Jay Vine (Townsville, Australia, 26 years old) starred in one of the great stories of the 14th stage. The Alpecin, recently renovated, was third after Bardet and Herrada, and all after overcoming a dangerous fall that did not prevent him from being in the fight until the end. He got off the team car in the middle of a getaway for supplies and in a strange gesture, his bike went off and he took a tremendous blow at high speed.
A danger that he did not have to deal with when he showed Alpecin that he could be a cyclist of the highest level. He is the first cyclist to enter the peloton since the Zwift Academy, the competition of the renowned cycling app that works with a roller at home and that it achieved so much fame during the pandemic. His numbers astonished the team’s coaches, who recruited him to the squad. In La Vuelta he made his debut in a big one.
It was the way to access the professionalism of this runner who started on the MTB And, after arriving in 2020 at the continental Nero, he set out to reach the elite … until the coronavirus stopped the competition. Virtual cycling helped him not to slow down his rapid progression until he was with the best.