VUELTA'17 ROADSIDE St.1: Geants De La Route!
Vuelta'17 Roadside: The 2017 Vuelta a España kicked off in Nîmes on Saturday and PEZman Daniel Thévenon was there to take in the fun. The Spanish Grand Tour started with a 13. 7 kilometer team time trial which passed through the Roman amphitheater, but Nîmes was a hubbub of cycling activity . Saturday morning in Nîmes. The owner of the Brasserie Le Montcalm arranges the terrace of his establishment. "The Vuelta? Oh, it's great for business. I'm expecting a 60% increase in sales." It will be anything but calm here in a few hours, when the Tour of Spain's opening stage, a team time trial , commences in the streets of the French City. Vendors in red shirts set up stalls and lay out the Vuelta's official merchandise, including miniature models of the race's mascot, Tei-Tei the bull. When the Giro d' Italia visited France last year, its wolf mascot, Wolfie, caused such a furore among the local farmers that it was prevented from crossing the bord...