#Ángel Martín

[citasliterarias]

Tendrás que esforzarte. Mucho. Tanto que a ratos te derrumbarás porque tú y yo sabemos que estarás usando todas tus fuerzas para remontar, aunque no se lo parezca a nadie.

Por si las voces vuelven (Ángel Martín)

[ladyeywa]

Si necesitas petar, PETA

[42bakery]

Awww so Jorge wore the helmet yesterday, the only one who used beforehand, because it was the anniversary of Ángel passing away.

And as much as it pisses me that Fonsi, who is the nephew and not a son, he gave the permission to do it

[gatutor]

Clint Walker-Anne Francis-Ángel del Pozo "Pancho Villa" 1972, de Eugenio Martín.

[waru-chan8]

hi, I send you an ask about this because there is more space than the text chat. I find interesting what you said about Alonso and people from Madrid being posh, and I want to ask you what you think in general about spanish riders and their origin. I explain myself: italian riders, of every class and championship, don't usually come from wealthy families. For example Vale, Dovi, Sic, Corsi, Paso, Petrucci, Iannone, Pirro, Morbidelli, but also the younger like Bassani, Nelli, Mig, Fenati, Enea, they come from 'normal' middle class or working class families, and they usually got into this sport because they come from Emilia Romagna (where it's basically the traditional sport, more popular than football), or because they have relatives that were racing riders or mechanics or had some contact with the racing world (for example Petrucci's father was a truck driver who drove trucks for some motogp teams). We don't have many who clearly come from wealthy families (of course when I talk about wealthy families I don't mean anything remotely close to f1 drivers families), but the problem now (well, in the last 10 years or more) is that it's so difficult for young riders to find a sponsor to support their careers (wssp and civ riders often point that out, and even in wsbk there are riders who hardly find some help despite their talent, like Bassani, who's son of a construction worker). Then the fact that a rider is more or less arrogant or one to brag is not particularly related to their origin, but it's probably more related to how they were educated by their families (for example, despite not being particularly rich, Iannone has always been a spoiled child, according to Pernat). I don't want to go into the political topic (if they are conservative or not etc) because usually they are private about their personal opinions, but also I suspect some of them just live in their own world (in general, especially in the past, motorcycle riders are known to be just crazyheads and out of the ordinary). So I wanted to ask you about Spanish riders, and if it's a similar situation or not. I always had the impression it's a similar situation, considering that we are the closest countries when it comes to motorcycling.

When I meant Alonso being posh, I meant in the way he dresses himself, and he talks in Spanish. Also, it's about Madrid in general being a much more expensive area/city than other part of Spain.

So if we talk about traditional areas of the sport, then it's the Mediterranean area (Catalonia, Valencia, and Balearic Islands and more recently Murcia too). Catalonia is/was because of the motorcycling industry was set in Barcelona (Derbi and Bultaco for example) and at the beginning riders either come from Barcelona or moved there. (An example Ángel Nieto, who was living in Madrid when he discovered motorcycling, moved to Barcelona because he knew it was his only way to race).

I'm not sure about how Valencia and Balearic Islands come to play, but I imagine Valencia is due to Ricardo Tormo (2 times 50cc world champion) and because small villages allowed kids to race in between villages on their fest (according to Aspar). Apart from that, Cuna de Campeones, which is a no profit and public riding school, is doing wonders (started in 1999 and it's still going). It's a public riding school where they allow kids from anywhere in the world and different backgrounds, to learn how to ride a bike. They train the kid to be the best on the track, but also outside of racing just in case hey don't make it. Some of the riders from the school: Joan Mir, Jorge Martín, Raúl Fernández and Franco Morbidelli. Same with the Balearic Islands, not sure, how it started, but having Jorge Lorenzo, Augusto Fernández and Izan Guevara is doing wonders for them.

And now how did they get into racing? Some of them because they parents were into bikes. Dani's dad had a motocross bike and Dani's first bike was a motocross one, but he did not start competing until later on a mini/pocket bike. Pol, Aleix, and Jorge Lorenzo's first bike were done by their parents, and apparently Jorge's mom was a rider too (not sure). I think Joan's dad own a rental shop in Palma de Mallorca where he had surf related stuff and bikes, but he also had a cousin who was into bikes. Pablo and Gelete were born into a family of racing. So for most of them, racing started because they had someone close to them who was into racing. Maybe some of them got into it due to the Lorenzo-Pedrosa fight or Marc's tittle because it made TV focus on motorcycling.

