The Vuelta
So little Schleck is doing it. And Geskink.
Also Evans. And Basso and Sanchez. Even Tom Danielson will be there to support Dan Martin.
And they say it's a climbers Vuelta.
It's going to the GT of the year. I can feel it in me bones.
Also Evans. And Basso and Sanchez. Even Tom Danielson will be there to support Dan Martin.
And they say it's a climbers Vuelta.
It's going to the GT of the year. I can feel it in me bones.
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
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Andy needs to get off the mark, so to speak (sooner the better) - would be good if he could do it in Spain - give him yet more confidence, for future TDF's
Tommy D is gonna rock, it's gonna be SUPER AWESOME.
Is there any particular reason it's starting in the Netherlands? The Giro always has a reason. Garibaldi's birthday, Belgian mining disaster, etc etc. I like how they've invited Holland's 3rd best cycling team.
Tommy D so needs a result
Contador has confirmed hes not riding as well but then again Astana have Vino
+1 for truth. Long, long stages with no one watching, not even a donkey, through the arid moonscape.
Yeah, he's going to be riding for Astana. It's been confirmed.
Maybe no donkeys (unless Bruseghin is riding), but lots of these:
Commuting / Winter rides - Jamis Renegade Expert
Pootling / Offroad - All-City Macho Man Disc
Fast rides Cannondale SuperSix Ultegra
Valverde 'region', so if he is still allowed to race then i think he could podium this year.
It has a better route this year, and a good start list (so far).
I'll throw some abuse in the 'Vino' direction.....
http://www.vueltadrenthe.com/
The Giro and Tour don't have particular reasons next year:
http://www.iamsterdam.com/en/pressroom/ ... /giro-2010
http://www.tourdefrancerotterdam.nl/
Well The Netherlands used to be part of Spain back in the reign of Charles V, so there is some connection there.
You're onto something there. It was also part of Napoleon's empire, hence the Tour de France start. And parts of Holland are Catholic, so the Vatican sends it's Giro there. And England was conquered in 1066, which explains the London TdF Grand Depart. So now it's waiting for than Tour of Germany start abroad... oops.
I also remembered Beatrix's son married a Spanish-speaking woman. But I just looked it up and she's from Argentina, although they apparently they met in Seville.
Many Dutch footballers have had a long association with Spain, as players and as managers; Johann Cruyff still lives there.
It really is just the Drenthe provincial tourist board and Vuelta organization aiming to increase their respective international profiles.
How about the fact that through the Transaction of Augsburg Charles V created the first autonomous Dutch(ish) state?
And both countries like orange.
The Dutch fought a war of independence against Spain, as part of the several wars the Habsburgs were fighting at the time. Spain didn't grant independence because they wanted to. What's now Austria, Czech Republic, South Italy, Hungary, Slovenia, etc. was also part of their empire at the time. That really has no resonance on a contemporary special relationship between Holland ans Spain, believe me.
Would you say England has a special relationship now with Italy because the Romans once were here?
As for the route, have a look at all those lovely summit finishes! Three in a row too.
Also: Vinokurov is certainly not cleared for Vuelta. He might be a member of Astana by then, but he still needs to pay a years salary as punishment for doping before he is given licence to start.
-Ralf Hutter of Kraftwerk waking up from a coma after a crashing with his bicycle-
And I would welcome it if England had a special relationship with Italy.
It’s probably ASO’s influence, like they push the TdF over the border more frequently than was the case in the past. (ASO half control the Vuelta)
But for all we know, maybe it’s all been secretly arranged by Fred Rompelberg, as a sort of reciprocal agreement because he takes Dutch cyclists regularly to Majorca?