Councilman Sports City of Lorca, Juan Francisco Martinez Carrasco, along with the Director General of Sports of the Autonomous Community, Alonso Gómez, and the cyclist Luis Miguel Giner, presented the VII International Trophy Adapted Cycling, Cup of Spain, which Lorca will be held on Saturday afternoon.
The mayor stressed that "long wanted to welcome in our town a test of this importance. Thanks to the confidence of the Cycling Federation of the Region of Murcia and the thrust of our cyclist Luis Miguel Giner, during the Saturday afternoon live intense cycling journey that will consolidate Lorca as a city of all kinds of sports. is also confirmed the presence of nearly 50 cyclists, so our test is successful convening and one of the most massive in the history of cycling adapted in Spain".
Martinez Carrasco said that "during the Saturday afternoon program will develop a comprehensive sports because there will be three events to be held, all framed within XXXVIII Sports Games Guadalentín and will epicenter Avenue Europe".
At 16 hours will begin programming with the formal ribbon cutting by the authorities.
At 16:10 will exit the VII International Trophy cycling on Adapted scoring round for the Cup of Spain.
He will compete in the Hand-Bike and tricycles categories, in all its forms and classes depending on the level of injury (T1, T2, H1, H2, H3, H4 and H5), both male and female.
Participants will travel a circuit of 2.6 kilometers that run along the Avenida Europa, Roundabout Roundabout Apolonia and San Diego.
Competitors will turn this circuit for 60 minutes plus 2 laps, which will travel between 30 and 35 kilometers.
At 17:30 will be held the 1st International Trophy Adapted Cycling City Lorca (Criterium).
May participate in this competition Tandem cyclists and bicycles, both male and female, in categories C1, C2, C3, C4 and C5.
The day was completed at 19 pm with the exhibition relay team (Team Relay).
This is a new form that is not yet part of the federated tests, but will allow to make this form of competition for teams of three components and will complete an evening full of the best Adapted Cycling.
The mayor pointed out that "the evidence of Lorca, next to which will be held the next day in Puerto Lumbreras, will make our region a benchmark for Adapted Cycling and allow give visibility to these athletes who share their examples of success. We want to thank the Cycling Federation of the Region of Murcia, Directorate General of Sports, Royal Spanish Cycling Federation, Paralympic Committee, Club Ciclista John Zurawski, Peña Ciclista Ginés García and the City of Puerto Lumbreras then, by the Consistory Lorca, let to conduct a competition worth and expand the influence of Lorca as a city of sport, but in this case, as valuable as adapted sports "plan.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca