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More than 500 cyclists come together this weekend in Puerto Lumbreras to participate in the Championship of Spain of Master, presented today by the Director General of Sports, Alonso Gómez, general director of the Institute of Tourism, Manuel Fernández-Delgado, the mayor of the town, Maria Angeles Tunisia, and the president of the Cycling Federation of the Region of Murcia, José López Tortosa.

Since Friday, and especially on Saturday and Sunday, a circuit of 16.8 kilometers will test the riders of the eight age groups that will decide the winner of each of three different tests.

Specifically, Saturday September 27, from 10:00 hours, the master 50 and 60 will have to give five laps, while at 17:00 will be the turn of master 40, who will give six laps.

Finally, on Sunday, the master 30 will compete at 9.30 am taking seven laps.

The start and finish will be located on the Carretera de Almería.

The direction of the race will continue rotating clockwise as well, cyclists will leave Puerto Lumbreras by Orfeón Fernández Caballero Street to the east, following the RM-D16

The first part of this circuit, called Cañada de Alba and the host of this tournament in 2005, are five quick and favorable for cyclists kilometers, a second land;

and finally, an area upstream and false plain, where the wind usually blows and that seems to cause the most appropriate breaks.

In presenting the sporting event at the Ministry of Culture and Spokesman was, besides the sport relevance of this national event, the economic and social impact of the championship in the already enrolled more than 500 people who choose the region, and stressed specifically the region of Guadalentín, to enjoy cycling this weekend, as well as its leisure, gastronomic, cultural and tourism.

In this sense, the action is added to the seasonality of the tourism strategy of the regional government, which seeks to stabilize the flow of tourists and occupancy rates during off season through a package of measures including the holding of major sporting events and 'stages 'Winter and promoting alternatives to sun and sand.

Source: CARM