Tour of Spain: Pablo Castrillo is the epitome of perseverance, making Spanish box debut at Tour of Spain

A day of multiple glories in form, substance and emotion, Pablo Castrillo The 23-year-old Huesca native (Kern Pharma) sets a new professional record. It is his first victory in the Vuelta and, incidentally, the first for a Spaniard. Pablo kills many birds with one stone in one day and in the hours that follow his death there is also a special feeling of emotion. Manuel AsconaOne of those people who is almost nameless to the public, working quietly to help train and develop professionals from the grassroots.

Ascona is one of them fact Kern Pharma, an obscure Continental category team, got the most important win. The tears of Castrillo and all of him were completely justified for many reasons and were recognized by the cycling world.

In Castrillo’s victory on the stage and eternal O’Connor There is theory and practice in the general’s head. All stages contain a theoretical part and a practical part. That is, one is speculative and the other is real. Sometimes they are consistent. This time too. In fact, little by little.

Let’s see. Theoretical video of the shortest stage of the Vuelta (1375 km), excluding the time trial, of course. First of all, it’s a day of routine, crowded vacation. In other words, more of a stampede than an escape. There are some people at a high level, even excellent. They arrive together (how big of an advantage?) Manzaneda Hill StationOn the way up, there will be attacks and counterattacks among a group of penitents, among whom there will be victors and many or few condemned. The escape will eventually fall apart like a garment torn into rags.

Continuing with this theory, a bunch of celebrities started ascending one after another, and no one took any action because there was one the next day. Etape Everyone has a lot to gain, keep, or lose.

…and, well, there is a nuance, the leak is not that big:10. Carlos Verona, Mark Soler, Jonathan Narviz, Harold Tejada, Max Pooling, Louis Meintjes, Mauro SchmidPablo Castrillo, Maury Vansevenant yes Mark SolerIn these matters he is a constant, a die-hard, in the laudatory sense of the word. He fully deserves the victory. With Decathlon at the head of the peloton there is no pause. There is a paralysis. You can almost hear a yawn. The immediate consequence is a growing division among the escapees, and a peaceful one. In the platoon he does not authorize escapes: he encourages them. And what is more: a blessing. In the overall standings, the leader Decathlon Ag2R maintains the lead. Close behind, Bora Red Bull Primoz Roglic. Trapped in the Movistar team Enrique Mas. Everyone calm down, firefighters today let’s not step on the hose.

The rebels did not commit suicide either, accumulating strength for the final challenge. They knew that no one would put them in danger. Six minutes, seven minutes, eight minutes, nine minutes, ten minutes… Ribeira Sacra, the banks of the Sil River, the canyon, the ancient river of golden wealth, the road sometimes clear, sometimes gloomy, eternal, complete beauty. It’s raining in the rest of Spain. For Galicia, there is no. The sun was shining (25, 27 degrees). Nothing happened. One stage, two races. The first with 10 souls. The second, like all the others, but reduced to the interest of the most beloved. One of the ten souls reached Heaven. The remaining nine remained in Purgatory. In the row, there was neither Heaven, nor Purgatory, nor Hell. Limbo.

We have reached the end of the 12th stage and 14 of the 22 teams have yet to win. The tension is building. In some cases, there is panic. There is a rush. There is fear. There is need. There is obligation..

Stage 13 is one of the most demanding stages of the APA. 3 passes, 2 of 3 and 1 high finish in Ancares along the unique León slope: 7.7 km. at an average of 9%, slopes of 15% and the last 5 km. at 12%. It is a very demanding stage, where the classification needs to be shaped, like someone shaping a statue until it reaches its final shape.