The Tour of Spanish will arrive in Mexico at the end of 2025 in a cyclotourism event, Desafío México by La Vuelta, as announced Thursday by Unipublic, the organizing company of the Spanish round.
Coinciding with the 90th anniversary of the race, the Tour of Spanish will land for the first time in Latin America with a cyclotourism challenge: Desafío México by La Vuelta. In this way, fans of all levels will have the opportunity to experience the essence of one of the three great cycling competitions in the world.
“Desafío Mexico by La Vuelta is an immersion in the passion and spirit of the Spanish round, combined with the spectacular Mexican natural scenery and the enormous and historic Aztec culture. Participants will be able to enjoy a carefully designed route to live the same experiences as the great champions of the race,” explained a press release.
With the date and venue still to be confirmed (it will be at the end of the year), Desafío México will be historic because it is the first time that an official the Tour of Spanish event is held in the Americas. This will be the second La Vuelta cyclotourism event to be held outside the Spanish borders after the already existing Desafío China, whose third edition will be held in June 2025.
Event organizers assured that participants will ride with some of the legends of world cycling, and recalled that riders such as Alberto Contador, Fabio Aru, Óscar Freire, Nicolas Roche, Annemiek van Vleuten and Lisa Brennauer have already taken part in these challenges.
Mexico has a long tradition in the Tour of Spanish and some of its best cyclists have left their mark on the Spanish round. Of the five Aztec riders who have participated in the Spanish round, the most recent is Isaac del Toro, who made his debut in La Vuelta 24. The pioneer was Felipe Enríquez Rojas, nicknamed ‘El Tato’, in 1988.
On the other hand, the best Mexican cyclist of all time, Raúl Alcalá, finished 7th in the Tour of Spanish 1991 and 8th in the 1992 edition. The other two compatriots who competed in the race were Miguel Arroyo, in 1992 and 1995, and Julio Alberto Pérez Cuapio, in 2001.
Source: www.ciclismoafondo.es