An international platoon will fill the 3rd edition of reVolta this Sunday in Sant Cugat

The countdown for the dispute began this Sunday, May 29, of 3rd edition of reVoltathe women’s test of Cycling Tour of Cataloniarepeating a stage and participation of prestige in Sant Cugat del Valles after the success of the 2021 edition, thanks to the support of Sant Cugat Town Hall. About eighty cyclists of 15 different nationalities will be at the start line, ready to tackle the 97-kilometer route that will start and end on Avinguda Pla del Vinyet in the city of Valles where you can enjoy a show of top-level women’s cycling.

One of the great attractions of testing is having a team Cofidis, a well -known French professional team with more than 20 years of experience on its men’s team, made a strong start in 2022 with its commitment to the women’s team. All indicate that his participation will mark the career with the Catalan consulting group, a Massi-Tactic which after showing its potential in several international exams this May will face the reVolta with ambition thanks to having ten cyclists, led by a Mireia Benito who wants to improve to his fourth position since last 2021.

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Next to him are cyclists from various state teams who are also part of the international UCI Women’s Continentalfeatured Farto-Galician BTC team which will have eight representatives, and a participation that will allow to see in action eight of the ten Catalans running now 2022 on the UCI international teams: in addition to Mireia Benito, Mireia Trias, Martina Moreno and Sara Méndez (Massi-Tactic)the current elite Spanish Cup champion is also set to participate Patricia Ortega (Sopela Women’s Team), Elisabet Escursell (Bepink), 2021 Catalan champion Iris Gómez (Bizkaia-Durango) and Sílvia Zúñiga (Eneicat-RBH Global).

In the peloton of the 3rd reVolta there will be cyclists from Spain, France, Portugal, Germany, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Poland, Mexico, Argentina, Iran, Great Britain, Colombia and South Africa. An international participation provided by the presence of teams such as eThe Zaaf Cycling Teamwhich will start with a very international team of eight cyclists, the Sa Matthew Procycling Colombian or the team Velo performance Portuguese, which will give color to a participation of national teams in which the Catalan Catema.cat stands out, the training project of Baix Ter Cycling Club from which Massi-Tactic was born, which will have thirteen cyclists at the starting line, the French team Abadie-Le Boulou Groupwith some Catalan cyclists as the leader of Raquel Torrell Catalan Cupand the Galician group Kiwi Atlantic-Louriñawhich will take eight cyclists to the starting line.

ReVolta will repeat for its 3rd edition the route that offered great results in 2021, with 97 kilometers starting and ending at Avinguda Pla del Vinyet, starting at 10 am and the arrival of the first cyclists is already schedule around 12 pm: 45h. The scoring ports of Alto de Capçuda (third category) and the Top of Creu de l’Aragall (first category), the latter is crowned about 30 kilometers from the finish line, are the major difficulties of a difficult route passing through the counties of Vallès Occidental, Baix Llobregat, Anoia and Alt Penedèsincluding intermediate sprints of piera Y Corbera de Llobregat.

The winner of this 3rd edition of reVolta will succeed from the Norwegian cyclist Katrine Aalerud (Movistar Team)winner last year in Sant Cugat in an exciting sprint, and the North American Lauren Stephens, which achieved success in the inaugural edition of the event held in 2018 within the framework of the men’s event at the Montjuic circuit, in Barcelona. A history of the event that seeks its integration into a promising 3rd edition by 2022, which is more international than ever.