spanish cycling in the years 90

[ik1984]

hey

I am new on this forum and from belgium

Maybe this is not a good place for asking this question?
Is there a better place?
Does someone of you has articles of famous spanish riders in the years 90 Abraham olano, José Maria Jiménez or where can i find them?
Also laurent jalabert is an interesting person
For example the facts of the vuelta in 1998, the relation between olano and jiminez
I dont find much about it, but i like a lot reading the stories
Also stories from the battle between olano and tonkov in the giro of 1996
Or in the vuelta the battle with jalabert
Are there ebooks from it?
Thanks for reading this message
(Also cyclo cross is nice to follow)

 

[jens_attacks]

http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/vuelta-ciclista-a-espana-2011/chava/1192519/
here it is a documentary on chava jimenez.unfortunately the rivalry between chava and olano in vuelta '98 is not detailed.his tragic destiny was expected,he always used to say he will party hard and will not reach the 30's.the fact that only pantani wanted to sign him on his last years says a lot.bright stars burn out faster indeed...

the day that olano,maglia rosa cracked on mortirolo is one of the most amazing stages in il giro,in an edition where pantani was missed by everyone.
it seems like mapei bosses even now say that olano hadn't an enough high 'crit.the truth is olano couldn't climb for shiit compared to the others 50-60 kg guys,not everyone is miguel indurain.
in this stage they also set the record time ascent for mortirolo,42 minutes and something(42:07 i clocked it).motorbikes!basso,nibali and scarponi climbed it in 44:39 last year.
incredible the gestures of tonkov at the tifosi(@1:43:05),he's going 20 km/h on mortirolo with no hands!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n-IFJkyYGA

book about it,i have no idea.

 

[pmcg76]

If you can read a bit of Spanish, this is a good link for research purposes

http://www.mundodeportivo.com/hemeroteca/

Just put in the relevant dates and Vuelta A Espana as subject and let the fun begin, the Vuelta receives about 4-5 pages of coverage per day so best to limit your search or else you end up trawling through pages and pages

 

[ik1984]

thanks a lot for answering, its a very very nice video ( but i dont understand spanish, but ok)
Its strange, there are not maney articles of olano and jiminez, also no ebooks
Finding articles or ebooks from lance armstrong is not a problem, but spanish cycling and riders have a lot more charm for me and are the duels are more heroic
I still remember me the vuelta of 1998, but i was very young that time, and i like reading the stories of it
Greetz to you all