Fuerteventura competes in the XXVI Vuelta a Castellón, cycle race.

Today, Thursday April 17, is the start of the XXVI Vuelta a Castellón, (Tour of Valencia), where the Fuerteventura cycling team, FUERTEVENTURA CANARIES will compete with the intention of continuing their streak of victories.

Covering a distance of 572 km, divided into four stages, and eleven mountain sections, the Tour of Castellon is the most demanding and harshest competition in the Spanish cycling calendar, so the FUERTEVENTURA CANARIAS team will face the best national teams from Russia, France and the Netherlands.

The stages are:

1 Benicasim stage - Vall d'Alba - 150 kms.

2 stage Vall d'Alba - Villafranca - 143 Kms

3 Villafranca stage - Segorbe - 135'5 Kms

4 stage Grao Castellón - Vistabella - 143'5 Kms

The team of FUERTENTURA-CANARIAS shall consist of Antonio Olmo (current leader Spanish cup), David Belda (who has three victories this year), William Aranzazu (a victory in the Vta. Cartagena), Victor Martinez, Gabriel Hernandez and Alexandre Izquierdo.

The international press coverage that the sucesses of the Fuerteventura Cyling team provides helps to promote the Island and should hopefully affect an increase in tourism. Fuerteventura is also now promoted on TV in Spain with, for example, the programme Money Money offering a text in competition to win a holiday in Fuerteventura.