Florian Stork flies to first pro win at Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana 2025

The Tudor Pro Cycling Team's Florian Stork has taken the win at Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana 2025 as the Challenge Mallorca series continues to deliver exciting racing ahead of Martin Marcellusi and Markus Hoelgaard.

Despite the mid-stage Coll de Puig Major providing a real opportunity to make a difference, no attacks were able to make a real difference on the uphill. In fact, it was on the descent afterwards that the biggest move came with Tudor Pro Cycling Team's Marc Hirschi putting his rivals on the limit and forcing an elite selection at the front of the race. As the road started to rise again on the Coll de Sóller, Antonio Morgado was the next rider to launch an attack, quickly followed by his former teammate at UAE Team Emirates - XRG, Diego Ulissi. By the top of the climb, the duo had stretched their advantage to around 20 seconds.

The decent following was a particularly challenging one, splitting the riders across the race. In fact, for some notable names, such as brothers Fabio Christen and Jan Christen the challenge proved too difficult and they ended up crashing. At the front meanwhile, Morgado had dropped Ulissi.

Heading into the final 20km, Morgado remained out front solo, around 27 seconds clear of a chasing group that contained the likes of the aforementioned Ulissi and Hirschi, plus such riders as Raul Garcia Pierna, Martin Marcellusi, Filippo Fiorelli and Jon Barrenetxea. The chase was also working quite well together on the flat, rolling through and steadily cutting into the Portuguese's lead. Morgado was beginning to feel the effects too and at just over 12km to go, he decided to sit up and wait for the chasing pack, backing himself in a potential reduced bunch sprint.

Somewhat surprisingly, the whole of the 12-man group was seemingly backing themselves in the final sprint as there was a curious lack of attacking impetus following Morgado's capture. That was until at just over 3km to the line, Hirschi's Tudor teammate Florian Stork made a move off the front. The German was still clear heading through the flamme rouge as well. That proved to be the end of the drama too, with Stork relatively comfortably holding on for victory ahead of Martin Marcellusi and Markus Hoelgaard.