The black and yellow jersey of the UPV Women’s Cycling Team looks like never before,
thanks to its participation in one of the most important races of the international cycling scene, La Vuelta de la Plata.
Femenina 24 by Carrefour.es. The representative team of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
exercises as a guest team and host team in the first stage: the team time trial with start and finish
at the City of Arts and Sciences of Valencia.
The competition started on Sunday, April 28, at 3:55 p.m., but a few moments before, the teams
Junior (15:20h) and Elite U-23 (15:25h) of the UPV Women’s Cycling Team covered the 16 kilometers of the race.
The first stage, in order to set the reference times for the rest of the teams.
“A dream come true”
For David Sánchez, the team manager of the UPV Women’s Cycling Team, this participation is “a dream come true.
The team, especially “for the riders who will be riding alongside their leaders, and in
home”. “Our presence in the most prestigious cycling event is a coup and a demonstration of
that things are being done well.
This idea is shared by Vicente Gimeno, the director of the Cadet and Junior categories, who points out that
“this participation in La Vuelta Femenina 24 by Carrefour.es has not been the result of chance or of the
luck, but of the work and involvement of people and institutions, with the UPV at the forefront”.
UPV Cycling Team
The UPV Women’s Cycling Team is a semi-professional cycling team that last year was one of the most successful in the world.
meteoric rise. In that season, the one of his debut, he conquered the third place of the national ranking of
teams, only surpassed by Laboral Kutxa and Movistar Team, both of which are in the
international. Among his accomplishments in 2023 were wins in the Commonwealth Championship
Valenciana in the Elite category, or in the Castilla La Mancha Cup, in Under-23, among others.
The UPV’s commitment is gaining more and more support. On January 19, the 53
cyclists, as well as the technical staff, that make up the four squads of the UPV Women’s Cycling Team:
Cadet, Junior, Master, and Elite-under 23. In some cases they are students and employees of the company itself.
Universitat, who have to combine their studies and working days with long and hard sessions of
training, but there are also other cases of cyclists “signed” from outside. This is the case of the Dutch
Nicolien Luijsterburg, the 2022 World Champion in the Masters 40-45 category, who this season
has made the leap to Elite professional