THIS WEEK THE CHALLENGE MALLORCA, 13 RIDERS SELECTED TO RIDE THE 5 COMPETITIONS.
This is the week of the Challenge Mallorca, 5 one-day races from Wednesday to Sunday. 13 riders have been selected by the team to face the 5 races on the island of Mallorca.At the start there will be the expert Alessandro Tonelli, Filippo Fiorelli, Alex Tolio, Martin Marcellusi, Luca Covili, Alessio Martinelli, Samuele Zoccarato, Davide Gabburo, Luca Colnaghi, Alessio Nieri, Omar El Gouzi. Also making his debut is American neo-prof Jared Scott.
A week of races on the island of Mallorca awaits Green Project Bardiani-CSF Faizanè.In fact, there will be 5 races, with the Trofeo Calvia opening the challenge this Wednesday 25 January and the Trofeo Playa de Palma concluding this Sunday. Mixed routes with a significant difference in altitude, created more than by real climbs, by an animated path with no time for flat roads. Some arrivals for sprinters, but even more demanding ones await the 13 riders called up by the team to face, in rotation, the 5 races on the calendar.
A five-day event of the highest level, featuring 8 WorldTour teams, 10 Professional teams, 3 Continental teams. Leading the #greenteam from the team car are Roberto Reverberi and Luca Amoriello.
THE RIDERS SELECTION::
Filippo Fiorelli (1994)
Alex Tolio (2000)
Martin Marcellusi (2000)
Alessio Martinelli (2001)
Davide Gabburo (1993)
Luca Colnaghi (1999)
Luca Covili (1997)
Omar El Gouzi (1999)
Samuele Zoccarato (1998)
Alessio Nieri (2001)
Riccardo Lucca (1997)
Jared Scott (2002)
Alessandro Tonelli (1992)
THE RACE CALENDAR OF THE CHALLENGE MALLORCA:
25/01: Trofeo Calvia (Palmanova > Palmanova 150,1 km)
26/01: Trofeo Alcudia (Ses Salines > Alcudia 158,8 km)
27/01: Trofeo d’Andratx (Andratx > Mirador d’Es Colomer 160,9 km)
28/01: Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana (Lloseta > Lloseta 155,5 km)
29/01: Trofeo Playa de Palma (Palma > Palma 141,6 km)
TROFEO CALVIA, THE LINE-UP:
Luca Covili (1997)
Filippo Fiorelli (1994)
Martin Marcellusi (2000)
Alessio Martinelli (2001)
Alex Tolio (2000)
Alessandro Tonelli (1992)
Samuele Zoccarato (1998)
Sport directors: Roberto Reverberi; Luca Amoriello
Each line-up will be official day by day and published on the official social media team accounts.
The Trofeo Calvia on Wednesday, January 25 live streamed on the Eurosport app and GCN+ from 3 p.m. Televised live on Eurosport 2 at 3 p.m.