Two representatives of political parties in Ponferrada, Spain, the city that held the recent 2014 UCI Road World Championships, have raised worries over the debt that has been caused by the hosting of the event.

The Partido Popular (PP) and the Unión Progreso y Democracia (UPyD) have reportedly asked that the accounts of the city are made available for all the public to see if there really has been debt caused by hosting the prestigious event.

In February 2014, the cost of hosting the Worlds was estimated to be 11 million Euros, with 5 million to be paid to the UCI and the other 6 million was to be the budget. Mayor Samuel Folgeral said that Ponferrada already had raised 7.5 million euros.

However, according to the newspaper ileón.com, the opposition spokesman Juan Elicio Fierro said on Friday “the public have a right to know what the [financial] consequences of the Worlds have been, because from the little we do know, it seems to have been a financial failure.”

There have been reports that the debt caused by the event totals up to 6 million Euros. Yet it still remains to be seen whether there actually is any debt or if it is all just speculation.

Since October 2012, there had been doubts over whether Ponferrada was economically stable enough to host the events, although all doubts looked to have been resolved.

The event itself ran smoothly, however there were some complaints as there were little hotels in the area, the area in front of the podium was inaccessible to the public and some of the public couldn’t reach the hillier sections of the course due to excessive barriers, the UCI, however, gave the event their full support and backing, saying that they approved what had happened over the course of the week.

There was a relatively low turnout for spectators in comparison to the 2012 Worlds in Valkenburg Holland and even in Flornce last year, although this can be attributed to Ponferrada’s relatively small 100,000 population. The nearest large city is Leon, a huge 75 minutes drive away by car. Spanish cycling culture may have alsoplayed a part in the poor turnout, as one-day racing has never been as popular in Spain as the Grand Tours and stage races- in the WorldTour, there are 2 stage races and the Vuelta a Espana compared to just one single day race, Clasica San Sebastian. There was also the potentia factor of the lack of Alberto Contador at the Worlds, who is Spain’s most popular cyclist.