Finnish sprinter completes fantastic team effort in Mallorca Lotta Henttala kick-started EF Education-Oatly’s European racing campaign with a perfectly timed sprint to win the Trofeo Marratxi-Felanitx in Mallorca The team showed great fight and spirit after a crash took down several riders including Alison Jackson, and Cédrine Kerbaol. Both escaped with minor scrapes and were able to get up and continue the race with Alison and Cédrine going down and we all had to chase from that and use energy,” Lotta said at the finish “We played the poker game and in the sprint I just told the riders to stick to the left-hand side because we had the horsepower It was going fast on the right and there was a little bit of panic but we were coming faster and we passed them at the final roundabout We executed the plan so it’s super nice,” a jubilant Lotta said at the line Lotta was expertly positioned and had enough speed in her legs to blast down the finishing straight and take the victory this is the first time it’s happened in my career so Sport director Carmen Small paid tribute to the riders’ patience “We really gambled that the other teams would chase for us and we just needed to play it cool because the gap to the break gradually came down We had a good tactic for the sprint and the girls were able to execute exactly what we talked about Lotta HenttalaLotta has been racing bikes on the world’s biggest stage for nearly a decade. She has 26 professional wins to her name, including Gent-Wevelgem and Dwars Door Vlaanderen. She has won Finland’s elite road and time trial national championships a combined dozen times in her career. It’s safe to say that Lotta is an experienced racer. She is a sprinter who excels in one day races, like the cobbled classics. Her ability to both ride aggressively and read a race make her a formidable opponent. The expertise she has developed over the years is invaluable to her teammates. Lotta stepped away from the professional peloton in 2022 when her son was born but she knew she wasn’t finished with the sport and eagerly returned to bike racing in 2023. In 2024, she won the first stage of the Vuelta a Burgos Feminas in a bunch kick. This year, Lotta will focus first on the spring classics and then will target the Tour de France Femmes. Lotta’s love of cycling and sports in general runs deep. She imagines that if she had not become a professional racer, she would be a sports teacher in Finland. On top of racing and training, she is currently studying to be a physiotherapist. Aimee Farrell selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter “I don’t think it’s possible to tire of this view,” says the curator Seated at a harlequin-patterned desk on the first floor of the Mallorcan townhouse she has been slowly transforming into a home live-in gallery and artist’s residency space she is looking out onto the baroque façade of the 16th-century church of Sant Miquel she is afforded ringside views of the comings and goings of the Balearic square below A painting by Sara Allan (on left) in the salon of Katharina Herold’s home in Felanitx along with furniture by multidisciplinary artist Vicente Hirmas © Matthieu SalvaingSituated in the heart of the south-eastern town of Felanitx Herold’s grandly proportioned 18th-century mansion is an architectural testament to the area’s bygone affluence Once a thriving mecca for ceramics and winemaking it remains a place of saints and ceremonies There’s a fiesta outside my window almost every week,” says Herold “Last weekend was the celebration of the harvest of the bell peppers.” Herold has embraced these religious and rural rituals since she acquired the house three years ago – and has freely relinquished its exterior to a rotating display of bunting and flags to commemorate the endless succession of saints’ days The house was originally built for a prominent landowning family and the interiors are a similarly celebratory fiesta of art antiquities and decorative curios – assembled and arranged by Herold the “Heroldian Townhouse” is about as far as it’s possible to be from a white-walled box its completion marks the realisation of a long-held dream of dwelling among the artworks and objects that she has dealt in and collected since she bought her first painting at auction aged 15 with its beamed ceilings and generous sweep of windows has become a Wunderkammer – brimming with trinkets and vignettes following her studies and early work experience helping clients re-curate existing collections or create new ones occasionally in liaison with interior designers Herold and Vicente Hirmas in the salon © Matthieu SalvaingIt was by chance rather than design that Herold landed in the Balearics Travelling from her apartment in Hamburg during the pandemic she accompanied a photographer friend on an assignment to capture the island’s artisans but saw in Mallorca a chance to create a domestic gallery and artist’s studio many of which were abandoned after a blight struck the region’s vineyards in the 19th century art deco harlequin desk and antique Mallorquin folding chairs in the office surrounded by artworks © Matthieu SalvaingArtworks by Simon Hehemann and Heinrich Meyer in the stairwell along with a washbasket on a pulley © Matthieu SalvaingThe moment