Ethan Vernon wins the Trofeu Palma at the farewell to the Challenge Mallorca

Euskaraz irakurri: Ethan Vernonek Palma Saria irabazi du Mallorcako Challengearen agurrean

british cyclist EthanVernon (Soudal-QuickStep) has been awarded this Sunday to the sprint the Palma Trophywhich has put point and final to the XXXII edition of the Garden Hotels-Luxcom Challenge Cyclist Mallorca.

The English runner prevailed in the arrival near the Cathedral of Santa María to the Eritrean Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) and the Belgian Jarne van de Paar (Lotto-Dstny), second and third of the stage, respectively.

The British sprinter ended the winning streak for the Intermarché-Circus-Wanty team in what could have been a perfect week of triumphs, having won three trophies out of five in the race.

The Soudal-QuickStep did a perfect job leading Vernon into a winning sprint, avoiding a crash in the last 3km involving Frenchman Nacer Bouhanni.

A four man escape –Xabier Berasategi (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Ivan Cobo (Kern Pharma), Vincent Van Hemelen (Team Flanders-Baloise) and Marc Terrasa (Aluminios Cortizo) – managed to establish a margin from the neutralized zone, but they ended up swallowed by the peloton. With 18 kilometers to go, the group was rolling compactly; The circuit through the city of Palma then began and Vernon prevailed after four laps.

CLASSIFICATION:

1 – VERNON Ethan (Quick Step) 3:17:57

2 – GIRMAY Biniam (Intermarché) mt

3 – VAN DE PAAR Jarne (Lotto) mt

4 – GARCÍA CORTINA Iván (Movistar) mt

5 – MOLANO Juan Sebastian (UAE) mt

6 – ANIOLKOWSKI Stanislaw (Human Powered Health) mt

7 – VAN ASBROECK Tom (Israel) mt

8 – BABOR Daniel (Caja Rural) mt

9 – ZINGLE Axel (Cofidis) mt

10 – DOULL Owain (EF) mt

12 – SCANAL Carlos (Euskaltel-Euskadi) mt