La Vuelta has finally realized its dream in Barcelona

La Vuelta is the third great cycling race in the calendar and the presence of the best riders on the starting line is always unknown, but the fact is that the Spanish round always manages to present a list of well-known surnames, and this year in its 78th edition, will not be an exception. He is not the only one privileged to have last year’s champion, the Belgian Remco Evenepoel, but he is lucky to enjoy two of the benchmarks of the international peloton: the Slovenian PRimoz Roglic and the danish Jonas Vingegaard, the triple winner of La Vuelta and the double winner of the Tour de France. A bouquet of stars to which the Balearic Islands are added enric mastriple podium at the Spanish round and now needs results this year, and the Barcelonan Juan Ayuso3rd in 2022.

A poster that wanted to highlight yesterday was director of La Vuelta Javier Guillén on the presentation of the race in Barcelona: “This Vuelta has a ‘pintón’. We are glad. We have the best participation in history – among the big names maybe only Slovenian is missing Tadej Pogacar or the Spanish youth carlos rodriguez-. If you would have told me a month and a half ago I wouldn’t have believed it. We have the best runners in the world, who come with great enthusiasm. We are going to have a very fun Vuelta”, Guillén pointed out before thanking Barcelona for hosting the 78th edition of the race. “For the Vuelta, it was a dream to leave Barcelona and sometimes dreams come true. We are very grateful to Barcelona, ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​the best city in the world that breathes sport. ”.

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For his part, he city ​​mayor Jaume Collboni remembered ‘Periko’ Delgado, host of the event with Carlos de Andrés, was one of his idols as a teenager and on the occasion of La Vuelta he stressed that “the best of Barcelona is back. Let’s make possible the dream we set to return Barcelona to its rightful place as this great sports capital.”