February 11, 2014 (Mallorca) – Sacha Modolo has managed to pull a spectacular double at the beginning of the Mallorca Challenge: After winning the Trofeo Palma, Team Lampre-Merida’s sprinter also was the first to cross the finish line at the Trofeo Ses Salines, celebrating his second victory in two days.

After the mostly flat first race of the Mallorca Challenge, the Trofeo Ses Salines on the second day featured some hills and an ascending finishing straight. And the distance was quite a bit longer as well with 183 kilometres. Compared to the day before, Team Lampre-Merida changed its line-up in just one position: José Serpa conceded his position to Chris Horner, allowing the American winner of 2013’s Vuelta a Espana his race debut in blue, fuchsia and MERIDA-green.

At first however a group of six attackers set off, with Team Lampre-Merida taking charge of things in the first positions of the peloton to keep the advantage of the lead group in check. The team got a helping hand from teams Sky and Omega Pharma-Quick Step as the stage went on. As soon as the last two attackers had been reeled in, the focus turned to preparing for the bunch sprint in the streets of Santany.