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Mayor Jose Miguel Luengo and the director of the Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia, Francisco Guzmán announced today in the City Council of San Javier that the municipality will again host the exit of the 37 edition of the Vuelta a Murcia to be held on Saturday 11 February 2017.
The departure of the Vuelta last year in the avenue Sandoval of Santiago de la Ribera "was spectacular and was the one that has concentrated more in the last years" said its responsible that also announced that the race will maintain the same route of last year, Praised by the runners, with the arrival to the Gran Via of Murcia.
The mayor confirmed that the previous concentration and the exit will take place as last year in the esplanade Barnuevo and the Sandoval avenue of Santiago de la Ribera, passing through the center of San Javier and other points of the municipality.
"We do not want to miss any opportunity to promote our municipality as a tourist destination and what better way to do it with the sport and specifically with cycling so ingrained in our municipality," Luengo said, confident that the exit "will again be an organizational success And participation. "
The director of the Vuelta explained that this year has taken precedence the security reason why has reduced the participation "to avoid too great platoons".
At the moment there are 13 teams that can reach 16 or 18 with 120 riders, at most, said Francisco Guzman who expressed his desire to see again in the Vuelta Murcia runners, although it is still early to confirm names.
The event was attended by Sergio Martinez Ros, a neighbor of San Javier, involved with the Vuelta for years, as recalled Guzman, who in the coming days will be proclaimed president of the Federation of Cycling Region of Murcia, winning by 21 of 25 votes Against its rival in the first round of the elections.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier
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