Recent content by Goren

I'm not sure how much of a shift in terminology there's been, but I definitely agree that, of late, commentators (both in English and in Spanish) are struggling to provide reasonable arguments/explanations for certain things we're seeing (other than the same adjectives that come to everyone's...

Well, frankly, you can never be too suspicious when it comes to Patrick's wolf cubs... It's just way too obvious and happens way too often to go unnoticed.

And meanwhile we can enjoy listening to the commentators offering all sorts of excuses/explanations for what's happening. Today, on Spanish tv, it was funny to hear Carlos de Andrés (who's been around since the 80s) saying that he only believed they were going up Port Ainé behind the Ineos train...

Well, we certainly know how that is unfolding... :tearsofjoy:

I mean, who would've guessed, right? :tearsofjoy::tearsofjoy::tearsofjoy::tearsofjoy:

On paper, I agree. And if this was a one-off thing, we probably wouldn't be discussing it in the first place. But it's been the case so often lately, regardless of who was in contention and what the underlying circumstances/factors were, that it's just one more example of what is becoming an...

Those are definitely the arguments people make to justify what we're witnessing. And, of course, they hold the moral high ground and the rest of us are just a bunch of ignorant, delusional, lay faultfinders.

Looking at the numbers, I believe Valverde's performance today can be considered jawdropping, and he's definitely from the old generation. In fact, he is in himself the oldest generation. Aside from that (and we must admit that Valverde has always been quite unique in that sense), I also find it...

So, in a nutshell: 1) Nairo won here in 2013 with an ascent time of 34m19s. He smashed his own time by over a minute in 2019 when he arrived with Yates, Martin and Bernal (33m10s). Today, he put another 30 sec into his younger self, but that was only good enough for 11th place, 36 sec behind...

As an EN<>ES translator, in the likely event that La Sexta doesn't upload the interview with English subtitles, I'd be happy to pitch in. However, I'm quite busy these days, so it would be of great help if someone could get their hands on a transcription. They should definitely include Spanish...