Tag Archive: Spanish sports

Sep
06

Spain’s Grand Cycling Race: La Vuelta a España

www.lavuelta.com

Biking enthusiasts aside, most Americans haven’t heard of two of Europe’s three big cycling races. Americans Lance Armstrong and Greg LeMond helped popularize the Tour de France in the U.S. with 10 combined wins between them. Only cyclists from France (36), Belgium (18) and Spain (13) have had more Tour de France wins.  By contrast, …

Continue reading »

Sep
04

The week in Spain (Aug. 29 – Sep. 4)

The week in Spain delivers more grim news for Spanish economy

Sep
01

Spain’s no. 2 sport (and growing)

Where does this growing obsession come from? Basketball actually has a long history in Spain and has really started to catch on in the last 30 years or so.

Get Adobe Flash playerPlugin by wpburn.com wordpress themes