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This 'classic' will be held on Saturday, March 1 and will travel 200 miles, ascending several mountain passes in what will be the XXXIV edition of this competition.

The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, and the director of the Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia, Francisco Guzman, presented this morning the XXXIV edition of the Tour of Murcia, consisting of a stage in a day of about 200 kilometers, ending at the castle of Lorca for the second consecutive year.

Jodar explained that "this 'classic' will be held on Saturday, March 1 in the same format established for the first time last year, which was also the first time that the target is located outside the city of Murcia and in both cases has been in Lorca, we trust that this time again have the great success he had in his last edition. "

The mayor explained that "cyclists have to amount to several mountain passes whole different category of regional geography, concluding with the climb to the Fortaleza del Sol, so gather all the ingredients necessary to create a spectacular event pointer to the national cycling. Similar to last year, will be a fantastic stage to bring together the best of cycling excellence framework that makes Lorca castle ".

"With this final stage, Lorca has established itself as a benchmark for the cycling world and continue to demonstrate that we are ready to welcome top-level sporting events," added the mayor.

"Those who lived last year the final stage of Lorca know what this town can offer, not only in terms of plot, but mostly about the passion that fans offered Lorca, allowing fans believed among young people being able to see directly their idols. The final stage was marked by hundreds of fans who enjoyed the day and encouraged cyclists on the climb to the castle. This year relive those feelings and have the opportunity to enjoy the best national cycling "added Jodar.

"In fact, we hope that the best cyclists in the peloton will accompany us in the Tour of Murcia, as we have used this test. Indeed, just remember that in the edition of 2013, the top finishers Dani Navarro, Bauke Mollema and Alejandro Valverde were among the top ten in the Tour de France (Navarro ninth, Valverde Mollema sixth and eighth). Fuglsang The Dane was fourth in Murcia finished in seventh place in Paris, while Nairo Quintana, a revelation of the season came to the Castle of Lorca in eleventh place and was second in the Tour de France. these data describe reliably the quality of our testing we hope will be another success, "stressed the mayor.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca