After the opening stage of the Vuelta Andalucía ‘Ruta del Sol’ was referred to as off on Wednesday, organisers introduced that Thursday’s stage 2 will even be cancelled resulting from continued protests drawing away the police who have been supposed to offer safety for the race.
Stage 2 was resulting from run from Málaga to Alcaudete over 192.2km as one of many key levels of the occasion, which was alleged to have 5 levels.
Now Ruta del Sol organisers are scrambling to salvage the race alongside the UCI officers and groups.
The race, if all goes to plan, will now begin on Friday with a 5km time trial within the city of Jaenense moderately than the deliberate 161km stage.
Saturday’s stage has been shifted to a circuit within the city of Lucena – the deliberate end of the unique 166.7km stage from Córdoba – of 100km ending on the Alto de Nuestra Señora de Araceli.
“This spectacular closing witnessed the victory of Alejandro Valverde in 2012, in 2003 of Javier Pascual Llorente and in 1998 by Marcelino García. The city circuit in Lucena can be in the wrong way to the one which was initially deliberate on the preliminary tour however with that onerous arrival on the Sanctuary,” the race’s press launch acknowledged.
“The final stage, deliberate between the localities of Benahavís (Málaga) and La Linea de la Concepción (Cadiz), is predicted to have the ability to journey because it was within the street e-book, though there’s an possibility B for the case during which you can’t have the utmost safety measures required for a race of this class.”
The Ruta del Sol is the primary main check of the season for riders like Juan Ayuso (UAE Group Emirates). Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious), second on the Volta a Valenciana, is the primary favorite.
Seven WorldTour groups are set to compete within the race, UAE Group Emirates, Bahrain Victorious, Movistar, Jayco-AlUla, Astana, Alpecin-Deceuninck and Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale.
