Third Place For Swift On Trofeo Playa de Palma-Palma

Last updated : 01 February 2015 By Covsupport News Service

Team Sky's Ben Swift finished third in the Trofeo Playa de Palma-Palma in Mallorca.

The Trofeo Playa de Palma-Palma was the final race in the Challenge Mallorca 2015 series of four races and after six kilometres, Salas, Evensen and Lammertink were clear with a 1.12 lead.

Their lead maxed at two minutes but after fifty five kilometres of racing on a 168.2km race, the peloton had brought them back and Intziarte,  Zuazubiskar and Hernandez formed a new break which was 3.10 ahead after 75kms.

The trio stayed away until there was only eight kilometres to go and it set up a bunch sprint which Matteo Pelucchi of IAM Cycling won ahead of Lotto Soudal's Andre Greipel, Ben Swift of Team Sky, Irishman Sam Bennett of Boro-Argon. and Europcar's Bryan Coquard.