Vuelta Espana Stage 20: home sweet home for Simon Yates
Today, at La Vuelta, Simon Yates was on home turf. On the small handful of days each year when he’sContinue Reading
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Vuelta Espana 2018 Stage 19: monkey murder
The simplicity of stage nineteen appealed to me. From the start in yesterday’s finish town of Lleida, the roads rolledContinue Reading
Vuelta Espana 2018 Stage 18: will-they-won’t-they…
With a few hundred to go Sagan launched a hail Mary sprint to bridge the gap. Meanwhile Wallays got the jump on Bystrom. A seething peloton’s worth of fast finishers gasped and snorted just behind.
Vuelta Espana 2018 Stage 17: the Vuelta-o-meter
If you ever find yourself with exactly sixty minutes in which to demonstrate the Vuelta Espana to a complete novice,Continue Reading
Vuelta Espana 2018 Stage 14: suspicious levels of Los Lobos
As he attacked in the final kilometre or so I carefully monitored his cadence. His legs were spinning quickly. Wasting no time, I instinctively clicked on Apple music, streamed La Bamba by Los Lobos, and had my suspicions confirmed. Yates’s legs were spinning at the exact RPM of that 1987 hit single.
Vuelta Espana 2018 Stage 12: he’s not the messiah…etc. etc.
In that horribly cynical, know-it-all way that modern humans have, the very moment he crossed the line to bag a surprise lead in this Vuelta Espana we said: “He won’t win the race though….”
Vuelta Espana 2018 Stage 11: a final grimace
There are days when you watch bike racing on the TV and it looks like a bit of a jolly.Continue Reading
