Place Name: Ma-10
Address: Ma-10, 07315 Escorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
Details: January 30, 2026
The third day of racing in Mallorca starts in Selva with a nice flat 45KM warm up. The first mountain tops out after 56KM on the Coll de Femenia, a 7.7KM climb at 5.5%. There is no descent at the top, but rather a plateau followed by more climbing. The first real descent comes after the riders take on the easy side of Puig Major halfway through the race. 16KM of downhill leads the riders right to the bottom of the long side of the Coll de Sóller which was also ridden in Trofeo Calvià on Wednesday. After the descent in Bunyola, the profile really mellows out with the next 30KM all on flat roads. The Coll de sa Batalla is the final climb and will decide the race. It is 8.4KM at 5.5% which should be enough to separate the riders if it's taken on hard enough. The finish line is about 1,500M down from the top but if someone crests alone, there won't be enough time for a chase to catch them.
The sun was out in Selva at the sign-on but it was cool and a little windy. There was nothing cool about the start of the race however because the first 45KM saw constant attacking and a break did not go until part way up the Coll de Femenia. The group was seven riders but was down to five at the start of the Coll de Sóller with 60KM to go. The group consisted of Pablo Castrillo of Movistar, Adrià Pericas of UAE-XRG, Magnus Cort and Martin Tjøtta of Uno-X Mobility, and Diego Uriarte of Equipo Kern Pharma. They had just 20 seconds on the peloton who were charging behind under the strength and will of Redbull-Bora Hansgrohe. When they swung left off the main road just before the tunnel, Remco Evenepoel attacked and was followed by António Morgado of UAE-XRG. They caught the break in a flash. Morgado didn't have the legs and dropped off but Pericas, Castrillo, and Tjøtta were able to latch on.
Evenepoel never turned around to look for help, he just went to the front and set his pace. At the top with 50.5KM to go, Evenepoel still had Pericas and Castrillo with him with a larger group of at least 25 riders in the chase at 25 seconds. Castrillo and Pericas were both dropped on the descent and by the time Evenepoel reached the bottom in Bunyola, he had 45 seconds on his two former companions and 1 minute 15 seconds on the rest of the peloton which had swelled to around 40 riders.
The larger chase group caught Castrillo and Pericas but there was not a lot of organization and the race was getting away from them. Evenepoel was 1 minute 35 seconds up the road with 32KM to go when attacks started from the group. Arthur Kluckers of Tudor Pro Cycling, Enric Mas of Movistar, Pavel Sivakov of UAE-XRG, Guillermo Thomas Silva of XDS-Astana, and Iván Cobo of Equipo Kern Pharma got away but the group doubled in size as others jumped across including Samuele Battistella of EF-Education EasyPost, Michiel Lambrecht of Flanders-Baloise, Alessandro Tonelli of Polti-VisitMalta, Hartthijs De Vries of Unibet Rose Rockets, and Thomas Bonnet of TotalEnergies.
The reinforcements made no impact on the gap however because with 23KM to go, the gap was at 1 minute 40 seconds. Everyone but Battistella was caught by the peloton which was now nearly all intact. Movistar and XDS-Astana led the peloton and finally reeled in Battistella with 17KM to go but Evenepoel had built a comfortable 2 minute lead by this point.
Evenepoel started the Coll de sa Batalla with 10KM to go and 2 minutes 5 seconds to the peloton who were battling to get to the bottom in a good position. Tudor Pro Cycling set the pace early on the climb but were overtaken by XDS-Astana who looked intent to lift the pace. Attacks came from about 7KM to go but it was hard for anyone to make a difference on the shallow gradients. A group did form consisting of Georg Steinhauser of EF-Education EasyPost, Johannes Kulset of Uno-X Mobility, Mathys Rondel of Tudor Pro Cycling, Christian Scaroni and Clément Champoussin of XDS-Astana, and Morgado and Bonnet once again. Morgado was aggressive, as was Scaroni, and, by the top, Rondel was the only other rider to hang on.
Evenepoel crossed the line after having completely dominated the race. We then looked backwards up the road to see how the downhill sprint would shake out for Rondel, Scaroni, and Morgado. Morgado came into camera shot first followed by Scaroni then Rondel. The speed was so quick down to the finish that the order was just the same on the line with Morgado in second, Scaroni in third, and Rondel in fourth with the rest of the peloton arriving just 6 seconds later.
Tags: Trofeo Serra Tramuntana, 2026, January, Selva, Lluc, Pablo Castrillo, Adrià Pericas, Magnus Cort, Martin Tjøtta, Diego Uriarte, Remco Evenepoel, António Morgado, Arthur Kluckers, Enric Mas, Pavel Sivakov, Guillermo Thomas Silva, Iván Cobo, Samuele Battistella, Michiel Lambrecht, Alessandro Tonelli, Hartthijs De Vries, Thomas Bonnet, Georg Steinhauser, Johannes Kulset, Mathys Rondel, Christian Scaroni, Clément Champoussin