On a dog afternoon, the first stage of La Vuelta was played. A day when the least wanted guest, the rain, appeared with a storm that darkened the city by the minute and greatly conditioned the performance of the runners. Conditions that did not equally affect all runners, perhaps the Soudal by Belgian Remco Evenepoel the worst jobless when leaving late.
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Not only is it raining, but the street lights are not on and the visibility is quite poor, making it difficult for cyclists, who are also reflected in the water by the lights of cars and motorcycles and have to avoid the occasional puddle, which leaves no down to four teams on the ground: Arkéa, Alpecin, Ineos and Jayco.
Evenepoel’s team, winner of the last edition of La Vuelta, had the 4th fastest time and as soon as they crossed the finish line, they pointed to the sky with sad faces. “It’s ridiculous to do a time trial in these conditions, we can’t race like that. I don’t want to be a circus monkey. You can’t see anything and it’s too dangerous.”
Source: La Verdad

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