The Spanish city of Seville will host of the famous bike race – Vuelta a España in 2010, it was announced last week by organizers of the race. Vuelta director, Javier Guillen stressed the decision to change the color of the jersey of race leader goes from gold to red. Speeches by the current stage 15 in Vuelta a España in Cordoba, Andalusia Guillén and Minister for Trade, Tourism and Sports, said Luciano Alonso on 65th edition of the Grand Tour will begin with a night five-mile prologue time along the banks of the Guadalquivir.
Departure of the Andalusian capital of Seville will be the fifth to take place in the region this decade. Seville hosted the start of the 12th stage in the first edition of the Vuelta a España in 1935 and in recent years, Andalusia has hosted four starts Vuelta a España (2000, 2005, 2006 and 2008).Guillen also announced that the leader’s jersey in the race will move from its current color from gold to red for the next year. He explained the decision saying:La Vuelta a España a commitment to innovation and thus creating the red jersey.