she stepped inside Ca’n Llevadora “I could immediately see how it could look My father used to say that paintings choose people and that’s how I feel about this house – it chose me.” “The house doesn’t really make a lot of sense,” says Herold. “It’s a bit weird. That’s why I fell in love with it – it’s beautiful, but really strange.” That sense of eccentricity very much endures. In the kitchen, she has built a stone dividing wall and installed a yellow Lacanche range with a gallery display of vibrant paintings around the large kitchen table which overlooks the vintage red VW that inhabits one corner of the room She used to drive the car but now mostly uses it as extra seating “The big thing is to not get too obsessed with whether or not you’re making the right decision,” says Herold of her fearless decorating style Check your internet connection or browser settings While every room is filled with her offbeat curations the top floor is a live-in studio and exhibition space for the artists in residence that Herold invites as part of her consultancy work The simple series of whitewashed rooms with polished concrete floors and a large terrace overlooking the weekly Sunday market is currently inhabited by the multidisciplinary artist Vicente Hirmas “It’s quite personal because the artist lives with me,” says Herold of the set-up The intention is that everyone will leave their own indelible mark on the house enlarged wooden fingers stand proudly in the first-floor salon and who has spectacularly transformed the wooden transport crates that once housed Herold’s new cooker into a pair of cone-shaped sculptures as part of the house’s recent exhibition “The idea is that the house constantly evolves,” says Herold who is currently collaborating with Hirmas on a site-specific bookcase design for a client’s Hamburg library which features an intricately carved sun motif not dissimilar to the original owners’ family crest that adorns the archway in the atrium downstairs An antique wrought-iron bed with 19th-century silk ikat bedspread and a canopy designed by Heroldian Art and produced by Pickett’s House in the library bedroom © Matthieu SalvaingDotted among the auction lots and Mallorcan market finds – including the bed in the guest room and a sculptural marble sink – are pieces picked up from the house sale of designer Malene Birger They sit in communion with Herold’s own creations – not least the Draped Shelf suspended in plaster but designed to stand the weight of a 30kg sculpture Herold filled an entire wall with swagged sconces each one supporting an ancient vessel – to mesmeric effect The clients who come by appointment to survey invariably stay for drinks or even supper (almost everything aside from the canvases she was given by her father instinctively attracted by the curious and colourful – from beribboned Union Jack flags to swaths of bargain-priced velvets in antique rose with a sculpture by Ally Rosenberg in the centre © Matthieu SalvaingFrom left: artworks by Florence Hutchings Heini Linkshänder (on floor) and David Hamilton in the library bedroom © Matthieu SalvaingThe Kenny & Mason bathtub and a painting by Herold’s great-great-grandfather in the private bathroom © Matthieu SalvaingA late 17th-century Veil of Veronica painting in the kitchen © Matthieu SalvaingThe true beauty of the townhouse is that it effortlessly showcases eclectic tastes without ever feeling cluttered Even the interior’s rich palette of natural-pigment paints has been personally developed by Herold drawing inspiration from the intense tones of renaissance frescoes Having filled the townhouse with canvases and sculptures by artists including Florence Hutchings Herold is happily leaning into the rhythms of Felanitx life in a tiny nook that mirrors the 14th‑century starry sky rendered by Giotto in the Scrovegni Chapel The patron saint of animals is celebrated every January with a ceremony that sees his statue moved from the house into the square followed by a procession in which people bring everything from flocks of sheep to owls to domestic pets to be blessed it’s just another day in the ever-shifting scene that plays out in the square below Maggie Coles-Lyster third in season opening European road race Lotta Henttala (EF Education-Oatly) waited for the final corner with under 300 metres to go and sprinted to victory at Trofeo Marratixi-Felanitx in Mallorca There was no chance for anyone to match the powerful acceleration Chiara Consonni (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) going second and Maggie Coles-Lyster (Human Powered Health) taking third The Finnish sprinter lined up behind her EF Education-Oatly teammates in the final kilometers and jettisoned to victory scoring another big win for the team after Noemi Rüegg’s stage and overall win at the Santos Tour Down Under including Alison Jackson and Cédrine Kerbaol but they suffered only minor scrapes and were able to celebrated with Henttala at the finish with Alison and Cédrine going down and we all had to chase from that and use energy I just told the riders to stick to the left-hand side because we had the horsepower," she said in a team statement "It was going fast on the right and there was a little bit of panic but we were coming faster We executed