MIRADOR D&apos;ES COLOMER, SPAIN - JANUARY 31: Remco Evenepoel of Belgium and Team Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe celebrates at finish line as race winner during the 35th Challenge Ciclista Mallorca 2026 - Trofeo Andratx - Pollenca a 121.5km one day race from Andratx to Mirador d&apos;Es Colomer 206m / Stage shortened due to strong winds / on January 31, 2026 in Mirador d&apos;Es Colomer, Spain. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

Trofeo Andratx-Pollença: Remco Evenepoel sweeps third race win at Challenge Mallorca on Saturday’s wind-swept conditions

January 31, 2026

Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) took a third consecutive win at the Challenge Mallorca with a solo victory at Trofeo Andratx-Pollença on Saturday. He remained unbeaten with his new team this season, this time on a hilly route shortened 26km due to inclement weather.

Mathys Rondel (Tudor Pro Cycling) lost the Belgian’s wheel on the final ascent and secured second place. In the battle for the final podium spot on the 3.5km ascent to Mirador d’Es Colomer, Evenepoel’s teammate Maxim van Gils timed his sprint to outdistance Antonio Morgado (UAE Team Emirates-XRG).

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Evenepoel leaving Rondel behind on the road to his third victory of the season (Image credit: Getty Images)

Strong winds howled along the south-west coast of Mallorca on Saturday morning, causing organisers to delay the start of Trofeo Andratx-Pollença. Once the flag dropped in Andratx at 1:00 p.m. local time, 35 minutes after the scheduled start, multiple attacks fired off the front.

Across the opening 35km that brought two smaller categorised climbs, all attempts to clear the peloton had been neutralised once riders crested the Coll de Claret, 10.9km at 3.6%.

A handful of kilometres later, renewed energy for a breakaway came from small groups of riders, with Diego Uriarte (Equipo Kern Pharma) starting the process. Raul Garcia Pierna (Movistar), Felix Englehart (Jayco AlUla), Ådne Holter (Uno-X Mobility), and Samuel Fernandez (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) moved across.

They were also joined by Alexys Brunel (TotalEnergies), Jonathan Klever Caicedo (Petrolike), and, for a short time, had company with Txomin Juaristi (Euskaltel-Euskadi).

Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe led the chase in the peloton as the group began to fragment on the lower slopes of the 14.2km category 1 Col de Puge Major. Behind the group, Evenepoel decided it was time to join the party and attacked from the peloton. He was joined by teammate Maxim van Gils as well as Christian Scaroni (XDS Astana).

Then came moves from a few other riders from the peloton and caused a new composition of the front group with 35km to go of nine riders: Evenepoel, Scaroni, Van Gils, Mathys Rondel (Tudor Pro), George Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost), António Morgado (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Johannes Kulset (Uno-X Mobility) and Movistar duo Romeo and Pescador.

The group cooperated under sunny skies as the terrain rolled across a series of small descents. A trio of riders gained separation with a surge from Evenepoel, and with 15km to go, Pescador struggled to stay on the wheels of Evenepoel and Rondel. The duo sped away on the slightly downhill mountain ridge leading to a showdown on the final 3.5km uphill to Mirador d’Es Colomer.

Evenepoel launched his attack after the first kilometre of the climb, and with 2.4km to go, tried to make a dent on his companion, but Rondel only allowed a small gap to form, and he was out of the saddle to keep the Dutchman in his sights. The damage was done, however, and Evenepoel pushed alone to the top of the climb and the race victory.