Jostling For Position: Insights and First-Hand Accounts From the Golden Years of Spanish Cycling

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Ayuso will be the GC hopeful for Spain in the Vuelta this year, coming third last year in his debut at just 19. On home soil, he’ll have the whole country cheering for him as he takes on the gruelling lap around Spain that’s entrenched in dark secrets, triumphs, rivalry and admiration. As the curtain falls on the golden era of Spanish cycling, a fresh chapter unfurls for the nation. Simultaneously, Meseguer anticipates a new phase in her career, delving into the world of emerging cyclists—exploring their formative years, their attributes, their traits, and their strategic approaches. But despite this, she added, “It’s nice to live a story from the beginning.”

Yet since then, Team Sky’s monopoly at the French race has propelled him to two more victories, but none have been as emotional and inspiring as those initial achievements. Como en todos los inicios, cualquier empujón es bueno, así que no dudéis en compartir con vuestros amig@s apasionad@s del ciclismo para ir creciendo poquito a poco. Esta historia de “El dos caballos de Igor Antón”, parte de una conversación con Pedro en la que me hablaba de un rally de regularidad que había hecho con Óscar Freire (esto merece otro reportaje, ¿no creéis?) y me reveló la pasión compartida de Igor por los coches clásicos. There will also be non-live content such as documentary Uphill Climb, The Women Who Conquered The Impossible Race. The 35-minute film looks at the athletes who made the Tour de France Femmes possible, and includes personal accounts of courageous female cyclists and insights from cycling commentator Phil Liggett. GCN+ houses another 200+ cycling films.Perhaps we will see a similar story with Mikel Landa, who was only a single second from the podium this year despite having devoted much of his efforts to helping Froome’s yellow jersey bid over his own. Growing up in Argentina and Chile, Laura fondly recalls memories of her dad’s office being under the house, requiring her to pass through the press room to reach home. She would say hello to all the other journalists on a daily basis, watching them write articles day-in, day-out, imitating them on the weekend when the room was free from people and it was just her and the room as her playground. She regrets that this was not the case with the RFEC (Royal Spanish Cycling Federation), though, who apparently not only did not make things easy for her but also discriminated against her. "I had so many duties and very few rights myself .” Among other things, she was summoned nine months after giving birth to a forty-day schedule away from home which involved travelling the world from one end to the other. She missed out on the support to travel with her child, something that the US Womens NBA does provide, for example. Laura: Yes, after covering the Vuelta a España route presentation in Vigo [on 12th January – Ed], I will be covering the Tour of San Luis. I don’t know yet much about which other races I will be covering this year, but I think it will be very similar to 2012 working with Pedalier, Eurosport, Festina and Mallorca 312.

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If Marcel Kittel and Mark Cavendish had also been there, would we have seen a dramatic head-to-head on the Champs Elysèes between the two fastest sprinters in recent Tour history? An open race Operación Puerto commanded Spain's golden era, dominating the headlines for many years. Even today Spanish riders are penalised for others doing in the past, despite the sport being widely considered much more ‘clean’ compared to its history. A generation like no other The clothing brand, Rapha, becomes our title sponsor –a partnership that will last until the end of 2019. As with everything, there is a moment in time when the older generation clears a path for those younger to fill its gap, and over the past few years there has been a changing of the guard for Spain’s professional cyclists. While there are riders such as Mikel Landa and Enric Mas stepping in for the now-retired golden era, they haven't yet replicated the winning streak that defined their legendary predecessors. However, two riders have been catching the attention of the Spanish fans – Juan Ayuso and Carlos Rodríguez. Aged 22, Rodríguez came fifth in this year’s Tour de France as well as taking a prestigious stage win. And Ayuso, only 20 years old, came third in last year’s Vuelta and second in this year’s Tour de Suisse. The people at the Vuelta, we know each other very well, but they believe that I was a hostess and then I became a journalist,” she said. “But it’s not like that, I was working in communications and then I developed in journalism. But that was the only space we had as women, I mean, there were no women in the teams and only in the organisation as hostesses. And it’s interesting because when you speak to women who are 30 or 20 years older than me, they said it was the same situation.