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The Lorca Castle will host the arrival of the Tour of Murcia 2013 with the participation of riders like Alejandro Valverde and Samuel Sanchez (06/02/2013)

The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, along with the Director of the Tour of Murcia, Francisco Guzman, presented the 2013 edition of the great cycling race in the region, to be held on Saturday 23 February.

Jódar stressed that "the test will start from Murcia capital to celebrate their arrival with the ascent to the Castle of Lorca, so for the first time in 33 years the test will end in a municipality other than Murcia".

The Mayor has stated that "the Tour of Murcia adopts a new format in 2013 to become a real test of one day classic style races like Liège-mythical Cane-Liege, Milan-San Remo, Fleche Wallonne or Classic San Sebastian. will have plains, mountains and end up consisting of the ascent to the castle, so for monumentality, its status rise and as the culmination of a comprehensive one-day trial, will be charged with emotion and closing of the passion of the thousands of fans who flock to sure the stage and on arrival to celebrate this great festival of cycling ".

As for the teams, has detailed Jódar "there are already 10 teams registered pointers national and international squad of which half are in the category World Tour. Participants highlighted Spanish Euskaltel team with Samuel Sanchez in front, and Movistar team with Jose Joaquin Rojas, who claimed his first professional victory in this Tour, and with the great cyclist Alejandro Valverde in the competition continue their preparation for the big stage races of the cycling calendar. "

Jódar said that "the arrival of the Tour Lorca Murcia is part of the programming that we are developing with the appointment of the City of the Sun as" European City of Sport 2013. "Is one of the events in the have deposited more illusions. And is that for the great love of cycling that is in our town, we felt a need for an event of this magnitude for all the fans to participate, encourage great runners on the international scene, and participate all the attractions of a goal as the final test will be in the Castillo de Lorca ".

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca

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