Scott Racing and Massi ISB Sport Control Final Stage to Win 2026 Andorra Epic

Scott Racing and Massi ISB Sport controlled the final stage of the Andorra Epic on Sunday, 5 July, to wrap up the 2026 titles. Davide Foccoli and Stefano Goria had won the first two stages on Thursday and Friday to establish a nearly 2-minute lead, but a difficult Stage 3 saw their lead reduced to 51 seconds and set up a nervy finale. A puncture for David Velero prevented the Klimatiza Orbea team from effectively challenging on Stage 4, however, allowing Foccoli and Goria to ride into La Massana for the last time, as this year’s Andorra Epic champions. Massi ISB Sport’s path to victory was similar; strong performances on the opening two days allowed them to build a 7-minute lead over Metallurgica Veneta – Next Ride, which they controlled on Stages 3 and 4. Torpado Kenda FSA’s men and women won the final stage, with Gioele de Cosmo and Casey South taking their first stage of the race, while Katažina Sosna-Pinelė and Giorgia Marchet won their second.

The final stage of the Andorra Epic was poised for drama in the men’s race. Sadly, for mountain biking fans but happily for Davide Foccoli and Stefano Goria, a puncture for their main rivals allowed Scott Racing to race conservatively and safely wrap up the title. Sunday’s drama befell Klimatiza Orbea, whose challenge for overall victory faltered when David Velero punctured. With the intensity out of the general classification battle, Gioele de Cosmo and Casey South capitalised and won Torpado Kenda FSA’s third stage of the 2026 race. Two of those victories came in the elite women’s competition, where Katažina Sosna-Pinelė and Giorgia Marchet added a second stage win on the grand finale, but could not prevent Monica Calderon and Costanza Fasolis from comfortably winning the overall crown.

Stage 4’s route lent itself to attacking racing, and Klimatiza Orbea started the day with a clear plan and goal. Two major climbs took the meters of altitude gained across the 45-kilometre course to 1 650, with the Collada de Muntaner and Coll de la Botella passes providing two opportunities to attack. The famous La Commençal T-Section singletrack was the final feature of the 2026 route, which proved exhilarating for the amateurs, but could have been stressful for an elite team chasing to make or make up time. Sadly, by the time the teams reached La Commençal, the race was all-but settled.

David Velero (leading) punctured just as Klimatiza Orbea may have been putting pressure on Scott Racing. Photo by Carles Iturbe.

“Our plan was to attack from the start, on the first climb already,” Valero recounted. “We were with Torpado [Kenda FSA] and the leaders, and I thought Scott [Racing] was maybe starting to struggle a bit. Then I punctured on the cross-country course in Pal, and we lost nearly 2 minutes.”

For their part, Scott Racing believed the situation to be entirely under control. “We felt that we’d been climbing well, and after getting caught behind other teams riding conservatively yesterday, we planned to go all-in for the stage win today,” Goria noted. “After Klimatiza [Orbea] punctured, we readjusted, though, and decided to rather ride safely, to avoid puncturing ourselves.”

Scott Racing were able to control much of the stage to secure the title. Photo by Oriol Batista.

“We managed to reduce the gap a bit after fixing the puncture, but then we had to stop at the tech zone to change the wheel,” Samuele Porro, Valero’s Klimatiza Orbea teammate, explained. “Then we were 2 plus minutes behind, along with the 50 seconds from the GC, and that would have been very hard to overturn.”

With Scott Racing slowing slightly to avoid mistakes and Klimatiza Orbea out of the hunt for stage victory, Torpado Kenda FSA flew to a relatively uncontested stage victory. The win was, however, not enough to move them up more than one place on the final general classification standings. De Cosmo and South had endured a difficult start to the race, finishing Stage 1 in eighteenth, and as a result, ninth was the best they could do after four days of Pyrenean mountain biking.

Casey South and Gioele de Cosmo won the final stage. Photo by Gabri Amorós.

Foccoli and Goria crossed the Stage 4 finish line in La Massana in second, on the day, to secure the 2026 Andorra Epic title by 1 minute and 31 seconds. Torpado Kenda FSA 2’s Fabian Rabensteiner and Jakob Dorigoni were third on the stage, but could also not break into the top five overall. Klimatiza Orbea was fourth on the final day and had to settle for second on the general classification. KTM Spada Brenta Brakes took fifth on the day and overall, while Singer KTM Racing and Orbea Speed Company secured third and fourth in the general classification standings, having finished seventh and sixth, respectively, on Stage 4.

Torpado Kenda FSA’s Stage 4 success extended into the women’s race, where Sosna-Pinelė and Marchet were, like Valero and Porro, left wondering what might have been in the absence of bad luck. The pair had lost 25 minutes with a puncture on Stage 1 and had to be content with two stage wins, on Stage 3 and 4, as consolation prizes. Their misfortune did not detract from the success of Massi ISB Sport’s Calderon and Fasolis.

Massi ISB Sport backed up Stage 1 and 2 wins with a third and a second place finish on the final two days. Photo by Gabri Amorós.

