There may be doubts, conflicting messages and flagrant contradictions about the governing and political component about this composting factor in the United Kingdom, the United States and elsewhere at this time, but in Spain, when it was mandatory to attend the first male primaries. race en route organized under COVID -19 situations on Tuesday in the Vuelta a Burgos no one can simply claim that they had not told you what you can also or cannot do.
“Seora, you can’t go in without your mask on your face, not without your arm,” yet firmly a middle-aged woman who had tried, in vain, to sneak in front of her to triumph in the crowd of spectators inside, with that item hanging from her wrist.
In fact, given the old setting of the firm level 1 on Tuesday morning, right in front of the main cathedral of Burgos, centenary, the clash between the old and the ”new normal” of the motorcycle race may have been more obvious.
Only young people gave the impression that they were exempt from the rules. Whether it was the organizers who hummed around the stone slab square, the few hundred spectators, the two dozen media or the few national police officers who wielded fabulous firearms, they were all dressed in masks. It almost felt as if the solitary television helicopter was buzzing over its head under Tuesday’s scorching sun, had some kind of giant blue cloth and ropes wrapping the front of the cockpit if it didn’t need the cops to wave their hands from the bottom position. Training
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The 152 runners were also aware of following the orders prior to the organizers’ race, the only difference between the groups since their seven respective runners headed to the main square of Burgos, being the color and design of the masks: some wore a special created team problem. others are content with the old plain blue or military black.
But if the runners, in the days leading up to Burgos, were invariably eager to resume the race after such a long absence, the general atmosphere in Burgos became much more so. It’s not just the lack of music among the groups that signed up or the small number of people: despite all the anticipation of the enthusiasts, the audience is still noisy.
It was valuable to note that enthusiasts were in a position to applaud the most important names, heed the brief speeches of local dignitaries in relative calm, and remain almost absolutely silent when asked to do so in reminiscence for the COVID-19 sufferers. .
But compared to the usual early peer, there was a notable lack of banners or enthusiasts in playing the team’s kit, beyond a woman wearing an Ecuadorian football shirt, and no request, at all, of a selfie or an autograph of the team. Runners. In Burgos, at least, the message of leaving the runners at the required social distance seemed to have recovered strongly.
The arrival of the five Israel Start-Up Nation runners at the start provoked a wave of activity, given the evening-to-morning news of their pilot Omer Goldstein’s positive for COVID-19, but more among the media and organizers than the fans.
The only time ISN riders seemed to do a double trap when the race speaker, without looking for his notes on which they were covered next to him, broke the exploits of absent driving force Alex Dowsett without noticing his absence on the initial podium. But after some of the same old optimistic comments before the team leader’s career, in the case of ISN, Dani Navarro, also left, with much less fuss than ever, not to mention the general lack of interviews, requested or given. , with radio and tv around the connection area.
Other differences at first were more sophisticated than drastic, such as the sticky film on the microphone that was used in runners’ interviews with runners, or the hand gel presented through some of the team’s press officers at their honors when the riders returned to the bike. But they all pointed to a bigger and stranger image.
Upon arrival, we had a series of effective but masked interviews and an award ceremony, in this case behind closed doors in burgos Castle. But, in the air of time, that’s all.
However, from the initial load of the approximately 30 cyclists at the most sensitive point of the hill to the same consequences of a long day in the saddle, the platoon extended into smaller, fragmented series as the afternoon ended in the evening, this screen remained at least unchanged.
And Felix Grosschartner (Bora-Hansgrohe), throwing kisses and raising his arms to the sky as he crossed the line towards Finn Fisher-Black (Jumbo-Visma), 18 minutes later, the last death of the 150-man platoon and only for the opportunity to avoid pedaling, the cyclists were all applauded and cheered among the fans: some things, apparently, do not change, for the audience whatever the time.
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