The assistants of the Volta teams went around asking for newspapers in the bars of Tortosa so that their runners could protect themselves from the wind on the descent of Lo Port, after finishing the stage and looking for the bus parked at the foot of the port.
One might be surprised if one did not know this world full of bicycles when he enters a bar in Tortosa, next to the Volta exit, and sees the team assistants asking for the press; yes, the press, the paper one, the one of a lifetime, long before the world discovered the benefits of the internet. The assistants did not care if it was a sports newspaper, a general newspaper, or even what they said and how they told it. What they wanted, beyond the news, the criticism, was printed paper and the more newspapers the better.
The bar employees, the ones who normally have two newspapers for their clients, one for general information and the other for sports, the ones that are read while having a café con leche or a beer, were going through the store, past press, a nice paper pack that they delivered to the masseurs and mechanics who requested it. It was about getting an arsenal of newspaper sheets. It didn’t matter if they talked about politics, economy, society, culture or sports, even if they were chroniclers page who are writing these days about the Volta. He was like the one who longed to fill his stomach in the face of a galloping hunger crisis: paper, paper and more paper.
between jokes
They gave thanks. The waiters joked that they changed the newspapers for some of the bikes, of 10,000 euros From now on each one, which hung on the roof of the cars, the reserves, which are used less and less because DJing in competition is beginning to be a failure from other times.
It was hot in Tortosa and even some of the assistants took out of the suitcase the shorts that normally are not used until the Tour. But time, it seems more unfortunately than for anything else, is in a mess. However, the teams knew that in the afternoon it would refresh in Mont Caro or Lo Port, the name does not matter as it is the same mountain, and the cyclists had to pedal down from the top to the foot of the port where the buses that would take them to the hotels in Salou were parked.
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And, of course, no matter how much technical clothing is used, no matter how well protected the runner is, There is no greater invention than protecting yourself from the air while going down a port with a newspaper sheet, like a T-shirt, on the skin. Goodbye cold, like the best of technical garments. And, for this reason, the team assistants went around asking for old newspapers in the bars of Tortosa.
You already know, if one day you are cold riding a bike or even a motorcycle, there is nothing better than going to the kiosk and buying a newspaper to protect yourself from the weather as the professional cyclists. Just a small favor: read the news, even if it is fast, before putting the newspaper sheet between the jersey and the body. Thank you so much.