Artà surrenders to Enric Mas after winning the Vuelta

PalmaEnric Mas did not have to wait to return to Mallorca to feel the love of his people. Family, friends, and numerous neighbors from Artà traveled this Sunday to Granada to accompany the cyclist in the final stage of the Vuelta and celebrate with him the first grand tour of his career.

The images released by the Artà City Council and the Movistar Team show the group from Artà alongside the rider, surrounded by hugs and congratulations after stepping onto the podium in the red jersey. The team later expressed their gratitude through social media for the shows of affection received during the competition and extended the victory to all the fans: “Enjoy this victory, for it is yours too”.

Mas also highlighted the presence of his loved ones during a day he had imagined many times. “Many people from the town came, family, and for that reason it was a very special day,” he declared after confirming the triumph. The cyclist from Artà admitted to having experienced the previous hours with a mixture of nerves and emotions, all positive.

The celebration had two settings separated by more than 700 kilometers. While some of the neighbors accompanied Mas in Granada, those who remained in Artà followed the outcome of the competition from the covered market. The City Council had installed a screen there so that the fans could watch the final stage together.

“His triumph has made an entire town vibrate,” the City Council asserted after the victory. The City Council remarked that cycling is part of the life of Artà and that Mas’s participation had turned this hobby into “a shared excitement” during the three weeks of competition.

The support of the town accompanies the cyclist after years of chasing a victory that had eluded him. Mas had finished second in the Vuelta three times, in the years 2018, 2021, and 2022, and had been third in 2024. At 31 years old, he has finally managed to climb to the top step of the podium and has become the first rider from the State to win the Spanish tour since Alberto Contador, in the year 2014.

The cyclist from Artà reached the final stage after having defended the red jersey for 12 days. The victory at the Alto de Aitana stage was, as he acknowledged, the defining and most special moment of the competition. “I debuted at the Vuelta in 2017 and I have always dreamed and worked to achieve this,” he recalled.

Granada was only the first setting for the celebration. The Artà City Council has not yet communicated the details of the reception for the cyclist, but the town has already begun to celebrate a historic victory: one part did so near Mas and the other, in front of the screen at the covered market.