ANDORRA IS READY TO HOST THE 2025 HERO UCI CROSS-COUNTRY MARATHON WORLD CUP’S SECOND ROUND!

Dear HERO,

On 1 June, the Pyrenees will be the stage of the 2025 HERO UCI Marathon World Cup’s second stage during the Naturland in the Principality of Andorra.

The cyclists are all aiming for the top spot on the podium, and will have to face a technical trail cross 60,04 km and boasting 1,984 hm. The path wends its way across the valleys surrounding the small municipality of Sant Julià de Lòria in southern Andorra.

All eyes are set on Rosa van Doorn, from the Netherlands, and Wout Alleman, from Belgium, who won the first stage this May in Capoliveri.

In the Women’s race, Van Doorn, who represents team Buff-Megamo, will have to face Lejla Njemcevic and Adelheid Morath, who placed respectively second and third during the Elba race. She’ll also have to watch her back from Sandra Mairhofer and Vera Looser – their aim in Andorra is to score precious points and claw their way back up the overall ranking.

A similar scenario awaits Wout Alleman during the Men’s race, with Gioele De Cosmo and Fabian Rabensteiner, the two Italian Torpado Kenda FSA cyclists who placed second and third in the overall ranking, hot on his heels. This won’t be an easy race for the three cyclists who won a place on the podium for the 2025 HERO UCI Marathon World Cup’s first race – they’ll have to watch out for Leo Paez, and Andreas Seewald who represents team Singer KTM Racing – the two have already won a World Championship in the past. Casey South from Switzerland is back on his feet and raring to go after his accident at Cape Epic.