Movistar, Valverde, and the great de-clutter
Team Movistar, it seems, have fallen under the spell of minimalist guru and ‘organising consultant’ Marie Kondo, the uber-influential JapaneseContinue Reading
Tag: Alejandro Valverde
Vuelta Espana 2019 Stage 7: Valverde wins, too many @’s and #’s
It happened around 4.15pm UK time. Business, communication, and cat GIFs ground to a halt. Some kind of mass internetContinue Reading
Vuelta Espana 2018 Stage 8: the genius of Alejandro Valverde (with caveats)
The easy option would be to describe Alejandro Valverde as a “Marmite” cyclist. But that would be playing right into the hands of the marketing people at Unilever, who have us evoking their product every time we encounter a thing that provokes a response in people, one way or another. Those clever bastards.
The Bike and the Body Language
As anyone who knows anything about body language will tell you, the way we carry ourselves and the gestures weContinue Reading
How to solve a problem like Valverde?
I can’t help being fascinated by Alejandro Valverde. Not in the way that I’m fascinated by space travel, or IndianContinue Reading
Tour de France 2015 – Alternative Week 3 Round-up
As if he wasn’t already grabbing the headlines, on Stage 16 Chris Froome’s Welsh wingman and all-round decent chap GeraintContinue Reading
Tour de France Predictions 2015 (part 2)
Once the race reaches the mountains, as we watch the riders battling for the stage win we will find ourselvesContinue Reading
