The Finn Arto Vainionpää and the local rider Adrià Barceló have claimed victory on the fourth and last day of the Challenge Vuelta a Mallorca for Masters, held today with start and finish in the Port of Pollença, in front of the Tolo’s restaurant. The Spanish Óscar Negrete and the British Chris McNamara have saved the leader’s yellow jersey and have been confirmed as the winners of the classification in the Masters 50-60 and Masters 30-40 categories respectively.
The last stage has not been decisive on this occasion to elucidate the victory in the General Classification, but both in Masters 50-60 and in Masters 30-40 there has been a great battle between the riders. First it was the turn of the Masters 50-60, over a distance of 69.4 kilometers. Öscar Negrete defended his lead and the Cantabrian proved to be the strongest of the race, controlling the peloton at all times and creating the selection of the best on the Coll de Femenía ramps. Already at the finish line of Tolo’s Restaurant, he let himself go in the sprint of the group of four breakaways, and the victory was for the Finnish Vainionpää. The German Reifferscheid and the British Bruce were second and third respectively, the same position that they finally occupied in the General Classification.
Next, the Masters 30-40 race was played, in which the victory in the General was played by the British Chris McNamara and Colin Ward, separated by just two seconds. The German Mathias Wiele, winner of the Challenge last year, has been the most combative and has tried it alone in the Coll de Femenía, but on the descent to Port de Pollença he has been overtaken by a group of fifteen units and the local rider Adrià Barceló has won the sprint. McNamara, who has entered the group of the best, has been awarded the General.
On Sunday, European Masters Cup in Alcúdia
On Sunday, October 16, this edition of the International Masters Cycling Week will end, with the dispute of the XVIII Masters European Cup in the different categories, with departure and arrival in Alcúdia from 9:15 am.
