The City of Barcelona is present at the beginning of 111th edition of the Tour de France from the streets of Florence, Italy). A delegation from the Barcelona city council, led by sports councilor David Escudé, He traveled to the capital of beautiful Tuscany to observe everything that was happening here Great Release before the start of Large Boucle from the Catalan capital in 2026 with three stages, as the MD advances.
A part of the delegation arrived in Florence on Friday and attended the Gala dinner at the beginning of the Tour and another this Saturday, where David Escudé had time to meet with new mayor of Florence, Sara Funaro, as well as analyzing various details including general director of the Tour Christian Prudomme.
Escudé, accompanied by general director of the Vuelta Javier Guillénvisited the village area of Great Outing in Florenceread the whole environment and then followed the development of the first stage in an official car of the organization and waited until Mark Cavendishbehind, almost 40 minutes behind the winner and first leader, Romain Bardet cross the line arriving in Rimini.
“We continue to work with the top officials of the Tour regarding the presentation of the three stages of Barcelona – whose presentation will take place in September – and the place where the teams will be presented,” explained David Escudé to MD, who was surprised by the size of the village area in this first stage, larger in his opinion than the Bilbao last year, as well as Italians’ passion for this historic day.
At his side, Javier Guillén, once showed his support for David Escude. “The departure of the Tour de France from Barcelona in 2026 is good news that I celebrate. We must appreciate all that the Barcelona city council has achieved and the good work of the sports council, in the departure of LapThe Sailing America Cup this summer, the Tour of 2026 and the races MotoGP or F1 fully integrated. “I can’t think of any city in the world that can boast of having a calendar of sporting events like Barcelona.”
Source: La Verdad
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