Vuelta Espana 2019 Stage 9: you can stand under my um-ber-ella (ella, ella, eh, eh, eh)
“I kept sticking out a hand, trying to get an umbrella from a spectator, but they just kept high fivingContinue Reading
Tag: valverde
Vuelta Espana 2018 Stage 2: Valverde and the hippo
There’s that near-bald pate masquerading as a head of hair, the consistently high quality of the gunslinger stubble, and the, ahem…history. You know the one. It’s the same history that many pro cyclists from the early noughties have to reckon with. Only in Valverde’s case it’s largely un-acknowledged.
Is the Vuelta still the Vuelta without Valverde?
Regular readers of this website might be aware that I have something of a fascination for Alejandro Valverde. It comesContinue Reading
Is pro-cycling ready for the ‘Delilah Rule?’
The hairier Sagan gets, the more he wins – is pro-cycling about to introduce the ‘Delilah Rule?’
ROAD THEORY 