The ‘3,254’ has been the cutoff number to be one of the 6,000 registered in the Ibercaja Quebrantahuesos by TotalEnergies cycling tour of 2022, which will be held on June 18 over 200 kilometers, after the draw held this Friday at the Pau Sports Palace (France), the organizers report.
For the Treparriscos Medio Fondo 2022 it has not been necessary to hold the draw, so all those registered for this 85-kilometre route will have a place on June 18. This year’s draw has received over 9,000 applications for the Bearded Vulture from over 30 different countries.
The vice president of the Edelweiss Cycling Club, Quique Ascaso, highlighted the importance of holding the event in the French town of Pau, highlighting the character and international exposure of the march. “It gives it a showiness and greater international exposure than we had,” he said.
For his part, the former basketball player Fernando Arcega, head of institutional business and sponsorship at Ibercaja, has emphasized the monitoring of the historic QH-Ibercaja binomial after complex years for society due to the pandemic.
“Ibercaja’s collaboration with this test demonstrates our corporate purpose and reason for being more intensely, supporting, in addition to our customers and society in general, also to our partners and collaborators in a situation like the one we are experiencing. This type of sponsorship allows us, through unique and differential experiences, to transfer intrinsic values to the Bank such as commitment, closeness and effort,” he said.
In addition, the president of Octagon Spain, Xavier Bartrolí, has emphasized the spirit of the ‘QH’. “Great follow-up statements and return with enthusiasm after the non-normality during COVID,” he said.
Taking into account the court number, those with numbers between 3,254 and 9,098 can register for the XXXI edition of the Bearded Vulture. and the 1 and 159. Starting next week, the holders of the winning numbers will receive an email with the instructions to process the final registration.
The term will end on February 7 at 12:00 p.m., peninsular time. As usual, the organization is looking for formulas to reward the most loyal participants and those who have not been lucky in the draws, Therefore, this year the following groups have obtained a direct place without the need for a draw: those who have completed fifteen or more editions of the Bearded Vulture, those who have participated unsuccessfully in the draw in the last three editions, including this year’s, who obtained a number as a prize from a promotion of the sponsors and those who decided to transfer their participation after the postponement of the march.
For those who have not been successful, the organization offers the ‘Premium’ and ‘Training’ packages, which offer a secure place in the test and a specific training plan. They will also be able to obtain places through collaborating travel agencies, by becoming members of the QH365 Club or by registering for the Pyrenees No Limits challenge, which upon completion also guarantees a place for the 2023 Bearded Vulture.