 Back in September, 2006, I was in Granada, Spain, and went to watch stage 17 of the Vuelta a Espana, which
finished one street over from my hotel. I wanted to see the last climb
of the stage, a Cat 1 climb up Alto de Monachil, a legendary black hole for
cyclists, and ended up riding it myself. I was not blogging at that time, but I did write a long email with embedded pictures for friends.
I've decided to retroactively post the email report, here it is, for your reading and viewing pleasure...
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