The official presentation of UCI Cyclocross World Cup – Benidorm Costa Blanca 2024. The event in Alicante, scheduled for Sunday, January 21, 2024 in El Moralet and Foietes Parks of the Mediterranean tourist capital, promises unparalleled spectacle thanks to three factors: a luxurious participation; a massive influx of public; and the party that only the best sport and the best atmosphere can foster.
Mathieu Van der Poel, Wout van Aert and Tom Pidcockthe three great male stars of the cyclocross world, include UCI Cyclocross World Cup – Benidorm Costa Blanca with their plans to the delight of fans, who will also enjoy the best runners in the Women’s Elite event where Fem van Empel succeeded in January earlier Puck Pieterse.
Regarding the public, more than 3,000 spectators have already bought their tickets for an event that, 50 days after its celebration, promises to attract massive tourism to Benidorm and Costa Blanca as it did in its first edition. . The first edition which, like this second, can be defined in one word: party. The cyclocross festival, a cycling discipline that is growing rapidly due to its intensity, excitement and the unique environment it provides for fans to enjoy the sport outdoors.
“We have regained the UCI Cyclocross World Cup for Spain, a country where there is a great fan of cycling in general and cyclocross in particular,” said Toni Pérez, Mayor of the City Council of Benidorm and President of the Alicante Provincial Council. “In addition, we attract many visitors from other countries who want to enjoy Benidorm, in the month of January, with good weather, in a unique facility and competition. This is a great promotion for a city like ours, which lives for Tourism, and which has also developed important cycling mobility in recent years.
“Benidorm is a magnet,” says Pascual Momparler, head of Momparler Cycling, organizing company of the UCI Cyclocross World Cup – Benidorm Costa Blanca. “Cycling is one of the main bases in your city project and our event will be held in January, a date when the hospitality industry welcomes events that attract tourists from all over Europe: this is the perfect cocktail . “We are working hard to bring back the best cyclists in the world to our event.”
“A UCI Cyclocross World Cup is a very important event,” he commented. José Luis López Cerrón, president of the Royal Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC). “The fact that it is in a city like Benidorm contributes a lot, because it has a well-known name in northern Europe and attracts people. Everything about having international events in Spain, whatever the specialty, is important for us as a federation in particular and for the world of cycling in general. “This event marks the growth of cyclocross, which now has a very full calendar at the national level.”
Source: La Verdad
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