[New] 2023 VOLTA TO GET UNDERWAY IN ORIHUELA

2023 Valencia Cycle Race to Start in Orihuela

The first stage of the 74th edition of the prestigious VCV – Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana Gran Premi Banc Sabadell cycle race will start from Orihuela,on February 1,2023.

Carolina Gracia,the Mayor of Orihuela,together with Ángel Casero,director of the Cycling Tour of the Valencian Community,Patricia Menárguez, Councillor for Sports and Manuel Villalgordo, Regional Director of Orihuela Vega Baja Banco Sabadell,gathered to announce the news at a presentation at the Puerta de la Olma,the point from where the starting gun will be fired to this new edition of the VCV 2023,a race that the city will be hosting for the twelfth time.

For this reason,Ángel Casero has statedd that Orihuela is "the home of cycling".

The 2023 edition will feature nearly 20 teams,10 of them of outstanding international prestige comprising of more than a hundred riders.

Casero,director of the event,has confirmed that the first stage of the VCV 2023 “will provide a very tough test for the riders.

We wanted to develop a route in the five days of the race in which sprints will practically disappear and

Carolina Gracia, the Mayor of Orihuela, together with Patricia Menárguez, Councillor for Sports, the race director and main sponsor as such we have put two high finishes into all the stages,with quite hard climbs with inclines of 20 or 24% and a great deal of unevenness”.

He also said that in 2022 the event had a follow-up impact in Europe across 17 million households through Eurosport and through Tele Deporte in Spain,and reached 550 million impacts in the media, so "in the month February we can also sell our territory through sports tourism”.

Manuel Villalgordo,Regional Director of Orihuela Vega Baja Banco Sabadell,the main sponsor highlighted that "the event has values that are fully shared with the group it represents,such as personal effort,solidarity,persistence and teamwork".

The Mayor of Orihuela,Carolina Gracia,confirmed that for Orihuela it is a great honour to be the venue for the first stage,"it is a very striking spectacle,it is a cycling festival that we are very happy to start in the city and obviously,for a city like Orihuela is a clear opportunity for the name of the city and its attractions to become better known”.

She has also thanked the organisation of 'La Volta' for having the city as a trial start and has encouraged all citizens to "embrace and support the event on 1st February".