{"id":153966,"date":"2021-02-23T08:06:24","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T12:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=153966"},"modified":"2021-02-23T08:34:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T12:34:23","slug":"president-abinader-gives-the-go-for-start-of-independence-cycling-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/02\/23\/president-abinader-gives-the-go-for-start-of-independence-cycling-race\/","title":{"rendered":"President Abinader gives the &#8220;go&#8221; for start of Independence Cycling Race"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Luis-Abinader-Vuelta-Ciclistica-Presidencia-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153977\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first time ever, a Dominican President gave the start to the 18 teams  in the Vuelta Cicl\u00edstica Independencia Nacional at the Presidential Palace. The competition covers six stages for an overall 1,030.3 kilometers from 22 to 28 February 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to President Luis Abinader, others present for the start were Vice President Raquel Pe\u00f1a, Sports Minister Francisco Camacho, National District Mayor Carolina Mej\u00eda and the Dominican Olympic Committee Antonio president Acosta. The government-owned Banco de Reservas is sponsoring the event this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jorge Blas, president of the Dominican Cycling Federation said that the race is one of the longest-lasting of all sports events in the country. The race is in its 42nd edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participating this year are seven foreign teams from Venezuela (2), United States (2), Colombia (1), Curacao (1) and Puerto Rico\/Bermudas (1). The local teams are 10: Inteja, Aero Cycling Team, Doglocy, F\u00e9nix, Arcoiris, Asociaci\u00f3n de Cicilismo del Cibao (ACC), Moca, San Crist\u00f3bal and La Romana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/presidencia.gob.do\/noticias\/presidente-abinader-dejo-iniciada-la-vuelta-ciclista-independencia\">Presidency<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/usa\/actualidad\/garcia-marco-el-ritmo-en-primera-etapa-de-la-vuelta-HE24573127\">Diario Libre<\/a><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/2021\/02\/19\/the-independence-cycling-tour-22-28-february-2021\/\">DR1 News <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>22 February 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time ever, a Dominican President gave the start to the 18 teams in the Vuelta Cicl\u00edstica Independencia Nacional at the Presidential Palace. The competition covers six stages for an overall 1,030.3 kilometers from 22 to 28 February 2021. In addition to President Luis Abinader, others present for the start were Vice President &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/02\/23\/president-abinader-gives-the-go-for-start-of-independence-cycling-race\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[290,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153966"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153966"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153990,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153966\/revisions\/153990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}