It’s not easy to make a quality leap and do it well. When the leadership of the Volta decided to bet on women’s cycling, from the day of the classic to revolution in a three-day racing phase, the challenge that arises is very attractive, but also overwhelming. Now, once the first edition of Women’s Cycling Tour of Catalonia The feeling that lingers in the environment is that of pleasure. Institutions supported the project, some sponsors too, and the women’s cycling squad largely responded to the first call for the event, which debuted in category 2.1, which includes seven World Tour teams, from the highest category , with three stages that the runners liked differently and with a first-class organization, following the schemes of the men’s Volta.
“We finished the women’s Volta with the feeling of a job well done by all. I am left with the feeling that we made a bet and it turned out well,” he explained to MD Rubèn Peris, president of Volta Ciclista a Catalunyaquite along the lines expressed in this same medium of Catalan cyclist Mireia Benito in the sense that “you really have to be brave to bet on women’s cycling, because its returns are long-term, unlike men’s.”
A first edition – with a budget of 400,000 euros – that also had a luxurious winner such as triple world champion and cycling legend such as Marianne Vos, who applauded the racial design. “When we found out he was coming, we were happy, because we knew he was a winner.”
Comment Ruben Peris that Volta’s commitment to women’s cycling is “firm” and that for the 2025 edition the category, 2.1, will be maintained; the dates of the festival and the number of stages, three. “Right now, the first goal is to consolidate our proposal and then we will see. There is a clear economic issue here. Volta is debt free, but it is difficult for us to find the necessary financial support. We are pleased with the financial support of institutions, of the population, of Railways of the Generalitat of Cataloniafrom individuals and we were able to raise the economic bar,” he told MD Ruben Peris, which at the same time defines that “the idea is to stay in this person’s category, 2.1. This first year we had great participation and the highest number of World Tour teams possible.
It is known that the last day is on City of Barcelona like this year and a stage will reach one of the ski and mountain resorts of Railways of the Generalitat of Catalonia (FGC). All that remains is to listen to the proposals and fit the pieces.
Source: La Verdad
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