the plan so it’s super nice." Trofeo Marratixi-Felanitx kicked off three days of racing at Challenge Mallorca Femenina as well as the women's European road racing calendar A warm day coloured by blue sky and green palm trees to welcomed the peloton to Mallorca five ProTeams and a Spanish national team headed from Marratxi for 129.1 of rolling kilometres at the second edition 1.1 race Afghanistan national champion Fariba Hashimi (Ceratizit Pro Cycling) Monica Castagna (top Girls Fassa Bortolo) and Julie Sap (Velopro-Alphamotorhomes) formed the break of the day the group gaining 3:35 on the peloton just beyond the half-way point of the race.  but began to exchange looks once passing a special sprint at Ses Salines with 23km to go Cofids and Movistar were pushing the chase the Afghanistan champion made a move on long Castagna amd Sap rejoined as the peloton bore down 25 second behind with the slight rise to Ca s'Hereu Mas providing the third and final QOM points The peloton was still spread across the wide road with 10km to go but the sprint teams began to shift to the front with the breakaway riders in clear view ahead but received no collaboration to continue the flight at the front their efforts absorbed into the peloton on the approach to the final short climb and 8km to go Aurela Nerlo (Winspace Orange Seal) galloped ahead to take the mountain points and a tailwind helped her stretch the solo attack to about 10 seconds for the next 3km There was no panic from the sprint teams which regrouped with ease.  Human Powered Health moved to the front with 3.5km to go straight path about to hit a rise in the next 1.5km and a roundabout to signal the entrance into the finish city.  EF Education's Henttala opened her sprint in the final left-hand corner Results powered by FirstCycling A series of one-day Spanish races began for men in the 1990s, labelled Challenge Mallorca, and organisers added a women's series in 2024, Challenge Mallorca Femenina The second edition will again offer three consecutive days of UCI 1.1 racing on the large Mediterranean island from January 25 to 27 - Trofeo Marratix-Felanitx Trofeo Palma Femina and Trofeo Binissalem-Andratx Trofeo Marratix-Felanitx leads the trio of races on Saturday for 129.1km between the inland communities the terrain on the south-east of the island The opening day has a pair of category 4 climbs on rolling roads but is set up for sprinters with four intermediate sprints.  the Trofeo Palma Femina is a similar distance beginning with flat roads to the north-east of the Palma city centre The route returns to the north-west side of Mallorca's capital for two category 3 climbs in the final 25km and an uphill finish to Castell de Bellver Both climbs return from last year - the Coll des Grau (5.8km at 3.5%) and Coll de sa Creu (6.7km at 3.6%) The final race on Monday is the Trofeo Binissalem-Andratx 107.5km with a flat 40km circuit to the east of Binissalem and then a series of coastal climbs that lead to the steep 1.5km finish at Port d'Andratx The category 2 Coll den Claret lies between several uncategorised climbs and is followed by the category 3 Coll de sa Granola that is crested with just 12.5km remaining to the uphill finish Six Women's WorldTour teams are scheduled to compete - UAE Team ADQ Human Powered Health and Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto One Spanish national team will line in the field Each race has prizes for the final classification and special awards for the sprint special sprints and mountain classifications.  a sports marketing and public relations agency which managed projects for Tour de Georgia a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast) Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France) Paul Magnier claimed his first race win on his Soudal-QuickStep debut as he won the Trofeo Ses Salines-Felanitx Anthony Turgis second and Erlend Blikra third in bunch sprint Dutch fastman Marijn van den Berg timed his sprint perfectly in a brisk headwind to claim Trofeo Ses Salines at Challenge Mallorca for a second time in three years The EF Education-Easy Post racer comfortably fended off a late assault by Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies) to repeat his 2024 win and take the first victory of the season for his team Erlend Blikra (Uno-X Mobility) claimed third Although Nils Politt (UAE Team Emirates) tried for a late solo attack the sprinters' team kept the second race of five of the one-day Challenge Mallorca series under firm control in the crucial final phase Van den Berg was placed in pole position in the closing kilometre behind two Uno-X riders and he left his move late in the headwind to move out from the barriers and pounce just as the finishing gantries approached "It was a bit of a different situation with the rain two years ago," Van den Berg said as he celebrated his first win in his first race of the 2025 season "Today we had some nice weather and I always like to race here in Mallorca so it's nice to win here again We knew in the team that it was a little bit windy and so we planned to stay on the left-hand side [in the finish] where it was more sheltered but I'll do my best to be up there again." Despite the long day of early-season racing that awaited six riders