Issue No. 1965
2 - 8 March 2023
COSTA BLANCA SOUTH • EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
TORREVIEJA is well and truly on the sports map as the city council has con firmed that the Women’s Cycling Tour of Spain, in conjunction with Car refour and Unipublic, will start from Torrevieja. The race will be held from May 1 to 7 under a sevenstage route. Javier Guillen, the gen eral director of Unipublic confirmed: “The Wom en’s Tour is a project that
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WOMEN’S TOUR CYCLING TOUR: Full details will be released shortly.
Courses, exhibitions and workshops ORIHUELA is celebrating In ternational Women’s Day on March 8 in conjunction with associations and groups in cluding Vega Baja Acoge, Red Cross, Claras Cam poamor, Afammer, and Women for the Third Millen nium. Courses, exhibitions and workshops make up the pro
gramme throughout March. The councillor for Equality, Sabina Galindo, confirmed that the equality depart ment “continues to work to promote activities and tools for equality and the empow erment of women. “Throughout the past year we have spent time drawing up the Municipal Ordinance
on Equality of Women and Men, which is a pioneer in the Valencian Community.” Several different courses, exhibitions and workshops are being held throughout the municipality, for more in formation head to the town hall at Calle Marques de Arneva,1, or call (+34) 966 076 100.
we have worked on with great care and enthusi asm together with essen tial partners such as the Higher Sports Council, Carrefour and all the venues and sponsors that will make this first edition possible. “It is a source of pride that Costa Blanca and Torrevieja are once again committed to toplevel cycling, as they already did with the start of La Vuelta in 2019,” Javier ex plained. “If we have one of the three most important races in men’s cycling, it is essential to also have one of the three biggest in women’s cycling. La Vuelta Femenina by Car refour.es was born and grows with a new identity and with its own strength. We are looking forward to announcing the full tour next week.”
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