They were all smiling at the door Movistar bus It’s parked next to the San Mamés stadium. was not eusebio unzueprincipal, because this Saturday his brother’s eldest son was getting married in Girona. juan carlos, ALS patient. On the other hand, the other bosses were there, too, and they all looked happy on their faces, what Enric Mas said and said, which was just good feeling. “Why aren’t Vingegaard and Pogacar available?” asked the Mallorcan runner, the boss and spirit of the Telefonica team. he repeated. And the landing from Vivero, 26 kilometers from Bilbao, was hit hard. abandonmentGoodbye illusions, goodbye to everything.

Turned into a popular festival, Vizcaya put on the most beautiful cycling mask. man yates He won by the shrine of the Virgin of Begoña and was dressed in yellow… and further He came to the hospital to get a plaque on his right shoulder. Sour faces and almost wanting to cry, seven months in the trash prep to show that cycling is an often brutal sport. Six years ago, something similar had happened for the first time in Düsseldorf. Alejandro Valverde he crashed into the fence of the track against the clock and broke his knee so severely that if it happened to anyone else, he would shut down his bike and dedicate himself to something else.

in good mode

But he was in good spirits, optimistic, and had those common butterflies in his stomach when he was only a few minutes before a Tour started. And he even scolded the journalist for not greeting him while he was training a few days ago. Els Cortals d’Encampone of the toughest mountains Andorra, Where do you live. It was explained to him that he wanted to be cautious as he was working and preparing for the tour de France and it would be better not to disturb him while he was making all the effort. No one could have predicted what would happen, she.

He was happily riding because Biscayan had already said that his roads were like his. Arta’s housenorth of Mallorca where his family lives and because Basque Country Many of the races are held, which serve as training for runners who are younger like him and want to become professionals.

Landing

On a descent you always roll at top speed, easy over 60 per hour. They are more likely to leave because getting stuck on the opponent’s or partner’s wheel is a significant risk. He had already overcome the panic that had caused him to hire the services of a downhill specialist a year earlier and sit down to talk to a sports psychologist. And 2022 was sad for us prank. It fell into the descents of Tirreno-Adriatico, Itzulia and the Critérium del Dauphiné. He faced the Tour, but was a different cyclist in the Vuelta, where he finished second and is now a target for 2023, and was the only person to stand up in Italy afterwards. pogakar. He won at the Giro d’Emilia and finished second in Lombardy and was defeated by the Slovenian phenom in the final sprint.

1989 precedent

Wheels on the Vivero landing further and Richard Karapaz. Down. Those who stayed behind tried not to overtake them, and immediately the gendarme, one of those helping Ertzaintza, stood up and warned that there were injured runners. Yvon LedanoisHis manager at Movistar was unable to hide his pain, but saw if that encouraged him. There was nothing to do. white ‘swimsuit’ further Moments before the tour organization announced its first and only abandonment in the opening phase, he looked stained with dirt and his face was expressing pain. A big stick for Movistar… and no less than the Biscayan scene.

to solve, only one start of the Tour had been lost until this Saturday. was in Luxembourg in 1989that day parrotConfused, he got lost in the streets and said goodbye to repeating his victory in Paris a year earlier. A drama that sadly overshadows the great popular festival with a Basque Country dedicated to the Tour, a race that intersects like a black cat in the Majorcan runner’s race for one reason or another each year.