were encouraged by the dry weather to make the early move on the relentlessly undulating 184-kilometre course: Edgar Curto (Illes Balears Arabay) Sinuhé Fernández (Burgos Burpellett BH) George Radcliffe (XSpeed United Continental) and Project Echelon duo Ethan Craine and Colby Lange peaking at just under four minutes as the race sped quickly across the ever-rolling terrain of southern Mallorca the peloton had picked up the pace notably and on the draggy ascent to the final category 4 climb of the day behind Alessandro Covi (UAE Team Emirates) opened a small gap.  and although Radcliffe valiantly tried to keep a solo effort going ahead in the break he only held the narrowest of leads by the category 4 summit and after a gutsy move of well over 150 kilometres he was finally caught as the teams with sprinters began winding things up for the finale As was perhaps to be expected as they were fielding the 2023 winner EF Education-EasyPost kept their riders close to the front and Tudor Pro Cycling and Uno-X Mobility also played their part in keeping the pace high Portuguese national champion and former rainbow jersey Rui Costa continued to guide the EF Education troops in the flat but very winding finale running between drystone walls and past the occasional grove of blossoming cherry trees - yet another reminder that spring is almost here in Spain half a dozen riders were caught in a crash on the narrow despite speeds already touching 50 to 60 kph at which time Tour de France stage winner and Classics specialist Politt finally opted to test the waters solo the German's effort nonetheless caused another hike in the pace EF tried to respond to the constant changes of pace by creating their own mini-train on one side of the road but Flanders-Baloise were the next to push into the head of affairs as the kilometre-to-go banner beckoned.  The bunch sprinters were all raring to go on the enticingly long but a headwind forced riders to wait to launch their move Van den Berg went for his second Les Salines victory at exactly the right moment: early enough to be sure of the win but late enough to prevent anybody else from getting past Results powered by First Cycling Alasdair FotheringhamSocial Links NavigationAlasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991 He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain he has also written for The Independent,  The Guardian,  ProCycling Swiss rider beats Sierra and Consonni in final sprint the first event of the Challenge Mallorca Femenina beating Arlenis Sierra (Movistar) and Chiara Consonni (UAE Team ADQ) in Ses Salines “The last few kilometres were super fast,” said Rüegg in a post-race interview noting that EF Education-Cannondale intended to sprint for teammate Coryn Labecki.  “We actually wanted to sprint for Coryn and I would have been the last lead-out for her but then she lost Alison [Jackson] and me a bit in the last kilometre I just kept a good position on the other teams’ wheels The teams that have not travelled to the southern hemisphere for the Tour Down Under began their road racing seasons at the new Challenge Mallorca Femenina which offers three one-day races held from Jan 20-22 The first one-day race of three races was 127km from Felanitx to Colònia de Sant Jordi The race offered three intermediate sprints and two category 4 ascents before a drop into the finish in Colònia de Sant Jordi The field was together for the first sprint in Ses Salines who set the tone for the day's race.  Rotem Gafinovitz (Hess Cycling) was the first to launch a solo attack but her efforts came to an end ahead of the first of two ascents where Alice Palazzi (Top Girls Fassa Bortolo) captured the full points over the top A breakaway formed mid-race with Giorgia Vettorello (Roland) and Laura Asencio (Ceratizit-WNT) surging off the front of the field Vettorello secured the intermediate sprint points in Felanitx and Vettorello rejoined the field ahead of the 1.8km second climb Although Asencio hung on a little longer and took full points over the top was reeled in on the descent with 34km to go riders from Proximus-Cyclis and Maxx-Solar Rose but it was Movistar's lead-out for Sierra that held the field together in the closing kilometres and it was who Rüegg powered over the line ahead of Sierra and Consonni to take a season-opening victory Results powered by FirstCycling Kirsten has a background in Kinesiology and Health Science She has been involved in cycling from the community and grassroots level to professional cycling's biggest races She began her sports journalism career with Cyclingnews as a North American Correspondent in 2006 Kirsten became Women's Editor – overseeing the content strategy race coverage and growth of women's professional cycling – before becoming Deputy Editor in 2023 Luke Lamperti takes third after leading out Soudal-QuickStep teammate for win Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep) got his professional career off to the perfect start with victory in the Trofeo Ses Salines-Felanitx after a perfect lead-out from his fellow neophyte Luke Lamperti The pair were making their debuts for Soudal-QuickStep after sitting out the opening day of the Challenge Mallorca on Wednesday and they proved to be immediately up to speed