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The UCAM Falcotrail HG 2016 has started this Friday with its official presentation in the facilities of the UCAM Sport Center.

No one wanted to miss the start of this edition that has been attended by the organizers;

The City Council of Cehegín, as its sponsor, with the presence of its Mayor, José Rafael Rocamora, as well as the Councilor for Sports, Joaquín López, and the Councilor for the Environment, María José Martínez;

Has been present the Director of Sports of UCAM, also sponsor of the event, Pablo Rosique;

And the Director General of Sports of the Region of Murcia, Alonso Gómez.

The Emergency Department and the Spanish Army (who collaborates in logistics) and the various sponsors such as The North Face, with its representative César Vergara.

Miguel Ángel González, as director of the race, covered the most important aspects of this Falco 2016, which has covered more than 95% of its available places within a few days for its celebration, scheduled for 3 and 4 December 2016, with Which will be more than 2,000 athletes who will participate in this event.

As explained, one of the attractions of this year at UCAM Falcotrail HG is to be part of the Spain Ultra Cup, being the last test of this competition formed by a circuit of the most beautiful mountain races in the whole national panorama, (Trans Gran Canaria, Penyagolosa Trails, Ultra Cerdanya, Great Peñalara Trail, Ultra Sierra Nevada, UT Guara Somontano, Apuko Extrem, Haría Extrem), in which regularity points are added.

In the sports field to MARATON 45km, test queen for excellence of the event, this year they join a test of ULTRA Resistance 100km and more than 5,000m of positive gradient reserved exclusively for athletes who can accredit experience in similar tests and a test of initiation PROMO of 16km suitable for all audiences.

Also will be the traditional infants races since 3 years of age.

Runners from 30 countries will travel to Cehegín to participate in any of the 3 modalities including current World Champions Luis Alberto Hernando and Maite Maiora.

Among the other favorites are Briton Kim Collison, Tim Pleijte (Netherlands), André Jonsson (Sweden), Pedro Bianco (Argentina), Nuno Silva (Portugal) Simon Grimstrup (Denmark), Mercedes Pila Portugal) and various components of the Spanish team that compete for the World Championship in Portugal: Pau Capell and Tere Nimes (Winners of the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc), Laia Cañes and Gemma Arenas.

The direction and organization of the race, values ​​the great attraction that maintains Falcotrail among the fans to the races by mountain of all the world.

"UCAM Falcotrail HG is an event whose interest is maintained with continuity throughout the year, a date marked in red in the agendas of many athletes who, with the passage of the editions, have found in the municipality of Cehegín the ideal place for To enjoy an event that is growing more and more in its projection not only in the sports field, but also social, tourist and ecological, giving to know to the world a unique natural enclave for the practice of this sport located in the Northwest Of the Region of Murcia ".

Conferences, Presentations and Signatures of Books, Interviews, Live Programs and Press Conferences will form an ample program of complementary activities that will revolve around a great fair of the corridor composed of 50 Stand and whose information can be extended in the web of the race www.falcotrail.com

José Rafael Rocamora, mayor of Cehegín, shared with the organizers of the event the importance of attracting people to the municipality and the Region: "They are getting better every year and we have to thank them for the effort that places Cehegín on the map National and international".

In addition, he also had words of recognition for the work of UCAM: "We want to thank the Catholic University for its support for this race and in general for the sport of the Region of Murcia."

The Mayor also emphasized "the enormous importance of this test that emphasizes different aspects of sport, such as effort, solidarity, companionship, together with a natural scenario that, thanks to this test, is disseminated abroad, which Benefits us as a city and as a sport promotion ".

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cehegín