A Ponferradino cyclist with diabetes participates in the challenge 'Rueda by diabetes to Mont Blanc', a mountain cyclist test divided into six stages in the Alps that Carlos Cubelos Álvarez will face, along with nine other Spaniards and a group of Dutch cyclists sufferingThe same disease.All of them will travel about 450 kilometers through different alpine locations in France, Switzerland and Italy.Today the arrival in the Italian city of Courmayeur is scheduled, which marks the end of the challenge.

This cycling test - promotes by the Diabetes Foundation and the Bas Van de Goor Foundation, with the support of Novo Nordisk - aims to help these people improve the knowledge and control of their diabetes through sport and their values.It is part of the global awareness campaign ‘Reta to Diabetes’, to raise awareness of the population about the importance of physically keeping and carrying a balanced diet.