on the requirements at this level with their canny management of the finale Lamperti led the bunch into the sharp final left-hand corner with Magnier tucked safely on his wheel and the Frenchman came around him to claim an emphatic victory Alberto Dainese (Tudor) came through for second while Lamperti had the strength to hold on to third ahead of last year’s winner Marijn van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost) "The idea for the team was to win and they put their confidence in me but it was harder for me to think that way because I hadn’t won as a pro yet," Magnier said "But when I saw the work of the team in the closing kilometres I said to myself I couldn’t do anything else but win The race traditionally provides a bunch finish and a number of established sprinters including Arnaud Démare (Arkéa-Samsic) and Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X) opted to start their season at this event but it was one of the least experienced fast men in the bunch who prevailed at the end of the day’s 181km of racing “We wanted to come strong with two young guys and we were able to come here and win with Paul It’s the first day with the team for both of us so it’s incredible,” Lamperti said “It was a really fast day and everybody was quite fresh but we were able to come to the front with some strong guys Gianni Moscon and then Yves Lampaert took us to the roundabout and from there Then Paul went from the corner to the line so you could say it went perfectly for such a messy sprint.” After Simon Carr (EF Education-EasyPost) beat Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) to the line on a combative opening day the second event of the Challenge Mallorca was always likely to offer a different kind of challenge with a succession of sprinters signing on in Ses Salines for their first action of the season With so many teams invested in a bunch finish there was little scope for attackers to upset the odds but four enterprising escapees nonetheless animated the proceedings early on Riccardo Lucca (VF Group - Bardiani CSF – Faizanè) Edgar Curto (Illes Balears Arabay Cycling) and Ethan Craine (Project Echelon Cycling) forged clear and struck up a decent working relationship but the coalition of sprinters’ teams behind meant their endeavour was never going to result in victory Lucca and Vercouillie were the last men standing from the move and they entered the final 30km still clutching a lead of just over a minute though their advantage was being carefully managed by Uno-X and Arkéa-B&B Hotels in particular They were eventually swept up with 13km remaining and the pace gradually ratcheted up on the wide and flat roads on the run-in but Soudal-QuickStep timed their surge better than anyone After Mattia Cattaneo and Gianni Moscon had been prominent on the run-in Yves Lampaert helped to pilot Lamperti and Magnier into position ahead of the technical finale Lamperti proceeded to lead a lined-out peloton into the sharp final corner and the tight line he took through it helped to ensure they stayed out in front in the finishing straight where Magnier produced a fine sprint to claim the honours but it was not enough,” Dainese said after placing second “As a sprinter you’re always disappointed when you don’t win but we’ll go again on Sunday.” There was a similar mix of frustration and perspective for Kristoff “We lacked a bit of manpower in the last 2k,” he said “We tried to keep the team in front because it was a big chaos and I didn’t find a good position into the last corner but this wasn’t Magnier and Lamperti’s first race together The pair raced with Trinity last season and they are set to rotate sprinting duties in Mallorca with the American likely to be the focus of their efforts at the concluding Trofeo Palma on Sunday “It was Tom Steels who decided I would be the sprinter today he saw my sprints at the training camp this winter,” Magnier said and that will normally be for Luke Lamperti It’s good to give us turns to have a go in the sprint.” Like just another house in the old quarter of Felanitx a locality in the southeast of the island of Majorca stands this construction that houses the municipal archives a work of the Majorcan firm Aulets Arquitectes the 196-square-meter construction contains two large halls where concrete At ground level is a shady vaulted space for books and a reading room filtered light illuminates documents without damaging them there arent any match using your search terms without alteration nor the addition of elements that undermine them all images by josé hevia in the design of the felanitx oenological wine station, aulets arquitectes integrated materials which serve to reinforce the presence of the pre-existing ruin the exterior facades together with interior door and window thresholds are finished in a locally sourced lime mortar reflective of the original rough stone surfaces a new concrete slab and wooden roof are supported by the thick masonry walls ceramic thermal blocks with integrated bottle racks generate new vertical elements the roof is both ventilated and insulated with a thick sheet of cork allowing the building a good performance in response to the demands of the extreme climate conditions in summer and winter the project makes