2024 Lisbon (Portugal) and 2026 Monaco. The Vuelta 2026 will begin rolling through the streets of Principality of Monaco, and it will be done in two stages. The opening day will take place entirely on Monegasque territory, which will also host the start of the second stage of La Vuelta 26. In this way, La Vuelta will experience a new official start on foreign territory after the ones already held in Lisbon (1997), Assen (2009), Nîmes (2017) and Utrecht (2022), and will host Lisbon, Oeiras and Cascais in 2024.
This was agreed upon this Thursday in an event held at the Yeight Clubs of Monaco with an agreement signed by SEDPierre Dartout, Minister of State of the Principality, Yann Le Moenner, CEO of the Amaury Sport Organization, and Javier Guillén, general director of La VueltaIn the presence of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco. In this way, the 81st edition of the race will once again experience a new official start on international territory after starting from Portugal, Netherlands and France.
“This is unusual news for racing. We can expand the internationalization of racing leaving a place as iconic for the sport as Monaco, which is a country that hosts major sporting events around the world, such as of Formula 1, the Monte Carlo tennis tournament, The Monte Carlo Rally or the Tour de France itself, for us to be part of an elite club is unusual news,” he explained to MD Javier Guillén, general director of the Vuelta.
And he added, “I also believe that there are many arguments and stories that we can promote between the two countries, our union across the Mediterranean Sea, our vocation for sport, the large number of cyclists who live here in Monaco and it will continue to be a country that produces extraordinary fascination for all of us, I also want to highlight all the support of Prince Albert so that this initiative can move forward and when it comes to the Vuelta, it is a pride for to us to do. say that on the 24th we leave Lisbon, As on the 26th we leave Monaco This shows the great strength that the race has, in addition to the vocation that we have to go out, we need people who want us to do it and. as Lisbon and Monaco show, we have those people and therefore “The challenge is to do it very well.”
In 2026, the Principality of Monaco It will add the Spanish round to the list of major sporting events held on its streets. In cycling, he has fixed the Grand Départ of the Tour de France in 2009 and will once again star in the gala round hosting the start of the final time trial that will come together Monaco and Nice in the last stage of Tour de France 2024.
Source: La Verdad
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