reVolta presents the 4th edition of the gathering on the international calendar

The official presentation of 4th edition of reVolta has served to publicize all the details of the race that will be held on April 29 at Sant Cugat del Valles, and that it continues to take steps forward to integrate itself into the international women’s cycling calendar. In addition to his jump to UCI category 1.1 and with a significant level of participation, the test, which launches its website (www.la-revolta.cat), will also take a step in its media coverage thanks to its live broadcast on television.

The presentation of reVolta in the Town Hall of Sant Cugat had the participation of Mireia Ingla, mayoress of Sant Cugat del Vallès, the General Secretary for Esports of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Anna Caula, the president of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya Associació Esportiva, Rubèn Peris, the sports manager of reVolta, Patrícia Ortega, the Catalan president Cycling Federation, Joaquim Vilaplana, as well as cyclists Elisabet Escursell (Massi-Tactic) and Helena Moragas, who will compete in the Catalan team.

“reVolta is moving forward, with a leap in quality in its participation in the race and in its media projection. We continue to take steps forward to grow the event and bring women’s cycling to the place we think it deserves”, explained he. Ruben Peris, president of Volta a Catalunya.

For his part, the sports manager of the Patrícia Ortega test assured that “women’s cycling is growing rapidly. If they had told me two years ago that this year reVolta would have a helicopter to broadcast the race, I would not have believed it. And now I think that we are and looking for ways to grow it even more”. On the sports side, he explained that “the route is demanding from kilometer 0 and we have to wait to see how the teams play their cards, because there will be we are a peloton with very interesting runners”.

The Mayor of Sant Cugat, Mireia Ingla, assured that “it is a great pride that Sant Cugat is once again hosting reVolta, the women’s event of the Volta a Catalunya. We want this pairing to last for many years and for our city to continue to be one of the benchmarks when it comes to making women’s sports visible”.

For his part, the general secretary of l’Esport and l’Activitat Física, Anna Caula, emphasized that the presentation of reVolta breathed “joy and pride” because “we are putting together a great event at a time of change in terms of the growth of women’s sports in Catalonia”. Anna Caula added that the event was “the result of networking” and “an example of circular sport to generate references to the youngest and most imaginative newcomers. We were able to broadcast the event live on TV3, and this is another step to project women’s cycling and the Catalan territory”, he concluded.

With the best cycling teams

reVolta is also taking an important step forward in its international participation, which will be led by two UCI WorldTeams, Movistar team and Israel Premier Tech Roland, which is part of an elite group of the fifteen best teams in the world. Eleven UCI Women’s Continental Teams will also participate in the 4th reVolta, along with the Catalan teams Mass Tactics and Zaaf Cycling Teamincluding Galician Farto-BTC and the basque Labor Kutxa-Euskadi FoundationFrench teams Cofidis Women Team, Stade Rochelais Charente Maritime and Team Groupe Abadiehe Canyon/SRAM development german, the Team Coop Hitec Products norwegian and the BTC City Ljubljana Slovenian. The participation will be completed by the Catalan team and the Cyprus team, as well as the Portuguese team Maiatos Women’s Cycling Teamreference group of Cup of Portugal.

Thus, the international participation of more than 100 cyclists is expected, with the presence of important names such as the defending champion, the German. Clara Koppenburg (Cofidis Women Team)increasingly consolidated as one of the best climbers of the international peloton, who will defend his number 1. Potential WorldTour riders from the Movistar Team or from Israel Premier Tech Roland will be first, with the Olympic champion set to participate in Tokyo 2021 Anna Kiesenhofer or the British veteran Claire Steels.

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The continental teams will try to cope as usual with the presence of the Catalan team Massi-Tactic, which has been on the podium in the last two editions of reVolta, as well as a Zaaf Cycling team that has achieved good results at the start. of this season. 2023 with names like Canadian champion Maggie Coles Lysterthe Australian Danielle De Francesco or the Czech Nikola Noskovaclose to victory in international events such as the Scheldeprijs, Cadel Evans Road Race or the CV Fèmines Classic, respectively.

The other tire that comes next is the Slovenian veteran tire Urska Pintar (BTC City Ljubljana Scott)cyclist with long experience at WorldTour level, the last champions of Spain sub23 Iurani Blanco and Idoia Eraso (Labor Kutxa-Euskadi Foundation)fifth classified in the 2021 reVolta, the potential of the Team Coop-Hitec Products team, which this year is at the start of the LeTour Femmes and will bring the British maiden to the reVolta Josie Nelson (Team Coop Hitec Products)fourth this year in a WorldTour event like the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, as well Anti Christoforouwinner of La Classique Morbihan last year and team cyclist UCI WorldTeam Human Powered Healthwho will lead the Cyprus team.

In addition, the race organized by the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya increases the hardness of the route this 2023. The test will have three mountain passes on a 126.9-kilometer route that in total will add almost 2,000 meters of positive elevation gain. On departure and arrival Sant Cugat del Valleswill be marked by the passage through Coll de Castellbisball (2. category) and the first category ports of Port d’Ullastrell and the Alt de la Creu d’Aragall, the latter crowned 29.5 kilometers from the finish line and is expected to be decisive in deciding the race. There will also be two intermediate sprints, located at Pier (km 63.1) and in Corbera de Llobregat (km 104.2).

The start of the race is at 9:50 am on the same Avinguda Plan del Vinyet, while the arrival is scheduled around 1:30 pm. reVolta can be followed live from 12 noon on TV3, as well as on Volta a Catalunya’s social networks.