{"id":324084,"date":"2026-08-18T15:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/324084\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T15:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:40:15","slug":"from-four-wheels-to-two-queens-bicycle-race-heralds-la-vuelta-in-monaco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/324084\/","title":{"rendered":"From Four Wheels to Two: Queen\u2019s &#8220;Bicycle Race&#8221; Heralds La Vuelta in Monaco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Casino Square provided the backdrop for an artistic performance promoting the Grand D\u00e9part of La Vuelta, which takes place in the Principality this Saturday, August 22.<\/p>\n<p>On June 29, a group of musicians including the violinists of Violin Phonix, young guitarist Guitar Olly, and singer Mickey Callisto performed &#8220;Bicycle Race,&#8221; the famous track by British rock band Queen.<\/p>\n<p>The artists are regulars at this type of performance, often appearing alongside pianist Julien Cohen.<\/p>\n<p>    Symbolizing the Shift From Four Wheels to Two<\/p>\n<p class=\"fs-5 \">Some of the performers appeared at the windows of the Monte-Carlo Casino, while others arrived by car, before joining them for a street performance, drawing the attention of residents and tourists in the square.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fs-5 \">La Vuelta volunteers then arrived by bicycle to join the performers, completing the transition from four wheels to two.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fs-5 \">&#8220;The idea was to mark the transition from the Monaco Grand Prix, held in early June, to the cycling event in the Principality,&#8221; explains Christian Tornatore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fs-5 \">&#8220;We wanted to go from four wheels to two. It was a way of symbolizing that change.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Casino Square provided the backdrop for an artistic performance promoting the Grand D\u00e9part of La Vuelta, which takes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-324084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}