- La Vuelta announces that the 5 candidate cities – Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid, Valladolid and Zaragoza – have been awarded the first Más Bici quality seal, a distinction that makes its debut this year to recognise host cities that are committed to promoting daily bicycle use, as part of its new La Vuelta es Más programme.
- The results will be announced during La Vuelta or at a special event held later, along with the 5 cities in question.
- Following the seal’s debut edition, on the occasion of La Vuelta’s 90th anniversary, which was limited only to the cities that hosted the very first edition of the race in 1935 and which are also present in the 2025 route of La Vuelta or La Vuelta Femenina by Carrefour.es, the Más Bici seal will be opened up to all the cities that have hosted La Vuelta throughout its history.
Today, as the race enters Spanish territory, La Vuelta announces that the 5 candidate cities to receive the first Más Biciseal, Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid, Valladolid and Zaragoza, have all been awarded the seal. As part of its La Vuelta es Más programme, this quality seal has been created in collaboration with cycling mobility specialists as a way to recognise host cities that are committed to promoting daily bicycle use. Going one step further in the usually close relationship between the event’s organisation and local authorities, this seal aims to evaluate the locations that show commitment to the dynamic and positive promotion of cycling.
A jury made up of Unipublic, the Spanish ConBici (Spanish Coordinator in the Defence of Bicycles) and RedBici(Network of Cities and Territories for Bicycles) associations and the international consulting company Copenhagenizehave come together at the end of July to examine the dossiers sent by the candidate cities and analyse their performance in five categories linked to the promotion of cycling: Governance, Infrastructure, Services and Education, Sports and Tourism. The results have been sent to the cities and will be announced during La Vuelta or at a special event held later, along with the local authorities in question.
Following the seal’s debut edition, on the occasion of La Vuelta’s 90th anniversary, which was limited only to the cities that hosted the very first edition of the race in 1935 and which are also present in the 2025 route of La Vuelta or La Vuelta Femenina by Carrefour.es, the Más Bici seal will be opened up to all the cities that have hosted La Vuelta throughout its history. This way, hundreds of municipalities that have hosted La Vuelta and who wish to commit to promoting daily bicycle use, can also present their candidature.
With the creation of this seal, the Spanish tour continues to advance in its La Vuelta es Más programme, promoting cycling beyond the professional competition, thus encouraging the use of bicycles as the key element to a healthy lifestyle and as a tool to improve social wellbeing. With this initiative, La Vuelta seeks to close the gap between everyday bikes and those of champions, promoting actions that integrate cycling into people’s daily life.
