Team Colombia’s General Manager Claudio Corti took part on Wednesday, October 23rd to the official presentation in Paris of the 101st Tour de France, starting in Yorkshire (Great Britain) on July 5th, 2014, and finishing in the French capital after three weeks, on Sunday July 27th.
The new Tour de France was presented by La Grande Boucle’s director Christian Prudhomme, and will feature 5 top finishes and only one time trial – 54 km from Bergerac to Perigueux, on the penutlimate day – but also cobblestones will be back on stage in 2014: stage 5, from Ypres (Belgium) to Arenberg, will present no less than 9 cobbles sections (around 15 km overall), looking set to pose a threatening challenge to the GC men.
Just like every Pro Continental outfit, Team Colombia hopes for an invitation to take part to the biggest cycling event for the first time in its history.
“Particularly after the outstanding results collected by Colombian athletes on the World stage – General Manager Claudio Corti said – we believe ASO looks with interest at our team and the whole movement it represents. The important invitations we were granted by ASO during our first two season stand there to show their consideration.”
“In addition, it is always nice to meet Director Prudhomme and his cooperators, a group of people we always worked proficiently with in the past, and hopefully we will have the pleasure to do it again in the number of prestigious events they organize,” Corti said.
