The Mediterranean Epic offered surprises on its course until the very last day. The introduction of a new and impressive descent in the first part of the course, the "Machacamazos" descent, served as the impetus for a new day of intense battle between the best bikers in the international XCM peloton. On an exceptional day with sunshine and pleasant temperatures, riders and fans were able to enjoy the beauty of this route, which combines sea and mountains in all their splendor.

The race began with Andreas Seewald (Canyon Northwave), second in the overall standings, dropping out of the leading group practically from the start and thus saying goodbye to his podium chances.

The members of the JBG2 team were responsible for destroying the stage from the first climb, and the high pace imposed on them selected the leading group of the race. Even the race leader, Georg Egger (Speed Company Racing), showed the first signs of weakness of the entire race. This demanding descent gave a further advantage to the select group that would ultimately fight for the stage win. A larger group than usual, in which Pawel Bernas and Krzysztof Lukasik were the most active. Although he easily left Egger behind, the German caught up with them on the last long descent of the day and even led a breakaway group with the two Poles, which was neutralized just before the final climb of the day.

With the compact group and after overcoming the beach passage of La Concha, Pawel Bernas attacked and managed to open a gap to a group whose monitoring cost Bernas his life. The Pole finished as stage winner, just 24 hours after suffering a heavy crash on stage 3. The Polish rider was the stage winner just 24 hours after suffering a heavy crash on stage 3. Vinzent Dorn (Stop and Go) was the fastest in the field and took second place, Wout Alleman (Wilier Pirelli) was third.

In the overall standings, Georg Egger managed to repeat his absolute victory from 2022, and did so with total control of the race. Lukasik moved up to 2nd final place and Martin Stosek (Canyon-Northwave) completed the podium.

Daubermann from start to finish

Luisa Daubermann (Trek Future Racing) took her 3rd stage win in 4 days of competition. The German had to watch her lead in the overall standings dwindle almost completely yesterday. But that didn't change the attitude of the young rider, who was making her debut in a stage race. Daubermann attacked right from the start and approached the stage as if it were an XCO event. In top form from start to finish, he was able to pull away from the first few meters and maintain his lead to the finish line to take a victory that was unthinkable before the competition, but absolutely deserved.

Janina Wust (Buff-Megamo) finished second in both the stage and the overall standings. Today saw another day of authentic individual time trialing, but was unable to attack Daubermann's lead. Both were superior to the rest of the contenders and their duel kept the emotions going until the final day.

Colombian Mónica Calderón (Cannondale-VAS-Arabay) completed the overall podium with a very solid race and a consistent performance over the 4 days.

In this way, and with a spectacular live broadcast of all the stages, the Mediterranean Epic ended its 6th edition, which once again took a step up in terms of level and number of participants, media presence, route and fun. The road for the 7th edition of the test begins today.