The Castellón Gravel Race arrives, with Alejandro Valverde

The first edition of the Castellón Gravel Race, the 3rd round of the Spanish Gravel Cup, which we already told you about in POLVU, will have a luxury participation. Among the runners from all over the national and international territory, the presence of several national cycling stars will stand out.

Alejandro Valverde is the latest cycling figure to confirm his participation. The Murcian, considered one of the best cyclists in the history of our country, will compete against Samuel Sánchez, ambassador of the event and who has an Olympic gold and numerous victories in the professional field, Luis León Sánchez, current leader of the Spanish Gravel Cup who is winning everything he races, Felipe Orts (FORTS Team), our man in international CX where he is a true international value, Lucía González (Nesta MMR), another key figure of CX in our country and winner of the last race of the cup and Sofía Rodríguez (Nesta MMR), who is positioning herself every day as a runner with aspirations for everything. They will make it difficult for the current leader, Patricia Ortega, and Marta Torà (who has just been proclaimed Catalonia's BTT champion this week), both in the ranks of Alberto Losada's PROTOUR BCN, who are the best positioned in the Spanish Cup, with 330 points.

The third stop on the calendar of this first edition of the Spanish Gravel Cup, this Castellón Gravel Race, will be organized by CC Sepelaco and will be held on the morning of Saturday, May 11. The start will be from the Plaza de España in Llucena at 9:00 a.m. for the men's race, while the women will start right after, at 9:02 a.m.

Tour of the Castellón Gravel Race

After leaving professional cycling two seasons ago, Alejandro Valverde quickly adapted to gravel cycling and today he is one of the big names in this discipline, he pecks away without a defined plan, but he counts participations for victories and no one dares to say what your limit is.

"El Bala" will arrive at Castellón Gravel Race in spectacular shape after winning the UCI Gravel for the second consecutive year The indomable. We saw him competing in the United States a fortnight ago, but a puncture took him down from the positions of honor. In addition, he has other great recent achievements such as a fourth place in the Gravel World Championship held last October in Italy and a victory in La Hutchinson Ranxo Gravel 2023 and his 133 victories as a professional cyclist, big words.

The test will have 97 kilometers of route, with a very broken and leg-breaking profile in which a total of 2,500 meters of positive slope will be accumulated. Also noteworthy is that the Castellón Gravel Race will have 5 intermediate control points with mechanical assistance (three of them) and provisioning.