From Molins de Rei to Sant Boi, one town after another, industrial polygons, bedroom cities, the red belt of Barcelona, and rain in chaparrons, oil spots on the asphalt. Urban epic in the second stage of the women’s Tour. Prudence that contradicts the usual madness of cycling performed by women and cooperation. There are no leaks. Average of 38 per hour. A proletarian cycling, the Dutch Marianne Vos, a 37 -year -old historic champion, shines her coletilla under the helmet only twice, two perfect sprints. In the flying goal of Villafranca del Penedés, vineyards in the distance, raises 6s of bonus; In the finish line, three curves of 90 degrees in 500 meters, repect hard to the Muntanyeta de Sant Boi, the stage victory, and more bonus.
The Triple World Champion, 19 years ago for the first time, celebrates the victory, the fifth victory in the three laps he has played, and curses that what happened on the eve in the Passeig in Gràcia in Barcelona, at the exit of the counterreloj by teams deprives her of dressing with the red leader of the leader. The Movistar delay when passing the bicycle exam, the clumsiness of the in charge, the slowness and the stupid rigidity of the ICU commissioner when solving the problem, they forced their visma to go out with only five runners. The remaining two were added later and could not prevent the favorite team from ending the test, 21s from the Lidl. And 18s from the Australians of the Jayco, the purple team of the best Spanish, Mavi García, and also of the Italian Letizia Paternaster, who arrived second at the Muntanyeta and is the new leader.
Those of the Baix Llobregat talk about the two Cataluñas that are touched in Sant Boi and Gavà, the one in the workers and the case of Casoplones on the beach for Barça players and varied pijos of Castelldefels. If you represent the first, and put your cat to your cat, like the Castelldefels cyclist who was admired when she ran in the Rabobank, Paternoster, daughter of Australian, Italian of the Trentino, of Cares, such as Maurizio Fondriest, and 25 -year -old bright steps, perhaps aligns more with the second, and gives glamor to the bicycle.
The red jersey of the Tour in the interviews talks about its parades for Armani on the catwalks and how little he likes to go as a tracksuit. “But I am not a model, I am an athlete. But I have always liked to follow the fashion, read the bloggers, from Ferragni to Dionigi and Cambria. Outside the bicycle they will never see me in tracksuit. I love to dress elegant, with high heels,” proclaims paternal, inter -tifer As her boyfriend knows, the Volleyball player Alessandro Graziani, hard as the flint, and strong.: “He took me to Riva del Garda, to a route on which she usually trains, quite demanding. I tried to follow her by bicycle. At 60 kilometers I was broken, I thought I was going to die.”
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