Cycling: Renfe (transport) official supplier of the 2017 edition of the Tour of Spain (La Vuelta)

Renfe, a Spanish public transportation and freight railway group, has become an official supplier of the 2017 edition of of the cycling race La Vuelta (6^th level in the sponsoring hierarchy of the Tour of Spain) on 26/07/2017.

The agreement, signed with the Spanish event organiser Unipublic, makes Renfe the official carrier of La Vuelta, which is taking place from 19/08 to 10/09/2017. In partnership with the French railway group SNCF, Renfe is responsible for the logistics of transporting organisers and equipment from Barcelona (ESP) and Madrid (ESP) to Nîmes (FRA) where the event began on Saturday 19/08/2017.

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Renfe

• Sector: rail transport and freight group
• Founded: 1941
• Parent group: Spanish State
• President: Juan Alfaro Grande
• Turnover (2015): €2.27bn on 31/12/2015
• Operating profit (2015): €143m
• Net profit (2015): -€102m
• Budget: €2.3bn (2016) and €2.4bn (2017)

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