Was any time better? Once, at the start or end of any stage of the Tour, when a journalist approached the bus area, he practically saw and observed the traffic jam of the Spanish team vehicles. The names Banesto, Kelme, Life Insurance, Clas and ONCE are mentioned. Almost half of the team was Spanish. And of course, such a stage victory was always easy to fall on the south face of the Pyrenees. And even a little Tour… repeatedly.
Today, like the last of the Philippines or the Mohicans of the Spanish peloton, only Movistar resists, and of course its blue ram is easy to identify in the bowels of the Tour.
A few days ago, a Spanish professional runner who, like many others, was absent in this edition of the French round, said that he would not want to be in his place. More, the leader of the telephone group, because of the enormous pressure he had to endure. He’s bragging and at least we have to believe he feels happy that he’s finally here as the sole leader of a Movistar due to the loss of Alejandro Valverde. He was known to be himself and later a retired Civil Guard agent.
Valverde’s date
The Spanish special envoys, especially the radio envoys, make this clearer as they should simply stand guard at the door of the Movistar bus and not be divided or even run from place to place as in the past. I remember how, in 2014, a cloud of journalists gathered next to the Movistar bus after Alberto Contador retired due to a fall. he left Valverde and she couldn’t help herself: “Well, now that Alberto is retired, you’re all here.”
On Tuesday, Wout van Aert set a record with a solo victory at the finish line at Calais when he raised his arms, or rather waved his hands like his private sponsor’s wings. With its success, 100 consecutive stages have been completed in the grand tours, and no Spaniard has achieved victory. The last cyclist to achieve this Ion Izaguirre On the Vuelta stage ending at Formigal station (2020).
If the stats knock out the Giro y Vuelta and focus only on the Tour, there won’t be a Spanish victory since signing. Omar monk2018, whose ascent will take place next week, is also descending this year at Mende airport.
Enric Mas and Mikel Landa
To give two examples. But on the Tour and the Giro, Mikel Landa stands out as regular riders with the best, always in honorable positions of the stages, but not stage hunters and those who can take them. they’re not here because they’re little boots or they’re still in the cycling training process (like Carlos Rodriguez’s or John Ayuso) or, if you’ve become gregarious, an extraordinarily rewarding role on the monthly payroll.
there was a time Oscar Freire A victory in Denmark would have already been won, which is Abraham Olano anyone Melcior Mauri Copenhagen would fight to win the time trial and Purito Rodriguez I would try to follow in their footsteps Van Aert demarches at the level of a mountain that feels like a glove. And without specifying the most famous surnames Miguel IndurainWith the tour collection or Standwinner and always aiming to reach the top of the podium in Paris.
Will there be a Spanish victory on the Tour this year? Hope is not lost. More At a press conference before the race started, he said he would not attack because the fans asked him to attack him from the seat. Just lost. But no doubt his victory would have been something of a divine delight, at least to rekindle the meeting on the Movistar bus.
Was any time better? Once, at the start or end of any stage of the Tour, when a journalist approached the bus area, he practically saw and observed the traffic jam of the Spanish team vehicles. The names Banesto, Kelme, Life Insurance, Clas and ONCE are mentioned. Almost half of the team was Spanish. And of course, such a stage victory was always easy to fall on the south face of the Pyrenees. And even a little Tour… repeatedly.
Today, like the last of the Philippines or the Mohicans of the Spanish peloton, only Movistar resists, and of course its blue ram is easy to identify in the bowels of the Tour.
A few days ago, a Spanish professional runner who, like many others, was absent in this edition of the French round, said that he would not want to be in his place. More, the leader of the telephone group, because of the enormous pressure he had to endure. He’s bragging and at least we have to believe he feels happy that he’s finally here as the sole leader of a Movistar due to the loss of Alejandro Valverde. He was known to be himself and later a retired Civil Guard agent.
Valverde’s date
The Spanish special envoys, especially the radio envoys, make this clearer as they should simply stand guard at the door of the Movistar bus and not be divided or even run from place to place as in the past. I remember how, in 2014, a cloud of journalists gathered next to the Movistar bus after Alberto Contador retired due to a fall. he left Valverde and she couldn’t help herself: “Well, now that Alberto is retired, you’re all here.”
On Tuesday, Wout van Aert set a record with a solo victory at the finish line at Calais when he raised his arms, or rather waved his hands like his private sponsor’s wings. With its success, 100 consecutive stages have been completed in the grand tours, and no Spaniard has achieved victory. The last cyclist to achieve this Ion Izaguirre On the Vuelta stage ending at Formigal station (2020).
If the stats knock out the Giro y Vuelta and focus only on the Tour, there won’t be a Spanish victory since signing. Omar monk2018, whose ascent will take place next week, is also descending this year at Mende airport.
Enric Mas and Mikel Landa
To give two examples. But on the Tour and the Giro, Mikel Landa stands out as regular riders with the best, always in honorable positions of the stages, but not stage hunters and those who can take them. they’re not here because they’re little boots or they’re still in the cycling training process (like Carlos Rodriguez’s or John Ayuso) or, if you’ve become gregarious, an extraordinarily rewarding role on the monthly payroll.
there was a time Oscar Freire A victory in Denmark would have already been won, which is Abraham Olano anyone Melcior Mauri Copenhagen would fight to win the time trial and Purito Rodriguez I would try to follow in their footsteps Van Aert demarches at the level of a mountain that feels like a glove. And without specifying the most famous surnames Miguel IndurainWith the tour collection or Standwinner and always aiming to reach the top of the podium in Paris.
Will there be a Spanish victory on the Tour this year? Hope is not lost. More At a press conference before the race started, he said he would not attack because the fans asked him to attack him from the seat. Just lost. But no doubt his victory would have been something of a divine delight, at least to rekindle the meeting on the Movistar bus.
Source: Informacion
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