On July 1, 1903, a beautiful and long history began to be written. That morning, in front of the cafeteria The Reveal Matin59 pioneers starred in the first Tour, whose champion was Maurice Garin. yesterday, the first stage of the Tour in the Basque Country paid emotional tribute to those entrepreneurs, to whom cycling owes so much, with a day to remember. That the Basque fans are one of the best in the world and that Basque Country is one of the homelands of cycling, but what we experienced yesterday in the first 182 kilometers of The 110º Tour will go down in history.
The route lends itself to stage entertainment, but it has been said, and it is true, that everything depends on the attitude of the riders, and yesterday they responded to the request of an entertainment that did not disappoint. “There are two days left for the 176 Tour cyclists to enjoy the best fans. Historic event that txirrindularis fans have long dreamed of. An exemplary supporter who, dressed in orange and holding an ikurriña, will fill every corner of these three beautiful stages. Let’s make the world enjoy the best cyclists and fans!”, wrote on his Facebook page that the Euskadi Cyclist Foundation.
And said and done. The ‘orange tide’ is the great enemy of beginning of the Tour in Bilbao. From the first to the last kilometer, thousands of fans cheered on the cyclists, especially on the most difficult parts of the climb to The nursery and Pikethe climb where the outcome of the first day was decided.
Thousands of orange jerseys burned their hands and throats from cheering and chanting for their idols, especially the Basque runners, with Michael Landa on the head, and a Tadej Pogacar who won local fans among the famous “Aupa Bilbao, Aupa Athletic and Gora Euskadi”. Some fans even slept more than one night in the Pike cycling cradle to get the best cycling stand and even the devil of the Tour, the mythical Didi SenfrHe didn’t want to miss the party.
And it is that with each pedal stroke the first stage re-read the history of cycling in the Basque Country. At kilometer 8 you pass Gatikaplace of residence of Joane Somarriba, time trial world champion in 2003. At kilometer 10 through the municipality of laukizwhere the Laukizko Udal Saria and where andrey amador he achieved one of 19 victories as a sub23 within navarro Team Lizartewhere he won a pass to the professionals Movistar team. At km 25.2 as it passes Getxo, Jonathan Castroviejo greeted his relatives; at km 33.4 it is combined with the municipality of sopellaheadquarters of Sopela Women’s Team; in larrabetzu (km 146), the Tour honors the cyclist Jesus Loronowinner of The Return 1957 and the classification of the mountains of the Tour of 1953.
And 17 kilometers from the finish line the peloton crossed Derio. Here is the headquarters of Euskadi Cyclist Foundationorigin of myth Euskaltel-Euskadi. In Derio there is also the Pedagogical classroom. In the direction of Miguel Madariagalaunched by the Foundation, where hundreds of young people are taught the values of sport and healthy living, who yesterday enjoyed a day on the road that they will hardly forget, dreaming of one day becoming the main characters of the Tour.
Source: La Verdad
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