DSM wins battle against rain and darkness in opening time trial of La Vuelta against a good Movistar Team

With the clear slogan of saving the day and reaching the finish line without setbacks, the expectation first stage of the 78th edition of La Vuelta in Barcelona. 61 years had to pass for the Spanish round to leave the Catalan capital again, an appointment that the rain did not want to miss. The days it rains can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Barcelona and at the premiere of the return the rain appeared. As the afternoon wore on, it increased in intensity, bringing with it thunder and lightning and conditioning to the presentation of the corridors.

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A panorama where the Dutch team DSM-Firmenichwho made the best time and who placed the young Italian Lorenzo Milesi de 21 years old -in his first year in maximum cycling vision- as the first leader of the race. A leadership discussed to the last meter the Movistar team. He said enric mas at the press conference before the start of the race that the team was at a high level in the team time trial of Return to Burgos and he hopes to repeat the good performance at La Vuelta. And said and done. 57 hundredths prevented the Navarrese team from winning the stage and the Balearic Islands of Artàwho claimed to be covered in this edition, came out of this first contact with a 20 second margin over Geraint Thomas and 32 in Roglic is a cousin and Jonas Vingagaard, njo was wrong in the beginning.

running in a cave

The performance of the runners was marked by the conditions of the day, not only the slippery asphalt due to the rain -there were some waterfalls- but also the visibility itself. Because of the dreary afternoon in Barcelona, ​​the night came before its time. The street lights didn’t come on and to be honest it was quite scary to see the runners in action. Property Remco Evenepoel, winner of the last edition of La Vuelta, raised a cry to the heavens by protesting that there was nothing to see. “It’s funny, I didn’t want to be a fairground monkey, I was very dangerous.”

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He knows, he is head of the UAE Team Emirates. Joxean Fernandez ‘Matxin’ It was clear to him before his runners started. “Our feeling is to take zero risks, it’s better to lose two seconds now than to lose La Vuelta. The goal is not to take any risks.” UAE finished 14th.

Conditions somewhat spoiled the spectacular route, initially on a platform reclaimed from the sea at Somorrostro Beach and ends with Venetian Towers of Montuïcbut that didn’t stop an avid cycling fan from taking to the streets to cheer on their idols, now more heroes than ever.

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And tomorrow, second stage, starting from killed and ends with Montjuicunder conditions expected to be similar, but with a