The VCV Féminas GP Tuawa is promoted to the UCI ProSeries category

The women’s race that takes place in parallel to the last stage of the VCV – Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana receives the recognition of the International Cycling Union after six editions of continuous growth.

Valencia. October 10, 2024. Good news for the VCV Féminas Gran Premio Tuawa. The women’s race, which will be held in parallel on Sunday of the last stage of the VCV – Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, has been promoted. This has been communicated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) this week to the team captained by the cyclist Angel Casero, who is in charge of the organization of both events. Undoubtedly, a recognition by the UCI to the good work done in a race that was a pioneer in 2019 in terms of equality and now takes a big leap to consolidate itself as a reference in the international calendar.

Vuelta CV Feminas 2024 – 6ht Edition – Betera – Valencia 93 km – 04/02/2024 – Cedrine Kerbaol (FRA – CERATIZIT – WNT Pro Cycling Team) – photo Rafa Gomez/SprintCyclingAgency©2024

The new category to which the VCV Féminas Gran Premio Tuawa belongs is the 1.Pro – Proseries, leaving behind the 1.1. – Class 1. In this way, it ascends to the same echelon as the men’s race, with the difference that the latter is held over five stages while the former remains a one-day race.

This promotion will bring important benefits for the race, but especially for cycling fans in the Comunitat Valenciana. The most important change will be the points awarded for the UCI Ranking. Until now, the winner of the VCV Féminas was awarded 125 points, now 200 points with the new category. In addition, 30 and not 25 riders will receive some points for the UCI Ranking based on their performance in the race.

These two circumstances will make the VCV Féminas much more attractive for the best riders and the best teams in the international peloton, as they will now be able to add a good handful of points to their rankings right at the start of the season. “It’s certainly great news for us as an organization. We made a strong bet in 2019 to give women’s cycling the space and loudspeaker they deserve, and this promotion reinforces our commitment to a race that we hope will continue to grow and consolidate year after year,” says Ángel Casero, director of the race.

A must-attend event on February 9

Along with the announcement of the upgrade, the UCI has also confirmed that the 7th VCV Féminas Gran Premio Tuawa will be contested Sunday, February 9, 2025. It will do so, as since its creation in 2019, sharing the route with the last stage of the VCV – Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. A route that will be unveiled to the general public in the coming weeks, but that will have the finish line located in the city of Valencia as is tradition.

This promotion of category within the UCI is another step in the commitment of the organization led by Ángel Casero for women’s cycling. A bet that started in 2019 with the creation of this VCV Féminas, the first race in Spain to equalize the route and economic prizes in a male and female race. Thanks to the constant growth of the race, in 2024 the first ‘naming sponsor’ was achieved by the hand of Tuawa; and now comes this promotion that only confirms the Valencian Community as a benchmark in the organization of high-level sporting events, regardless of whether they are male or female.