Not all problems of the Vuelta are attributable to the organizer
Right now put yourself in a situation about what the organizer of the Tour is going through.
He designs the route that best serves his sporting, economic and commercial interests, he anticipates almost all scenarios -it is seen that the worst is not in some cases-, things are bad for him with the weather and he has to change at every step the planned plan.
That is advancing a departure time, like in the CRE in Barcelona, changing the timing of two stages, thinking about mudslides, slippery roads, complicated roundabouts, imbeciles who throw elements for cyclists to poke…
“All together”, as the Catalans would say, crazy
But it is happening, all in the midst of a very complicated breeding ground: with the fans very opposed to the interests of the runnerssocial networks that are fuming and half-rightly pissed off stars, like Remco Evenpoel.
I have been critical of the organizer of the Vuelta many times, I have let Guillen and Escartín themselves know it, but I think that putting yourself in the place of those affected would make us all progress better.
The image of “swallow me earth” that Fernando Escartín starred in yesterday, with the yellow badge, I think it is worth calming down a bit, because the decisions that are made are far from being the best and the most desirable, but they are the necessary ones, and the least bad , even submitting to public scrutiny, like that of this badly ringed notebook, for example.
Escartin has put on a goal banner face #Lavuelta23 pic.twitter.com/9ARm6DgRMC
— JoanSeguidor (@JoanSeguidor) September 3, 2023
This list summarizes well what has surrounded the Vuelta and the organizer has had to fit in during the week…
The list of controversies and off-sport problems during the first week of La Vuelta is long:
– Urban CRE without visibility
– Neutralization of Montjuïc only for the GC
– Remco accident in Andorra
– Bad realization
– Neutralization of Caravaca only for the GC— Ventoux Notebooks (@CdelVentoux) September 3, 2023
The team time trial was a resounding mistake by the organizer, not foreseeing that at the end of August in Barcelona the rain could be an unexpected guest and that with that schedule the night we saw was at stake.
The two neutralizations have had the rejection of the public and the applause of the cyclistsamong which Remco was already warm from the team time trial and the blow from Andorra.
In the latter, I think the responsibility is halfway, the Belgian does not brake in time, which other rivals do, and the space is not very wide to maneuver once we have passed the finish line.
As far as realization is concerned, they are things of money, taking resources and therefore decreasing the possibilities of seeing what happens in the race as we do enjoy in classics, Giro and Tourraces with which the Vuelta is equal.
We have missed important things due to the scarcity of television resources.
They will know if that way they sell the product better.
As you can see, the review of the facts, there are some more, has consolidated the feeling that the Vuelta is a race from the provinces, in the heat of the Tour, but with no room to decide clearly amid so much noise from cyclists, fans, the press and others.
It saddens me to see what is happening, because I still believe that the organizer of the Vuelta is good, that he is not far from other professionals, but the feeling that the race is getting out of hand is widespread, and that, although it is not entirely true it’s very dangerous,
Two weeks remain, complicated stages and weather that threatens to appear again.
Imagen: UNIPUBLIC / SPRINT CYCLING AGENCY
2023-09-04 22:04:42
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