Italy's Anton Sintsov and Germany's Bettina Janas dominated the long stage, while Carlos Afonso and Sophie Giovane won the short stage.
The island of La Palma - and in particular the municipalities of the northwest region - witnessed today a real battle of endurance, technique and landscape during the second stage of the Transvulcania Bike 2025. The start and finish took place in Tijarafe, and the participants faced one of the toughest days of this stage format on the mythical La Tea route, which also took in the trails and tracks of Puntagorda and Villa de Garafía.
In the long course, the cyclists covered approximately 64 km and 2,200 metres of positive ascent, on a route through Canary Island pine forests and technical areas. The short course was 34 km long and 1,200 metres of positive ascent, while maintaining an equally high level of difficulty.
In the long stage in the men's category, the winner was the Italian Anton Sintsov (2:45:39), closely followed by Pedro Rodríguez (2:46:45), who managed to maintain his lead in the stage race. The third step of the podium was taken by the Galician Pablo Rodríguez (2:51:48).
In the women's race, the winner was, as in yesterday's stage, Germany's Bettina Janas (3:27:52), who consolidated her lead in the stage race. In second place was Tessa Kortekaas (3:41:28), both repeating the same positions of the previous day. The podium was closed by Patricia García (4:08:41).
In the short stage, the men's victory went to Carlos Afonso (1:29:43), followed by the also local Luis Alberto Rodríguez (1:31:54) in second place and Ismael Herrera (1:32:06) in third place, which was enough to keep him as the leader of the stage race at this distance.
In the women's category, Sophie Giovane (1:41:32) once again dominated this stage, consolidating her lead in the race. In second place came Andrea Garay (2:27:33), followed by Ana Belén Pérez (2:31:31), who closed the podium in this category.
After today, everything is left to the third and final stage to be held tomorrow, Sunday, in the municipality of Fuencaliente de La Palma, where everything will be decided. All the meat on the grill for a day that will start at 9:00 a.m. and that can also be followed in streaming on the web. www.transvulcaniabike.com
The Transvulcania Bike is an event organised by the Cabildo de La Palma, through the public company Sodepal, with the collaboration of the town councils of El Paso, Tijarafe and Fuencaliente, and the organisers of the Bike El Paso and La Tea MTB races, as well as the private support of the companies MELIÁ La Palma, 226ERS, CICAR, MountainRide La Palma, Transportes Insular La Palma, Spar La Palma and Cervecería Isla Verde.
