The women’s bike race entered definitively this Sunday. epic world Thanks to a climb to the Covadonga Lakes, which combines all the incentives a great mountain stage can have: women who have suffered indescribably to win the first Vuelta for female runners, the Annemiek van Vleuten case (see data from Strava. Saturday’s feat) and like cyclists half volleringThe unforgettable ones who pulled the red jersey tight to win one of the most beautiful stages of the women’s round.
Television couldn’t have shown better images than some Lagos, wrapped in the fog of Asturias. WITH Vollering He was seen crying between anger and desolation, as victory at the finish line didn’t help him win the Vuelta, which he lost by just 9 seconds, making it a small handful of gold-stamped times for Van Vleuten. He would throw himself to the ground to survive a tremendous effort, suffering to the limit, telling himself that this feat was possible as they cheered him from his Movistar car.
The runners came one by one as the men did, tattooed like heroes since the bike was created, and at a time when no one believed that women could one day emulate them in the same areas, with justice and on their own merit. and on the most biked mountain the Vuelta has ever had, when they first climbed it 40 years ago that Lakes Marino Lejarreta act “like a man” to beat bernard hinault On a climb tucked away in the best cycling pages of the 20th century.
Well, to win, to resist, to suffer, to be a hero in Covadonga, one can already act “like a woman” full of power, admire with an unforgettable ascent, so that Van Vleuten surrenders to his compatriot, certainly not a friend, Vollering with 5.4 kilometers to get to the top. And from then on, sweat Indian ink despite the cold and fog to avoid a slap. Vollering She seemed to have fled to victory in the first Tour of Spain, made in the image and likeness of not only the top, but also the best female cyclists to climb the Lakes to be remembered. Moreover, with the passion that the people of Asturias always put into it, he transforms his mountains into Maracana pedaling on a bicycle, regardless of gender. Thumbs up.