use of recycled and modified materials the felanitx building originally housed a vineyard in its rear yard which was used to study the attributes of the different varieties of grapes and wine the intervention aims to express the recovery of the site’s oenological origins with the reintroduction of a small vineyard surrounding the building generating a wine-making landscape both inside and out the entry of the building is situated beneath a metal pergola made of the same rebar material as the framework of the vineyards this metallic structure penetrates the building as a framing for hanging light fixtures to achieve this effect the concrete beams are installed upside down exposing this metallic latticework in a way that allows the lights — and vines — to hang the design team comments on the detail: ‘suddenly the vineyard floor is under the building’s roof.’ project name: reform of oenological station architecture: aulets arquitectes photography: josé hevia AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style Maps and profiles for three races of the new series a series of one-day races dating back to the 1990s with three days of racing on varying terrain on the island The season warm-up gives riders who didn't travel to Australia for the Tour Down Under a more accessible warm-up race Six Women's WorldTour teams will be participating in the inaugural edition - UAE Team ADQ along with the new EF Education-Cannondale team one of 15 Continental squads Racing starts on January 20 with the Trofeo Felanitx-Colònia Sant Jordi a 127.3km route from Felanitx that includes two category 4 climbs two intermediate sprints and three points sprints toward the green jersey classification On January 21 is the Trofeo Palma with four climbs heading into the finish including the category 2 Coll den Claret and three category 3's - the Coll des Grau Coll de sa Creu and the final kicker to the finish at Castell de Bellver the Trofeo Binissalem – Andratx has a similar sting in the tail heading again over the Coll den Claret before turning toward Andratx over hilly terrain with the category 3 Coll de sa Granola and Coll de s'Arracó before another uphill sprint finish Each race has prizes for the final classification (€3,640 each race) and special awards for the sprints special sprints and mountains classifications.  she coordinates coverage for North American events and global news As former elite-level road racer who dabbled in cyclo-cross and track Laura has a passion for all three disciplines When not working she likes to go camping and explore lesser traveled roads UCI governance and performing data analysis all images courtesy of aulets + josé hevia the spanish studio aulets arquitectes based in mallorca’s capital city of palma developed the new volume to integrate into the anonymous and humble architecture of the surroundings the adjacent houses that make up the fabric of the neighborhood are typically closed off from the street the exterior of the municipal archive building follows this precedent as the house instead demonstrates its character on the interior with a bold expression of vertically oriented brick masonry and exposed structure the building is comprised of two large rooms each with dramatically exposed structure overhead a row of concrete barrel vaults float above the rhythmic brickwork which makes up the interior walls and columns a wooden roof continues the sequence of materials and floats above the walls and clerestory windows the building is constructed with five materials — concrete these five materials have been worked by five craftsmen who express their expertise in the building through their work client: ajuntament de felanitx location: felanitx mallorca architecture: aulets arquitectes structural engineer: alfons romero prime constructor: construcciones marin built area: 196 m2 project date: 2014 project complete: 2018 total budget: 250.000€ photography: aulets + josé hevia has been put up for sale by German-Swiss entrepreneur Peter Eisenmann The asking price is a reported 100 million euro and comprises a top notch equestrian centre as well as a vineyard and has been home to the three CDI's in 2015 and 2016 The Gstaad (SUI) based Peter Eisenmann purchased the property in 2002 from Spaniard Pedro J In 2008 a legal battle took place between Eisenmann and his neighbours because the entire estate was fenced off Annually the locals would hold a march to obtain passage rights on these roads Two years ago 8 million euro was invested into developing the winery The 77-year old Eisenmann is no longer actively involved in the corporation that his family founded almost 70 years ago step son of German millionaire Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff The CDI Mallorca was an exquisitely run 5 * international dressage competition which was attended by famous riders such as Isabell Werth The planned editions in 2017 and 2018 were cancelled due to conflicting dates with other FEI sanctioned events Stalls for Rent at Durondeau Dressage in Peer, Belgium Exceptionally Well Located Equestrian Facility in Wellington, Florida Well-built Equestrian Estate With Multiple Business Opportunities in Sweden Stable Units for Rent at Lotje Schoots' Equestrian Center in Houten (NED) For Rent: Several