Backgrow. Most of them come from working class too, and basically being in the right place in the right moment. For example, Dani was out of racing even before he started because his parents could not afford to get a 125cc bike, and he owns his career to Puig. Chicho did not have the funding so he contacted with everyone he could and send tons of letters and video until Jorge got admitted to Montlau. Montlau is another racing school, but they also train mechanics (Rins also started there). Joan for example, he said he could not choose his path, he went from promotion cup to promotion cup because they did not have the money and if did not win, it could have been the end of his career. Jorge Martín had said his dad had to ask money from members of his family because they were living out of 600 euros, I'm guessing it was out of the state support money, and that he is so greatful for Aleix aids. Augusto did not follow the normal path due to the lack of money, he comes from European Stock 600. So yep middle or middle-lower class.

The one I know who did not have that problem was Tito. His family is the owner of a jewellery chain store where they sell expensive brands and custom-made jewellery. In fact, their parents did put money into the Avintia team with the sponsorship deal so Tito could race.

I was not into Alonso López until this year, but 'La Caja de DAZN' was pretty revealing. Apparently he is from the upper-middle class, as his parents had 2 residencies, both in Madrid. He was born in the Madrid city, but the rider in him was born in 'Los Molinos' where his parents had a second residency. He got into expensive sports as a hobby, golfing and ski/snowboarding and according to him, he was good, so he spends a lot of time and money. In 2021, his dad had to sponsor him for the last couple (not sure if only the last 2 or some more) races of the European Moto2 championship, but he also was sent to live in Valencia due to his erratic behaviour. Alonso did not have to worry about the money, nor is he worrying now as he could choose to say 'no' to do a second year in the European Moto2 and wait for Fenati's results. So let's say he is not wealthy, but he is in a comfortable position.

I agree that getting sponsors, is a struggling thing here too because let's remember that Tito's parents had to put money for him to stay in the championship, despite him being a Moto2 World Champion or that Alonso was kicked out of Moto3 due to the lack of funding, and he could not go into endurance for the same thing.

[rabbitcruiser]

Haro, Spain (No. 2)

During the Roman rule of Hispania, a fort called Castrum Bibilium was built in the cliffs of Bibilio. The first mention of Haro dates back to the year 1040, in a document of king García Sánchez III of Navarre"el de Nájera". Alfonso VI of León and Castile entrusted the tenencia to Diego López I de Haro after the death of Count García Ordóñez and the first of the lords of Biscay to attach the name of this town to his patronymic was Diego's son, Lope Díaz I de Haro.

Since the early 19th century Haro has established a worldwide reputation for being the most important wine town in the Rioja wine region and remains so today even though the number of Bodegas in the region have multiplied 8 times to 574 during the past 50 years (1970 to 2020). 

The key focus of this reputation is at the Barrio Estación where 7 of the best Rioja Bodegas are located - namely Bodegas Bilbainas (founded 1859); Compañia Vinícola del Norte de España [CVNE] f.1879; R. López de Heredia (f 1877); Bodegas Roda (f 1989); Bodegas Muga (f.1932); Bodegas La Rioja Alta S.A. (f.1890). 

In other parts of the town are Bodegas Martnez Lacuesta (f.1873); Bodega Berceo (f.1801); Carlos Serres (f.1896) and Ramon Bilbao (f.1924). Féderico Paaternina was founded in 1897 and became a very influential name in the wine business in Spain until its final collapse in 2010 when the Bodega closed and the brand of Banda Azul was sold to Berberana following a very difficult period after the appropriation of their owners Rumasa in 1983 by the new Spanish Government and the failure of the subsequent owner to keep the company as a going concern.

Source: Wikipedia  

[elmartillosinmetre]

Mi crítica del concierto de Zahir Ensemble esta noche en el Espacio Turina.

[espantajerias]

Miguel Ángel Martín.

[adribosch-fan]

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[thecubanartobserver]

Exposición “History / Stories”, Colectiva

[citasliterarias]

Por desgracia, los seres humanos no llevamos de forma visible un medidor que nos permita comprobar cuánto se está esforzando de verdad la otra persona.

Por si las voces vuelven (Ángel Martín)

[yexuscomic]

EL DIARIO MONTAÑÉS

[42bakery]

Why is Prima Pramac doing an homage to Ángel Nieto? Why there's a fucking giant 12+1 in that fucking bike?!

Martín had to fight sponsors to have a black and white helmet as a tribute an Nieto too?!

[jujuygrafico]

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El Coro Polifónico Nacional Evangélico cierra el 2022 en el CCK

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[waru-chan8]

Gets worse. Charte was 2 seconds away to chock him due to an arritmia at parc Fermé

F1 take everything from Motogp but don't take our obvious example of how bad the combination of heat and dehydration and exhaustion is. We had a rider say he couldn't see for a moment and then almost black out in Parc Ferme but that isn't enough for F1 apperantly