The last dance – M. INDURAIN – 1996 Vuelta a España.

The best Spanish cyclist in history, at "the last dance". The Vuelta a España of redemption after his cruel surrender in Les Arcs, ended up becoming, for the five-time Tour de France champion, Miguel Indurain, "the last dance".

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After Miguel Indurain’s run of five successive Tour de France wins had been ended in July 1996 by Bjarne Riis, the management of the Spaniard’s Banesto team endeavoured to convince Indurain to take part in that September’s Vuelta. Indurain hadn’t participated in his national tour since finishing second in 1991, and initially rebuffed the idea. But, lifted by his Olympic time trial success in Atlanta, in the wake of his dismal 11th place finish at the Tour, Indurain eventually agreed to line up at the start in Valencia.
He began well. When ONCE decimated the prospects of several contenders on the wind-hit third stage to Albacete, Indurain was wise to their ruse and infiltrated the lead group. Third place in the technical mid-race time trial to Avila pushed him up to second overall behind ONCE’s Alex Zülle. However, when, two days later, ONCE raised the pace on the short but steep climb of the Alto del Naranco, Indurain slipped back just as he had at Les Arcs two months earlier.
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