The day dawned bright and clear for yesterday’s first stage of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco around the town of Guenes, 20km south-west of Bilbao nestling in the very picturesque and undulating Basque countryside. When we arrived, they were still putting up the finish line so it gave us an opportunity to look around, grab our accreditation and an all-important coffee and say hi to one or two riders. Shorn of my bike, thanks to a broken spoke, I was going to be enjoying today’s stage in the company of my friends Susi and Dom from CyclingInside who’ll be supplying Cycling News with photos of this event. Continue reading →