He clock that will show the countdown of 100 days until the start of the 2023 Tour de Francethat starts the next 1st of July with three stages in Euskal Herria (Bilbao – Bilbao, Vitoria-Gasteiz – San Sebastián and Amorebieta-Etxano – Baiona) starts up This Wednesday, March 22, at 7:30 p.m. in Bilbao, as reported by the Basque Government through a press release. The event, in which the general director of the Tour de France, Christian Prudhomme and several institutional representatives will participate, will be accompanied by other activities that will take place between Wednesday and Friday in the three capitals of the Basque Autonomous Community.

In this context, as reported by the Executive, Christian Prudhomme, the mayor of Bilbao Juan María Aburto, the councilor Bingen Zupiria and the provincial deputy Elixabete Etxanobe are going to act on Wednesday, in the Ernesto Erkoreka square, in front of the City Hall of the Biscayan capital, at 7:30 p.m., the giant button that will start the clock that will show the countdown of 100 days until the start of the Tour de France. In the following minutes, several buildings in Bilbao, including the Town Hall itself and the Foral Palace, will light up in yellow, the identifying color of the Tour; the race director and the institutional representatives will take a tour of the city that will end at the San Mamés stadium, where Prudhomme will receive an Athletic jersey.

San Sebastian and Vitoria-Gasteiz they will also illuminate several emblematic buildings in yellow; In the Gipuzkoan capital, citizens will be able to see that color in the Town Hall, in the Kursaal and in Tabakalera, while the people of Gasteiz will see with yellow light, among others, the Town Hall, the Foral Palace, the kiosk in the Parque de La Florida and the Plaza de Virgen Blanca.

He Thursday, March 23, will take place at the Legarda College, which is in Mungia, and at the International French College of Bilbao “La Dictée du Tour”, which is, reports the Basque Government, “an event that consists of dictating a text related to the Tour de France and its legacy”, whose objective is to reach and promote the legend of the French race among minors, in addition to promoting respect for the environment. Counselor Jokin Bildarratz and ex-cyclist Eneritz Iturriaga will be at the Legarda College.

In the afternoon, the delegation led by Christian Prudhomme will travel to Vitoria-Gasteiz, where numerous activities related to cycling and the Tour de France will take place in the Plaza de la Virgen Blanca, starting at 5:00 p.m.; At 7:00 p.m., the official welcoming ceremony for the gala round will take place, with the general director of the Tour, the mayor Gorka Urtaran, the deputy general Ramiro González and the ex-cyclist Joseba Beloki.

He Friday, the 24th, in San Sebastián, the City Council will exhibit a giant jersey, and the Boulevard tourist office will begin to display the Tour trophy; this trophy will be in San Sebastián and can be visited in the capital of Gipuzkoa until April 23, when it will be transferred to Vitoria-Gasteiz. Mayor Eneko Goia and Deputy General Markel Olano will participate in the events, along with Christian Prudhomme.

Already for Sunday, March 26, There are several events planned in Bilbao, centered on the esplanade of the Itsasmuseum in the capital of Bizkaia.

Source: Eitb

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