Ribadaviagoal of the third stage of the The Great Way, was until this Saturday land of octopus – they boast, along with the neighboring town of Carballeira, of serving the best in Galicia despite not having a sea – and also the birthplace of Ribeiro. This was until a Danish prodigy named Jonas Vingegaard appeared dressed in the brand of the land, Zara, who for the first time since the creation of the textile empire has decided to sponsor a sports event. He emerged like a howitzer, like a magician on a bike, who instead of playing sleight of hand, works with his legs at an infernal pace, me against everyone and everyone against me, incapable of anyone, no matter how good they are, being able to neutralize it.
If instead of having occurred on the O Gran Camiño and on the roads of Ourense, Vingegaard’s attack had occurred in the Tour, it would have written, by itself, a golden page in the legendary history of the French round. Everyone against me and me adding seconds ahead. 21 kilometers to watch over and over again on YouTube in the coming weeks; a worthy escape that has to scare – in February, let no one forget – the most refined of his opponents and among them Tadej Pogacar, who has not yet started the cycling course.
There is no training day
There is no training day for Vingegaard. He doesn’t care if it rains and is as cold as it was on Friday, or if it gets colder than necessary on the way to Ribadavia, always on the banks of the nearby river. Miño river. He doesn’t care at all because he, as a standard-bearer of contemporary cycling, does not miss an opportunity, whether in Galicia, like now, or anywhere else on the planet. Win, win and win is his motto. He did it on Friday, he repeated it on Saturday and surely no one wants to bet otherwise this Sunday, in the last stage, the queen, of the O Gran Camiño.
At the finish line of Ribadavia, where the water respects the fans, the octopus is cooked in large pots and in the bars near the finish line the octopus is tasted. Ribeiro wine; everything would be normal if it weren’t a different Saturday, if the town and with them the surrounding residents had not turned to the cyclists, because it is difficult for them to have something as spectacular, as exciting and as exquisite as seeing a man raise his arms. a double winner of the Tour, the main contender for victory next July, and who knows if luck and strength are with him to also make him the winner of the Vuelta.
The attack
“Attack Vingegaard!” he shouts at the Ribadavia goal Juan Mari Guajardothe narrator par excellence in Spanish cycling races as he was Daniel Mangueas who spent 40 years cheering on the arrivals of the Tour. There are 21 kilometers of fantasy left, Vingegaard against everyone; against Richard Carapaz, Olympic champion and winner of a Giro; against a recovered Egan Bernal; contra Carlos Rodriguez, slowed by the cold; against David Gaudunow the best of the French, and against all those who are training in the art of cycling.
He leaves, and although there are 21 kilometers left and escapees ahead like the Catalan David de la Cruz or the Aragonese Pablo Castrillo, it is already easy to guess the name of the winner of the third stage. So what Castrillo He hooks himself to his wheel to feel the contact of an outstanding rider and even to have the honor of seeing how Vingegaard asks him for relief. If only she could have given them! He already performed a miracle by enduring ten kilometers in the wake of the Danish star to demonstrate that this young rider from Jaca, 23 years old, has the status of champion in the ranks of the best squad for talented cyclists of the future such as Kern Pharma. , which this year will be in the Vuelta and also in the Volta and Itzulia.
2024-02-24 23:42:08
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