S9 Ep146: Stage 8 | Santa Pola – La Manga del Mar Menor | Vuelta a España 2021

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🗓️ 21 August 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Although it was a quiet day on the Vuelta a España there’s plenty for Daniel Friebe, Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie to talk about.

They discuss the sprint finish and a second victory for Fabio Jakobsen before reflecting on some comments from EF Education-Nippo sports director Juanma Garate about Hugh Carthy, who withdrew from the race yesterday.

We ponder the impact of pressure and leadership responsibility following an excellent result – Carthy was third in last year’s Vuelta – and whether general classification contenders sometimes have to take a step back before moving forwards.

The finish town of Mar Menor has been battling ecological disaster over the past couple of years and there were some protests from people hoping the Vuelta’s visit would shed some light on the issue. While it’s understandable the Grand Tours want to show off the best of the areas they pass through we discuss whether the sport also has a responsibility to help publicise important issues.

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0:00.0	You are listening to Wiltas Irle Wiltas, the site and podcast at the Wiltas Pena, powered
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0:21.6	Today we are in La Manga, in Marmenor.
0:31.6	Hello my name's Rich Murr, with Lionel Bernie, Good evening Richard, Good evening Lionel
0:36.6	and Danielle Fribre, I was trying to think it was a struggle.
0:41.6	It's a struggle.
0:42.6	Equivalent.
0:43.6	What would be a Spanish cook on that?
0:45.6	Danielle Fribre and Pena, it works so well in Italian.
0:49.6	It would probably be Daniel Fribre López.
0:52.6	Oh, that's not Fribre Sanchez.
0:55.6	Danny Fribre.
0:56.6	Yeah, yeah.
0:58.6	Well that's who we're with anyway and where is he?
1:01.6	Where are you, the Spanish Daniel?
1:03.6	Well Chaps, I am overlooking Europe's largest saltwater lagoon, which people have also,
1:12.6	or people around here, now also refer to as one of Europe's biggest ecological disasters.
1:20.6	But more of that later, I think we're going to talk about that issue aren't we?
1:25.6	Yeah, but I'm in La Manga and the saltwater lagoon that I'm referring to is called Marmenor.
1:34.6	Yes, and it is a bit at the centre of a big scandal or a big controversy
1:41.6	with a lot of dead fish washing up.
1:44.6	But as you see, Daniel, we will get to that a bit later on.
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