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1 VAN DEN BERG Marijn NED EF Education-EasyPost 04:04:28
2 TURGIS Anthony FRA Team TotalEnergies 00:00
3 BLIKRA Erlend NOR Uno-X Mobility 00:00
4 GIRMAY Biniam ERI Intermarché-Wanty 00:00
5 GAVIRIA Fernando COL Movistar Team 00:00
6 KANTER Max GER XDS Astana Team 00:00
7 BOMBOI Davide BEL Unibet Tietema Rockets 00:00
8 SCHWARZBACHER Matthias SVK UAE Team Emirates-XRG 00:00
9 MALUCELLI Matteo ITA XDS Astana Team 00:00
10 GALVÁN Francisco ESP Equipo Kern Pharma 00:00
11 ETXEBERRIA Haimar ESP Equipo Kern Pharma 00:00
12 GARCIA Carlos MEX Petrolike 00:00
13 MENTEN Milan BEL Lotto 00:00
14 PRIETO José Juan MEX Petrolike 00:00
15 LEITAO Iuri POR Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 00:00
16 CRABBE Tom BEL Team Flanders-Baloise 00:00
17 HOUCOU Emmanuel FRA ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 00:00
18 PEÑUELA Francisco VEN Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 00:00
19 MACIAS Cesar MEX Petrolike 00:00
20 BOÚGLAS Georgios GRE Burgos Burpellet BH 00:00

Marijn van den Berg sprints to victory at the Trofeo Ses Salines

Dutchman finishes off a powerful team effort on day two of the Challenge Mallorca

Marijn van den Berg closed out a massive effort from his EF Education-EasyPost teammates with a sprint victory at the Trofeo Ses Salines.

The Dutchman kept his cool in the final kilometer and then launched up the left side of the pack and left all of his rivals behind him. As he crossed the finish line, Marijn swung his arm in the air and let out a whoop of joy. His teammates soon gathered around to celebrate with him. This victory was the best way for Marijn and his leadout squad to start the season.

“First race, first win is really good,” Marijn said after the finish. “In the sprint, I just tried to focus on my own race. We knew that it was a little bit windy today and made a plan to stay on the left side, where we were more covered from the wind. We all did really well to focus on the plan. For us it was a perfect situation. The sprint went really well and I could keep them in my wheel.”

This win belongs to James Shaw, Rui Costa, Jack Rootkin-Gray, Michael Valgren, Owain Doull, and Vincenzo Albanese, too. As soon as the commissaire dropped his flag at the start of the second day of the Challenge Mallorca, the whole team committed to Marijn’s cause, trusting that the winner of the 2023 edition of the race could pull it off if they got him to the final kilometer at the front of the peloton.

A strong wind was blowing off of the Mediterranean, making their work hard, but the team kept in front, keeping the day’s breakaway in check, as they rolled around the southern corner of the island, winding through olive groves between dry stone walls.
As the finish line approached, riders surged ahead, but EF Education-EasyPost stuck together, chasing them down with Marijn in their draft. All of the work that they put in over the past weeks of training together in Mallorca has paid off.

“The team did a super good job getting me out of the wind,” Marijn said. “We trained really hard here. We did a training camp with the team and know the roads quite well now. You can do everything here. For me, it’s perfect. I always like training and racing here. I’m super happy, and tomorrow we go again.”