The first deputy mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboniand the sports councilor, David Escudemet this Wednesday with Christian Prudhommedirector of Tour de Franceto examine the options for the gala round to leave the Catalan capital next term.
The event, held at Barcelona City Hall, was also attended by Javier Guillendirector of La Vuelta, and Ruben Perisdirector of Volta Ciclista and Catalunya.
Barcelona has been obtained in some instances some stage of Tour de France. The last edition to go through Barcelona it was 13 years ago. In particular, the Tour 2009with two days where the Catalan capital is the star: the stages 6 (Girona-Barcelonaof 175 km) and 7 (Barcelona-Andorraof 224 km).
“Barcelona may be one of the only cities in the world to host major world sporting events: the Soccer World Cup 1982The 1992 Olympics and now the exit Tour“, was declared Collboniwhich specified that the consistory wanted to add the “magnificence” of the gala round “to the editions of La Vuelta and Copa América“.
The first deputy mayor He also recalled that this bet shows that “Barcelona is in shape” and provides a continuation of the work done in recent years.
“During this mandate, we worked to recover the spirit that allowed us to open up to the world thanks to great sporting events, because we believe that the alliance of Barcelona and sports multiply the benefits for the city and for the competition it holds”, he underlined.
Source: La Verdad
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