Balance.The worst year of Spanish cycling since the Civil War: "We are left behind"
Since the practically simultaneous retirement of
Alberto Contador
(2017) and
Joaquim "Purito" Rodríguez
(2016), Spanish cycling has been regressing.
The deterioration came from further afield: from the mistrust produced by the plague of doping and the effects of the economic crisis.
Both factors were more pronounced here than elsewhere.
The sponsors were withdrawing.
The process led in recent years to a single Spanish group on the World Tour: Movistar, while cycling s
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