“One meter and sixty centimetres of water entered” - Volta a Valencia potentially at risk after devastating floods

The terrible flooding in Valencia have torn communities and livelihoods apart, as the Spanish authorities try to get on top of the situation. Many people have lost family members, their homes, and their livelihoods due to storm Dana, creating a national tragedy.

The events in Valencia have relevance to the cycling world, as the 2025 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana may have to be cancelled. Race director Angel Casero told the local news station EFE, “One meter and sixty centimeters of water entered and everything that was on the shelves and in the boxes was destroyed.

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“The only thing that was saved were the signal arrows, which is the highest thing we had stored. We are cleaning and throwing everything away and, once we have finished, we will quantify the losses.”

We had planned to do the presentation in December and we will not be able to do it,” Casero admitted. “We will have to wait until the end of November to see what the situation is in the cities, what the subsidies will be like for next year and to see what happens.”

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But there’s more to do for the organisers than simply cleaning and analysing the damages. “It is clear that now the only option we have is to leave everything more or less clean, organised, and in good condition. After that, we will see what material we have left, we will make an economic assessment, we will consult on the insurance issue and we will see if we will have time to do what needs to be redone,” Casero outlined.

“In addition to the Valencians, people from abroad have also helped a lot, there were so many cars piled up in the streets, which complicated everything.” Despite their losses, the organizers have given back in whatever way they could. “We managed to save little, but at least some of the shirts that we washed were donated to raise some money to help people in difficulty,”

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