Good news for women’s cycling. The revolution, the women’s event Cycling Tour of Catalonia which is disputed in Sant Cugat del Vallesis the official number test 1.1 of the International Cycling Union (UCI)which made the international calendar official for the 2023 season. The race is scheduled for Sunday, April 30, 2023.
With the support again of the city council of Sant Cugat del Vallès, which will again be the start and finish for reVolta, the race continues its progress, since its first edition in 2018. In the international category 1.1 , reVolta can have a more prominent participation, with up to a maximum of 7 teams UCI Women World Teamand there is no limit of foreign teams in the category UCI Women Continental Teamsapart from the national teams.
“Without a doubt, this is great news for women’s cycling, news that we are also excited to announce and that is to reward all the work done so far. Since the birth of reVolta, we have been dedicated to women’s cycling and since then it has not stopped growing. With this announcement, once again the best female cyclist in the world is at reVolta, which is great news for women’s cycling,” she told MD Ruben Peris, Director of Volta
The winners of reVolta in its three contested editions began to shine in its own name, in American victories. Lauren Stephens (2018, in Barcelona), current runner of EF Education-TIBCO-SVBThe Norwegian Movistar Team Katrine Aalerud (2021, in Sant Cugat) and the German Cofidis Women Team, Clara Koppenburgalso in May in Sant Cu
The last two editions of reVolta were held with the national category of RFEC 1.15.2, which made it possible to experience two wonderful and exciting editions, but with the jump to the international category, being competitive and having more many foreigners the teams can be increased category, in addition to the distribution of UCI points to the competitors.
The origin of the name reVolta
When looking for a name for the women’s event, Volta launched a contest via Twitter and after more than 800 votes, the name that received the most votes was reVolta. User @markuscanus (Marc Cano) suggested the name reVolta, and after being selected he won the prize of following a stage of the race and a jersey signed by the winners. With 45% of the votes, it was imposed on Dona la Volta (42%), FemVolta (11%) and El Tomb (2%).
Source: La Verdad
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