Lleida returns to the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya this 2024, and he would do it at the front door. The capital of Segrià will host one of the stage arrivals of 103rd edition of the Catalan roundthat debate between the next March 18 and 24eleven years after his last appearance on the tour.
Lleida is one of the most visited cities in the history of the Volta a Catalunya. Show on tour since its first edition (1911), the city It has hosted the start or end of the Catalan’s career up to 73 occasions, starring in forty editions. though, In the 1973 and 1988 editions of the Volta a Catalunya, Lleida led the final competition, in editions won by Txomin Perurena and Miguel Indurain.
However, the last time Lleida was part of the Volta route was in 2013, when it was the finish line of a stage that starts in Rialp and where the Canadian François Parisien won the sprint. Eleven years after this last precedent, Lleida will once again host the best cyclists in the world on its streets in 2024, as one of the great stages of the 103rd edition of the Catalan race.
Great names in cycling history like Mario Cipollini (1995, 1996), Laurent Jalabert (1992, 1994), Maurizio Fondriest (1987) or Miquel Poblet (1960) They won a stage of the Volta in Lleida, among the forty occasions where the city has hosted the finish line.
“The return to Lleida is one of the good news of the next edition of Volta a Catalunya. That a stage that has played a huge role in the long history of our career is once again the main character is one of the great incentives for a 2024 edition for which we are very excited,” he said. Rubèn Peris, president of Volta Ciclista a Catalunya.
The confirmation of a finish line in Lleida is the final part of the announcement of the venues for the 103rd edition of the Volta, which between March 18 and 24, 2024 will once again bring the best cyclists in the world. It will do so on a route full of new features during its competition week, departing from Sant Feliu de Guíxols and arriving in Barcelona. Combined with the UCI World Tour calendar, the Volta a Catalunya will once again feature the presence of the 18 best cycling teams in the world and ensure significant international media coverage.
Source: La Verdad
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