Tag: VUELTA
‘Vuelta Plogging’: cleaning up litter together along the course on the Heuvelrug
Utrechtse Heuvelrug – With a view of La Vuelta, the province of Utrecht must of course look great. Under the leadership of the Regional Bureau for Tourism (RBT) Heuvelrug en…
Utrecht start-up made simulations of crowds during Tour and Vuelta: ‘Capturing human behavior in a computer model’
How do you ensure that all visitors can move safely through the city during a major event such as the Vuelta? Start-up uCrowds in Utrecht is engaged in crowd management…
Stripe through number of Vuelta festivities in Amersfoort after disagreement with national organization
An entire weekend of cultural and sporting events was planned, but nothing has come of it now. The cause is a conflict with the national organization of the Vuelta, which…
Podcast First the Vuelta, then the Tour: ‘Utrecht, Breda and Den Bosch show good Vuelta organization’
Woudenberg – First the Vuelta, a year later the Tour. Joop Zoetemelk is the first and only Dutchman who was able to imitate Jan Janssen (1967, 1968). The gifted climber…
Vuelta fever is rising, but the new alderman is not nervous: “Especially exciting if the weather will be nice”
She likes cycling herself and made trips to Budapest and Rome. On Sunday she will participate in the touring version of the Vuelta. “I signed up for the 80 kilometers.…
Vuelta can also be followed for the blind and visually impaired: special grandstand and audio description at Station Zuilen
The stands for the blind along the course are protected by crush barriers and banners so that there is sufficient space for people with a visual impairment. The blind interpreters…
Podcast First the Vuelta, then the Tour: Jan Janssen about his double blow and the Utrecht triptych
First the Vuelta, then the Tour. It had never been shown. Jan Janssen became the first Dutchman to win the Tour of Spain in May 1967. A year later he…
Inverted flags along the Vuelta course remain ‘so people can express their emotion’
In Breda, reversed flags will be removed. The third stage of the Vuelta starts and finishes in that city on Sunday 21 August. The flags are being removed because some…
More than 4500 cyclists ride their own Vuelta through the province of Utrecht
The stages of 165, 115 and 85 kilometers start with a ‘platoon ride’ of approximately 20 kilometers. The start and finish of the event are on the Jaarbeursplein. Here the…