The meeting, held in the hours before the Valladolid time trial, was held with the aim of evaluating the return of the cycling round to Gran Canaria
The Ministers of Tourism and Sports of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria, Carlos Álamo and Aridany Romero, held a working meeting this morning with Javier Guillén, general director of Unipublic, the organizing company of the Vuelta Ciclista a España, hours before the event was held. time trial stage in the city of Valladolid. The reason for this meeting, promoted by the two island representatives, is none other than to assess the possibility of the cycling round returning to the roads of Gran Canaria, something that has not happened since a stage was held in Gran Canaria in 1988.
Romero highlighted that "from the organization of the Vuelta Ciclista a España we have received enormous interest in this initiative; in fact, they have been holding stages outside the peninsular territory for years, expanding the competition to other European countries." Within that framework, “they welcome the possibility of traveling to Gran Canaria and for that reason we have traveled to Valladolid, to see in situ what an event of these characteristics entails.” In this sense, the Sports Minister valued “the great experience we have in Gran Canaria when it comes to organizing large events, we know that it is a challenge from a logistical point of view, but we also have excellent suppliers of this type of services.” . In line with “Gran Canaria hosting major sporting events, the Vuelta Ciclista a España is one of the main ones, along with the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, with great media and public impact.”
Carlos Álamo agreed that "the feelings are quite positive regarding a possibility that, although it is a historical aspiration of Gran Canaria, for its cycling and sports fans, it is also a strategy and platform for promoting the tourist destination. Still It is early as it is a first formal work meeting, but for us it is a very interesting opportunity for the tourism sector of Gran Canaria and for a destination in which the presence of cyclists, athletes or lovers of active tourism has grown a lot. in which we have so much to offer." The Minister of Tourism also pointed out that "it would provide us with a very powerful promotion platform on an international scale, with enormous visibility for our internal geography, for our towns and municipalities, as well as for our main attractions. "All this, immersed in the epic of a Vuelta that is one of the most important cycling events in the world and that has millions of spectators and followers."
