Reggia di Venaria, the Royal Palace of the Savoy Dynasty in Venaria Reale, on the outskirts of Turin, will see on August 23 the beginning of the returnthat for the sixth time in its history is born outside of Spain. A declared place World Heritage By UNESCO will be the starting point of the Spanish race on its 90th anniversary. A stage that ends in Novara, the cradle of Gorgonzola cheese because at the beginning of the return art, history and gastronomy are mixed with cycling and nature.
The Piedmonte region presented the first three stages of the Spanish race, which pass through Piedmontés territory in fulland the fourth, born in Italy and ends in France. Before all that, on Thursday, August 21, La Piazzetta Reale de Turín will host the presentation of the teams participating in the Vuelta.
The skyscraper region Piemonte from where the entire city of Turin, the capital of Piedmont, was the scene of the presentation of those first days of the Vuelta 25 before a few Spanish media. There it was Javier Guillén next to President of the Piedmonte Region, Alberto Cirio, the mayor of Turin, Stefano Lo Russo, and the Ambassador of Spain in Italy, Miguel Fernández Palacios.
Cirio is proud that the presiding region will complete the cycling triplet to be the official exit of the three greats. «I am very happy with this result, for which we have worked for years, because From the PIAMONTE the Giro de Italia has come out, from the Piedmont, last year the Tour de France came out and this year the return begins“, says. «Cycling is a sport closely linked to Italy, it is closely linked to the Piemonte, because this has been the land of Giradengo, it has been the land of Coppi. This is a land that has mountains, plains, hills and is the ideal place to bike. I invite all the friends of Spain to come to visit the Piedmont, to visit our land, which is rich in beautiful things to see, but also to eat, ”adds Cirio, who is proud that Angelo Cternno, the first Italian who won the return, outside Piedmontés.
That happened in 1956. The last Italian victory in the general of the Spanish race, the Fabio Arunow 10 years old. Aru is an ambassador of the exit in Piedmont. Already retired, now you saw in a suit and tie, although he has not completely abandoned the bicycle, and Analyze the first stages of the race.
In the beginning, the traditional time trial, individual or teams, gives way to an online stage. «The corridors are going to have a little stress because in the first stage of a great return there is always stress, especially when it is reached in a sprint. It can be dangerous for fallsbut this is part of cycling and we already know it and we have to handle it, ”says Aru.
The second stage, which begins in Alba, the city of the hundred Torres, and concludes in Limone Piedmont, at 1,881 meters of altitude, The first final at the race. «It is not such a hard portbut in recent years we have seen that the watts that are made in small ports can make differences, ”says Aru. “And a small group can also arrive, it will not have very large differences, but it will be a stage where something can be known for the general classification.”
In the third stage, between San Maurizio Canavese and Ceres, the last Italian winner of La Vuelta, sees an opportunity for leaks. “In the second stage some who do not look at the general classification will waste time and have more freedom,” says Fabio.
Before leaving Italian territory on the way to France, the return will live an explosive beginning in The stage traveling from Susa to Viron with a third -way port of another second. «The slope is not hard, but it always goes up », says. Then 17 more stages until arriving in Madrid. Of Reggia Venaria, the Palacio de los Savoya, to the Palace of Cibeles.