Apartments and Stable Wing at High-End Equestrian Facility Stable Wing Available at Reiterhof Wensing on Dutch/German border Real Estate: Well-Appointed Country House with Extensive Equestrian Facility in the U.K. Rémi Blot has made his debut for EF Education-EasyPost in Mallorca putting in a strong showing at the end of four hours of racing the first Northern Irish cyclist to ride in the World Tour and his team mates were hoping Marijn van den Berg could win today’s Trofeo Ses Salines-Felanitx (1.1) after the Dutch rider was victorious last year who pulled the trigger most decisively in the final to claim his first victory of 2024 and his Trinity Racing team mate from last year the Italian now riding for Tudor Pro Cycling Team looked like he was the fastest man in the bunch sprint that decided the honours he came from too far back to trouble Magnier and had to be content with 2nd place EF Education-EasyPost’s Van den Berg cut a frustrated figure crossing the line in 4th place apparently in protest at some the sketchy riding of others around him in the final into Felanitx after 181.2km of racing After enjoying a great start to the season – with several wins for its men’s and women’s teams – EF Education-EasyPost were one of the teams bossing the action at the front in the final 10-15km was to the fore in those efforts; riding on the front for a large chunk of the final 10km in a bid to pull his team mates into position took up those duties before the final lead-out men tried to do their best for van den Berg the combination of Lamperti and Magnier was simply too good for the others And though both were among the young debutants today they teamed up well to make sure of the victory Once Rafferty had his work done at the front he peeled off with about 3-4km remaining having made his contribution to the team’s efforts; clearly already comfortable at this level though with much bigger challenges to come 🔝 Tarde redonda para el @soudalquickstep ✅ 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐫 se lleva la victoria en el Trofeo Ses Salines-Felanitx del @ChallengeMca 🚴‍♂️ El francés se impuso al esprint con su compañero Luke Lamperti tercero. Segundo fue Alberto Dainese pic.twitter.com/ny1TcyXyGz — Eurosport.es (@Eurosport_ES) January 25, 2024 We’re determined to make stickybottle.com much better for your enjoyment So become a ‘Stickybottle Supporter’ now from just €5 per month We’ve grown our audience significantly in recent years but the advertising market has become harder and harder each year In order to survive and grow – and create much better content – we need to develop an income from our readers By signing up to become a ‘Stickybottle Supporter’ you’ll be helping to secure independent coverage of Irish cycling for years to come Every cent collected from readers will be used to directly fund content Sign Up English artist and graphic designer, Andrew Potter, decided to move from his base in the wonderful artistic community of St Ives in Cornwall to the equally as wonderful Balearic Island of Mallorca. Following his dream, and the light, he is now resident in Felanitx and has a gallery and studio space there English artist and graphic designer, Andrew Potter, decided to move from his base in the wonderful artistic community of St Ives in Cornwall to the equally as wonderful Balearic Island of Mallorca. Following his dream, and the light, he is now resident in Felanitx and has a gallery and studio space there Having lived in Mallorca now for over a year Andrew gives us some insights into the island his life here and some top tips on where to go and what to see during your holiday in Mallorca I lived in Cornwall SW England for 27 years Famed for it’s light that attracted the likes of Turner and Constable I decided that an island in the Mediterranean would be a good place to move on to I’ve been an artist all my life and was a graphic designer for over ten years. I’m currently based in the southern town Felanitx where I’m delighting in the old buildings and rough walls. Indeed I’m currently living in a townhouse (above my gallery) that is over 200 years old I find Mallorca an incredibly inspiring place and would be delighted to spend the rest of my life here It’s beautiful varied and there’s always something new around every turn of the road The best side of living here is seeing new things and meeting new people along with the breathless pleasure of finding my next painting I plan to carry on doing what I do but making a staggering fortune and buying the whole island would be fun On the three days I have off each week I could be found listening to music snorkelling or just driving around slack-jawed at the beauty of this incredible island a secluded rocky cove in Calas de Mallorca (south-east coast) that has a multitude of sea life Miguels bar in Calas - “Mar Azul” or our neighbours in Felanitx “Café Alhambra” I’ve enjoyed superb meals at Castille del Bosque Restaurant on the Portocolom road and at C’an Gusti restaurant a rustic and authentic place to sample rural Mallorquian cooking.  Probably Arta or Santanyi but I have yet to explore the whole island See here for more information about Andrew or to visit his gallery and studio in Felanitx SeeMallorca.com is a SeeTheWorld destination