As a Vuelta a España hoves into view with perhaps a dozen potential winners in a field of exceptional quality, topped by the Tour de France stars Nairo Quintana, Thibaut Pinot and Vincenzo Nibali, it is hard to believe there was a time when the third Grand Tour of the cycling season looked horribly out on a limb. In 1995, at the instigation of the late Hein Verbruggen, the then president of the UCI, the race was moved from its traditional late April-mid May date to the back end of the season, to a chorus of concerned voices.
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Written by William Fotheringham
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/aug/24/vuelta-simon-yates under the title “Quintana and Nibali lead fallen giants racing to save their seasons at Vuelta | William Fotheringham”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
