2017 Vuelta a España

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Great 3 weeks. 

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Watching the visuals of them riding the loop in Madrid I recollected all the memories of me being there on business in 2001, having coffee in a coffee shop on the Gran Via, visiting the gardens, palace etc, and riding an open top bus through the city. Them Spanish girls sure has a way to put lead in your pencil. 

[Mudsimus]

Contador doing a solo lap of honour as they enter Madrid.... will be missed !!

Yeah, just like we miss Lance.

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[Jewbacca]

Yeah, just like we miss Lance.

sjoe hey... I am going to miss Berto. He signifies the end of an era. 

 

Where Grand tour winners won stages and duked it out in the mountains with their contenders 1 on 1. When long range attacks put people in yellow/pink/red because teams weren't organised enough to work out what each watt meant in relation to every millisecond on the GC standings.

 

To a degree I DO miss Lance but it is more that I miss the racing he was involved in.

 

I know Froomie id a brilliant cyclist and Sky is an amazing team, but they have taken away the romantic side of GT racing and made a wee on the fireworks.

[Thor Buttox]

sjoe hey... I am going to miss Berto. He signifies the end of an era.

 

Where Grand tour winners won stages and duked it out in the mountains with their contenders 1 on 1. When long range attacks put people in yellow/pink/red because teams weren't organised enough to work out what each watt meant in relation to every millisecond on the GC standings.

 

To a degree I DO miss Lance but it is more that I miss the racing he was involved in.

 

I know Froomie id a brilliant cyclist and Sky is an amazing team, but they have taken away the romantic side of GT racing and made a wee on the fireworks.

Sometimes I think we look at things with rose-coloured rear-view spectacles. Indurain was not exactly romantic - win the TTs and hang on. Jan U as well. Even LA's bunch won their first few tours by sitting on the front. There were always individuals like Pantani, who were the loony 'romantics' but I really don't think Sky is as different as we all think. They are just much better at it.

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