Totana will host on August 22 the end of the third stage of the 66th Tour of España'2011, Petrer (Alicante), Totana, 164 kilometers, which is the only transiting through the roads of the Region of Murcia.
Tour of Spain is celebrated in this new edition of August 20 to September 11, and start with a trial in Benidorm ending, as usual, in Madrid.
The third stage, finishing in the town of Totana, is an unprecedented stage in the Tour of Spain and will be one of the shortest of this year.
Presents a unique third-class port in the second half of the trail, the Alto de La Santa (620 meters), located more than ten kilometers from the finish line.
Totana stage is the prelude of what will be the climb to Sierra Nevada in following days, and its layout can affect the speed of the field in a first stage that is conducive to a massive influx.
Cyclists will travel to this place a total of 21 stages and an approximate distance of 3,295 miles, broken in 9 flat stages, 10 mid and high mountain, 1 team time trial and single.
The third stage will enter the region of Murcia from the province of Alicanete by Fortuna and runs through the towns of Archena, Alhama and Totana where you make the ascent, by the famous News of The Holy Road towards the Alto del Jumer, before falling back to the town of Totana.
The councilman of Deportes, José Antonio Valverde Queen, attended today the official presentation of the sixty-sixth edition of the Tour which was held in the Auditorium of Alicante, which was attended by the general director Javier Guillén and the heads Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and officials of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).
The arrival of the Tour Ciclista'2011 to Totana is produced through the collaboration of the Directorate General of Sports in the Region of Murcia, the Commonwealth of Espuña Tourism Services and the city of Totana, said the mayor totanero.
Valverde Queen highlighted the success of hosting a stage of this important sporting event that will allow project the municipality and the regional park Espuña nationally and internationally both in sport and tourism and was pleased to welcome into the Totana sporting events of recent months reference.
Welcomed the involvement of various partner agencies and the Department of Tourism itself Totana and stressed the showcase of promotional media is at the conclusion of an event of this kind, it has now been televised live by the specialized thematic channel "Teledeporte" TVE said.
