About 300 members of the National Police and Civil Guard will form the safety vehicle for the eighth stage of the next Vuelta Ciclista a España. September 2 in the province of Alicante and seven Alicante municipalities, 165 kilometers from the coast to the interior, he said.

Carlos Sánchez Heras, the government’s delegate in Alicante, chaired the coordination meeting for this eighth phase, which was attended by Tour de Spain coach Fernando Escartín, who interrupted by video conference this Thursday. In addition to the head of the Alicante Command, the colonel, José Hernández Mosquera, superintendent, provincial chief of the National Police, Manuel Lafuente Lázaro.

The meeting was attended by representatives of the National Police Unit of the Valencian Community, the Provincial Traffic Directorate, as well as municipal representatives and the heads of the Dénia, Els Poblets Pego, Torremanzanas, Ibi, Onil and Castalla Local Police. In addition to the Valencia Emergency Service, the Provincial Council and the Provincial Consortium of Alicante Firefighters.

The government auxiliary delegate indicated that more Civil Guard members will be participating at this stage, including agents from the Traffic Sub-Sector, Command, USECIC, Seprona, Pegaso unit, Tédax and Canine Unit staff.

Sánchez Heras, on behalf of the National Police, who is responsible for the safety at the starting point and arrival at the finish line of all stages of the Tour of Spain, as well as the collection and parking of the teams’ accreditation, stated: agents from Dénia Police Station who will set up the device.

The government co-delegate wished this eighth phase to be “perfect” and stressed the “importance of coordinating all security forces to ensure everything runs smoothly and citizens can enjoy the cycling tour”.