Last year’s Trofeo Binissalem-Andratx showed exactly why this race has become one of the sharpest late-week tests in the Women’s Challenge Mallorca. The profile only really bites in the second half, but the racing can turn much earlier if the wind is up. In 2025, crosswinds split the peloton inside the opening kilometres, and a rider as strong as Mavi Garcia was briefly among the most notable names caught out of position before fighting her way back to the front group around the 30km mark. It was a reminder that you can lose this race before the climbing even begins, simply by being on the wrong side of a split.
When the road finally tilted towards Port d’Andratx, the finish delivered a proper selection. The last climb was 1.7km and steep enough to reward commitment rather than patience. Cédrine Kerbaol attacked early on the ascent, then Thalita de Jong played it with control before launching with around 800 metres to go, bridging across and then dropping Kerbaol with roughly 400 metres remaining. De Jong called it “an amazing feeling” afterwards, and her description of the decisive moments captured the balance the finale demands: “Just take your own pace. If you go too fast, you blow up, then it’s over.” Silvia Persico came through late for second, with Kerbaol third, and the gaps were small but telling, with Persico 13 seconds down and Kerbaol another second behind, while Katrine Aalerud and Garcia completed the top five.
That 2025 story is a useful frame for 2026 because the race has continued to move away from the uphill sprint feel it had in 2024 and towards a hillier, more demanding finale. The opening kilometres may look straightforward and relatively flat again, but the climbing is back-ended, and this year’s finish is set up as a solid hilly test after plenty of late elevation. In a one-day race format where teams can rotate riders across the Challenge Mallorca start list, the strongest line-ups will treat the first half as an exercise in conserving matches and staying out of trouble, then aim to hit the decisive climbs with leaders in position and enough support to respond when the first serious accelerations land. If last year proved anything, it is that the winning move here tends to come from a rider prepared to commit on the final rise.
Which teams are racing at Trofeo Binissalem-Andratx 2026?
- Cantabria Rio Miera
- DAS-Hutchinson
- Dukla Women Cycling
- Grupo Eulen-NUUK
- Human Powered Health
- Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi
- Lidl-Trek
- Mayenne-Monbana-Mypie
- Movistar Team
- PAFGIO Cycling
- ESP Spain
- St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93
- Team Abadie-Magnan
- Team Farto
- Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
- UAE Team ADQ
- Uno-X Mobility
What does the Trofeo Binissalem-Andratx race profile look like?
Where can I watch the Trofeo Binissalem-Andratx 2026?
Shown live on Discovery+/TNT/HBO Max across Europe
Teledeporte & IB3 in Spain only
Who are the main riders to watch?
- Marlen Reusser
- Liane Lippert
- Niamh Fisher-Black
- Usoa Ostolaza
- Thalita de Jong
- Mona Mitterwallner
- Giada Borghesi
- Yurani Blanco Calbet
- Marta Jaskulska
- Kathrin Schweinberger
- Silvia Persico
- Maeva Squiban
- Karlijn Swinkels
- Mie Bjørndal Ottestad
- Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset
- Sheyla Gutierrez
- Sara Martin
- Arlenis Sierra
- Eleonora Gasparrini
- Greta Marturano
Reminder that whilst all these riders are on the Challenge Mallorca startlist, they may not start this particular race.
