BARCELONA, Jan. 9 (SportsFinding) –
The Canal Olímpic de Catalunya will be the scene of a stage outing of the 100th edition of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, which will be held from March 23 to 29, following the organization's willingness to make a historic tour.
The facility, which was created to mark the 1992 Summer Olympics as a venue for canoeing tests, will host for the first time the cycling competition Volta a Catalunya.
“For the first time the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya will have a stage outing on the Olympic Channel of Catalonia, an installation that lives the sport one hundred percent. We are very excited that it is present for the first time in this 100th edition, and that between to be part of the history of the race, “commented the president of the Volta, Rubèn Peris.
For its part, the director of the Olympic Canal de Catalunya, Jordi Congost, said that this presence in the Volta seek to “recover the spirit” of the great sporting competitions. “It makes us special illusion to host one of the stages of the next edition, just as 100 editions of the Volta will be fulfilled,” he said.
The Canal Olímpic de Catalunya is an installation of 43 hectares, of which 15 correspond to the sheet of water (1,250mx 130 m), and the rest are divided between access systems, internal roads, parking lots, green areas and buildings .
The Volta Ciclista a Catalunya install its entire output infrastructure and the Olympic Canal de Catalunya will become one day at a facility hundred hundred cyclist you can enjoy the best figures of the current cycling.