The director of the race, Javier Guillén, appears to ensure that the round “does not cotempla a plan B” and that the purpose is to “reach Madrid”
Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 19:26
The return to Spain is cornered by the numerous proper protests that take place every day. Many of them with the intention of interfering in the race, which has already forced the organization to modify two stages. However, the director of La Ronda, Javier Guillén, has appeared extraordinarily after the stage in which the last eight kilometers have had to be suppressed to inform that he maintains his firm purpose of trying to complete the route of the race until Sunday in Madrid.
“I appear because since the return we want to express all our rejection of what has been lived today,” he started. «The main message I want to give is that we will continue to turn and be tomorrow at the exit of the 17th stage«. The race continues, although it is being “very hard” at the organizational level, he acknowledges. »An extraordinary debate has been generated from which you are all witnesses and we have never wanted to enter. We have rules that have to comply all, not just the return. The stages cannot be cut, the cyclists’ passage cannot be blocked. It is illegal, and it is illegal so much because the Criminal Code and the Sports Law are typified, ”he said.
Guillén also insists on trying to separate the career from the atrocious facts suffered by the Palestinian people. «We all want peace in Gaza, but each one has its areas in which to be able to develop. We defend our sport and our career. We ask for respect for runners and the public. All we want is to let us run, ”he says. Despite the complexity of the situation and the climate of tension, the leader is firm. «A plan B is not contemplated. We are determined to get the race forward. The return will continue and that is our commitment, ”he concluded.
