The penultimate Problem Mallorca one-day race, Trofeo Andratx-Pollença was stopped and cancelled after simply 25km of racing resulting from harmful situations on Saturday.
Rain in and across the Serra de Tramuntana mountain vary that performs host to the mountainous days all through the sequence of 5 one-day races meant the roads had been slippery and prompted a number of riders to return down within the first hour of racing.
There was resulting from be 151.1km of racing, with the important thing climb of the Coll de Puig Main (14.2 km at 6%) set to be the spotlight, however updates from a number of groups confirmed, together with Arkea-B&B Resorts, that “the situations had been now not proper to permit the peloton to progress safely.”
As well as, The Illes Balears-Arabay staff additionally confirmed that the occasion was “cancelled and suspended resulting from climate situations and crashes within the first few kilometres.”
Burgos Burpellet BH confirmed on their social media channels that the occasion was suspended “because of the quite a few falls that occurred within the first kilometres.”
When officers cancelled the occasion at 125km to go, there was a breakaway of three riders that included Daniel Cavia (Burgos BH), Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Uno-X Mobility) and Manuele Tarozzi (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè).
After the riders stopped racing, Cavia took to social media saying, “As we speak appeared like a very good day, the breakaway was transferring ahead however because of the situations of the terrain, the peloton determined to cease, which compelled the race to be suspended. It is a disgrace, however we will not combat in opposition to this. Tomorrow is a brand new alternative in Palma.”
The final day of the Problem Mallorca is because of come on Sunday on the 149.9km Trofeo Palma.
