Jostling For Position: Insights and First-Hand Accounts From the Golden Years of Spanish Cycling

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The people at the Vuelta, we know each other very well, but they believe that I was a hostess and then I became a journalist,” she said. “But it’s not like that, I was working in communications and then I developed in journalism. But that was the only space we had as women, I mean, there were no women in the teams and only in the organisation as hostesses. And it’s interesting because when you speak to women who are 30 or 20 years older than me, they said it was the same situation. Once Meseguer started to gain more and more interest in cycling, her dad tried to steer her away from the sport, encouraging her to get a job in communications, as she had done previously. However, undeterred, she remained on a mission to make her own path in cycling. Unlike other big riders, his ambition for the victory has driven him to expand horizons beyond the French tour winning seven Grand Tours: two Giros d’Italia, two Tours de France and three Vueltas a España. His last race has been a continuous sign of affection. His teammates have enjoyed every single kilometre of racing; the rest of riders applauded him at the start of the last stage in Arroyomolinos, and so too they paid him tribute at the finish in Madrid.

We were 11 riders in the pre-selection for the Tour. A few days before our director told us that if someone thought he was not in conditions to ride the Tour, that was the moment to say it. I was dead but, how could I raise my hand?!’ he explains laughing. I'll be at some stages of Vuelta a Castilla y León then Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Mallorca312 and maybe Giro d' Italia. After that I'll have a break and rest, like the riders, before I'll start again with the Tour de France, Vuelta a Burgos, Vuelta a España and the World Champions. I don't know about the Olympics yet. We will see. Se trata de asomarse a ese rinconcito de sus vidas bajo el maillot, para conocer esa faceta que a mí más me maravilla independientemente de lo que hayan hecho sus piernas sobre la bicicleta. Laura: I love to travel and meet new people, but this is something that I also do with my work in cycling. When Iґm at home I like to meet my friends and hear all their new stories and go out with them and enjoy all the plans you can make in Madrid. Of course my family is a very important part of my rest time.

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The roads of the Tour were lined with fans who loved this year’s race and fierce critics in equal measure. The relative absence of high mountains and time-trials made for a more open race, full of questions until the very last moment, but I was sorry not to see one more stage in the mountains. We also brought listeners daily coverage of the Vuelta a España, completing the set of grand tours. You have to try different things in life, find new motivations…’ he told me before starting this year’s Vuelta a España. It’s a lot of work behind the scenes and we finish very late. When you’re here, and you’re a journalist, you want to do as much as possible. Show everyone what you’re looking into and show more about the riders behind the bikes. If Marcel Kittel and Mark Cavendish had also been there, would we have seen a dramatic head-to-head on the Champs Elysèes between the two fastest sprinters in recent Tour history? An open race

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Ayuso will be the GC hopeful for Spain in the Vuelta this year, coming third last year in his debut at just 19. On home soil, he’ll have the whole country cheering for him as he takes on the gruelling lap around Spain that’s entrenched in dark secrets, triumphs, rivalry and admiration. As the curtain falls on the golden era of Spanish cycling, a fresh chapter unfurls for the nation. Simultaneously, Meseguer anticipates a new phase in her career, delving into the world of emerging cyclists—exploring their formative years, their attributes, their traits, and their strategic approaches. But despite this, she added, “It’s nice to live a story from the beginning.”