Everything is ready to start the Tour of Spain 2009, which will begin Saturday morning the city of Assen Holland and end on Sunday 21 September in Rivas Vaciamadrid (Madrid) on September 20 after 21 stages at which the bunch will have to face fans on the plain, high and late stages against the clock.
And in this journey of 3266 miles a year Ford will be official car of the Tour of Spain thanks to an agreement signed with Unipublic by which the brand gave a hundred vehicles to support the event organization during the years 2009 and 2010. In addition, Ford is also the official vehicle of the Spanish Cycling Federation.
Ford vehicles will be used by the race direction, technical commissioners, medical services and also for the assistance rendered by the neutral components manufacturer Shimano, which is responsible for supporting the riders in case of failure when the car of your team is far, an agreement that extends to other tests such as the MTB World Cup Vallnord (Andorra), the Tour of Catalonia, the MTB World Cup in Madrid, or the return to Madrid, Burgos and Toledo.
The collaboration with Ford Spain Unipublic, organizing body of the Tour, dating back to 1979, where he was Official Car for four years straight. In 2003 he resumed talks and there has been a close collaboration that made it possible for a stage finish in the factory in Almussafes (Valencia) in 2006.
During the three weeks of competition is organized I Ford Cycling, with local actions promoted by the dealers in the provinces through which it passes the caravan rider.
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