Some 140 cyclists took part today in the second edition of the ‘El Salt de Tramuntana’ cyclosportive held in the municipality of Selva. A magnificent day of cycling in which the participants enjoyed the sunny weather and enjoyed a circuit close to traffic in the heart of the Serra de Tramuntana, including the ascent to the Coll de sa Batalla.

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It was a great cycling day with the participation of 140 riders

The race offered participants the chance to choose between two distances: one of 85.6 kilometres, which involved running four laps of a closed circuit starting and finishing in Selva and climbing the Coll de sa Batalla, and another of 44.8 kilometres (two laps of the same circuit). In the longer race, the male winner was Pere Amengual Estarellas, with a time of 2h34’35‘, one second ahead of last year’s winner, Gastón Montenegro, while Anuchi Gago won the women’s race with a time of 3h01’02’. In the shorter race, the first to cross the finish line were Lluis Borrás in the men’s category, with a time of 1h16’02‘, and Antònia Siquier in the women’s category, with a time of 1h30’06’.

This new event on Mallorca’s cycling calendar, which enjoys the institutional collaboration of Selva Town Council, the Serra de Tramuntana Mallorca Consortium and the Balearic Islands Government, through the Department of Tourism and Sports, and the Som Tramuntana Merchants Association, aims to boost the area’s economy and promote the Serra de Tramuntana as a privileged setting for the environmentally-friendly sport of cycling.

At the end of the race, the awards ceremony was held, attended by the mayor of Selva, Joan Rotger; the director of the Serra de Tramuntana Consortium, Toni Solivellas; the councillor of Selva, Manuel Barredo; and the president of the Som Tramuntana Traders’ Association, Isabel Munar, among other authorities.