MADRID, 10 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The general director of the Cycling Tour of Spain, Javier Guillén, confessed that he would “love” if the national round “could leave Italy” in 2025, after the Piedmont region has expressed its interest in hosting the first four stages. of next year’s edition.
According to the Italian press, the Piedmont region is nominated as the city that will host the first stages of La Vuelta in 2025, but Javier Guillén did not confirm it after the presentation of the jerseys designed by ‘Santini’ for the men’s and women’s events.
“It is news that I do not have much more information about because it was just passed to me this morning. I can confirm that La Vuelta has projects to continue leaving other countries in the future. The good news is that they are focusing in Italy, which I think is a cycling country at least,” he said.
For this reason, he would love for the ‘big one’ “to leave Italy”, but he insisted that “in this case it is news that is not accompanied by any type of official spokesperson.” “Therefore, I cannot comment on, let’s say, journalistic news. I have not read it and since I have not read it, I do not want to screw up,” she stressed, confirming that they are talking “with different countries” for possible future outings.
In statements to Europa Press, the director of La Vuelta confirmed the “interest” of Piedmont in being the starting point for 2025. “They have made public the interest of the region and it has reached us as far as Unipublic, but, for the moment, not there is nothing official,” said the person responsible for the Spanish round.
“FALLS ARE WHAT CONCERNS US THE MOST”
Regarding the injuries suffered by stars of the peloton such as Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel or Primoz Roglic in the last Tour of the Basque Country, Guillén wished them a speedy recovery and stressed the concern for safety, expressing solidarity with the organization of the Basque event. .
“Falls in cycling are what worries us the most, what forces us to pay the most attention. A lot of work is being done among all cycling families to try to put measures in place. I don’t want to focus on just one thing. Many times it is fruit of speed, but also of intensity, of the desire to get into the lead, and we have to continue working, as far as possible, to reduce them as much as we can,” he commented.
The general director of Unipublic also warned that these mishaps affect the organizers. “When you are an organizer, what hurts you the most is when there is a fall. The one who suffers is the runner, but then the organizer’s body also shrinks,” he stressed.
The ‘formula’ to avoid these serious falls according to the organizer of the Spanish race involves “raising awareness in the peloton, in case certain behaviors have to be modified, that the organizers take material measures, and finally, the International Cycling Union must introduce measures in the regulations so that, in some way, certain behaviors on the part of everyone can be corrected”.
“I think that through the fall of the ‘Itzulia’ the runners have made many reflections that we all have to attend to to continue improving. It is also true that it is the result of intensity, of desire, but even so we have to continue working to that falls, to the extent possible, are reduced as much as we can,” he pointed out.
“I HOPE VINGEGAARD IS IN THE RETURN”
Guillén believes that, “of course”, the organizers are “putting a lot of money on the table to improve safety”, and in relation to La Vuelta, what he considers they can do is “try to improve the safety of the route” . “We have to analyze the races a lot, we have to collect a lot of data,” he explained.
In this sense, and given the possibility that these mishaps would make stars like Jonas Vingegaard absent from the Tour and open the door to running La Vuelta then, he made it clear that “of course” he wants “the best runners to come, but never that because they have a misfortune.”
“I hope and wish that he makes it to the Tour, that he can compete in it. Last year he already did the Tour and Vuelta, so just because he does the Tour doesn’t mean that he won’t do the Vuelta. I hope and wish that he has a great recovery , that he is in the Tour, that he has a great Tour and then that he is in La Vuelta, but of course I believe that he would arrive at La Vuelta for sure,” he added of the Danish cyclist.
In the ‘Itzulia’, in addition to the serious fall that affected the best in the race, there was also a new demonstration by the two young Spanish talents, Carlos Rodríguez and Juan Ayuso, which he sees as “great news for cycling Spanish”. “I hope they have a great Tour and I wish they could be in La Vuelta, but I don’t know anything. My wish is that they are and we will try to convince them as much as possible, but of course what Spanish cycling refers to is great news that they are fighting with the big ones,” he admitted.
Guillén stated that he wants the best to run La Vuelta because it is “a goal” and it is “one of the greats.” “I think that each La Vuelta has much more importance because it is a great international showcase and because it is necessary for the ‘greats’ to have the best record, so they have to have La Vuelta among their victories. We will see what the participation holds for us, Hopefully, like every year, it will also be extraordinary,” he said.
2024-04-10 14:46:02
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