In this post I bring you a little portion of my native country, Spain.
The Southwestern Europe country houses some of Europe’s greatest climbs and is consider a mecca for many roadies.
The combination of two important ingredients for cyclism, such as the dominant Mediterranean climate, characterised by warm/hot and dry summers, and the good routes to ride, make this country a must to go for cycling enthusiasts.
Spain’s vast and diverse landscape will have you begging for new cycling destinations to tick off in your bucket list.
If you have arrived here searching for something, maybe it is because you, like me, love endurance sports.
In this post I am going to talk about other of my passion, road cycling.
It does not matter if you consider yourself a climber, or sprinter, or even an occasionaly rider who wants to know more about your surroundings.
My passion to cycling came to me in 2014, motivated for an old childhood friend.
Amateur is a word taken from French, that was present in that language since the XV century, after replacing the popular form “amaor”, which derives from the Latin “amator” meaning “who loves”. Then in the XVIII century it was given a modern meaning alluding to one who practises a science, art, sport… without the need to be professional for it, but it was not until the XIX century that the amateur word was implemented as a sporting term.
Welcome to the launch of my first website and my first blog post! My name is Manuel Revilla and I am so excited to share with you all my contributions to the scientific world gathered together in one website. The amount of ideas, how-to’s and inspiration whirling around in my head is ready to jump out.
· Why I started my website/blog · I wanted to start by telling you why I created this blog, what you will be seeing more of in my posts, and my overall experience of creating my website.