Cycling: Reguengos de Monsaraz receives departure of the Tour of Portugal 2017.
Reguengos Monsaraz will receive, on 6 August, the departure of the 2nd stage of the 79th Volta a Portugal / Santander Totta. A “Portuguese” returns 16 years after that city Alentejo. The last year, Alcacer do Sal received the start of the last stage of the race online.
The “advertisement” departure of the Tour of Alentejo city, It was made by Jose Calixto (the center in the picture), Mayor of Reguengos de Monsaraz, on your facebook page, also “posted” a photography, Joaquim Gomes and Davide Pereira, directors of the Organization and Commercial Podium Events., the organizer of the Tour of Portugal.
edition 2017 points 90 years since the first edition, held in 1927, and a second stage, departing from Liberty Square, will connect Reguengos de Monsaraz Castelo Branco.
The leaders of the Podium were yesterday in Reguengos to “to hit” the details with the Municipality, entity who led the negotiations of which also were part of the ERT – Alentejo Tourism and the municipalities of Redondo, Vila Viçosa and Borba, locations to be covered during the stage of the Tour.
The Tour of Portugal was first made in Reguengos de Monsaraz 2001, a drawn across it alentejana, with the end in Cabeço do Mouro (Portalegre), whose yellow jersey at the start was Pedro Martins (Tavira), who had won the stage the previous day in Évora. In Cabeço do Mouro, the vencedor foi the russo Andrei Zintchenko (LA / Pecol), who snatched the yellow to Algarve.
The final triumph of “Portuguese” belonged to the Swiss, Fabian Jeker (Milaneza/ Maia/ MSS), with the current director of the Tour, Joaquim Gomes, He finished in 5th place, representing the Porto team Carvalhelhos / Boavista.
The Tour de Portugal / Santander Totta of 2017 will start day 4 August, with a prologue in Lisbon and end in Viseu on 15, 3Wednesdays, Dia de Santa Maria, National holiday.
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