{"id":6141,"date":"2024-01-29T10:23:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T09:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/uk\/?p=6141"},"modified":"2024-01-29T10:23:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T09:23:10","slug":"unheralded-simon-carr-wins-trofeo-calvia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/uk\/2024\/01\/29\/unheralded-simon-carr-wins-trofeo-calvia\/","title":{"rendered":"Unheralded Simon Carr Wins Trofeo Calvi\u00e0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Simon Carr (EF Education\u2013EasyPost) became the second British rider to surprise the favourites this week when he won Sunday\u2019s Trofeo Calvi\u00e0 on the island of Mallorca, due in equal measure to cramps suffered by a rival and his clever tactics.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old native of Hereford, England, initiated the first breakaway, just after the start of the race in the coastal town of Palmanova, and was still at the front of the race with 40 km to go in the 150.1 km race, now part of a three-rider group that included co-favourites Aleksandr Vlasov (BORA-hansgrohe) and Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates).<\/p>\n<p>As the three slowly pulled away from their pursuers, Alex Aranburu (Movistar) and Alberto Bettiol (EF Education\u2013EasyPost), Carr chose to rest from his breakaway labours and let his rivals do all of the work at the front. This turned out to be key as McNulty suddenly slowed down with about 3 km to go, suffering from cramps in both legs, and Vlasov took off for the finish line. But Carr caught him and then proved the freshest rider when he outsprinted him to the finish, also in Palmanova, to take the most prestigious win of his career. McNulty finished third, 27 seconds behind the winner.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No better way to start the European racing season than with a victory! \ud83c\udfc6\ud83d\udeb4\u200d\u2642\ufe0f Congratulations to Simon and the squad &#8211; pure brilliance and speed \ud83c\udf1f\ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf8: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GettyImages?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GettyImages<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mqErx9YNIG\">pic.twitter.com\/mqErx9YNIG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; EF Pro Cycling (@EFprocycling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EFprocycling\/status\/1750188734627119221?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Carr\u2019s surprise victory was the second by an unheralded British rider in a week after Israel\u2013Premier Tech\u2019s Stephen Williams <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2024\/01\/22\/stephen-williams-scores-breakthrough-win-at-tour-down-under\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">won the Santos Tour Down Under<\/a> on Sunday. \u201cIt was a long day,\u201d Carr told Eurosport after the race. He said that he nearly cost himself the race when he slowed down with McNulty because he mistakenly thought he was \u201cplaying games,\u201d as Vlasov took off for the finish line. \u201cBut I had the legs to come back, so I\u2019m really happy with that.\u201d He went on to say that the victory may be a sign that he was ready to race successfully at the top level. \u201cLast year, I won a lot of races but at a bit of a low level. So, starting already with a win, hopefully, it\u2019s the beginning of some good things this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McNulty, who had won the race in 2022, was philosophical about his misfortune. \u201cIt was the first race [of the year], so things like that happen,\u201d he said about his cramps. He might have added that it was a warm day and there was only one official feed zone along the way, which might have contributed to his cramps. \u201cBut it was a good race overall,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>As for Vlasov, he said that the race was \u201cvery hard, and the last part was full gas. And we wanted to do the race as hard as possible to arrive with less people at the final. Unfortunately, I didn\u2019t win, but it was a good race. I just did my race. I had fun today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Trofeo Calvi\u00e0 was a hilly affair with no fewer than 11 short climbs and almost 3,000 m of climbing over its 150.1 km. The race is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vueltamallorca.com\/challenge-mallorca\/en\/home\/\">Challenge Mallorca,<\/a> a series of five one-day races that will be run every day this week and end with Sunday\u2019s Trofeo Palma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simon Carr (EF Education\u2013EasyPost) became the second British rider to surprise the favourites this week when he won Sunday\u2019s Trofeo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":178,"featured_media":6151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-6141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-the-latest"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Unheralded Simon Carr Wins Trofeo Calvi\u00e0 - 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