The Interprofesional of the Oil of Oliva participates in Andalucia Bike Race

'The earth of the extra virgin' is the lemma with which the Interprofesional of the Oil of Oliva Spanish will promote the consumption of the oil of virgin olive extra between the sportsmen of the world, using the Andalucia Bike Race as platform. A contest cyclist that gathers to almost 700 sportsmen of 24 countries, as well as to thousands of followers, that will follow the proof that will develop between Córdoba and Jaén, provinces that add the elder olivar of the world.

The image of the oils of the Oils of Olive of Spain will have a remarkable leadership along the proof. A selection of oils of olivar virgin extra of our country will be one of the prizes that will expect to the winning equipment of the 6 stages of which states the proof.

And, of course, will form fundamental part of the diet of the sportsmen that have to cuidar especially his feeding during a very demanding proof. Between the multiple profits that the consumption of oils of virgin olive extra has for the health, the doctor Pablo Pérez-Martínez, specialist in nutrition and health in the Hospital Queen Sofia of Córdoba, stands out that “a prologando physical effort can cause a damage in our cells by stress oxidativo. And since the oil of virgin olive is a natural juice that contains cientos of microcomponentes no grasos, between which include the vitamins and the phenolic compounds, the consumption of this food in the sportsmen would have a double profit, by a part linked to his type of fat, that is cardiosaludable, and by another by his big antioxidant capacity, that contributes to the protection of the cells in front of the oxidation”.

The Andalucia Bike Race is an international proof of mountain bike by stages that this year arrives to his third edition. An edition that stands out by his demanding route of 400 kilometres through 14 municipalities of the provinces of Córdoba and Jaén, that add more than 13.000 metres of desnivel accumulated. The exit will take place on 24 February in Córdoba. During two days, this capital will be the origin and destination of the stages. On 26 February the career moves to Priego of Córdoba. A day later the caravan arrives to the province of Jaén with the stage with the exit in Bedmar and arrival in Real Stain. The two last stages will have exit and arrival in Jaén.