The Volta Ciclista Catalunya will experience a grand start to its women’s event next Friday, June 7 from Manresa. This will be a first stage on departure and arrival on capital of Bages, where the city and its region will shine in a special way. Manresa was identified as European City of Sport 2024, an international recognition that highlights the city’s sporting qualities. A special year for the Bages capital will include the grand start of the test as one of the major sporting events to be experienced throughout 2024.
The connection between Manresa and the Volta Ciclista Catalunya It is extensive and can boast of having hosted the start or finish of a men’s event stage up to 93 times, being the second most visited city in the history of the race after. Barcelona. The first occasion started in 1912, while the second saw the city become the final winner of that edition, Joseph Magdalena. Since then, in its many visits it has been the venue for both the start (1970, in the emblematic 50th edition, and 1991, a team time trial won by the ONCE team) and the finish (1969, 1974 and 1981 ) of the race, Manresa saw great names in the history of cycling and the victory of the Volta, such as Mariano Cañardo, Delio Rodríguez, Miquel Poblet, Jan Janssens, Domingo ‘Txomin’ Perurena, Bernard Thévenet or Sean Kelly of the forty-nine occasions on which he experienced the end of the stage.
The last time Manresa hosted the Volta Catalunya finish line was in 2021, in the historic 100th edition, with a victory for the German. Lennard Kamna, stage winner in three great voltages. For its part, as the venue for the start of the stage, Manresa has hosted the event on thirty-nine occasions, the last being in 1995.
He Councilor for Sports and Health of the Manresa City Council, Anjo Valentí Mollwas “very pleased to be able to host the departure and arrival of the women’s Volta, in a year where women’s sports have been promoted more than ever”, and assured that it was “a great opportunity to maintain Manresa’s name on the map of the main sports cities: Our will as a European City of Sports is to further promote popular sports and physical activity; we want to create a more active society, and the hosting of big events like the Volta link us directly to “the promotion of the sport, which we want to be open to everyone.”
Rubèn Peris, president of Volta Ciclista a Catalunya He emphasized Manresa’s strategic positioning, as an excellent starting point for testing. “In a decisive year for the women’s event, thanks to the promotion to the UCI 2.1 category that will allow us to enjoy three days of the best international cycling, Manresa represents an unparalleled starting stage. The its location in the heart of Catalonia and the facilities that the city offers us will make us experience the first stage of luxury. From Volta a Catalunya we want to congratulate Manresa for its commitment to being a European City of Sports, a great initiative for sport in our country thanks to which we can promote Volta events and the Manresa project to the world.”
There are a total of three stages of which one has already been announced arriving at altitude at the Generalitat de Catalunya Railway station of La Molinathe 2024 edition of the Volta a Catalunya promises a difficult and exciting route between June 7 and 9. Now, starting from a historic place like Manresa, the test takes on a new dimension in a important year for the capital of Bages, which will host important sporting events such as European City of Sports.
Source: La Verdad
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