No escribo mucho en español y quiero practicar para mejorar mis escrituras. Ahora está ocurriendo el Tour de Francia y lo veo todos los días. Me encanta el Tour y he visto el Tour cada año desde nací. Claro que no pude ver el Tour cuando era una bebé, pero mi familia lo vieron y yo estaba en la misma habitación en ese momento!
Quiero escribir un poco sobre el Tour antes de ver todas las etapas. Eso significa que mi escritura va a tener SPOILERS! Si no quieres leer spoilers sobre el Tour, no lees eso, por favor.
La etapa una: Ayer, comenzó el Tour de Francia en Bilbao de País Vasco. El Tour va a continuar en Francia en unos días pero ahora todos están de Vasco. La etapa una tenía más kilometres de escalda de normal por la etapa una. Por eso, la etapa fue muy divertido! Los hermanos gemelos Adam y Simon Yates pelearon entre ellos para ganar la etapa y Adam ganó. Los favoritos para ganar todo el Tour, Vingegaard y Pogacar, terminaron la etapa con tiempo similar.
La etapa dos: Hoy fue la etapa dos y Nielson Powless fué en escapada y ganó algunos puntos del maillot de montaña. Sin embargo, en la ultima montaña, el grupo de maillot amarillo lo alcanzó. Y por ese momento, todos pensaron que Wout Van Aert era el mejor esprínter en eso grupo y va a ganar la etapa. Pero, en el momento perfecto, Victor Lafay escapó y ellos no respondieron de inmediato. Nadie lo esperaba, pero Lafay ganó la etapa!
(Link to me practicing reading my original draft: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nnQFODRtTwAfDLi5iniqD4xicIXU5pcP/view?usp=sharing)
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Very good! I tried to add some corrections, I hope they are useful. I'm sorry if my explanations are not very explicit or clear, this is the first time I come here and help with the corrections so I still haven't figured out the details haha. Honestly, I haven't watched the Tour de France yet but I have a friend that loves it, so I'm very happy for your spoilers. Buen día :)
@viquivik Thank you so so much for your help! Your explanations were very clear and very helpful! Muchas gracias por su ayuda! I hope your friend enjoys the Tour this year and I'm glad the spoilers didn't upset you haha
I don’t speak Spanish, but I got the gist of your post. I could only watch the last 30 km of stage two. I was both amazed and amused by the way Lafay caught Van Aert and Pogacar napping. Van Aert and Pogacar were so focused on each other that they thought nothing of Lafay’s breakaway. However, I must say that Van Aert's conduct after crossing the finish line was reprehensible. You do not slamm a bottle down in front of an audience. Just out of curiosity, did you watch the Giro d'Italia as well?
@Simone- I have never watched the Giro d'Italia. The Giro is usually harder to find on American TV, but since I love the Tour de France so much, I definitely should try to watch the Giro on some streaming service next year. Do you watch the Giro?
I do watch the Giro on TV. I also watched a stage finish (not the sprint unfortunately) in person this year. Watching the Giro is a great way to marvel at the Italian countryside and at trademark locations. What's more, the television commentators every now and then share anecdotes about the places the Giro is going through. This year they even went along the Amalfi Coast. What can you ask more?
Anyway, I think the international broadcaster is Eurosport. In Italy, it's broadcasted by the state-owned TV, RAI. If you don't care about the language barrier, you can access the website and app via VPN. It's all avaible on demand, so if you've managed to avoid spoilers, you can still watch and enjoy this year's Giro. By the way, what channel / TV network broadcasts the Tour in the US?
Website: https://www.raiplay.it/
Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.rainet
@Simone- Unfortunately, I have been spoiled about this year's Giro, but I hope to watch it next year, it sounds great! Thanks for the great advice! In the US, NBC Sports and Peacock own the rights to the Tour. Peacock is a streaming service owned by NBC, so I watch the tour there.
Do they broadcast the Giro as well? Anyway, the Giro, the Tour and the Vuelta are the top three Grand Tours. The Vuelta is less watched and prestigious than the other two, but still deserves respect. Indeed, the Vuelta has such an iconic mountain climb, the Tourmalet. If you managed to get the Spanish commentary, it'd be a great way for you to improve your Spanish. As for the other two, I might be biased, but the Giro is better than the Tour. First, the fans and hospitality are better, and even Geraint Thomas acknowledged it. Secondly, there's no comparison between Italian mountain stages and the French ones. France can only dream such climbs.