Vuelta Espana 2018 Stage 9: the accidental leader
For the past few days, stage nine had carried the subtitle: “The day when Rudy Molard will lose the redContinue Reading
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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.
Vuelta Espana 2018 Stage 7: the unknowable fifth dimension
Spain, it occurs to me after watching stage seven wend its way through a vast, parched nothingness, is an emptyContinue Reading
Vuelta Espana 2018 Stage 6: dreaming in Spanish
The Spanish, as we know, are the kings of the siesta; that civilised little afternoon nap that helps them avoidContinue Reading
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