The Spain Cycling Tour, which will be held from August 17 to September 8, would like to return in future editions to Portugal, where this year’s race will begin and the first three stages will take place.
It was taught by general director of the organizer of La Vuelta, Unipublic, Javier Guillén, who announced in a press conference this Tuesday at Castelo Branco (Portugal) his wish to repeat the presence of Portugal in future editions.
For this reason, he considered that, when this year’s edition is over, “it will not be goodbye, it will be see you later. Apart from what is coming, it means repeating.”
Guillén accompanied in his media appearance the Secretary of State for Tourism of Portugal, Pedro Machadoand the mayors of the Portuguese towns where the stages will start and where they will arrive.
Machado assured that “Portugal wants to be part of La Vuelta 2025”, after being part of this edition.
Unipublic announced today that for 2024 it has chosen Portugal as the country where the peloton will compete, despite the fact that there are 7 other countries on the waiting list.
The La Vuelta caravan, with 3,500 people, will generate a daily average of 500,000 euros directly in Portugal throughout the week it is in the country.
Both Machado and the mayors, for their part, trusted in the press conference that this visit to Portugal will serve to promote the tourist efficiency within the country, and emphasized the important economic return for Portugal, since the race will be broadcast in 190 countries. . with 500 million potential viewers.
These are the three stages of this year’s La Vuelta in Portugal
The first stage is a time trial Lisbon, while the second and third will run through within Portugalthrough rural territories.
The second stage (August 18), ends with Ouremit will be a good opportunity to further project the religious tourism of the Portuguese sanctuary of Fatimalocated in this council, as explained by its mayor, Luis Albuquerque.
For his part, the mayor of Lousã (release of the third episode), Luís Antunesconsidering that the passage of La Vuelta, which has not passed through Portuguese territory since 1998, “will have a strong direct and indirect impact on the promotion of Serra da Lousã” or on the groups of the famous ‘Aldeias do Xisto ‘.
For Leopoldo Rodrigues, mayor of Castelo Branco -the objective of the third phase-, will be “a good opportunity to present all these territories within the country” and their tourist products
Source: La Verdad
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