Having won Stages 1 and 2, the pair could afford to conserve energy and descend cautiously on Stages 3 and 4. Second on the final stage was enough to earn both Massi ISB Sport riders their second Andorra Epic titles. Calderon won in 2024 alongside Tessa Kortekaas, while Fasolis’ victory came in 2021 alongside Sandra Mairhofer. “It’s amazing, I didn’t expect this at all at the start of the week,” Fasolis confessed. “I’m very, very happy!”

“The second part of today’s stage was very tough for me, because I ran out of water and it was so hot,” Fasolis continued. “I struggled on the second climb, and I didn’t descend well either, but we managed to stay ahead of the Metallurgica [Veneta – Next Ride] team.”

Metallurgica Veneta – Next Ride finished third on the final stage and second overall. Photo by Toni Grases.

“Monica [Calderon] is an amazing partner,” Fasolis praised. “After Croatia [where the Massi ISB Sport team placed fourth at the 4Islands Epic], I’m happy to have been able to make her happy with this victory.”

Fasolis and Calderon’s final margin of victory was 7 minutes and 20 seconds over Maria Zarantonello and Chrystelle Baumann. Sosna-Pinelė and Marchet were third, a further 13 minutes back. ISB Cyclistwork Factory’s Meritxell Figueras Garangou and Alba Teruel Ribes were fourth on the final stage and overall, 5 and a half minutes ahead of Claudia Krenn and Veronika Weiss, of Velo Kartell x R-Suspension MTB.

2026 Andorra Epic Results

Stage 4 Elite Men:

1. TORPADO KENDA FSA: Gioele de Cosmo and Casey South (2:04:38)
2. SCOTT RACING: Davide Foccoli & Stefano Goria (2:06:43 | +2:05)
3. TORPADO KENDA FSA 2: Fabian Rabensteiner & Jakob Dorigoni (2:07:07 | +2:29)
4. KLIMATIZA ORBEA: David Valero & Samuele Porro (2:07:23 | +2:45)
5. KTM SPADA | BRENTA BRAKES: Lorenzo Samparisi & Jacopo Billi (2:07:59 | +3:21)

Giorgia Marchet and Katažina Sosna-Pinelė won the final stage. Photo by Gabri Amorós.

Stage 4 Elite Women:

1. TORPADO KENDA FSA: Katažina Sosna-Pinelė & Giorgia Marchet (2:42:31)
2. MASSI ISB SPORT: Monica Calderon & Costanza Fasolis (2:46:37 | +4:06)
3. METALLURGICA VENETA – NEXT RIDE: Maria Zarantonello & Chrystelle Baumann (2:46:38 | +4:07)
4. ISB CYCLISTWORK FACTORY: Meritxell Figueras Garangou & Alba Teruel Ribes (2:56:57 | +14:26)
5. VELO KARTELL X R-SUSPENSION MTB: Claudia Krenn & Veronika Weiss (2:58:47 | +16:16)

Andorra Epic Elite Men’s GC Podium. Photo by Oriol Batista.

Elite Men’s General Classification after Stage 4:

1. SCOTT RACING: Davide Foccoli & Stefano Goria (9:18:41)
2. KLIMATIZA ORBEA: David Valero & Samuele Porro (9:20:12 | +1:31)
3. SINGER KTM RACING: Simon Stiebjahn & Martin Frey (9:26:21| +7:40)
4. ORBEA SPEED COMPANY: Lukas Baum & Georg Egger (9:27:54 | +9:13)
5. KTM SPADA | BRENTA BRAKES: Lorenzo Samparisi & Jacopo Billi (9:33:40 | +14:59)

Andorra Epic Elite Women’s GC Podium. Photo by Oriol Batista.

Elite Women’s General Classification after Stage 4:

1. MASSI ISB SPORT: Monica Calderon & Costanza Fasolis (12:13:59)
2. METALLURGICA VENETA – NEXT RIDE: Maria Zarantonello & Chrystelle Baumann (12:21:19 | +7:20)
3. TORPADO KENDA FSA: Katažina Sosna-Pinelė & Giorgia Marchet (12:34:19 | +20:20)
4. ISB CYCLISTWORK FACTORY: Meritxell Figueras Garangou & Alba Teruel Ribes (12:57:31 | +43:32)
5. VELO KARTELL X R-SUSPENSION MTB: Claudia Krenn & Veronika Weiss (13:03:01 | +49:02)

2026 Andorra Epic Jersey Winners. Photo by Oriol Batista.

To relive all the action from the 2026 Andorra Epic, mountain biking fans can like the Andorra Epic Facebook page or follow @andorra_epic on Instagram. Highlights from the race can also be viewed on the Epic Series YouTube Channel. To sign up for the mailing list and receive information about the 2027 edition, visit www.epic-series.com/andorra and click here to view the full results from the race.

The Epic Series continues with the SPAR Swiss Epic, in the southeastern canton of Graubünden, from the 19^th to the 23^rd of August. Visit www.epic-series.com/swissepic to find out more.

Torpado Kenda FSA celebrate two stage wins and a third position for their three teams on the final stage of the 2026 Andorra Epic. Photo by Carles Iturbe.