The second vice-president and advisor for the Environment, Rural Affairs and Sports, Pedro Bestard He went yesterday Wednesday to attend the Vuelta Ciclista a España 2024, specifically stage 11, a race of 166.5 kilometers, with departure and arrival at the Cortizo Technological Campus, in Padrón (La Coruña). In this way, the Consell de Mallorca continues working to achieve its goal of bring a stage of the Vuelta Ciclista a España to the island in the next editionsafter this sports proposal was approved in plenary session, at the initiative of which the island institution was invited to “carry out the necessary actions to make this possible”.
Thus, the Minister of Environment, Rural Affairs and Sports, Pedro Bestard, assured that “it is important to know first-hand how the Vuelta works, all the logistics and planning that are necessary. The commitment of the Consell de Mallorca to sport and sporting values is firm”, He said after being received by the technical director of the Vuelta a España, Fernando Escartin.
The island institution defends that the impact of hosting a stage of the Vuelta Ciclista in Mallorca is very positive at all levels. “On a sporting level, on an economic level, on a cultural level. Everything he can offer us is good.”Bestard noted.
The Consell de Mallorca is committed to uniting cycling and sporting values. “Sport and, in this case, Cycling attracts the entire population and the interest it generates must be used in a positive way. transmit characteristics such as effort, teamwork, capacity for sacrifice, respect,” concluded the Minister of the Environment, Rurality and Sports.
Eddie Dunbar He won the 11th stage of the Vuelta a España of 166.5 kilometers, with start and finish at the Cortizo de Padrón technology campus. A smart attack in the final meters caught everyone off guard and allowed him to take the victory, avoiding the sprint finish. Regarding the general classification, the leader, Ben O’Connor He leaves his pursuers 37 seconds behind: Primoz Roglic, Enric Mas And Mikel Landa.
