39th Edition of the Cycling Tour of Ecuador will be ‘the toughest’ in history | Other Sports | Sports

Postponed in October to provide “security” to the caravan due to threats from social movements, the issue 39 of the International Cycling Tour of Ecuador starts this Saturday, November 12 to tour eight stages, closing in Quito.

“There were no guarantees in October and the postponement to November was decidedbut we have everyone ready, defined to enjoy the race”, said Santiago Rosero, president of the Ecuadorian Cycling Federation (FEC).

Cycling Tour of Ecuador changes date and will run in November

a lot of 127 runners from 19 local and international teams They will play the national tour this 2022, a total of 1,236 kilometers by cities of six provinces of the Costa and Sierra regions.

With a change in the initial route “due to the state of exception in Guayas”, the proof Quevedo starts on Saturday 12 November, with the closure of the first stage in El Empalme. The second fraction will go to Puerto Quito, then the stage to Calacalí on the third day, “a very tough stage”before joining the towns of Otavalo and San Gabriel on the fourth day of the test.

The The fifth stage is run on a circuit between Tufiño and Tulcán, “with visits to emblematic sites”. For the sixth day, the caravan begins the return and the day will close in Cayambe, to arrive on the penultimate day at the Middle of the World City, where the final stage will take place on Saturday 19, with a circuit. “It will be the toughest edition” in the history of the testhighlighted Rosero.

Teams and representatives from six nations will be part of the peloton this year, with three continental squadrons: Movistar-Best PC and Banco Guayaquil-Ecuador, in addition to the Colombian Team Medellín.

international teams They will be represented by Club AVV (Peru), Canel’s Zero Turbo (Mexico), Corratec América (Dominican Republic), Río Grande Cycling (United States) and Nariño Tierra de Ciclistas (Colombia).

The local representatives They will be with Saitel, Toscana-cayambe, C&S Technology, Richard Carapaz Club, Orgullo Azuayo, Halcones Unidos, Liga Deportiva Universitaria, Cincable-Internet-Twitter, Pichincha-Andalucía, Jhonatan Narváez-SF and Bici Coca.

No TV broadcast

For the organization of the test are destined $300,000 this yearof which 200,000 are contributions from the Ministry of Sport.}

“We dreamed of reaching 700,000 to provide the best conditions to all athletes and companions, but unfortunately in the country we are not prepared for this, approaches were made with private brands and this time it could not be achieved; however, we can support the Vuelta. It’s a great job”, pointed out the director of the FEC.

Due to the lack of support this year and on a tight budget Rosero explained that the 39th edition of the national tour will not have a television signal. “Unfortunately, the budget we were looking for could not be raised, in addition to the fact that there was no interest from the channels, no stage is broadcast. There will be no broadcast Cycling Tour of Ecuador“Lamented Rosero.

Along with the elite lap, the Federation will have the organization of the Women’s Tour and the Youth Tour“tests that will be handled in the same stages, with some 130 participants and with other budgets assumed by the Federation”, said Rosero.

Are competitions will be held between November 15 and 18, at the same times as the elite tour. “They will coincide a bit in the arrival sitesbut it has been planned, due to permissions, that they run at the same time”.

This year, the economic amount for the award amounts to 20,440 euros (20,250 dollars), with 2,500 for the winner of the individual general classification, in addition to prizes of 1,000 euros for the mountain, flying goal, sub-23 and general team categories (1,200), values ​​that will be canceled “once the doping controls arrive”. (D)