
Unless you're leading a Grand Tour, Spaniards don't really notice cyclists. Just ask fellow Costa Brava resident Juan Antonio Flecha (the Cycopaths keep a summer home there -ed). He could win Paris-Roubaix nude on a unicycle and you wouldn't hear a peep from the Spanish media.
They'd prefer a report on Dani Pedrosa's love for his helmet or on the current state of Fernando Torres' hair.