This evening will be presented in Toulouse the aranese stage of the Tour and the new microsite dedicated to cycling.
The Conselh Generau d’Aran will pay tribute to seven Spanish winners on 27 May.
The Conselh Generau d’Aran is presenting this afternoon the ninth stage of the Tour de France 2016 to be held by Aranese lands. The event, to be held in the office of Tourism Val d’Aran and Baqueira Beret in Toulouse, has the presence of Luis Carlos Medina, vicesindic d’Aran and conselhèr of Sports and Youth; Anna Diaz, conselhèra of Tourism and Economic Development and Jose Antonio Boya, conselhèr of Territory of the Conselh Generau d’Aran.
During the presentation organizational details and operating devices provided for the event will be announced, as well as a new microsite, Aran Total Bike, linked to the website of Torisme de Val d’Aran. In this web site, with 84 sections in 4 languages, will be centralized all the information on mountain biking, cycling, DH and enduro, with routes of different levels, cycling events, news and specialized companies in the valley.
Tribute to the Spanish winners of the Tour
Also, within the events organized by the 9th stage of the Tour, the Conselh Generau d’Aran will pay tribute to seven Spanish winners of this competition in a ceremony that will take place on 27 May, chaired by the síndic d’Aran, Carlos Barrera.
The official inauguration of the commemorative monolith will take place on May 27th.
The event will feature four of the seven cyclists: Miguel Indurain, Federico Bahamontes, Oscar Pereiro and Pedro Delgado as well as relatives of Luis Ocaña, which will be officially received by the síndic at the headquarters of the Conselh Generau in a private ceremony at 11 am. They have excused their presence for work Carlos Sastre and Alberto Contador.
The official inauguration of the commemorative monolith with their names will take place at 12 o’clock noon on the lookout of Portillon where also each have a milestone in each of the seven major curves of the Aranese side of the Portillon, with their name and the date of the edition that they had been proclaimed Tour winners. The day will end with a press conference and a visit to Aran Park.
The tribute of May 27 will be followed by other popular cycling activities prior to the stage of the Tour and the same day July 10 in Vielha, actions will be implemented with the participation of schoolchildren in the Val d’Aran.
With an unprecedented traced so far in the history of the race, the ninth stage of the Tour de France 2016 will start in Vielha next July 10 and will have a distance of 184.5 km through five mountain passes. Aranese stage is one of those chosen to be broadcasted live on television entirely.