I was following
the race since I got up thanks to Twitter and different websites. Of course,
I listened to the radio and I was able to watch the last kilometres, where,
normally, the race is decided.
Experts
said that if somebody wanted to surprise the bunch there had to be movements in
the last climb. But the Polish Michal Kwiatkowski was cleverer and he decided
to attack downhill.
Some of the
top tried to reduce the gap he made: Nibali, Purito but it was Alejandro
Valverde who did the best movement. However, it was too late because the Polish
was going for the gold, while his pursuers didn’t get to a real
understanding to catch him and only Gilbert tried to help his team mate Van
Avermaet.
Finally,
Kwiatkowski won the gold medal, Gerrarnas got the silver and Valverde won the
bronze. The Spaniard did it again and won for fourth time in a row a medal for
the Spanish National team. It wasn’t a very hard circuit and he did his best.
He nearly got silver and he won other important cyclists like Gilbert.
I think
that the cycling fans haven’t been fair with Valverde. He has won many stages
in the best races, got six medals during his career in the world championships,
this year he was third in the Tour of Spain and fourth in the Tour of France.
Maybe he will never win the Grande Boucle, but all the success he has had during
his career is incredible.
Some people
say that sometimes he is not intelligent and that doesn’t make the best decisions
in the crucial moments, but you can’t ignore all his victories. It is
incredible all the wins he has had and I really think he deserves to be in the
list of best cyclists of the history of Spain
PS: The UCI
world championship was amazing but I can’t finish without pointing out the performance
of the Kenyan athlete Dennis Kimetto, who run the Marathon under 2h 3 min. And
the fans of golf also enjoyed the fight between Europe and the United States in
the Ryder Cup.
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