Once upon a time, in 1991, a cyclist refused to ride a bicycle. Aircraft chartered by tour took the runners from French Brittany to the city of Pau. I was very afraid of flying. He was Swiss and his name was Urs Zimmerman. The direction of the French tour at that time Jean-Marie Leblanc was at the forefront of the test, she decided to disqualify him. All the drivers, including the final winner of the race, Miguel Induráin, said, “Well, no, it will be”; he was then determined to win the first of five consecutive Rounds by opening the thunder box in the Pyrenees.
Runners were placed at the exit of Pau. ANYONE ZimmermanTraveling by car, joined or did not start the peloton. The pressure forced the Tour bosses to bring him back to the competition. Zimmerman He came to Paris in 116th place, 2 hours 13 minutes 58 seconds behind in the general classification. resistanthowever, he achieved his goal of finishing the race, which could quell the panic on the plane.
good track record
ZimmermanThe now 63-year-old was not just any cyclist; He finished third on the 1986 Tour and secured the same position at the 1988 Giro, being nicknamed the Dauphiné Libéré apart from winning the Tour of Switzerland and the Dauphiné Critérium of his era, among other races.
But definitely Zimmerman On Sunday afternoon, in the midst of the storm over much of Spain, cyclists could not board the planes, which transferred the organization and direction of the race from Murcia airport to Valladolid airport, neutralizing the race, much of it transferring by car on a sunny (or rather rainy) Monday. It consists of fans and an important time trial race on the streets of the capital, Valladolid, this Tuesday.
weather
All teams traveled on the first flight, except for the five teams and the stars of the Vuelta. eveningpoel, vengeful, role, further, Ayuso, Almeida, Thomas; All but five teams, because there wasn’t room for that many runners. The first flight took off and landed smoothly, allowing enough time for all participants to arrive at the hotels, eat dinner and rest without any hassle.
But oh boy second flight! Never get on a plane again. The pilot was flying above the stormy clouds, apparently calm, until he entered the then-terrible airspace. Meanwhile, Dani Rovira, a good cyclist, got on his bus through the tunnel he entered in the Basque Country in ‘Ocho apellidos vascos’.
lightning sight
The plane didn’t move but below. Passengers looked out the windows lightning strikes farHe changed course, illuminating the skies of Valladolid like spotlights, almost as if he were racing against time in the streets of Barcelona, until it was so dark that the pilot began approaching the runway maneuvers to land. flew off and aborted the landing.
Maneuver laid creeps Most of the passengers, from the members of the five crews (DSM, Caja Rural, Burgos BH, Lidl and Lotto) traveling on the plane to the Vuelta manager, Javier Guillen, part of the management team and some employees of the race. White faces, thousands of heartbeats per hour, and running as if climbing a mountain pass.
The pilot made the following statement to calm the passengers: I gave up on landing in Valladolid he was on his way to Barajas airport due to bad visibility conditions while it was raining. A truce was reached at dawn in Madrid, where all cellphone alarms sounded in the morning; this was enough for his bike plane to land without a major hitch compared to what had happened before. The buses were already prepared. The runners left the first and the rest of the crossing soon after. They arrived in Valladolid at 4 am. no one tell Urs Zimmerman.
Once upon a time, in 1991, a cyclist refused to ride a bicycle. Aircraft chartered by tour took the runners from French Brittany to the city of Pau. I was very afraid of flying. He was Swiss and his name was Urs Zimmerman. The direction of the French tour at that time Jean-Marie Leblanc was at the forefront of the test, she decided to disqualify him. All the drivers, including the final winner of the race, Miguel Induráin, said, “Well, no, it will be”; he was then determined to win the first of five consecutive Rounds by opening the thunder box in the Pyrenees.
Runners were placed at the exit of Pau. ANYONE ZimmermanTraveling by car, joined or did not start the peloton. The pressure forced the Tour bosses to bring him back to the competition. Zimmerman He came to Paris in 116th place, 2 hours 13 minutes 58 seconds behind in the general classification. resistanthowever, he achieved his goal of finishing the race, which could quell the panic on the plane.
good track record
ZimmermanThe now 63-year-old was not just any cyclist; He finished third on the 1986 Tour and secured the same position at the 1988 Giro, being nicknamed the Dauphiné Libéré apart from winning the Tour of Switzerland and the Dauphiné Critérium of his era, among other races.
But definitely Zimmerman On Sunday afternoon, in the midst of the storm over much of Spain, cyclists could not board the planes, which transferred the organization and direction of the race from Murcia airport to Valladolid airport, neutralizing the race, much of it transferring by car on a sunny (or rather rainy) Monday. It consists of fans and an important time trial race on the streets of the capital, Valladolid, this Tuesday.
weather
All teams traveled on the first flight, except for the five teams and the stars of the Vuelta. eveningpoel, vengeful, role, further, Ayuso, Almeida, Thomas; All but five teams, because there wasn’t room for that many runners. The first flight took off and landed smoothly, allowing enough time for all participants to arrive at the hotels, eat dinner and rest without any hassle.
But oh boy second flight! Never get on a plane again. The pilot was flying above the stormy clouds, apparently calm, until he entered the then-terrible airspace. Meanwhile, Dani Rovira, a good cyclist, got on his bus through the tunnel he entered in the Basque Country in ‘Ocho apellidos vascos’.
lightning sight
The plane didn’t move but below. Passengers looked out the windows lightning strikes farHe changed course, illuminating the skies of Valladolid like spotlights, almost as if he were racing against time in the streets of Barcelona, until it was so dark that the pilot began approaching the runway maneuvers to land. flew off and aborted the landing.
Maneuver laid creeps Most of the passengers, from the members of the five crews (DSM, Caja Rural, Burgos BH, Lidl and Lotto) traveling on the plane to the Vuelta manager, Javier Guillen, part of the management team and some employees of the race. White faces, thousands of heartbeats per hour, and running as if climbing a mountain pass.
The pilot made the following statement to calm the passengers: I gave up on landing in Valladolid he was on his way to Barajas airport due to bad visibility conditions while it was raining. A truce was reached at dawn in Madrid, where all cellphone alarms sounded in the morning; this was enough for his bike plane to land without a major hitch compared to what had happened before. The buses were already prepared. The runners left the first and the rest of the passage soon after. They arrived in Valladolid at 4 am. no one tell Urs Zimmerman.