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    Indurain Compared to Contador

    This is an interesting topic, but it won't make any sense until Contador's career is as over (completed) as Indurain's. Personally, I found Indurain's performances awe-inspiring. I don't understand why so many people denigrate the fact that he based his victories on gains made in time...
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    Great "unknown" climbs

    I definitely recommend a cycling holiday in Spain. But I wouldn't advise that trail up to Pico Valeta on a road racing bike, unless you've run out of ways to prove how tough you are on a bike. Or what an idiot you are, which is what I felt like for most of the way. Take a tough bike. You...
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    Great "unknown" climbs

    If you're talking about the trail up the south side of Pico Veleta, I rode up it on my touring bike with a full load of camping gear in 1992. I don't recall it being very steep or long. But after a stretch of rough concrete above Capileira it is unpaved. Gravel was a major problem, causing...