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How The Race Was Won – Vuelta a España 2014 – Stages 1-5

Posted on 28 August 20144 July 2021 by cosmo

Hot days in the early going in Spain—not a ton of GC action, not a ton of particularly complicated sprints. An on-form Degenkolb. An absent Sagan. An aircraft carrier. Too close for missiles. Switching to guns.

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  1. Gary says:
    28 August 2014 at 8:37 am

    Thank you for this! I confess I usually do not pay much attention to the early stages of a grand tour, however your breakdown of the stages gives me way more insight at the little and not so little things I completely miss during broadcast. Fingers crossed no one gets heat exhaustion!

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  2. Jerome says:
    28 August 2014 at 4:59 pm

    Must watch top gun!

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  3. JP says:
    28 August 2014 at 5:56 pm

    Top Gun quotes…brilliant. Another top episode. Thanks!

    Reply
  4. Massey says:
    28 August 2014 at 8:52 pm

    You’re a hell of an instinctive pilot. Maybe too good.

    Reply
    1. batchuba says:
      1 September 2014 at 1:14 pm

      Now I’m not gonna sit here and blow sunshine up your ass, but that was a well chosen quote.

      Reply

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Best known for his How The Race Was Won® video series, Cosmo Catalano began blogging about pro cycling from a bike shop in 2005. Between then and now, he's designed cycling infographics, built cycling web apps, and supplied cycling content to print and broadcast media, all in the name of backing up his near-endless criticism with proof that it can be done better. He complains about cycling on Twitter at @Cyclocosm.

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