MUĞLA (AA) – The Expo Area, established within the scope of Visa Maximiles Black L’Etape Marmaris by Tour de France, the official amateur series of the world’s prestigious cycling race Tour de France, was opened with a ceremony. The Expo Area, created in Marmaris 19 May Youth Square, brought together athletes, brands and cycling enthusiasts. At the opening ceremony of the organization to be held on June 6-7, officials shared the details of the organization and its contributions to regional tourism.
– Marmaris District Governor Nurullah Kaya: Risks have been planned, more than a thousand personnel are on duty. Marmaris District Governor Nurullah Kaya, in his speech at the ceremony, said that they matured the process together by sharing a dream set about a year ago. Emphasizing that they determined the rules of the program and started to take precautions in the coordination meetings held a month ago, Kaya said: After the holiday and on Wednesday, this process accelerated even more and the risks were planned with the meetings under the auspices of our Muğla Governorship.
Both our Muğla Governorship and our Metropolitan Municipality have serious organizational capabilities in this regard. Hopefully, a good organization awaits us. I would like to state that we support this organization together with the officers and workers of more than a thousand public order, law enforcement, fire, health and forestry organizations and other institutions and organizations whose names I cannot mention.
Today, we are trying to show this once again in the world elite league with this organization. – Marmaris Mayor Acar Ünlü: A very important cooperation for Marmaris and Muğla. Marmaris Mayor Acar Ünlü also thanked the Governorship and District Governorship for contributing to the infrastructure of the organization. Explaining that the event is of great value for the region, Ünlü said, “I think it is a very important organization for Marmaris and Muğla.” We will see this grow further in the coming years.
I hope that this collaboration will become a very big, very important collaboration for both the Tour de France series and Marmaris for many years to come. I wish you a trouble-free race. he said. – Turkey is very assertive in the multi-billion dollar market. L’Etape Turkey by Tour de France Organization Director and 78 Event General Manager Ömer Kafkas stated that they were happy to bring this stage designed for amateur athletes to Marmaris.
Stating that there is a very large team working for a long time behind the challenging organization, Kafkas said: Sports tourism is developing very much in the world and constitutes a large market. In a market worth billions of dollars, Türkiye is one of the most assertive countries in sports tourism with all its natural beauties. Thanks to quality organizations, Türkiye increases its claim in sports tourism in the world.
We are now experiencing the collaboration of L’Etape by Tour de France, one of the largest organizations in the world, in Marmaris. L’Etape Series by Tour de France Strategy and Business Development Manager Mathieu Clanchin stated that they aim for all participants and cycling lovers to enjoy the atmosphere of this popular event, and that they hope to grow the organization further in the coming years. – The festival program will continue with the public ride.
The festival program of the organization, whose registrations have been completed due to intense interest and in which 700 athletes, 120 of whom are foreigners, from 16 different countries will compete, will be held tomorrow at 11.00 with the L’Etape Marmaris by Tour de France Public Ride. The event will end with the award ceremony after the 96.7-kilometer long and 65.8-kilometer short course races on Sunday, June 7.


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