The Pedro García Ruiz II Memorial was presented today at the Beniel City Hall by the Mayor Mari Carmen Morales, the president of the Beniel Cyclist Club, Jesús García, and the new president of the Cycling Federation of the Region of Murcia, Sergio Martínez.
Both the town council, through the Department of Sports, and the "reborn" Beniel Cyclist Club and the Federation of Cycling of the Region of Murcia have worked to ensure that this race is held again during the patron saint of Beniel, the August 23rd.
The mayor of Beniel said that "the best guarantee for the celebration of this second edition of the cycling race are the results obtained from the Memorial Pedro García Ruiz, which involved more than 90 cyclists, and in which the presence and The work of the Local Police and Civil Protection volunteers were vital to its development. "
There are several new features presented in this edition.
Juniors (17 and 18 years old) and Féminas (junior, sub-23, elite) will participate in the race.
In addition the Mountain prize is added.
The route passes from 55 km to 90 km, which will give four laps to the same urban circuit of the previous year.
On the last lap the participating cyclists will leave for Alquerías, will pass through Torreagüera, Beniaján and San José de la Vega, will climb to the first mountain port (Garruchal) and the second (Cabezo de la Plata) and finally continue through Zeneta until arriving To Beniel.
The neutralized exit will be made in the neighboring eastern hamlet of Los Desamparados, being the official exit the "Pinochos" of Beniel.
"Beniel continues to demonstrate every day that we are an important link of the regional sport carrying out numerous sports activities of different disciplines" recalled the first mayor.
Mayor Mari Carmen Morales has closed the presentation thanking the work of the Beniel Cyclist Club and the Federation of Cycling of the Region of Murcia and inviting all the neighbors, sportsmen and lovers of cycling, to take to the streets to enjoy the II Pedro García Ruiz Memorial.
Source: Agencias