A sequence of one-day Spanish races started for males within the Nineties, labelled Problem Mallorca, and organisers added a girls’s sequence in 2024, Problem Mallorca Femenina. The second version will once more provide three consecutive days of UCI 1.1 racing on the massive Mediterranean island from January 25 to 27 – Trofeo Marratix-Felanitx, Trofeo Palma Femina and Trofeo Binissalem-Andratx.
Trofeo Marratix-Felanitx leads the trio of races on Saturday, for 129.1km between the inland communities, the terrain on the south-east of the island. The opening day has a pair of class 4 climbs on rolling roads, however is ready up for sprinters with 4 intermediate sprints.
On Sunday, the Trofeo Palma Femina is an identical distance, 129.5km, starting with flat roads to the north-east of the Palma metropolis centre. The route returns to the north-west aspect of Mallorca’s capital for 2 class 3 climbs within the closing 25km and an uphill end to Castell de Bellver. Each climbs return from final yr – the Coll des Grau (5.8km at 3.5%) and Coll de sa Creu (6.7km at 3.6%).
The ultimate race on Monday is the Trofeo Binissalem-Andratx, 107.5km with a flat 40km circuit to the east of Binissalem after which a sequence of coastal climbs that result in the steep 1.5km end at Port d’Andratx, a 3rd and closing QOM of the day. The class 2 Coll den Claret lies between a number of uncategorised climbs, and is adopted by the class 3 Coll de sa Granola that’s crested with simply 12.5km remaining to the uphill end.
Six Girls’s WorldTour groups are scheduled to compete – UAE Staff ADQ, Movistar, Ceratizit-WNT, Uno-X Mobility, Human Powered Well being and Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto. One Spanish nationwide staff will line within the area, stuffed by 11 Continental squads.
Every race has prizes for the ultimate classification and particular awards for the dash, particular sprints and mountain classifications.
