The Colombian Miguel Ángel Superman López will defend his title in the 68th edition of the Vuelta Ciclista a Andalucía-Ruta del Sol, which will be held from February 16 to 20 starting in Ubrique (Cádiz) and ending in Chiclana de Segura (Jaén), so it will have the number one and, in addition, it will be the image of its advertising poster.
The general director of the event, Joaquín Cuevas, confirmed to Efe the presence of Superman López, the current winner of the Andalusian round and “an excellent runner”, in whose record stand out two third places in the Giro and the Vuelta a España in 2018, and the title of champion of the Tour del Porvenir in 2014.
“For us it is an honor that the 2021 winner is back in the 68th edition, which is spectacular with the presence of great runners. We already have Alejandro Valverde and Superman López, who are two great stars of world cycling, but there are going to be more prestigious cyclists, “said Cuevas.
Born 27 years ago in Pesca (department of Boyacá), He won the title last year with the Movistar team and in this he will race with Astana. In the last edition, Miguel Ángel López was proclaimed champion of the Vuelta a Andalucía with 20 seconds difference over the Dutch Antwan Tolhoek, of the Jumbo-Visma, and with more than a minute over the Spanish Julen Amezqueta, of the Caja Rural group. In addition, the Colombian won the third stage, with a route of 176.9 kilometers between Beas de Segura and Villarrodrigo, in the province of Jaén, and from there he became the leader of the test.