Dreams are shattered by a fall. Illusion and body on the ground. Mireia Benito She is the only Catalan professional cyclist and this Sunday, making one of her life’s dreams come true, she was among the best in the women’s peloton she was a part of, but a fall brought her to the hospital and she had to leave the Tour Femmes before completing the first stage.

Cycling is a sport that does not allow change like other disciplines. To talk BenedictHe listens to her, telling you that all he wants to do on this Tour is to cheer you up before he goes on a trip to Paris.

by trade, enterprising

She sees herself as an assertive person and an assertive job is not easy regardless of gender because you have to be able to do it like climbing a timer against a timer or destroying the timer. mireya He knows how to do it since he was declared champion of Spain in June. blue garcia.

A fall, a blow, a farewell to the hospital and the Tour for this runner who started cycling late and struggled to score in basketball, which opened the door to the sport for him before cycling. And above all, he knew that once he had the bike off, he had to make new attempts. Therefore, he graduated from the biotechnology department (a MA in Molecular Biology – a second master’s degree in biomedicine and science education).

Something nice on tour

“Being friendly makes me happy because I don’t think I have the character to be the leader, but I want to achieve three goals on this Tour: to continue to improve personally, as a group and as a driver,” he explained before making his debut. When I was 26, I wanted to try to get a good final position in Pau next Sunday. Achieved thanks to the same team that sponsored in 2019 – Soudal Quick Step in the men’s category and AG Insurance Soudal Quick Step in the women’s category, as they have a dedicated sponsor. Julian Alaphilippe Victory when a ‘chrono’ of the Tour was last held in the city of Pyrenees.

I can’t be. Five Spaniards left the Tour this Sunday. Benedict and Mavi García, Sheila Rodríguez, Ane Santesteban and Sandra Alonso. They achieved this in a very intense stage where the Belgian champion won alone. Lotte Kopeckyfirst yellow jersey, very good in the classics and victories in the Tour of Flanders and Strade Bianche.

That the tour won’t end in Paris this Sunday, all the favourites, including García and Santesteban, and of course the two biggest favourites, for the final victory, Annemiek van Vleuten And half volleringBoth Dutch came in 43 seconds behind the winner.