A few days ago, an Italian journalist, speaking of the crisis of victories in countries that have traditionally always dominated the Tour, said: “We are worse off because Filippo Ganna We have nothing and no one to hold on to time trials, any hope for the future”. Cycling, like many other sports globalized and it is no longer an ordinary garden for a few people, but any good athlete who prepares himself, who loves to ride a bike, can become a great champion.
A historic event took place in Giro. For the first time in a major race, Biniam Girmay, a black cyclist, managed to win a stage. Never seen. 30 years ago, on the Tour, some Spanish journalists asked Manolo Saiz, then the famous director of the group ONCE, why there were no black runners in the team. Well, it wasn’t because back in the 90s, back then Miguel Indurain He convinced me that winning the tour was the easiest thing in the world, that no black child was dedicated to cycling, as there were no successful Slovenes and the descent of Danes and Americans on their drug-laden boats had yet to be made. Location.
last time trial
It turns out that ganna First of all, fix this race for the first time this Saturday if he wins the last try with permission from the three heroes of this Tour (Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacar and Wout van Aert). 1903 French, Spanish and Italian cyclists will reach Paris without victory.
The Spaniards are already accustomed to leaving the Tour with whites because they haven’t soaked anything up in terms of stage wins since 2018. But France is something else. The French are already familiar with not seeing any wrapped civilians in Paris, as it has rained heavily since then. Bernard Hinault They won the Tour of 1985 but have a stage victory with one of their own every year, and let’s not say if that victory happened on that day, exactly, on July 14. Tom Pidcock raised his arms to the summit of Alpe d’Huez.
No Alaphilippe
The fact is that France had a misfortune. Cyclist Julian Alaphilippe, who has always raced with his hook to win a stage, could not recover from his brutal fall in Liège-Bastogne-Liège in April and had to watch the race from his home in Andorra. From here they can only settle David Gaudi Take the fourth place overall.
Italy is the worst country. Vincenzo Nibali, ‘Tiburon’, ‘Squalo’ from Messina are retiring in October and when they look to the future they only see a desert between the crank and pedals. Spain? Spain is different, and not because of the old saying that is so controversial in other aspects of life. Spain is different because it has a future, and to see a boy from Almuñécar, Carlos Rodríguez and Xàbia replace Juan Ayuso, it just takes a little patience and not overloading two kids who are as good as the best young wines. The former will be one of the main attractions of the race in the Vuelta in a few weeks, and the latter has turned pro after an impressive streak in the amateur field. So there is no need to cry or even insult that a Spanish Tour is forgotten, because there is a future and here only Belgium have been able to display their flags amongst their flags because they have the enormous Wout van Aert. countries that have always dominated this blessed race.
A few days ago, an Italian journalist, speaking of the crisis of victories in countries that have traditionally always dominated the Tour, said: “We are worse off because Filippo Ganna We have nothing and no one to hold on to time trials, any hope for the future”. Cycling, like many other sports globalized and it is no longer an ordinary garden for a few people, but any good athlete who prepares himself, who loves to ride a bike, can become a great champion.
A historic event took place in Giro. For the first time in a major race, Biniam Girmay, a black cyclist, managed to win a stage. Never seen. 30 years ago on the Tour some Spanish journalists asked: Manolo Saiz, then the famous director of the group ONCE, why there were no black runners in the team. Well, it wasn’t because back in the 90s, back then Miguel Indurain He convinced me that winning the tour was the easiest thing in the world, that no black child was dedicated to cycling, as there were no successful Slovenes and the descent of Danes and Americans on their drug-laden boats had yet to be made. Location.
last time trial
It turns out that ganna First of all, fix this race for the first time this Saturday if he wins the last try with permission from the three heroes of this Tour (Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacar and Wout van Aert). 1903 French, Spanish and Italian cyclists will reach Paris without victory.
The Spaniards are already accustomed to leaving the Tour with whites because they haven’t soaked anything up in terms of stage wins since 2018. But France is something else. The French are already familiar with not seeing any wrapped civilians in Paris, as it has rained heavily since then. Bernard Hinault They won the Tour of 1985 but have a stage victory with one of their own every year, and let’s not say if that victory happened on that day, exactly, on July 14. Tom Pidcock raised his arms to the summit of Alpe d’Huez.
No Alaphilippe
The fact is that France had a misfortune. Cyclist Julian Alaphilippe, who has always raced with his hook to win a stage, could not recover from his brutal fall in Liège-Bastogne-Liège in April and had to watch the race from his home in Andorra. From here they can only settle David Gaudi Take the fourth place overall.
Italy is the worst country. Vincenzo Nibali, ‘Tiburon’, ‘Squalo’ from Messina are retiring in October and when they look to the future they only see a desert between the crank and pedals. Spain? Spain is different, and not because of the old saying that is so controversial in other aspects of life. Spain is different because it has a future, and to see a boy from Almuñécar, Carlos Rodríguez and Xàbia replace Juan Ayuso, it just takes a little patience and not overloading two kids who are as good as the best young wines. The former will be one of the main attractions of the race in the Vuelta in a few weeks, and the latter has turned pro after an impressive streak in the amateur field. So there is no need to cry or even insult that a Spanish Tour is forgotten, because there is a future and here only Belgium have been able to display their flags amongst their flags because they have the enormous Wout van Aert. countries that have always dominated this blessed race.