Sant Joan de les Abadesses will be the protagonist with the starting stage in the 103rd edition of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya. Fifty years after the last and only visit of the Catalan race to the town, in 1973, Sant Joan will once again star on the route in 2024 thanks to an agreement between its town council and the race organization.
Next 2024, the municipality will return to the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya route 50 years after the last presence in the cycling race.
Sant Joan de les Abadesses was the star of the historic Catalan test twice in 1973, in the 53rd edition of the exam. It hosts the end of the second sector of the 4th stage, a day of 131.4 kilometers starting from Sant Antoni de Calonge won by the Italian Wladimiro Panizza, and also the start of the 5th stage, a day which ended in Andorra and where he won the Basque ‘Txomin’ Perurena, last winner of that edition.
Half a century later, Sant Joan de les Abadesses will once again be one of the headquarters of the Volta a Catalunya route, that the next 2024 will be held between March 18 and 24. This will be the 103rd edition of the Catalan cycling race, a global reference thanks to its presence on the UCI World Tour calendar.
“For Volta a Catalunya, it is a pleasure to return to Sant Joan de les Abadesses after 50 years. As an organization, it is an important goal to cover a large part of the Catalan territory, and certainly the wonderful mountain environment of Sant Joan de les Abadesses and Ripollès will be perfect to enjoy a great stage of the Volta “, he explained. Ruben Perispresident of Volta Ciclista a Catalunya.
The Catalan cycling race, with the guaranteed presence of 18 of the best cycling teams in the worldhas significant international distribution reaching 190 countries and five continents in its television coverage, thanks to 33 international broadcasters.
So, the presence of Sant Joan de les Abadesses will be one of the novelties of the next edition of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, which further outlines the route where the best cyclists in the world They will fight between March 18 and 24, 2024 looking to replace the last winner, the Slovenian Primoz Roglic.
Source: La Verdad
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