MADRID, 29 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The British cyclist Ethan Vernon (Soudal-QuickStep) has won the Trofeu Palma sprint this Sunday, which has put an end to the XXXII edition of the Garden Hotels-Luxcom Challenge Ciclista Mallorca.
The English runner beat the Eritrean Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) and the Belgian Jarne van de Paar (Lotto-Dstny) in the finish near the Cathedral of Santa Maria, 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 perfect wins for Intermarché-Circus-Wanty, 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. “It looked like a chase on the track. My first win of the season and this early fills me with satisfaction,” Vernon said.
A breakaway of four men -Xabier Berasategi (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Iván Cobo (Kern Pharma), Vincent Van Hemelen (Team Flanders-Baloise) and Marc Terrasa (Aluminios Cortizo)- managed to establish a margin from the neutralized area, but they ended up swallowed for the squad With 18 kilometers to go, the group was rolling compactly; The 3.5 kilometer circuit through the city of Palma then began and Vernon won after four laps.