Monday, April 29, 2024: Buñol to Moncofa, 118km La Vuelta Femenina 2024 stage 2 route profiles(Image credit: Unipublic)The 118 kilometre run from Buñol to Moncofa does have a climb, with the category 3 L'Oronet, but will likely end in a bunch sprint as the climb summits nearly 40 kilometres from the end. The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox! Cyclingnews is the world's leader in English-language coverage of professional cycling Started in 1995 by University of Newcastle professor Bill Mitchell the site was one of the first to provide breaking news and results over the internet in English The site was purchased by Knapp Communications in 1999 and owner Gerard Knapp built it into the definitive voice of pro cycling major publishing house Future PLC has owned the site and expanded it to include top features The site continues to be the most comprehensive and authoritative English voice in professional cycling a distinguished researcher at the Universitat Polit�cnica de Val�ncia received the European Inventor Award for his Entire Professional Career on July 4 The European Patent Office (EPO) has awarded him in recognition of his extraordinary career in the world of chemistry in a ceremony broadcast live from the Palacio de las Comunicaciones in Valencia The inventor or co-inventor of almost 200 European patent applications has dedicated his entire life to developing more sustainable chemical processes and catalysts His discoveries are used in numerous industries “receiving this award is a great joy Considering that it is an award for my career I accept it on behalf of all those who have collaborated and worked with me over the years” Catalysts are used in chemical processes for various purposes including improving the efficiency and environmental cleanliness of chemical reactions in all industries Most of Corma's successes have been achieved thanks to the development of synthesised zeolites Zeolites are crystalline materials composed of silicon They act like a sponge with very small holes that trap small molecules so that a specific chemical reaction can take place Although it is theoretically possible to synthesise millions of zeolite structures only about 300 have been developed to date Approximately one-fifth of these have been developed by Corma and his team at the Institute of Chemical Technology placing this research group based in Valencia as an international authority on the subject and he left rural life behind to enrol at the University of Valencia He began his studies in chemistry in 1967 and continued for more than a decade including a post-doctoral stay at Queen's University in Canada In 1979 he began working as a researcher at the CSIC Corma has researched Heterogeneous Catalysis in academia and the private sector in collaboration with various companies He has developed a series of catalysts that are currently being used in multiple industrial processes such as the reduction of polluting emissions from vehicles and factories in the development of a more sustainable chemical industry The first Corma zeolite was marketed by the Spanish oil company CEPSA and the German chemical company S�d-Chemie AG (now Clariant) under the brand name HYSOPAR it has been used in more than 20 refineries worldwide to improve efficiency Corma co-founded the Institute of Chemical Technology in 1990 (a joint centre of the Higher Council for Scientific Research and the Polytechnic University of Valencia) to expand studies in scientific chemical research ITQ has become an international reference centre in the areas of catalysis Corma sees his work there as a legacy he can leave for future generations stressing the importance of being willing to follow one's instincts to make pioneering discoveries: "In this field which is not based on a theory that can predict what that you will obtain a determining aspect is to have a good imagination Avelino Corma is the author of several books including Catalytic Cracking and Introduction to Zeolite Molecular Sieves A SUSPECTED shark attack on a tourist beach in Spain left a young girl with deep wounds to her foot The 11-year-old was bitten while swimming in shallow waters off Grao de Moncofa just south of the tourist resort of Benicassim and two hours from Benidorm Lifeguards had to give her first aid treatment to stem heavy bleeding when her dad lifted her from the water She was then rushed in an ambulance to a nearby health centre after the alleged attack at midday on Saturday The company that provides lifeguards in the area said that while they could not confirm it was a shark bite, they had "never seen anything like it", local paper El Periodico Mediterraneo reported. A small species of blue shark around 60-70cm long is thought to have attacked her, Mayor Alós added. Beachgoers were told to avoid the area where the girl was bitten, but a full evacuation was not ordered because witnesses had not spotted the creature. It is the first reported shark attack in the area in at least ten years, officials said. The sighting coincided with the busy Bank Holiday weekend and the first major influx of tourists to the holiday island after Easter Around 90 species of shark can be found in the Spanish Med Shark attacks in the sea where the most common danger to bathers are jellyfish A Spanish windsurfer was bitten in the leg in 1986 and seriously injured by what is thought to have been a Great White In 1993 a man lost several toes on one foot in a second attack by a two-metre long slender shark that was never properly identified A Great White shark was washed up injured at the Catalan resort of Tossa de Mar in 1992 and later died Authorities at the time were accused of covering up the incident through fear of upsetting the tourist trade We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? Email us at tips@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4368 . We pay for videos too. Click here to upload yours Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. 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