (Garmin-Cervélo) won the Trofeo Magalluf-Palmanova, the final event in this year’s Mallorca Challenge, in a bunch sprint. The Brazilian champion outsprinted three-time World champion Oscar Freire (Rabobank) inot […]
Movistar sprinter takes his first win in 18 months to open Spanish superteam’s European account José Joaquín Rojas (Movistar) won the Trofeo Deià, the fourth race in the Mallorca Challenge, in an uphill sprint from a group of 34 riders. […]
RadioShack’s young Belgian outsprints companions as they defy the peloton Ben Hermans (RadioShack) won the Trofeo Inca, the third race in the Mallorca Challenge, as he and his two breakaway companions managed to hold off the peloton. The Belgian outsprinted […]
Garmin-Cervélo sprinter takes second successive event in island series Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Cervélo) won the Tofeo Cala Millor, the second race in this year’s Mallorca Challenge, to take his second race in the series in as many days. The American sprinter […]
Results will not be counted due to rider radio protest Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Cervelo) notched up his first win of the season today in the Trofeo Palma de Mallorca, the first stage of the Mallorca Challenge. The American beat Spaniard Francisco […]
AIGCP leads protest against the UCI’s radio ban A protest over two-way radios delayed the start of Challenge Mallorca stage race in Spain today. Marca reported that the race started 20 minutes late, with riders and teams disobeying the UCI’s […]
