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the organizing committee of the 2024 uci women's world tour of chongming island officially announced today (september 20) that this year's event will be held from october 15 to 17, when 18 participating teams and 108 professional riders from all over the world will compete for a total mileage of 349.3 kilometers. during the three-day competition, the riders will cross 17 towns in chongming district, passing by the yangtze river bridge, changxing island country park, lotus expo park, pearl lake park, shanghai sports training base and other landmarks and scenic spots, immersively experience the achievements of chongming ecological island construction, appreciate the beauty of chongming's countryside, ecology, and humanity, and feel the enthusiasm and hospitality of the people of shanghai.

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at the event press conference, feng baozhong, deputy director of the cycling and fencing management center of the general administration of sport of china and vice chairman of the chinese cycling association, introduced that the 2024 women's world tour of chongming island is an international class a event in china, and is at the same level as the famous tour de france, giro d'italia and vuelta a españa. in the three-day competition, tuesday, october 15th is the first stage, the chongxi stage, with a total distance of 108.9 kilometers; wednesday, october 16th is the second stage, the chongdong stage, with a total distance of 129 kilometers; thursday, october 17th is the third stage, the chongzhong stage and the city circuit race, with a total distance of 111.4 kilometers. the starting and ending points of the first and third stages are set at chongming avenue new town park, and the second stage starts at changxing island country park and ends at chongming avenue new town park.

it is reported that according to the 2024 competition rules of the international union of international cycling, this event will consist of 4 women's world tour teams, 13 women's continental teams and 1 national team, with a total of 108 participants. the 2023 team champion roland team and the uad team represented by the individual champion will continue to participate.

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luo wenhua, deputy director of the shanghai sports bureau, introduced the preparations for this year's event and the characteristics of the event. this year's track still highlights chongming's natural environment and ecological advantages. the race schedule crosses the yangtze river bridge, chenjia town bicycle theme park, shanghai sports training base, dongtan wetland park, and xisha pearl lake scenic area, showing the new achievements of chongming's world-class ecological island to the world. he emphasized that this year's event will present four highlights. first, the event coincides with the end of the national day holiday, and the "sports + tourism" heat of the golden week will continue to be released; secondly, an amateur elite competition will be held before the race, and amateur competitions will be held according to the standards of professional competitions to promote the development of cycling; thirdly, multi-channel interactive integration and communication, increase news publicity, and create a strong event atmosphere; finally, the event mode is to integrate the development of culture, sports, commerce and tourism, and the supporting activities of the event are rich and diverse, bringing everyone a wonderful experience.

in the view of shi lei, deputy mayor of chongming district, the uci women's road world tour on chongming island is one of the specific measures to implement and implement the outline of the chongming world-class ecological island development plan (2021-2035) and the shanghai sports development regulations. in recent years, chongming has continued to make efforts in the three major aspects of green ecology, green production, and green life to create a national ecological civilization business card, set a benchmark for the green development of the yangtze river, and use the event economy to promote sports consumption and lead the development of chongming's sports industry. he said, "we will integrate the event with chongming's tourism resources. at that time, we will launch a bicycle carnival with the theme of 'beauty of cycling, leisurely chongming'. we will set up the qimiao sports field, qite car show, and yunshang market exhibition area to let more citizens and tourists feel the unique charm of cycling and continue to promote the tourism business card of 'chongming world-class ecological island'."

when talking about the development of cycling and the sports industry, he said that chongming has a flat terrain, superior ecology and a suitable climate, which is very suitable for cycling. chongming will continue to build a "one ring, five circles, fifteen verticals, and multiple points" leisure bicycle greenway and chenjia town "bicycle town" with high standards to provide citizens with an outdoor activity space that integrates cycling, tourism, sightseeing, leisure and entertainment. every year, mass bicycle activities such as the yangtze river delta island elite competition, island cycling tour, and dongtan cycling festival are held, forming a distinctive and widely influential bicycle sports brand image; "everyone can cycling" courses are offered in all chongming primary schools to guide students to develop good habits of low-carbon living and green travel from an early age, and to discover and cultivate bicycle sports talents.

the 2024 uci women's world tour tour of chongming island is hosted by the international cycling union, the state general administration of sports, and the shanghai municipal people's government, and organized by the chinese cycling association, the shanghai municipal sports bureau, and the chongming district people's government. the 2024 women's world tour will have 27 stops around the world, including 13 multi-day races in france, spain, italy, the united arab emirates, and australia. the women's world tour tour of chongming island is still the only multi-day world tour race among chinese women's road cycling races.