The professional cycling team BMC Racing Team, considered one of the best in the world, has once again chosen the Comarca de la Marina Alta to prepare his season, in which he will face the greatest challenges in this sport.
The members of the team will be housed for three months at the Dénia hotel La Sella Golf Resort & Spa, a golf complex that, according to those responsible for BMC Racing, meets their needs both in terms of sports and nutrition.
The BMC Racing Team has among its ranks world-renowned professionals such as Greg Van Avermaet, who was proclaimed Olympic champion in the past Rio de Janeiro 2016 Games.
The aforementioned Greg Van Avermaet, number 1 of the Individual World Ranking in 2017, winner this year of the Paris-Roubaix- constitutes the spearhead of a team that season after season aspires to the maximum, an objective that usually meets even though the ribbon is getting higher and higher.
Not in vain, the BMC Racing Team has accumulated this year 48 wins, the best record in its history, 22 of them in world-class events, integrated into the "UCI WorldTour Level".
Among the components of this prestigious cycling team is the presence of the Spaniard Francisco Ventoso, with thirteen years of professional experience that includes victories in stages of the Giro d'Italia and the Tour of Spain, as well as Tejay Van Garderen, tenth in the Vuelta a España 2017, Richie Porte, winner of the Tour down Under 2017, or Dylan Teuns, winner in 2017 of the Tour of Wallonia, the Tour of Poland and the Artic Race of Norway.
Also special mention for the presence of the ambassador of the BMC brand, already retired, Cadel Evans, world champion of route in 2009 and winner of the Tour de France in 2011.
The Marina Alta tourist and sports destination
The presence of this relevant professional cycling team increases the value of the Comarca de la Marina Alta as a sport and tourist destination. Not in vain, runners appreciate this Levantine area very well, perfect for cyclists because of their special characteristics, which are optimal for high-level training sessions, which is why this successful team has repeated its experience for the seventh consecutive year.
With an extremely varied orography, with many kilometers of roads with little traffic through an impressive mountain, the technicians of the BMC team appreciate very positively the mild climate that characterizes the region, very far from the climatic rigors of a large part of the zones. where most of its components are natural (German, Swiss, Austrian, North American, etc).
The stay of the BMC in La Marina Alta also has repercussions in various sectors of the area such as hotels, pharmacies, laundries, shops, etc. The team has a lot of information about Dénia and the region, which publishes on social networks and which echo national and international media, reaching millions of followers.
