Women’s races added to January Challenge Mallorca series for 2024

LAGOS DE COVADONGA SPAIN MAY 07 Demi Vollering of The Netherlands and Team SD Worx Pink UCI Womens WorldTour Leader Jersey compete during the 9th La Vuelta Femenina 2023 Stage 7 a 937km stage from Pola de Siero to Lagos de Covadonga 1079m UCIWWT on May 07 2023 in Lagos de Covadonga Spain Photo by Dario BelingheriGetty Images
SD Worx lead the peloton at the 2023 La Vuelta Femenina (Image credit: Dario Belingheri/Getty Images)

A new three-day series of women’s early season races will be held in Mallorca in late January, preceding the long-standing men’s Challenge Mallorca races.

Branded as the Garden Hotels Luxcom Challenge, the eight days of racing will run from Saturday January 20th to Sunday January 28th, offering some early season racing for those who do not travel to Australia for the women’s Tour Down Under between. 

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair 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. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.