TotalEnergies to sponsor the Itzulia 2022 stage award winner

  • TotalEnergies will present trophies to the individual stage winners at the Itzulia 2022, to be held from 4 to 9 April.
  • The multi-energy company reaffirms its commitment to sport and the values inherent to a healthy lifestyle.

TotalEnergies will participate in the 61st edition of the Itzulia as the main sponsor. The gas and electricity supplier will award a trophy to the winner of each day’s stage.

In the words of the president of TotalEnergies Electricidad y Gas, Javier Sáenz de Jubera, with this collaboration “we reaffirm our commitment to bicycle tourism and sport in general, which form part of our values and our commitment to promoting the values inherent to a healthy lifestyle”.

“The Itzulia is once again of interest to major international brands as a showcase to the world. We are very happy that the sponsorship of the Clásica San Sebastián is set to continue for the Itzulia”, stated Julián Eraso, president of OCETA. “The presence of TotalEnergies in cycling grows by the day and we are happy they wish to associate their brand with ours,” he added.

TotalEnergies Electricidad y Gas in the Basque Country

The cycling event also constitutes a means of reaching people better – always a priority for TotalEnergies Electricidad y Gas – which focuses its efforts on advancing the energy transition by providing clean and cheap energy, close to home.

TotalEnergies Electricidad y Gas has more than 530,000 active electricity, gas and services contracts in the Basque Country, a region that is also the nerve centre of its operations, with corporate headquarters and sales offices in Bilbao, Vitoria, San Sebastian and Baracaldo. The company is the fourth-largest gas and electricity supplier in the Spanish residential market, with more than 2,200,000 active contracts in the country.

In terms of its commitment to the common good by supporting sporting activities, TotalEnergies is actively involved in some of the most important cycling events on the national scene this year. Where it will be a major sponsor for competitions such as the Ruta del Sol, the Itzulia, the Vuelta a Asturias or the Clásica de San Sebastián.

In terms of bicycle tourism, it will be sponsoring races such as the Desafío Puertos Guadarrama, Los 10,000 del Soplao, the Desafío de los lagos de Covadonga or the Quebrantahuesos.

Lastly, its UCI ProTeam category TotalEnergies cycling team is set to participate in the main races, further underlying the company’s commitment to all lovers of the sport.

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