Organisers Unipublic has introduced the revamped La Vuelta Femenina will start alongside the Costa Blanca shoreline in Spain on Might 1.
The 200km-long Mediterranean shoreline is a well-liked vacationer vacation spot within the province of Alicante; nonetheless, organisers haven’t revealed the precise location of the opening stage.
Groups have complained concerning the ignorance concerning the seven-day race; nonetheless, Unipublic has confirmed that the complete route will probably be revealed at a ceremony on February 28.
“The primary version of La Vuelta Femenina by Carrefour.es will begin from Costa Blanca. The complete route of the race will probably be offered on February twenty eighth, additionally in Costa Blanca, in a ceremony of which extra particulars will probably be revealed quickly,” organisers wrote in a press launch on Thursday.
Costa Blanca can be a well-liked biking location among the many skilled groups that host annual pre-season coaching camps in cities resembling Denia, Altea and Alicante. As well as, Benidorm just lately hosted a spherical of the UCI Cyclocross World Cup.
In a significant shake-up for the previous Ceratizit Problem by La Vuelta, organisers modified its title to La Vuelta Feminina, expanded the race to seven levels, and moved it to Might 1-7 in 2023.
The occasion began as a one-day race in Madrid in 2015 and expanded to 2 levels in 2018, and a 3rd stage was added in 2020. The race was additional expanded in 2021 to 4 levels and in 2022 to 5 levels.
Former champions of the occasion embody Shelley Olds (2015), Jolien D’hoore (2016, 2017), Ellen van Dijk (2018), Lisa Brennauer (2019, 2020), and Annemiek van Vleuten gained the earlier two editions in 2021 and 2022.
