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"She said yes!" Vuelta rider proposes to girlfriend during final stage
We don’t know how suspicious Soraya, the girlfriend of BH-Burgos rider Jesus Ezquerra, may have been when she was offered a place in the team car for today’s final stage of the Vuelta a Espana.
What we do know, is that when the 28-year-old rider from Santander pulled up alongside the car to pop the question, happily, she said ‘yes’ – and what’s more, the moment was captured by the TV cameras.
Enhorabuena a @Jesusezquerra y Soraya. ¡¡Qué mejor escenario que #LaVuelta19 para un momento único!! https://t.co/A8igAjVehX
— Burgos BH (@BurgosBH) September 15, 2019
It’s not the first time we’ve seen a marriage proposal at a major bike race. In 2011, Johan van Summeren popped the question to his then girlfriend moments after winning Paris-Roubaix – you can see them about to embrace after his victory in the background of the picture below.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
"Quality readers"? As opposed to feeble trolls like you? Irony is truly dead.
I've never been to court as the accused so not 100% sure how it works, but presumably another explanation is that the defendent would have had to...
The bell: I would really support and in fact already suggested it to Garmin. I got no feedback. I think an integrated front light would also be...
I don't normally comment on issues like this, but WTF is this world coming to when an elderly person has been seriously assaulted and expensive...
Headlights are not that effective in picking out pedestrians, as the white lights on the poles are so blinding....
Thats a real shame, it was always good racing to watch. I'd rather have the Womens Tour than a third of tax-dodger Lineker on telly.
Definitely not me - I'm a short arse 5 foot 7.
This doesn't justify that type of rack, but they are common in Edinburgh and other rail locations in Scotland....
"a member of the sub-editing tea"? That really takes the biscuit.
I wonder whether the council will be able to ticket them for illegal parking...