With lessthan ten days to go until the start of the Cyprus Cycling Tour 2015, a recordnumber of participants have expressed their interest in participating,according to organisers.
Over 200cyclists, half of them foreigners, have registered for the race, which beginsFriday, March 27 in Limassol and continues during the weekend in and aroundPaphos.
“There areover 200 participants, which is a very large number, the largest we have everhad in this race. Almost half are foreign cyclists, coming from differentEuropean countries. They are semi-professionals, who come to Cyprus to combinea demanding road cycling race, along with sport tourism, ” said MichaelHadjioanou on behalf of the organisers Bikin `Cyprus.
The firststage starts from Limassol and finishes in Paphos with only 623m of ascent. Itis a stage for fast rolling and for the legs to pick up some speed.
The secondday keeps the character of the mountainous stage with 1496m of ascent. Startingfrom Paphos, entering the Diarizos Valley to climb up to Ayios Nikolaos, Arsosand have the timed section finishing in Mallia.
The thirdday is short and of average difficulty, “a happy ending” to the 3-day tour,according to organisers.
The VW Touris taking place from the 27th to the 29th March 2015.
The stagesare as follows:
Day 1 –Limassol to Pafos 75km, 654m ascent, Timed section 38km – From Kourion (18km)to Kouklia (56km)
Day 2 –Pafos to Agios Nikolaos – Pafos, 100km, 1496m ascent, Timed section 44km – FromKouklia (14,5km) to Malia / Dora (58,7km)
Day 3 –Pafos – Kritou Terra – Kathikas – Stroumpi – Tsada 63km, 608m ascent, Timedsection 47,6km starts in Pegia and finishes in Tsada (CNA)