Faro Fuerteventura (Cycling)

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Diario:

Faro Fuerteventura, ready to roll

• Half a thousand cyclists will meet next Saturday, June 25 in the most important cycling event on the island, which will cross the most spectacular places of Pájara, Betancuria and Puerto del Rosario.
  

Everything is ready for the celebration on June 25 of Faro Fuerteventura, the most important cycling event on the island of Majorera, which in this edition will have up to 450 runners. Cyclists from all over who will enjoy the incredible 118-kilometer route of this sporting event, through some of the most impressive places of Pájara, Betancuria and Puerto del Rosario.

The start will take place at 9.00 am in Playa Chica, in Puerto del Rosario and the finish line at the Morro Jable Lighthouse. Participants will visit some of the most incredible corners of Fuerteventura, passing through the best known municipalities such as La Oliva and Pájara, and other towns such as Tindaya, Betancuria, La Pared and Costa Calma. At the same time, it will be a challenge both for climbers, with 3 timed sections with an accumulation of 15 km and a slope of 745 m, and for sprinters, with 2 flying goals with scoring system, sections of 6.5 km and 4 km respectively to give it their all.
Faro Fuerteventura arrives in its second edition backed by the UCI (International Cycling Union) and is part of the international Calendar, which makes this event a real claim for national and foreign cyclists. The possibility, in addition to using electric bicycles opens the range to all types of athletes, making this event a very special sporting event.
All participants will be able to collect their numbers on Friday, June 24 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the two established collection points, Perfumerías Sabina in Morro Jable and Intersport, in C.C. The Roundabouts of Puerto del Rosario. The organization has designed for the occasion a special t-shirt for the runner's bag and a finisher drum, commemorating the test.
This year Faro Fuerteventura also has a top quality jersey made with fabrics composed of hydrophilic polyester microfibers that favors the evacuation of sweat, with sleeves and sides in a grid, which increases its breathability. A model of the specialized firm ULEVEL Sport Wear, one hundred percent Spanish brand leader in design and quality.
Given the importance of the safety of participants and attendees in a test such as Faro Fuerteventura, 25 motorcycle links of the island that will be part of the organization have participated in a Road Safety Conference by the hand of members of the team of the Quebrantahuesos International Cyclotourist March, a test that is held in Huesca with more than 9000 participants, a benchmark in Europe and considered the most important in Spain.
And for greater safety of the participants, Hospital Parque will be in charge of the health care in the race.

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Noticias:

• The Canarians Marcos García and Ana Sendín are crowned in Faro Fuerteventura, the cycling event that has had half a thousand participants and a total route of 118 kilometers.
  Incredible day of effort, emotion, and sportsmanship is what has been lived during this Saturday with the celebration of Faro Fuerteventura 2022, the cycling test that is already a benchmark in its second edition and that has crowned its winners in the middle of an unbeatable environment.Marcos García Ortega and Ana Belén Sendín Diego have been the absolute winners of the second edition of this event, a success of participation with 450 runners from all over.

At 9:00 a.m. the departure took place in Puerto del Rosario, in Playa Chica. Encouraged by a large public that gathered to encourage them, the cyclists left in the direction of La Oliva, in the presence of the mayor of Puerto del Rosario, Juan Jiménez, the Councilor for Sports and Tourism, Sonia Álamo, the Councilor for the Canarian Coalition Nuria Cabrera and the Councilor for Transport and Public Services of the City of Pájara, José Manuel Díaz.

On behalf of the Cabildo of Fuerteventura attended the vice president Lola García, the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, David de Vera Cabrera and María Jesús de la Cruz, Minister of Employment, Education and Youth.
Ahead, 118 kilometers, a slope of 1,800 meters and the most spectacular landscapes of Fuerteventura, a challenge and a true cycling paradise, with three timed sections that would decide the podium of winners and two flying goals to reward the fastest in an appointment that this year has as a novelty with the UCI seal (International Cycling Union).
The sporting challenge was not long in coming. As soon as the race began, the hardness of the first timed stage surprised the competitors. 6.5 kilometers with slopes of up to 14 percent tested their legs on the ascent to the Mirador de Guise and Ayose.
The second climb, the next timed section, was already faced more prepared. The ramps were still very committed, but the participants undertook them with more fortitude. Of course, the heat began to make a dent and the kilometers began to weigh. Hence the faces of effort, but also of satisfaction, when pedaling through some of the most impressive places of Fuerteventura, surrounded by the incredible white sand of the island and approaching the crystal clear waters of the coast.
Slight downward slope and more favorable conditions for the dispute of the first flying goal, which became the section in which the runners reached the highest speed, between La Oliva and Tindaya, where some cyclists reached more than 60 kilometers per hour.
The last timed section and the second flying finish put an end to the competition, to leave the cyclists enjoying the last 15 kilometers from Costa Calma to Morro Jable, where the emblematic Faro de Jandía has welcomed them at the finish line, applauded and cheered by the attendees as authentic brave.
As soon as the test concluded, the trophy ceremony took place with the presence of the vice president of the Cabildo de Fuerteventura, Lola García and the Minister of Industry, Energy and Commerce, Domingo Pérez, the Councilor for Tourism of the City of Pájara, María Clementina Da Silva, the Councilor for the Environment, Rodrigo Berdullas and the Councilor for Transport and Public Services of Pájara, José Manuel Rodríguez and Esperanza González, Councilor for Sports of the City of Betancuria.

The winners in the absolute classification in the male category have been Marcos García Ortega, followed in second position by Nelson Vera Ramos and Juan Ignacio Brito Rodríguez in third place. The winners in the absolute classification in the female category have been Ana Belén Sendín Diego, María Salud Morán, who has been in second position and Safira Delgado Guerra, who has climbed to the podium in third place.

Trophy also for the fastest, those runners who have reached the two flying goals, one in Tindaya and another in La Pared, in the shortest time. In the men's category the three fastest have been Julio Aníbal Gervacio in first position, Nelson Vera as second and Efraín Rodríguez the third place. In the women's category, Ana Belén Sendín took the podium in first position, followed by María Salud Morán. Tie in the third position between Safira Delgado and Yurena Alonso.
The technical director of the test, Ángel García, was very satisfied with the result, "we have closed practically 70 percent of the route, more than 80 kilometers of road closed, an achievement of organization and a plus for the competition and we see that people have been very very happy." García also highlighted the fantastic atmosphere of camaraderie and sportsmanship, without forgetting the high level of the competitors, "we have lived moments of enormous effort, sections in which spectacular speeds have been reached, a fan worthy of a Vuelta a España at the head of the race". A very positive balance that makes us think about the third edition.